POTTER, Jack. Lead Steer and Other Tales. Clayton, NM: Leader Press, 1939. 1st ed. [6],116,[2]pp. Illus., portraits, plates. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Light shelf wear, else a very good copy. HOWES P-513. Campbell 72. Adams, Rampaging Herd 1822, "Scarce." Adams, Six-Guns, 1750. Dobie, p.114. Presentation inscription from the author on front.....
RUXTON, George F. Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains. London: John Murray, 1847. 1st ed. viii,332pp. Contemporary 3/4-calf and marbled boards, gilt-decorated raised spine bands, red morocco spine label, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Fine. HOWES R-553, "aa." Graff 3620. Field 1356. Rittenhouse 499. Sabin 74501. Wagner-Camp 139:1. George.....
SCHULTZ, James Willard. Red Crow's Brother: Hugh Monroe's Story of His Second Year on the Plains. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927. 1st ed. Frontis., illus. map endpapers, Orig, cloth, d/j. Light wear to d/j, else near fine. Stories about Indians in the Northwest. Illustrated by Frank E. Schoonover. Rare in.....
SMEDLEY, William. Across the Plains in '62. [Denver: Privately printed, 1916]. 1st ed. Orig. cloth-backed printed boards. 56pp. Portrait frontis., plates, map. Very light rubbing to boards, else near fine. HOWES S-566, "aa." Graff 3820. Mintz 427. Streeter Sale 3220. Mintz 427. One of a very small edition, possibly only.....
STRAHORN, Carrie Adell. Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage: A Woman's Unique Experience during Thirty Years of Path Finding and Pioneering from the Missouri to the Pacific and from Alaska to Mexico. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1911. 1st ed. xxv,673pp. Portrait frontis., illus., plates. Orig. cloth with pictorial pastedown, pictorial.....
STUART, Granville. Forty Years as Seen in the Journals and Reminiscences of Granville Stuart, Gold-Miner, Trader, Merchant, Rancher and Politician. Edited by Paul C. Phillips. Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1925. 1st ed. 2 Vols. 272;265pp. Frontises., plates, portraits. Orig. cloth, T.e.gs. Cloth lightly rubbed, minor wear to spine.....
[VOLLMER, Carl G.W.]. Kalifornien och Guldfebern. Guldgrafvarnes, Mormonernas och Indianernas seder och Bruck, Skildrade, under en Resa Genom Vestra Nordamerika.Af Dr. W.F.A. Zimmermann [pseud]. Stockholm: C.H. Falhstedts Forlag, [1862]. Illus. with 8 plates in color. Orig. calf-backed boards. A very good copy. Howes V-140. Wheat Gold Rush 238. Flake 9491.....
WAGNER, Henry R. The Spanish Southwest, 1542-1794. An Annotated Bibliography. Albuquerque: The Quivira Society, 1937. 2 vols. Illus. 553pp. Orig. cloth-backed paper-covered boards. Spines a bit soiled, else a very good set. First edition. Limited to 501 copies.
[WARNER, Juan J. et al.]. An Historical Sketch of Los Angeles County, California. From the Spanish Occupancy, by the Founding of the Mission San Garbriel Archangel, September 8, 1771, to July 4, 1876. Los Angeles: Louis Lewin & Co., 1876. 1st ed, 2nd issue. 88pp. Orig. printed wrappers in custom.....
ALLEN, W[illiam] A[lonzo]. Sheep Eaters. New York: The Shakespeare Press, 1913. 1st ed. 78pp. Portrait frontis. Orig. cloth. Neatly rebacked with original spine laid down, light tanning, else a very good copy. HOWES A-166. Graff 45. Eberstadt 115:11. Presentation inscription on title page, "To My friend Edward Halmquest, Dr. W......
BENAVIDES, Alonso de. The Memorial of Fray Alonso de Benavides, 1630. Translated by Mrs. Edward E. Ayer. Annotated by Frederick Webb Hodge and Charles Fletcher Lummis. Chicago: Privately Printed, 1916. 1st ed. xiii,309pp. 44 plates. Orig. cloth, T.e.g. Cloth lightly rubbed, else very good or better. Graff 250. Reese, Best.....
BISHOP, A[lbert] W. Loyalty on the Frontier, or Sketches of Union Men of the South-West; with Incidents and Adventures in the Rebellion on the Border. St. Louis: E.P. Studley, 1863. 1st ed. 8vo. 228pp. A fine copy in orig. cloth. Howes B-474. Inscribed by the author. Bishop identifies himself as.....
BOLTON, Herbert E., ed. Historical Memoirs of New California by Fray Francisco Palou. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1926. 1st ed. Four vols. A fine set in orig. cloth.
COLT, Mrs. Miriam Davis. Went to Kansas; Being a Thrilling Account of an Ill-Fated Expedition to that Fairy Land, and Its Sad Results; Together With a Sketch of the Life of the Author, and How the World Goes With Her. Watertown: Printed by L. Ingalls & Co., 1862. 1st ed.....
COUES, Elliott, ed. On the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer: The Diary and Itinerary of Francisco Garces (Missionary Priest) in His Travels through Sonora, Arizona, and California 1775-1776. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1900. 2 Vols. 1st eds. xxx,312;vii, 313-608 pp. Frontises., illus., maps (including folding maps). Orig. cloth. Fine.....
(TEXAS). DUVAL, J(ohn) C. Early Times in Texas. Austin: H.P.N. Gammel & Co., 1892. 1st ed. 135 & 253pp. A very good copy in orig. flexible cloth. Howes D603.Graff 1188. Basic Texas Books 51."A detailed account of Fannin'scampaign, closing with the massacre. The author...maintains that that Fannin surrendered his men.....
HELPER, Hinton R. The Land of Gold. Reality Versus Fiction. Baltimore: 1855. 1st ed. 300pp. Orig. cloth. Very good. Howes H-401. Sabin-31272. Almost all about California.
HOLLOWAY, Laura C. Howard: The Christian Hero. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1885. 1st ed. 235pp. Orig. cloth. Spine ends rubbed, rear inner hinge starting, bookplate of Joseph Y. Irwin on front pastedown, library stamp at head of contents page, else very good. Nevins II, p. 70. Not in Dornbusch.....
HUGHES, John T. Doniphan's Expedition; Containing an Account of the Conquest of New Mexico; General Kearny's Overland Expedition to California; Doniphan's Campaign against the Navajos; His Unparalleled March upon Chihuahua and Durango; and the Operations of General Price at Santa Fe. With a Sketch of the Life of Col. Doniphan.....
HUNTER, J[ohn] Marvin. Trail Drivers of Texas. New intro. by Harry Sinclair Drago. N.Y.: Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd., 1963. 2 vols. xxviii, 549; vii, 549-1070pp. Portraits. Half leather and tan boards, gilt spine titles & tops. Publisher's slipcase. A fine set. One of 97 specially bound and numbered copies. Signed by Drago.....
LEONARD, Zenas. Adventures of Zenas Leonard, Fur Trader and Trapper, 1831-1836. Reprinted from the Rare Original of 1839. Edited by W.F. Wagner. Cleveland, 1904. Illus. maps. 317pp. A very good copy in orig. cloth. Howes L-264. Limited to 520 copies.Inscribed by the editor.
McCONNELL, H.H. Five Years a Cavalryman; or, Sketches of Regular Army Life on the Texas Frontier, Twenty off years ago. Jacksboro, Texas, 1889. 1st ed. Orig. cloth. 319pp. Howes M-59. Adams Herd-1380. A very scarce book printed for the author by a local press on pink paper. the author was.....
[MERRIAM, C. Hart, ed.]. Harriman Alaska Expedition... New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902-5. 9 (of 13) Vols. Vols. 1, 3, 4, 8-13. Frontises, illus., chromolithographs, photogravures, maps. Orig. gilt-decorated cloth, T.e.g. Vols. 4, 8. 20, and 11 in original green cloth dustjackets. Ex-library with bookplates and spine numbers, perforarted.....
(CALIFORNIA). [MUNRO-FRASER, J.P.] History of Contra Costa County, California, Including Its Geography, Geology, Topography, Climatography and Description.... San Francisco: W.A. Slocum & Co., 1882. (iii)-vi, xiii-710pp. 67 portraits. Full leather. Restored copy, neatly recased with new end leaves, edges of a few leaves frayed, bookplate removed. Very good. Howes C-718.....
PARKER, Samuel. Journal of an Exploring Tour beyond the Rocky Mountains, under the Direction of the A.B.C.F.M. Containing a Description of the Geography, Geology, Climate, Productions of the Country, and the Numbers, Manners, and Customs of the Natives: with a Map of Oregon Territory. Ithaca, NY: Andrus, Woodruff, & Gauntlet.....