Virginia City, NV: Western Trails Research Association, 2002. First Edition. 224pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Pictorial boards. Near fine. Inscribed by the authors and the editor on the half-title, to noted trails historian, Will Bagley. The object of this book is to present a useful guide for exploring the routes of..... More
Palo Alto, CA: American West Publishing Company, 1970. First Edition. 271pp. Octavo [25 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Warmly inscribed by the authors on the half-title page. The Fifes' interest in western song and verse dates back to their graduate student..... More
Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1996. First Edition. 438pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue buckram with gilt titles on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Illustrated with black and photographs. Published in conjunction with Utah's state centennial. Grand County is situated in southern Utah, with Arches, Canyonlands..... More
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1981. First Edition. 326pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. The Hakluyt Society - Second Series: Volume 159. This book is the report of voyage in 1648 from the Arctic river, Kolyma, around a great rocky..... More
Denver: Colorado & Southern Railway, 1910. [46]pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Gray printed wrappers. Very good. Promotional work from the Colorado & Southern Railway that offers views and descriptions of a few of the scenic delights that a passenger might see. "How long ago these towering mountains were lifted from the sea..... More
St. Paul: Great Northern Railway, [1927]. 40pp. Octavo [23 cm] Tan printed wrappers. Near fine. Brief illustrated history of the Northwest produced for the Great Northern Railway and illustrated with black and white views and illustrations. Large folding-map [22 cm x 53.5 cm] 'Historic Adventure Land the Northwest ' present..... More
Spokane, WA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2006. First Edition. 314pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue colored cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and the backstrip. Fine. Frontier Military Series XXV (25). "It is important to place the Mormon Battalion fully into the context of the Mexican..... More
Sequim, WA: Fletcher Family Foundation, 1999 & 2001. First Editions. 3 volumes in 2 books. 418, 445 pp. Quartos [29 cm] Red illustrated cloth with the title gilt on the front boards and backstrips. Both volumes near fine. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Signed by the authors on the title-pages of..... More
Fairfield: Ye Galleon Press, 1978. First Edition. 328pp. Quarto [28 cm] Brown grained buckram with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Better than very good. "King of Old Oregon, Emperor of the West, King of the Columbia, Great White Eagle, Savior of Oregon, Founder of Oregon..... More
New York: The Wolfer Press, [1908]. First Edition. 73pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth with the title stamped in black on the front board. Better than very good. A collection of anti-Mormon essays presented as eighteen letters, from a father to his son. Complete with all four, full-page illustrations. "My Dear..... More
Washington DC: Gales & Seaton, 1845. First Edition, Senate Issue. 693pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Brown cloth with blind stamped boards and the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. General overall wear with bookplate on the front pastedown and a handful of ownership and lending library marks. Rear pocket for map..... More
[Salt Lake City]: 1997. 1/1500. Color poster [61 cm x 86 cm] in nice condition. The original painting was commissioned to honor the 125th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and simultaneously issued as a signed and numbed poster. This is 91 of 1500. Signed by the artist, Arnold..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1966. Second Printing. 151pp. Octavo [24 cm] Dark blue cloth with the title on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. Gentle rubbing to the extremities of price clipped jacket. "This interesting biography, together with more than one hundred of Barthelmess' fine photographs, makes an important contribution..... More
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1983. First Edition. 74pp. Quarto [31 cm] Blue cloth with a paper label on the front board and backstrip. Backstrip and foot of rear board sunned. Internally fine. Complete with five color plates [20 cm x 26 cm] by Black Horse. Account of the first..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969. First Edition. 145pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. Gentle rubbing to the extremities of the jacket. This is volume 56 in the 'The American Exploration and Travel Series.'. "This contemporary account of the movement of..... More
Stoughton, MA: Western Hemisphere, Inc., 1970. First Edition. 390pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board. Very good. Fold-out map present at the rear. Variant blue cloth (as opposed to the red). "If those who read Howard Gardiner's account of his experiences in..... More
Salt Lake City: [Seagull Press], 1924. 117pp. Large octavo [24.5 cm] Gray marbled wrappers with the title on the front panel. Minor sunning and wear to covers. Bookplate on reverse of cover. Profusely illustrated tribute to McCune, who held many positions both ecclesiastical (Relief Society Board) and civic (USU Trustee)..... More
London: Jarrolds Publishers, [1936]. 287pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. A few small chips to the foot of the jacket. Eight pages of advertisements (dated: Spring, 1936) at the rear for other Jarrolds publication. Complete with all thirty tipped-in..... More
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1960. First Edition. 274pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Burgundy cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Spain in the West Series VIII (8). "Piracy in the Pacific between Panama and the California was never given the attention that the Caribbean pirates..... More
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969. First Edition. 337pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. "The critical problem arising from Russian expansion across Asia was that of supplying the outermost reaches with food. Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the..... More
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2003. First Edition. 367pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Western Frontiersman Series XXX (30). Prospectus laid in. Bidwell pursued a career of public service capped by his famous but largely ceremonial campaign..... More
Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1972. First Edition. 106pp. Quarto [29 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Lacks dust jacket. Near fine. Introduction and commentary by George Crossette. Foreword by Stewart L. Udall. Profusely illustrated work on the photography career of Herbert Gleason. Includes images of..... More
Salt Lake City: Bureau of Information, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1918. 24pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Green printed wrappers. Very good. "Although constant reference is made in this treatise to the loyalty of the Mormon people, mainly because of the persistent falsehoods circulated by hireling agitators in..... More
Salt Lake City: Tanner Trust Fund / J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, 2001. First Edition. 242pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth over red cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Color map endsheets and pastedowns. Signed by the editor..... More
Gerald, MO: The Patrice Press, 1986. First Edition. 81pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps. "Graydon distilled his experience in this set of maps, and using them the traveler can drive..... More