KENDALL, Geo[rge] W. Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, Comprising a Description of a Tour Through Texas, and Across the Great Southwestern Prairies, the Camanche and Cayuga Hunting-Grounds, With an Account of the Sufferings from Want of Food, Losses from Hostile Indians, and Final Capture of the Texans, and.....
PARKMAN, Francis. The California and Oregon Trail: Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life. New York. 1849. 448pp. plus ads. Frontispiece and illustrated half title. Original blue blindstamped cloth. Expertly recased. Early ownership signatures and book label. A good plus copy. In a half morocco box. Wagner-Camp 170:1b. BAL.....
PARKMAN, Francis. the Works of Francis Parkman. Champlain Edition. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1897. 21 Vols. Bound in gilt-ruled 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards, raised spine bands, compartments ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers, T.e.g. A fine set. BAL 15486. One of 1200 numbered sets. Parkman revised many of.....
ROSS, Alexander. Fur Hunters of the Far West; A Narrative of Adventures in the Oregon and Rocky Mountains. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1855. Two volumes. xv, 333pp. plus folding map and [1]p. of ads; viii, 262, [2]pp. plus 16pp. of ads. Lithographed frontispiece in each volume. Very good in.....
(UTAH). (SALT LAKE CITY). SLOAN, Edward L., Editor and Compiler. Gazetteer of Utah, and Salt Lake City Directory.... 1874. Salt Lake City: "Salt Lake Herald" Publishing Company, 1874. [5],17-326pp. plus 10pp. of advertisements (including pastedowns) and folding color map. Original blindstamped cloth, spine gilt. Cloth slightly discolored. Internal hinges mildly.....
WHEAT, Carl I. Mapping the Transmississippi West 1540-1861...Orig. cloth-backed linen boards. Folios. San Francisco: Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957-63. 5 vols in 6. First edition. Limited to 1000 sets printed by the Grabhorn Press. Fine.
HAFEN, LeRoy R. and Ann W., authors and editors. The Far West and Rockies Historical Series 1820-1875. Glendale, Calif.: Arthur H. Clark, 1954-61. 15 vols. Illus. maps. Orig. cloth. A fine set of this invaluable reference. The individual volumes are as follows: Old Spanish Trail, Santa Fe to Los Angeles;.....
HALEY, J. Evetts. The XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the Llano Estacado. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1929. [16],261pp., plus illustrations and maps. Frontis. Original gilt cloth, t.e.g. Slight abrasion on spine cloth, else a fine copy. ADAMS HERD 969. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 894. SIX-SCORE 54. GRAFF 1718.....
(MONTANA). [LEESON, Michael A.]. History of Montana, 1738-1885. A History of Its Discovery and Settlement, Social and Commercial Progress, Mines and Mixers, Agriculture and Stock-Growing, Churches, Schools and Societies, Indians and Indian Wars, Vigilantes, Courts of Justice, Newspaper Press, navigation, Railroads and Statistics, with Histories of Counties, Cities, Villages and.....
MACKENZIE, Alexander. Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; in the Years 1789 and 1793; with a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of That Country; with Original Notes and.....
GREGG, Josiah. Commerce of the Prairies or the Journal of a Santa Fe Trader during Eight Expeditions across the Great Western Prairies, and a Residence of Nearly Nine Years in Northern Mexico. New York: J. & H.G. Langley, 1845, 1844. Mixed set: Vol. One is 2nd ed.; Vol. Two is.....
MASSEY, Stephen. James's Traveler's Companion. Being A Complete Guide Through the Western States, to the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific, Via the Great Lakes, Rivers, Canals, etc..... Cincinnati: J.A. & U.P. James, 1851. vi,[9]-224pp., including several in-text illustrations and maps, plus two folding woodcut maps and two single-page maps.....
NUNEZ CABECA DE VACA, Alvar. Relation of Alvar Nunez Cabeca de Vaca. Translated from the Spanish by Buckingham Smith. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1871. 4to. 300pp. Portrait frontis. portrait. Orig. cloth, printed paper spine label. Rebacked, original spine and label laid down, very old waterstain to very head of upper.....
REMY, Jules, and BRENCHLEY, Julius. A Journey to Great-Salt-Lake City with a Sketch of the History, Religion and Customs of the Mormons, and an Introduction of the Religious Movement in the United States. London: W. Jeffs, 1861. 2 Vols. [2],cxxxi,[1],508; vii,[1],605,[1]pp., plus 10 plates and folding map. Half titles. Original.....
ROSS, Alexander. Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River: Being a Narrative of the Expedition Fitted Out by John Jacob Astor, to Establish the "Pacific fur Company"; With an Account of Some Indian Tribes on the Coast of the Pacific. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1849.....
BOLTON, Herbert Eugene. Anza's California Expeditions. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1930. 1st ed. 5 Vols. Frontises., plates, maps (some folding). Orig. cloth. A very good set in non-priceclipped d/j. HOWES B-523, "aa." Cowan, p.60. "Monumental work containing translations of the original MS. diaries of Anza, Diaz, Garces, Font.....
BORTHWICK, J[ohn] D[avid]. Three Years in California. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1857. 1st ed. [vii], 384 pp. Frontis., illus. Orig. blindstamped cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed, some edgewear and light wear to spine ends and corners, else a very good or better copy. HOWES B-622. Graff 358. Zamorano 80, 8.....
COX, Ross. Adventures on the Columbia River, Including the Narrative of a Residence of Six Years on the Western Side of the Rocky Mountains, Among Various Tribes of Indians Hitherto Unknown: Together With a Journey Across the American Continent. N.Y.: Printed and Published by J. & J. Harper, 1832. 1st.....
CRADLEBAUGH, John, Hon. Utah and the Mormons. Speech of Hon. John Cradlebaugh, of Nevada, on the Admission of Utah as a State. Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 7, 1863. Washington: L Towers & Co., Printers, [1863]. 67pp. Orig. wrappers in custom cloth box. Some dampstaining to cover else.....
DOBIE, J. Frank. Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver. Illustrated by Tom Lea. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1939. 1st ed. Illus. in color and black and white. Extra copies of five color illus. in envelope. xvii, 366pp. Orig. cloth-backed boards in publisher's slipcase. Very good or better. Limited to 265.....
FARISH, Thomas Edwin. History of Arizona. Phoenix, AZ: 1915-1918. 1st eds. 8 Vols. Frontises., portraits, plates, maps. Orig. cloth. Inner hinges of Vol. Eight, starting, else a fine set. HOWES F-37, "b." Presentation inscription from the author on the recto of the frontis. to Vol. One, dated 25 October 1915.....
KEATING, William H. Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods...Performed in the Year 1823, by the Order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, Under the Command of Stephen H. Long, Major U.S.T.E. Compiled from the Notes of Major.....
(CALIFORNIA). McCARTHY, John Russell, ed. The California Series. Los Angeles: Powell Publishing Company, 1928-1929. 9 Vols. Full brown morocco ruled in gilt, gilt pictorial boards, raised spine bands, pictorial gilt compartments, red and green morocco spine labels, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, T.e.g. A fine set. One of 387 numbered.....
MUIR, John. Travels in Alaska. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. 1st ed. xi,327pp. Frontis., plates. Orig. cloth, pictorial pastedown on front board, T.e.g., non-priceclipped d/j. Former owner's name on front free endpaper, very light rubbing to spine ends and corners, jacket chipped at spine ends, else very good or better.....
[NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD]. In the Senate of the United States...Mr. Ramsey Submitted the Following Memorial, &c. Northern Pacific Railroad. [Washington, 1867]. 39pp. plus large color folding map. Modern maroon cloth, gilt maroon morocco label. Minor dust Soiling to text. Map bright and clean. Overall very good. Midland Notes 68-164. Wheat.....