[GARCES, Francisco]. On the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer. The Diary and Itinerary of Francisco Garces (Misisonary Priest) in His Travels Through Sonora, Arizona, and California 1775-1776.... New York, 1900. Two volumes. xxx, 312; vii, [313]-608pp. plus maps (some folding), plates and facsimiles. Original blue cloth, spine gilt. A fine.....
HOLMES, Kenneth L., ed. & comp. Covered Wagon Women Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails 1840-1890. 1st eds. 11 Vols. Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1983-93. A fine set of first editions of this series, publisher's prospectus laid in.
(NEVADA). MATHEWS, Mrs. M(ary) M(cN). Ten Years in Nevada: or, Life on the Pacific Coast. Buffalo: Baker, Jones & Co., 1880. 1st ed. Frontis. & 2 portraits. 343pp. A fine copy in orig. cloth. Howes M-417. "The author had a lively experience in California and Nevada, going thither in 1869.....
(WYOMING). The Brand Book of the Wyoming Westerners. Laramie, WY: Posse of Wyoming Westerners, 1953-1955. 2 Vols. 4tos. Illus., original mounted photographs. Vol. One bound in later cloth original pictorial wrappers bound in; Vol. 2 in four parts. Near fine. A complete run of this quarterly about Wyoming history with.....
(SUTRO TUNNEL). Report of the Commissioners and Evidence Taken by the Committee on Mines and Mining of the House of Representatives of the United States, in Regard to the Sutro Tunnel, Together with the arguments and Report of the Committee, Recommending a Loan by the Government in Aid of the.....
(CALIFORNIA). (FRESNO CO.). [ANGEL, Myron]. A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, California. Containing a History of This Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of Its Occupancy to the Present Time, Together with Glimpses of Its Prospective Future; with Profuse.....
(CALIFORNIA). CARR, John. Pioneer Days in California; Historical and Personal Sketches. Embracing many facts never before given to the Public. Eureka: Times Publishing, 1891. Portrait. 452pp. Orig. cloth. Wear to corners, front inner hinge starting, else very good. Howes C-167. "Narrative of the trip from Illinois across the plains to.....
(CALIFORNIA). CARR, John. Pioneer Days in California; Historical and Personal Sketches. Embracing many facts never before given to the Public. Eureka: Times Publishing, 1891. Portrait. 452pp. Fine in orig. cloth. Howes C-167. "Narrative of the trip from Illinois across the plains to California in 1850; with reminiscences of life at.....
COOKE, P[hilip] St. G[eorge]. Scenes and Adventures in the Army: or, Romance of Military Life. Phila.: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1859. 2nd issue. 8vo. 432pp. Orig. blindstamped cloth. Light wear to spine ends, spine gently sunned, private bookplates on front pastedown and front free endpaper, faint scattered foxing to exterior leaves.....
DAYTON, Edson C. Dakota Days: May 1886-August 1898.[Hartford, CT: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co.], 1937. 1st ed. [x],128pp. Map frontis. Orig. cloth. A fine copy. HOWES D-165. Adams, Rampaging Herd 665. Dobie, p. 102. Reese, Six Score, 29. One of 300 numbered copies. "Dayton had more experience with sheep.....
FARNHAM, Thomas J. Travels in the Great Western Prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory [wrapper title]. New York: Greeley & McElrath..., 1843. 112 pp. Original printed wrappers (soiled) bound in three quarter blue morocco and marbled boards. Overall very good. Howes F-50. Sabin 23872. Wagner-Camp.....
(MORMONS). FERRIS,[Cornelia Woodcock]. The Mormons at Home; With Some Incidents of Travel from Missouri to California, 1852-3. In a Series of Letters. By Mrs. B.G. Ferris. N.Y., 1856. 1st ed. 299pp. plus advts. Orig. cloth. Offset from inlaid card or paper on first page of Preface and facing verso of.....
FROST, Donald McKay. Notes on General Ashley, the Overland Trail and South Pass. Worcester, Mass.: American Antiquarian Society, 1945. 1st ed. Folio. Large folding map in pocket. 159pp. Orig. cloth-backed patterned boards. A fine copy. Howes F-392. Wagner-Camp 33, note. One of 50 copies on special paper. "Contains the letters.....
FURBER, George C. The Twelve Months Volunteer; or, Journal of a Private, in the Tennessee Regiment of Cavalry, in the Campaign, in Mexico, 1846-7; Comprising Four General Subjects I. A Soldier's Life in Camp; Amusements; Duties; Hardships; II. A Description of Texas and Mexico, as Seen on the March; III.....
(YELLOWSTONE). HEATH, Charles. A. A Trial of a Tail, from Cody to the Yellowstone (with Map). Notes from the Journal of Charles A. Heath. Chicago: The Franklin Press, 1905. 79 pp., frontis., illus., folding map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. With a warm presentation inscription from the author on the front free.....
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. A fine.....
(CUSTER, GEORGE). HUNTER, Paul A., ed. Custer and His Times. [El Paso, TX]: Little Big Horn Associates. 1981. 1st ed. 272pp. Orig. pictorial cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Near fine. One of 320 copies. [with] CARROLL, John M., ed. Custer and His Times, Book Two. [Ft. Worth, TX]: Little Big Horn Associates.....
MARQUIS, Thomas B. A Warrior Who Fought Custer. Minneapolis: The Midwest Company, 1931. 1st ed. [xi], 384pp. Portrait frontis., illus. Orig. pictorial cloth, d/j. This copy is in unbeatable shape. Luther & Swinford, 83. The story of Wooden Leg, a Cheyenne who fought with the Lakotas at Little Big Horn.....
McGARRAHAN, William. History of the McGarrahan Claims as Written by Himself. [N.P: n.p., 1875]. 1st ed. xxviii,411pp. Folding maps. Orig. printed wrappers in custom blue morocco-backed clamshell case. Wrappers chipped, front wrapper separated but present, occasional library stamps and blindstamps, cracked but holding, else a good copy this scarce work.....
REMINGTON, Frederic. MILES, Nelson A. Personal Recollections and Observations of General...Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War...the Story of His Indian Campaigns With Comments on the Exploration, Development and Progress of Our Great Western Empire. Copiously Illustrated by Frederic Remington, et al. Chicago and N.Y., 1896. 1st issue. 590pp.....
MILLER, Lewis B. A Crooked Trail. The Story of a Thousand-Mile Saddle Trip up and down the Texas Frontier in Pursuit of a Runaway Ox, with Adventures by the Way. Pittburgh, [1908]. 1st ed. 182pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Very good. Howes M-611. Adams Herd 1489. "Published originally as a serial.....
(TEXAS). MORFI, Juan Agustin. History of Texas 1673-1779. Albuquerque: The Quivira Society, 1935. 1st ed. 2 vols. 242; (6), 243-496 pp. Illus. Corners slightly bumped, else a very good set in orig. paper over boards with gilt-lettered cloth spine back. HOWES M-792. 1 of 500 copies. "First complete publication in.....
MUMEY, Nolie. The Life of Jim Baker, 1818-1898. Trapper, Scout, Guide and Indian Fighter. Denver: The World Press Inc., 1931. 1st ed. Large folding maps. illus. 234pp. Orig. cloth-backed boards with paper label on front cover. A fine copy. Howes M-889. Limited to 250 copies signed by the author. Very.....
PALLISER, John. Solitary Rambles and Adventures of a Hunter in the Prairies. London: John Murray, 1853. 1st ed. xiv, 326 pp. Frontis, engraved title page, illus. Later 19th-century cloth. Light wear to spine ends, cloth faded, else a very good copy. HOWES P-43, "aa." Graff 3168. Wagner-Camp 228:1. Rader 2578.....
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.....