San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Company Publishers, 1882-91. First Editions. 39 Volumes. Octavos [23.5 cm] Full calf with black labels on the backstrip. Most volumes good only with some hinges split and loose boards. The 'Works' is a result of Bancroft's interest in Western Americana which he began collecting in..... More
Denver: Stewart Commission of Colorado College and The Denver Public Library, 1932-1941. First Editions. 8 volume set. 200,301,244,317,301,341,342,275pp. Octavos [25 cm] Blue cloth with the titles on the backstrip. All volumes very good. Volumes 1 and 2 lack their jackets, the other jackets in this set are very good. From..... More
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1968. Third printing. 377pp. Octavo [24.5] Green cloth with the title and bands gilt on the backstrip. Better than very good. First volume in the well-received series 'Far West and the Rockies.' Here is presented for the first time a complete history of one..... More
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1956. First Edition. Two volume set. 353, 361pp. Octavo [24.5] Green cloth with the title and bands gilt stamped on the backstrip. Ex-libris with very few marks (Small discolorations on backstrip, foot of title pages are clipped, pockets are on rear pastedowns. Otherwise about..... More
Spokane, WA: Lindgren Brothers, 1936. Pictorial color map [41 cm x 40.5 cm] Folds as issued with gentle fading, otherwise near fine. Charming illustrated map showing the auto routes through the park and marking the attractions, including the lakes, geysers, peaks (with elevations) and lodgings. One of two maps the..... More
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1992. First Edition. 307pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Tan cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by the editor on the half-title. In 1889, retired farmer, seafarer, and pioneer, Abner Blackburn (1827-1904) began an account of his youthful..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. First Edition. 493pp. Quarto [26 cm] 1/2 tan cloth over tan boards with the title stamped in red on the front board and backstrip. Award-winning, riveting account of the attack on the Baker-Fancher wagon train by Mormons in the local militia and a few..... More
Norman: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2012. First Edition. 464pp. Quarto [26 cm] Tan cloth with the title stamped in black on the backstrip. Fine/Fine. During the mid-nineteenth century, a quarter of a million travelers—men, women, and children—followed the “road across the plains” to gold rush California. This magnificent chronicle—the second..... More
Norman: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2010. First Edition. 458pp. Quarto [26 cm] Tan cloth with the title stamped in black on the backstrip. Fine/Fine. Signed by the author on the half-title. The story of America’s westward migration is a powerful blend of fact and fable. Over the course of three decades..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011. First Edition. 392pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/2 Brown cloth over tan boards. Fine/Fine. Signed by both authors on the half-title. Long overshadowed by the Civil War, the tragic story of this conflict involved a tense and protracted clash pitting Brigham Young's Nauvoo Legion against..... More
Logan: Utah State University Press, 1997. 393pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. The official journal of the Brigham Young pioneer company is made available for the first time in this book. The arrival of Latter-day Saints in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake is one of the..... More
Logan: Utah State University Press, 1999. 448pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Scoundrel's Tale is the story of Mormonism, Manifest Destiny and the conquest of California, Western exploration and settlement, the gold rush, vigilantism, and the Gilded Age. It is an amazing tale of the West, told in..... More
Logan: Utah State University Press, 1998. 411pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Forgotten Kingdom objectively evaluates some of the most troublesome puzzles in Mormonism's history and presents some intriguing solutions to many of its mysteries. The bitter political battle between the federal government and the Mormon church is..... More
Logan: Utah State University Press, 2004. 372pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. In 1855 the Mormons established a mission at the foot of famous Lemhi Pass near Salmon River, where the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery first crossed the Continental Divide and Sacagawea was reunited with her..... More
Logan: Utah State University Press, 2000. 492pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. This new documentary study seeks to place the larger political and military role of the Mormon Battalion in the context of the history of the American West through the papers and accounts of the participants, supplemented..... More
Norman: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2013. First Edition. 475pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Signed by the editor and the series editor on the half-title. Volume 15 in the ambitious and well received 'Kingdom in the West'..... More
Norman: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2012. First Edition. 511pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Signed by the editor and the series editor on the half-title. Volume 14 in the ambitious and well received 'Kingdom in the West'..... More
Norman: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2011. First Edition. 518pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Signed by all three editors on the half-title. Volume 13 in the ambitious and well received 'Kingdom in the West' series. This collection..... More
Norman: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2008. First Edition. 496pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Signed by both editors on the half-title, with the volume prospectus laid in. Volume 12 in the ambitious and well received 'Kingdom in..... More
Norman: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2016. First Edition. 698pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Signed by the author on the title page and the series editor on the half-title, with the volume prospectus laid in. Volume 11..... More
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: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2007. First Edition. 446pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Warmly inscribed by the series editor on the half-title to his sister. Volume 9 in the ambitious and well received 'Kingdom in the..... More
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2006. First Edition. 423pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Signed by the editor and the series editor on the half-title, with the volume prospectus laid in. Volume 8 in the ambitious and..... More
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2004. First Edition. 397pp. 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 7 in the ambitious and..... More
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2003. First Edition. 372pp. 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 6 in the ambitious and..... More