Norman: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2008. First Edition. 546pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Signed by the author and the series editor on the half-title, with the volume prospectus laid in. Volume 10 in the ambitious and..... More
Norman, OK: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2008. First Edition. 492pp. Octavo [24 cm] Light blue cloth with blue panels on the front board and backstrip with silver stamped titles. Fine. Volume 10 in the 'Kingdom of the West' series. Warmly inscribed by the editor: "To David Bigler, friend, teacher..... More
Caldwell: Caxton Printers, 1980. First Edition. 259pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Orange cloth with the title stamped in black on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Minor rubbing to extremities of jacket. Inscribed by the author to fellow historian, Will Bagley, on the title page. Nice association copy. One..... More
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1985. First Edition. 285pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Minor rubbing to extremities of jacket. Inscribed by the author to fellow historian, Will Bagley, on the front free endsheet and again on..... More
Bellevue, WA: Family Research and Development, 1996. First Edition. 939pp. Quarto [28 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. This publication names nearly 10,000 descendants of John D. Lee, the only person charged and convicted of the atrocities of the Mountain Meadows..... More
Chicago: Mrs. H.B. Manford, Publisher, 1885. Revised Edition. 413pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Gray cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Good. Mild rubbing to extremities and joints of boards. Bookplate on the front flyleaf. Contemporary gift inscription on the front free endsheet. Front hinge going..... More
Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1960. First Edition. 304pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. Gentle wear to corners of jacket. map endsheets and pastedowns. "In 1866, after a brilliant Civil War career, Captain (Brevet Major) Andrew Burt marched with..... More
Little Rock, AR: August House, 1986. First Edition. 271pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black cloth with gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Map endsheet and pastedowns. This volume attempts to assemble all the known records of the Arkansas gold seekers. It especially makes use of the contemporary Arkansas..... More
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1908. First Edition. 272pp. Octavo [21 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board. Very good. Inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet: "Mrs. E.F. Samuels - from - K.C. McBeth - Lapwai, Id. Feb. 20th 1913." Interesting..... More
Portland: Champoeg Press, 1954. First Edition. 84pp. Octavo [22 cm] Tan cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. This edition was printed in an edition of 500 copies. "The journal of Evan S. McComas, describing a trip from Iowa City to Oregon in 1862, contains nothing..... More
Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1979. First Edition. 517pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray cloth with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Minor rubbing to the corners of the jacket. Second published title in McConkie's landmark Messiah series. "Such in any event is the labor..... More
Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1978. First Edition. 636pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Minor rubbing to the jacket at the front fore edge. A nice clean copy of this work that is signed by McConkie..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1947. Frederic Remington. First Edition. 157pp. Quarto [31 cm] Black cloth with gilt stamped red label on the backstrip. Near fine. Book closes with 48 full-page plates (29 in color), by the famous cowboy artist, Frederic Remington. More
Salt Lake City: The Deseret News Press, 1940. First Edition. 286pp. Duodecimo [20.5 cm] Brown cloth with gilt stamped title to the front board and again on the backstrip. Very good. Minor wear to boards with a few small spots. Inscribed by McGavin on the front free endsheet: "To /..... More
San Diego: Southern California Panama Expositions Commission, 1914. 263pp. Quarto [26.5 cm] Tan printed wrappers. Near fine in publisher's plain box. Promotional piece from a Southern California consortium for the Panama-Pacific Exposition, that contains history and current data and statistics of the area. Illustrated throughout. "The Southern California Panama Expositions..... More
Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company, 2006. First Edition. 399pp. Octavo [26 cm] Tan cloth with silver stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Signed by the author on the title page. According to Dale Morgan, McIlhany was eighty-one when he produced these..... More
London: Hamish Hamiltan, 1978. First British Edition. 438pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Blue boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. "Coming into the Country is about Alaska and Alaskans - contemporary, for the most part, with occasional expeditions into Alaska's past. It is unforgettable blending of..... More
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1967. First Edition. 427pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth with the title in silver on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. Price-clipped jacket. "The controversy between the United States and Great Britain over the Oregon Country extended from the War of 1812 to 1846..... More
El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1962. Second Edition. 212pp. Octavo [24 cm] Black cloth. Faint rubbing to the corners of the jacket, otherwise near fine/near fine. This book deals with early days of El Paso and the bloody reign of the city marshals of El Paso. Illustrated by Tom Lea. "These..... More
Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co., (c.1960). 61pp. Sexagesimo-quarto (64mo) [5.5 cm] White buckram covers with the title stamped in dark green on the front panel. Very good. Illustrated with six full-page woodcuts. "Your Little Bible: When the early Hebrews went to prayer in the morning, they wore on..... More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1977. First Edition. 306pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Brown cloth with the title in white on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Gentle sun fading to the backstrip. Map present in the rear pocket. "After the coalition of the North West and Hudson's Bay companies..... More
Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1942. First Edition. 223pp. Octavo [20 cm] Gray pebbled cloth with title stamped in blue on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. The introduction to this work was Morgan’s last contribution to a WPA publication. The majority of this book was penned by..... More
Ogden: The Historical Records Survey, 1939. First Edition. 259pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Tan printed wrappers with a binder's tape backstrip as issued. Very good. Minor wear to covers. Mimeographed contents. The first published work by Dale Morgan is this W.P.A. guide. "Morgan's first monographic work was actually his second completed..... More
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1954. First Edition. 86pp. Folio [ ] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Better than very good. Gentle sunning to the backstrip with a bookplate on the front pastedown. Complete with all seven maps. The four page prospectus is laid in..... More
Ogden: Ogden City Commission, October, 1940. First Edition. 77pp. Octavo [23 cm] Tan wrappers with an illustration of the Weber County Building. Near fine. Second state with the text block and covers trimmed square. Pre-print of the Proposed Inventory of Municipal Archives of Utah. Prepared by the Utah Historical Records..... More