HENRY, Alexander, and THOMPSON, David. New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest. The Manuscript Journals of...1799-1814. New York, 1897. Three volumes totaling 1027pp., plus three folding maps and folding facsimile in rear pocket of vol. III. Portrait. Original green cloth, gilt-stamped spines. Titlepage of first volume detached.....
HENRY, Alexander and THOMPSON, David. New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest. The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry, Fur Trader of the Northwest Company, and of David Thompson, Official Geographer and Explorer of the Same Company, 1799-1814: Exploration and Adventure among the Indians on the Red, Saskatchewan.....
HUGHES, John T. Doniphan's Expedition; Containing an Account of the Conquest of New Mexico; General Kearney's Overland Expedition to California; Doniphan's Campaign Against the Navajos.... Cincinnati: U.P. James, [1847]. 144pp. Frontis., occasional illustrations throughout. Later 3/4 gilt-ruled red morocco and marbled boards, gilt-decorated raised spine bands, compartments ruled in gilt.....
HUNTER, J[ohn] Marvin, comp. The Trail Drivers of Texas: Interesting Sketches of Early Cowboys and Their Experiences on the Range and on the Trail during the Days that Tried Men's Souls--True Narratives Related by Real Cow-Punchers and Men Who Fathered the Cattle Industry in Texas. [San Antonio, TX: Jackson Printing.....
IRVING, Washington. Astoria, or Anecdotes of An Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. Two volumes. 285;279,8pp. plus folding map. Modern three quarter crushed morocco and marbled boards, gilt, spine gilt. Original cloth bound in at rear of each volume. Very good condition. WAGNER-CAMP 61:1. BAL.....
IVES, Joseph C. Report upon the Colorado River of the West. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861. 1st ed. 4to. 131;14; 154;30;6;31,[1]pp. Frontis., illus., plates (some hand-colored), folding maps (including two large maps). Later 3/4 red morocco and marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt, T.e.g. Light scattered toning and foxing, else.....
IVES, Joseph C. Report upon the Colorado River of the West, Explored in 1857 and 1858. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861. 1st ed. Five Parts in one as issued. 131;14;154;30;6;31,[1, Appendix]pp. Illus., plates (some folding, some color), maps (including large folding maps). Orig. gilt-pictorial cloth. Rebacked, original spine laid down.....
LANGWORTHY, Franklin. Scenery of the Plains, Mountains and MInes: or a Diary Kept Upon the Overland Route to California...in 1850, '51, '52, and '53. Ogdensburgh, 1855. 324pp. Original black cloth. Extremities with some wear. Still very good. Howes L-84. Blumann & Thomas 5033. Cowan, p. 383. Mintz 284. Streeter Sale.....
LEWIS, Henry. Das Illustrirte Mississippithal Dargestellt in 80 nach der Natur Aufgenommenen Ansichten vom Wasserfalle zu St. Anthony an bis zum Golf von Mexico. Leipzig: H. Schmidt & C. Gunther; Firenze: Otto Lange, 1923. 4to. xxii,431pp. Portraits, 78 colored plates (1 folding, counting as 2). Orig. 3/4 gilt-ruled green morocco.....
(MORMONS). OLSHAUSEN, Theodor. Geschichte der Mormonen: Oder Jungsten-Tages-Heiligen in Nordamerika. Gottingen: Bandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1856. 1st ed. iv, 244pp. Later boards with orig. printed front & rear wrappers pasted down. Some scattered foxing; light stain to upper margin of last few leaves. Else a near fine copy. Howes O-81. Flake.....
PIKE, Zebulon M. The Expeditions of..., to the Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During...1805-06-07. A New Edition, Reprinted from the Original 1810 Edition, With Copious Critical Commentary, Memoir of Pike, New Map, and Other Illustrations, and Complete Index by Elliot Coues. N.Y.: Francis.....
WHEAT, Carl I. The Maps of California Gold Region, 1848-1857: A Biblio-Cartography of an Important Decade. Original cloth, printed paper spine label. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1942. Folio. First edition. One of 300 copies. 26 folding maps. HOWES W-312, "b." The definitive scholarly study of the maps of the.....
WOODS, Daniel B. Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. 1st ed. 199pp. Full triple-gilt ruled green niger, raised spine bands, elaborate gilt compartments, red morocco spine label, inner gilt dentelles, T.e.g. Light scattered foxing, else very good or better. HOWES W-651, "aa." Graff 4741.....
HAMBLETON, Chalkley J. A Gold Hunter's Experience. Chicago: Printed for private circulation, 1898. 1st ed. 8vo. 116pp. Orig. green cloth. A very good copy. Howes H-105. Graff 1749. A presentation copy inscribed with the author's compliments on the front free endpaper. Rare and interesting account of the author's journey across.....
(TEXAS). (JOHNSON CO.). A Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas. Containing the Early History of This Important Section of the Great State of Texas, Together with Glimpses of Its Future Prospects; also Biographical Mention of Many of the Pioneers and Prominent Citizens of the Present Time.....
(WYOMING) BARTLETT, I. S., ed. History of Wyoming. The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1918-1919. 1st ed. 4 Vols. 4tos. Frontises., illus., portraits. Orig. armorial cloth, all edges marbled. A Very good set. Volume One covers early settlers, military history, natural resources, financial history, printing history, pioneers, etc. The other volumes.....
[BOLTON, Herbert, trans. & ed.] Kino's Historical Memoir of Pimeria Alta: A Contemporary Account of the Beginnings of California, Sonora, and Arizona, by Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, S.J., Pioneer Missionary Explorer, Cartographer, and Ranchman, 1683-1711. Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1919. Two volumes. 379; 329pp. including maps and plates.....
CHITTENDEN, Hiram M. The American Fur Trade of the Far West. New York, 1902. Three volumes totaling 1029pp. plus folding map. Cloth. Original green cloth, (recased). Gilt lettered spines. A very good set. Howes C-390. Rittenhouse 112. Streeter Sale 3206. Graff 696. Smith 1721. After all these years, still the.....
DAVIS, Sam P., ed. The History of Nevada. Reno, NV: The Elms Publishing Co., 1913. 1st ed. 2 Vols. 646;647-1279,xxiii pp. Portrait frontises., portraits, plates. Orig. 3/4 black morocco, raised spine bands, marbled endpapers, A.e.g. Near fine. Scarce. Adams, Six-Guns, 568 "Has a chapter on lawlessness and such bad men.....
GREEN, Ben K. The Last Trail Drive through Downtown Dallas. Flagstaff: Northland Press, [1971]. 1st ed. Orig. 1/4-leather and cloth. Fine in fine publisher's slipcase. One of 100 copies specially bound and signed by Green and the illustrator, Joe Beeler. In addition, Beeler provides an original ink and wash drawing.....
HEBARD, Grace Raymond. Bozeman Trail: Historical Accounts of the Blazing of the Overland Routes in the Northwest, and the Fights with Red Cloud's Warriors. Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1922. 1st ed. 2 Vols. 346;306pp. Portrait frontises., illus., portraits, maps. Orig. cloth, T.e.gs. Light wear to spine ends, bookplates.....
HEBARD, Grace Raymond. Sacajawea: A guide and Interpreter of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, with an Account of the Travels of Toussaint Charbonneau, and of Jean Baptiste, the Expedition Papoose. Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1933. 1st ed. 340pp. Frontis. illus., portraits, maps. Orig. cloth, T.e.g. Bookplate on.....
JENKINS, Thomas J. Six Seasons on Our Prairies and Six Weeks in Our Rockies. Louisville, Ky.: Chas. A. Rogers, 1884. 218,[1]pp. 12mo. Original blue cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, spine gilt. Cloth slightly worn. Old ex-lib. marks of a seminary library, with bookplate on front pastedown, and discreet circular.....
JENKINS, Thomas J. Six Seasons on Our Prairies and Six Weeks in Our Rockies. Louisville, Ky.: Chas. A. Rogers, 1884. 218,[1]pp. 12mo. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, spine gilt. Cloth lightly rubbed and edgeworn. Very good. A lively journal of an extended stay in the upper Plains.....
McCALL, Major Genl. George A. Letters from the Frontiers. Written during a Period of Thirty Years' Service in the Army of the United States. Phila.: J.B. Lippincott, 1868. 1st ed. 539pp. Orig. cloth. Light wear to spine endes, else a very good copy. Howes M-30, "aa." Clark III:68.Graff 2574. Rader.....