New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956. First Edition. 277pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/2 black cloth over tan boards with the title in red on the backstrip. Fine in a near fine jacket that shows subtle sunning to spine and a handful of small instances of rubbing. A bright copy..... More
![Item #8232 The Brave Cowboy: An Old Tale in a New Time [Lonely are the Brave]. Edward Abbey](https://tschanzrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8232.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1685107565)
Salt Lake City / Santa Barbara: Dream Garden Press / Santa Teresa Press, 1993. Limited Edition. 280pp. Octavo [22 cm] Dark orange cloth with the title stamped in black on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Introduction by Kirk Douglas. This edition was limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Kirk..... More
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1988. First Edition Thus. 255pp. Octavo [24 cm] Cream cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Both book and jacket are better than very good.. Subtle fading to spine of jacket. Press release laid in. This University of Arizona press edition contains a...... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1980. First Edition. 242pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth over tan boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by Abbey on the front free endsheet. This is Abbey's only work of science fiction, that takes place in the near..... More
London: Talmy, Franklin Ltd., 1971. First Edition. 159pp. Octavo [22 cm] Yellow cloth with the title stamped in brown on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Black Sun was retitled 'Sunset Canyon' for a British audience. This is Abbey's fourth published novel which tells the story of a fire lookout at..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace and Jovanovich, 1979. First Edition. 238pp. Folio [43 cm] Tan cloth with the title stamped in orange on the backstrip. Housed in a matching slipcase with the title in orange on the front panel. Book and slipcase are both near fine. Signed by Abbey on the..... More
Glendale - Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1964 - 2012. First Editions. 15 volumes in 16 books. complete. 1 - Nye, Elwood F. 'Marching with Custer.' 51pp. Oblong octavo [24 cm x 31 cm] 1/2 blue cloth over white boards. Better than very good. Prospectus laid in. "This work, the..... More
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861. First Edition. 707pp. Octavo [22 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt on the backstrip and a beehive gilt on the front board. very good. Gentle wear to extremities. Complete with both fold-outs. A nice copy of this classic travel narrative, of Burton's..... More
[Terry, MT]: [Evelyn J. Cameron], (c.1911). Real photo postcard [9 cm x 14 cm] / [3.5" x 5.5"] 'E.J. Cameron' backstamp. Title at the foot in the negative. Nice contrasts. Terry cancel and ink note on the back. View of cowboys and a cow herd. Evelyn Jephson Flower (1868-1928) was..... More
Helena, MT: Arthur Canning, Landscape Photographer, (c.1890). Boudoir cabinet card. Albumen photograph [11.5 cm x 19 cm] / [4.5 " x 7.5"] on a tan mount [13 cm x 20.5 cm] / [5" x 8"] with a Canning backstamp. Gentle overall sunning. Nice image showing a group of people and..... 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
Indianapolis: The George F. Cram Company, Inc., (c.1940). Map [114 cm x 89.5 cm] on a linen-backed sheet [136 cm x 101 cm] between wooden rollers at the head and foot. Map is bright with minor wear and to the left and right edge and a faint damp stain at..... More
Santa Ana, CA: The Fine Arts Press, 1937. First Edition. 2 volume set. 273, 352pp. Quarto [25.5 cm] 1/2 brown leather over brown boards with the titles gilt stamped on the backstrips. Near fine. Translated, edited, and annotated by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur. Foreword by Frederick Webb Hodge. The author of..... More
Denver: Duhem Brothers, New Art Gallery, (c.1875). CDV. Carte de visite. Albumen [10 cm x 6 cm] photograph on the original light tan mount [10.5 x 6.5 cm] Duhem Bros backstamp. Image is faded. Staged portrait of a Native American woman standing with a baby in a carier on her..... More
San Francisco: Printed by Towne & Bacon, Book and Job Printers, 1866. Third Edition. 391pp. Octavo [22 cm] 3/4 black morocco over marbled boards with gilt title and raised bands to backstrip. Front board detached. Internally very good. Complete with all three plates and both maps. San Francisco had filed..... More
Washington DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1941. First Edition. 270pp. Octavo [23 cm] Tan printed wrappers. Near fine. Zion's Book Store stub at rear. Nice copy of Father Dwyer's dissertation, which has become the standard work on the interactions of Mormons and non-Mormons in Utah during the 19th..... More
San Francisco: Sunset Photo-Engraving Company, (c.1902). 33 Magic Lantern Slides. Silver gelatin glass positives [8 cm x 10.5 cm] / [3" x 4"] Typed and manuscript labels. Five images cracked through the center. - Orange Groves - Onion Fields, San Joaquin - Cabbage Fields, San Joaquin - Knocking Almonds -..... More
[Salt Lake City]: (c.1980). Large Aerial photograph [98 cm x 147 cm] [39" x 58"] on Kodak paper and in a handsome black frame [109 cm x 157.5 cm] [43" x 62"]. Image is bright and in nice condition. Very large aerial photograph showing the Kennecott tailings pond and Magna..... More
Chicago: John Calhoun Club, 1931. First Edition. 91pp. Octavo [25 cm] 1/4 brown cloth over decorative paper boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Housed in a matching slipcase. Both book and slipcase near fine. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Uncommon bibliography that was produced in an edition..... More
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1873. First U.K. Edition. 400pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 3/4 red sheep over marbled boards with the title and bands gilt stamped on the backstrip. Extremities rubbed with some splitting to the hinges. Endsheets foxed. This U.K. printing preceded the American first by a year. This..... More
Missoula, MT: Peyton Moncure, (c.1960). Silver gelatin print [20 cm x 28 cm] / [8" x 11"] that has been nicely hand-colored. Photographer stamp on the reverse. Nice condition with good contrasts. Nice tinted view of Main Street in Bannack, Montana. This image was likely taken for Moncure's lecture on..... More
Georgetown, CA: Talisman Press, 1993. 2 volume set. 457, 458-825pp. Octavos [23.5 cm] 1/4 black leather over marbled boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Housed in a salmon colored slipcase. Near fine. The printing of this book was limited to 100 copies, this is copy 40. Signed..... More
Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1964. First Edition. 341pp. Large quarto [35 cm] Gray cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip and an illustration by Catlin of Eagle's Ribs in red on the front board. Near fine. Morgan considered this volume, the fruit of two decades of research..... More
Ogden and Salt Lake City: The Utah Historical Records Survey, 1938-1941. 16 volumes. Quartos [27 cm] Printed wrappers. Mimeographed contents. All are very good or better. - Inventory of the County Archives of Utah. No. 23. Tooele County (Tooele City) - Inventory of the County Archives of Utah. No. 5..... 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