New York: Harper and Row, 1988. First Edition. 209pp. Octavo [24 cm] Cream boards. Near fine/Near fine. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Signed by the author on the half-title. This is the eighth published novel by Hillerman in the Leaphorn and Chee series. Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mystery set in..... More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1991. First Edition. 135pp. Octavo [22 cm] Gray cloth. Fine/Fine. Signed by Hillerman, Bulow and Ernest Franklin on the half-title page. In Talking Mysteries Hillerman discusses the craft of mystery writing, his approach to plot, characterization, and setting, and the wrinkles and twists..... More
Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1937. First Edition. 155pp. Octavo [25 cm] Stiff tan wrappers with the title printed on the spine. Very good. Small Ward Ritchie Press label on the verso of the front cover. Request for funds letter from the Frederick Webb Hodge Anniversary Publication Fund laid in..... More
Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2007. First Edition. 230pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue pictorial boards. Near fine. In-depth work based on the author's research on a small congregation in northern Japan and in-depth interviews with foreign missionaries. More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961. First Edition. 217pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black cloth with the title in silver on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Jacket is price clipped. This was one of the first academic works on the tragedy known as Sand Creek. The Southern Cheyenne and Arapahoe..... More
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1963. First Edition. 307pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Burgundy cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Spain in the West Series IX (9). "A revised dissertation that critically examines the explorations of Hurtado de Mendoza, Becerra, Grijalva, Cortes, Ulloa, Gali, Unamuno..... More
New York: Crown Publisher's Inc., 1954. 326pp. Octavo [24 cm] Gray cloth. Very good/Very good. Gentle rubbing to extremities of jacket, internally nice. Map endsheet and pastedowns. Illustrated throughout. "Confederate Agent is a significant discovery in history, making clear and fitting in the missing pieces of one of the greatest..... More
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1991. 274pp. Quarto [26 cm] 1/2 red cloth over printed boards with a paper label on the backstrip. Near fine. Attractive reprint of this rare 1842 Texiana title that recounts a yachting trip in the Gulf of Mexico by a well-born English woman. "Rather, picturing her..... More
Caldwell: Caxton Press, 1941. First Edition. 362pp. Octavo [24 cm] Burgundy cloth with gilt stamped title on the backstrip and gilt stamped illustration on the front board. Very good/Near fine. Minor nicking to extremities of the jacket. "No single Indian in American history embodies so completely the attributes of the..... More
Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1929. First Edition, #350/500. 156pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Light blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Device gilt stamped on the front board. Near fine/Near fine. This edition was limited to 500 numbered copies, this is copy 350. Work devoted to competing claims..... More
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1961. First Edition. 475pp. Octavo [24 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. This work contains 204 songs from Mormon Country, compiled and edited by Lester A. Hubbard, and music transcripts by Kenly..... More
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1961. First Edition. 268pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip. Top edge stained. Near fine. Western Frontiersman Series VIII (8). "Benedict's major contribution to Southwest justice was in aiding in the transition from Spanish-Mexican to Anglo-American law..... More
Ashland, OR: The Oregon Book Society, 1973. 67pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Tan linen with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Better than very good. Illustrated throughout. This edition was limited to 650 numbered copies, this is copy 296. "Wilson Price Hunt was recognized by those who knew him best as..... More
Boston: 1934. First Edition. 160pp. Duodecimo [22 cm] Textured black cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Gentle sunning to the jacket's spine. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf: "To Mrs. Fisk Warren, with a throw and thanks for..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1946. First Edition. 444pp. Octavo [24 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt on the backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Jacket shows gentle sunning to spine and extremities with a chip at the head of the front panel. Internally nice. By members of the faculty of..... More
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1959. First Edition. 345pp. Octavo [24.5] Green cloth with the title and bands gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Fold-out map present at p. 333. Edited, with introduction and notes by LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen. Tenth volume in the well-received series..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1941. First Edition. 290pp. Octavo [22 cm] Green cloth. Near fine/Near fine. Bookplate attached to rear flap of jacket (not attached to rear pastedown). "What you hold in your hands is the San Francisco book you have always hoped someone would have the genius to..... More
Chicago: The Charles T. Powner Company, 1956. 414pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. A few small chips to the jacket. Internally nice. Map endsheets and pastedowns, "Originally published in 1915, it has served as the best source of information..... More
Salt Lake City: Published by the Andrew Jenson Company and Printed by the Deseret News, 1901,1914,1920,1936. First Editions. 4 volumes. 828,827,828,824pp. Octavos [24.5 cm] Mixed set with cloth and leather bindings. All have the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. All volumes very good or better. Complete..... More
Berkeley: The Gillick Press, 1944. First Edition. 63pp. Octavo [25.5 cm] Tan wrappers with the title printed on the front. About very good with wear to the covers with a name in ink at the head and a name again on the title page. Privately printed and distributed biography of..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1932. 199pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Better than very good. Lacks the dust jacket. Volume in the 'Narratives of the Trans-Mississippi Frontier.' "In 1843 two Indiana young men could stand the Western fever no..... More
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1981. First Edition. 406pp. Duodecimo [21.5 cm] 1/2 maroon cloth over tan boards. Near fine/Near fine. Name in ink (small) on the front flyleaf. "Sonia Johnson's roots in the Mormon church went back five generations. She'd been married for twenty years, was a dedicated homemaker..... More
Yosemite, CA: Flying Spur Press, 1972. Second Edition. 48pp. Quarto [28 cm] Orange printed wrappers. Near fine. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and a map of Death Valley on rear cover. "His name was Walter Scott, but he was known to the world as 'Death Valley Scotty.' He toured..... More
Hurricane, UT: Published for the Joseph Smith Jr., Family Organization by Homestead Publishers and Distributors, 1987. First Edition. 197pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Light blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Fine/Fine. Ex-libris Emma Lou Thayne. Warmly inscribed by the author to Emma Lou Thayne..... More
Dugway, UT: Ogden Kraut (Pioneer Press), 1978. First Edition. 24pp. Quarto [28 cm] Light blue stapled wrappers with a black binder’s tape spine, as issued. Near fine. Text on recto sides only. This work is Alex Joseph’s rebuttal to Gerald Tanner, who questioned the validity of Joseph Smith’s translation of..... More