Tooele, UT: 2008. First Edition. [133pp]. Quarto [28 cm] White wrappers with the title printed in black on the front panel and backstrip. Near fine. A self-published homage to the 'Most Wanted Iraqi' playing cards, with the theme being decidedly conservative and religious: Norman Vincent Peale, Dan Quayle, Pat Boone..... More
London: Printed by T. Bensley, 1801. 2 volume set. 436, 446pp. Octavos [21 cm] Full leather with decorative gilt stamped borders to the boards. Title and decorative gilt stamping to backstrips. Marbled endsheets and pastedowns. Bookplates on the front free endsheets and pastedowns. Hinges have been professionally repaired. Very good..... More
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 2009. First Edition. 341pp. Quarto [29 cm] Dark brown cloth with the title gilt on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Bookplate on the front pastedown. This volume explores the Chaco and post-Chaco eras in the northern San Juan area through extensive excavations at Bluff’s..... More
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1928. First Edition. 247pp. Quarto [26 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. James Clyman (1792-1881) was a legendary mountain man and trailblazer. This work is one of the finest early narratives of the far west..... More
Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1988. First Edition. 346pp. Octavo [24 cm] Brown cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Fine/Fine. In the late 1850s, United States president James Buchanan sent 2,000 troops to the desert territory to subdue the reportedly rebellious Mormons. Angry Utahns responded by waging..... More
[Saint Louis, MO]: The Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society, [1964]. 35pp. Octavo [24 cm] Light blue wrappers. Very good. Association copy. Inscribed by the editor to Dale Morgan. "For Dale Morgan, with good wishes - George R. Brooks." More
Clearfield, UT: Gnolaum Books, 2004. First Edition. 504pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black cloth with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Abraham Hoagland Cannon (1859-1896) lived his life in the shadow of his father, the prominent politician businessman, and LDS Church First Presidency member George..... More
Provo, UT: Provo City Corporation, 2003. First Edition. 263pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Red illustrated wrappers. Fine. Inscribed by the author to David Bigler on the half-title: "David, I hope you enjoy the trip down this trail leading to Provo's origins. D. Robert Carter." Illustrated with black and white views throughout..... More
Provo, UT: Provo City Corporation, 2003. First Edition. 263pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Brown cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/ Near fine. Warmly inscribed by the author to fellow historian Will Bagley on the half-title. "Best wishes, Will. I hope you enjoy this..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First Edition. 280pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Green cloth with a paper label on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Very good. Backstrip gently faded. Spine of jacket shows minor sunning. This novel of seventeenth-century Quebec is a luminous evocation of North American origins, and..... More
London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1857. First Edition. 346+16pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Yellow pebbled cloth. Wear to corners and sunning to backstrip. Bookplate on front pastedown and named blind stamped on the front free endsheet. Otherwise very good. Chandless crossed the plains as a wagon driver in the summer of..... More
Denver, CO: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, 1926. [30pp.] Octavo [23.5 cm] Tan illustrated wrappers. Better than very good. Promotional piece for the D&RGW that is illustrated with thirteen full-page tinted photographs. Images include Timpanogos, Saltair, Bryce, Taos and Ogden Canyon. "They must come to anyone with a flicker..... More
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1979. First Edition. 444pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Jacket is price clipped. Western Frontiersman Series XIX (19). Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet to a fellow doctor: "To Raymond M...... More
Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1980. First Editions. 5 volume set. 702,334,311,504,615pp. Octavos [24 cm] All volumes bound in blue cloth with the titles silver stamped on the front boards and backstrips. All volumes near fine. Volume 1 - 'The Public Years' by Frank W. Fox. Volume 2 - 'The..... More
Spokane, WA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2002. 1/1000. 300pp. Octavo [24 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Housed in a matching slipcase. Near fine. Bibliography of this important Americana publisher. "The bibliography lists the titles in alphabetical order by main author or..... More
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1970. First Edition. 351pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip. Top edge stained. Near fine. Western Frontiersman Series XIV (14). This highly regarded work contains biographies of the full fifty-one members who set out on the expedition..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1974. First Edition. 222pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Red cloth with the title and bands gilt on the backstrip. Both the book and jacket are better than very good. This is volume 64 in the 'American Exploration and Travel Series.'. Born in 1790 in Canada, Peter..... More
Omaha, NE: Union Pacific Systems, 1929. First Edition. 40pp. Octavo [25 cm] Tan wrappers with the title and Old Faithful gold embossed with blue highlights on the cover. About very good. Gentle overall wear to covers. Illustrated guide of Yellowstone issued by Union Pacific, that offers descriptions of the various..... More
Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1999. 186pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Dark blue buckram with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Early Oregon Trail travel narrative. According to Eberstadt: "The personal narrative of an Argonaut of 1851, with details of hardships and adventures on the..... More
Bismark, ND: Capital Book Co., 1926. First Edition. 324pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Jacket is nicked at corners and the faded spine has tape at the crown. Book is in nice condition. Complete with map and all plates..... More
Provo: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997, 2005, 2012. First Edition. 3 volume set. 477, 501, 467pp. Quartos [27 cm] All volumes bound in full cloth with the titles gilt on the backstrips. All volumes near fine in like jackets. Bookplates on the front pastedowns. All volumes signed on..... More
Paris: Futuropolis, 1986. First Edition. Sextodecimo [16 cm] Black cloth with the title on the front board in silver. Near fine. Signed in silver ink by Crumb on the front free endsheet. This book was limited to 1000 numbered copies, this is number 291. This work compiles many of Crumb's..... More
Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 2011. First Edition. 2 volume set. 601pp. Quartos [28.5 cm] Illustrated boards. Both volumes fine. That America's westward expansion was a defining movement in the nation's long history is hardly open to dispute. Along with such important events as the Revolutionary War and independence, the creation..... More
Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1918. First Edition. 352pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on backstrip. Top edge gilt. Very good. Name in ink at head of front free endsheet. Fold-out map present. The first publication of these accounts served in large part to..... More
San Francisco: Printed by Thomas C. Russell, 1922. Large Paper Edition. 350pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/2 tan cloth over green boards with printed paper label on the backstrip. Near fine. 1/200 large paper copies. Signed by the printed on the limitation page. First book form of this important firsthand account..... More