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Lyford, Carrie A. . QUILL AND BEADWORK OF THE WESTERN SIOUX
1940 1st Department of the Interior. Indian Handicrafts Pamphlets No.1. Hardcover. 4to., 116p., photo illustrations on sepia-tone paper, diagrams of patterns, printed cloth. VG plus, no DJ. (a10225)
$29.00 Howell, John . CALIFORNIA SPANISH EXPLORATION TO AMERICAN STATEHOOD - THE LIBRARY OF JENNIE CROCKER HENDERSON WITH ADDITIONS CATALOGUE 50 (parts 1 and 2 bound as one)
San Francisco 1979-1980 John Howell. Parts 1 and 2 bound together. Hardcover. Sm.4to. 560pp., photo illustrations, blue buckram cloth with mounted shiny black leather spine label. Fine, no DJ. (a10227)
$79.00 Dawson, Glen . CALIFORNIA AUTHORS CATALOGUE 330 A PRICED BOOK CATALOGUE
Los Angeles 1962. 8vo., illustrated, boards. Signed by Dawson. Institution stamp on end paper. VG. (a11040)
$50.00 Johenning, Jean . BALLADS OF THE OLD WEST A COLLECTION OF STORY POEMS
NY 1993 1st Vantage. Hardcover. 8vo., 66pp., 16 fullpage illustrations by Western artist W. Dick Doherty, cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a11943)
$20.00 American Guide Series . ARIZONA
NY 1941 2nd Hastings House. Hardcover. Octavo, 530pp., photo illustrations, cloth. VG in Good DJ, worn and stained. (a12324)
$20.00Cowboy Songs. TREASURE CHEST OF COWBOY SONGS
NY 1935 Treasure Chest. Music and lyrics. Octavo, 48pp., wraps. Good. (a15991)
$23.00 Billington, Ray A. . AMERICA'S FRONTIER CULTURE THREE ESSAYS
1977 first edition Texas A. & M. Hardcover. Octavo, 97p., cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a16133)
$24.00 Walcott, Charles D. . U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 1903-4
Washington 1904 first edition GPO.Hardcover. 4to., 388pp., 25 double page4 maps, index, cloth. Maps show Alaska, Florida, California, Colorado, Idaho, Indian Territory, Montana, etc. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracked, cover a bit worn. (a16724)
$45.00 Byerly, Perry PhD . PACIFIC COAST EARTHQUAKES
Eugene 1952 Condon Lectures Oregon State. Octavo, 38pp., photo illustrations, wraps bound in institution folder. Blind stamp on titlepage. Good. (a16736)
$22.00 Stauffer, Clinton . DEVONIAN OF CALIFORNIA
Berkeley 1930 University of California. Geological Science Volume 19, No. 4. Sm.4to., pp. 81-118, 5 plates, wraps. VG, cover browned. (a17252)
$34.00 (railroads) . DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS ON THE RIO GRANDE
Chicago n.d. date (c. 1920). 4to.,18 monotone photo views, each with short text, and a map of rail line through Rockies, original wraps with mounted illustration on front. VG plus, small closed tear on front cover. (a18002)
$45.00 Dietrich, Dr. Bruno . ARIZONA EINE LANDKUNDLICHE SKIZZE
Berlin 1928. Veroffentlichungen der Schlesischen Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde 7. Heft. In German. 8vo., 30pp., photos, wraps. In German. Uncut. VG some slight foxing. (a19892)
$35.00 american indian . AMERICAN INDIAN READ AND COLOR
Albuquerque 1948, 1949, 1962 Eukabi. Four coloring books, unused, 4to., wraps. Indians of the Plains, 1949; Hopi & Zuni, 1948; Apache (n.d.); Navajo, 1962. About 7 fullpage images to color in each, plus explanatory text for each image. Proper colors indicated. Small owner name label pasted to title page in each coloring book. Near Fine. Set of 4: (a20039)
$35.00Hertlein, Leo George and Eric Knight Jordan. PALEONTOLOGY OF THE MIOCENE OF LOWER CALIFORNIA
San Francisco 1927. California Academy of Sciences Vol. XVI No.19, Sept. 2, 1927. Large octavo, pp. 605-647, plates 17-21, wraps. Near Fine. (a22117)
$22.00 (americana) . WESTERN AMERICANA THE EXTENSIVE AND NOTABLE COLLECTION FORMED BY HENRY W. PLATH PIEDMONT CALIFORNIA
NY 1959. Auction catalogue from Parke-Bernet Galleries, inc. Sale held on October 20, 21 and 22 1959. Octavo, 219pp., illustrations, wraps. Prices not included. Near VG, slight damp wrnkling at top. (a22834)
$22.00 Grange, Roger T. Jr. . FORT ROBINSON OUTPOST ON THE PLAINS
1958. Offprint from Nebraska History 39, No. 3 Sept. 1958. Octavo, pp. 191-240 , foldout map, photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a23126)
$29.00 Clark, Bruce L. and Arthur S. Campbell . EOCENE RADIOLARIAN FAUNAS FROM THE MT. DIABLO AREA, CALIFORNIA
Baltimore 1942. Geological Society of America Special Papers No. 39. Large octavo, 112pp., plates, wraps. Good, rear cover lacks top corner, a few leaves have bumped corners. (a24895)
$33.00 Chapman, Frederick . ON SOME PLIOCENE OSTRACODA FROM NEAR BERKELEY
Berkeley 1896. Offprint from the University of California Bulletin of the Department of Geology, Vol. 2, No. 2. Large octavo, pp.93-100, plates, wraps. Unopened. Good, front wrap and a few text pages a bit stained. (a25896)
$30.00 Monaghan, Jay (editor) . THE BOOK OF THE AMERICAN WEST
NY 1969 Simon and Schuster. Hardcover. 4to., 608pp., fully illustrated, cloth. Fine in VG DJ. (a26154)
$20.00 McCracken, Harold . FREDERIC REMINGTON ARTIST OF THE OLD WEST
Philadelphia 1947 1st Lippincott. With bibliographical check list of Remington pictures and books. 4to., 157pp., 48 color and monochrome plates, black cloth. Institution name stamp on title page. VG, very slight wear to corners, no DJ. (a26156)
$20.00 Church, Clifford C. . LOWER CRETACEOUS FORAMINIFERA OF THE ORCHARD PEAK-DEVILS DEN AREA, CALIFORNIA
Berkeley 1968. Offprint from the Proceedings of California Academy of Sciences Vol. XXXII No. 18, pp. 523-580, 8 plates, printed wraps. Complete in one volume. Owner stamp on front. VG. (a28525)
$27.00 Burch, John P. . CHARLES W. QUANTRELL A TRUE HISTORY OF HIS GUERRILLA WARFARE ON THE MISSOURI AND KANSAS BORDER DURING THE CIVIL WAR OF 1861-1865 AS TOLD BY CAPTAIN HARRISON TROW ONE WHO FOLLOWED QUANTRELL THROUGH HIS WHOLE COURSE.
Vega 1923 1st Burch. Sm.8vo., 266pp., illustrations, cloth hardcover. VG. (a3084)
$25.00Trager, Martelle W.. NATIONAL PARKS OF THE NORTHWEST
NY 1939 first edition. Dodd Mead. Hardcover. 216p. Foldout maps. Photo illus. Fairly Good, text clean, cover spine has chips and discoloration on top and lower inch of backstrip. no dj. (a3237)
$23.00 Amsden, Charles Avery . PREHISTORIC SOUTHWESTERNERS FROM BASKETMAKER TO PUEBLO (hardcover.)
Los Angeles 1949 Southwest Museum. red cloth sm4to. 163pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. no ownership marks. (a32384)
$35.00Adair, A. Garland. AUSTIN ITS PLACE UNDER TEXAS SKIES
Austin 1946 1st Texas Information Service. 8vo., 160pp., photo illustrations, wraps. I**nscribed and signed by Adair. VG. (a3281)
$27.00Acheson, Sam; John Rogers and Kathleen Witherspoon. THREE SOUTHWEST PLAYS (signed by all 3 authors)
Dallas 1942 first edition. Southwest Review. Introduction by John Rosenfield. Hardcover. Octavo, 326pp., cloth. ***Signed by Acheson, Rogers and Witherspoon . Bookplate of Edward Crowley. VG, hinges secure; text clean; no DJ. (a3364)
$45.00 (texas, architecture) . PROCEEDINGS OF SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION TEXAS SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS HELD IN DALLAS TEXAS OCTOBER 2,3,4, 1941
Dallas 1941. first edition. 4to. wraps. 75 leaves (mimeo). VG. President of Society, George Leighton Dahl. (a3393)
$50.00 Nixon, O.W. M.D. . WHITMAN'S RIDE THROUGH SAVAGE LANDS WITH SKETCHES OF INDIAN LIFE
1905 1st Winona. About early settler of Oregon, Marcus Whitman. 8vo., 186pp., cloth.A few pencil marks in text. Fair, lacking front blank end page and frontis. Sold as is, a reading copy. (a3475)
$20.00Tinkle, Lon. AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL THE LIFE OF J. FRANK DOBIE (signed)
Boston 1978-1st Little Brown. 264pp., photo illus., index. "The first major biography of one of the best-loved storytellers of the American Southwest." (dj). ***Signed by Tinkle. Fine in VG DJ. (a3501)
$29.00Wilkins, Lee. WAYNE MORSE A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY
Westport 1985 1st Greenwood Bio-Bibliographies in Law and Political Science No. 1. 8vo., 115pp., index, hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a3525)
$22.00 Moynihan, Ruth Barnes . REBEL FOR RIGHTS ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY
New Haven 1983 1st Yale. Suffragette and pioneer to Oregon who lived 1834-1915. 8vo., 273pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (a3561)
$24.00 Samuels, Peggy and Harold . SAMUELS' ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARTISTS OF THE AMERICAN WEST
1985 Castle. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 549pp., illustrations, cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a3678)
$35.00 (san francisco) . LAW AND ORDER IN SAN FRANCISCO A BEGINNING
San Francisco 1916 Chamber of Commerce. Merchants organize to stop a wave of strikes beginning with Longshoremen in 1916. 8vo., 41pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Ex-library with blind stamp on title page pockets, spine numbers, etc. VG, text clean. (a3681)
$22.00 Sykes, Godfrey . A WESTERLY TREND
Tucson 1945 first edition Arizona Pioneers Historical Society. Printed at Lakeside Press by Donnelley. "Being a veracious chronicle of more than sixty years of joyous wanderings, mainly in search of space and sunshine." Limited to 2000 copies. Hardcover. Octavo, 325pp., photo illustrations, cloth. A most interesting and informative autobiography of a real pioneer."--J. Babb on DJ. Fine in Fair DJ, chipped. (a3751)
$25.00 Shippey, Lee . IT'S AN OLD CALIFORNIA CUSTOM
NY 1948-lst Vanguard.292p.Signed by author. Customs of Californians. G-Vg. (a3822)
$35.00 Taft, Robert . ARTISTS AND ILLUSTRATORS OF THE OLD WEST 1850-1900
NY 1953 Scribners 1st (A). Lg.8vo., 400pp., illustrations, index, hardcover. Good, light wear, spine ends a bit worn, no DJ. (a41137)
$20.00 Eberstadt, Edward . THE WILLIAM ROBERTSON COE COLLECTION OF WESTERN AMERICANA
New Haven 1948 1st. Yale University LIbrary Gazette October 1948 Vol. 23 Number 2. Sm.4to., 130pp., illustrations, wraps. Good, a bit frayed on edges. (a43135)
$32.00 Grier, William M. Jr. . GRIER OF SAN FRANCISCO
Denver 1989 1st Grier. Builder in the West and his family 1878-1988. 8vo., 320pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a4350)
$20.00 LIggett, Lyle . THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE...THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION
NY 1972. 8vo., 35pp., photo illustrations, original wraps. Good, slight rippling on lower margin throughout. (a47430)
$20.00Brooke, Mildred Crew. MILDRED CREW BROOKE - AN UNFINISHED MANUSCRIPT OF REMINISCENCES AND SOME EXTRACTS FROM HER DIARY
Casa del Oso November 1940. first edition. Hardcover. 4to.110p. Photo illus. Well-off California woman, married into the Hoover family. Very Near Fine in later protective removable glassine dust jacket. (a4794)
$50.00 (atomic energy) . PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956 BY GRAND JUNCTION OFFICE, AEC AND US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Washington 1970 Atomic Energy Commission. RME-158, TID UC-51. 4to., 169pp., maps, wraps. Institution name stamps and ink numbers on cover and title. VG. (a49108)
$75.00 Kimble, J. M. and W. D. Nettleton (editors) . PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SOIL CORRELATION MEETING (ISCOM): CHARACTERIZATION, CLASSIFICATION AND UTILIZATION OF ARIDISOLS TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA - PART A PAPERS
Conference October 1987. Published October 1990. 4to., 250pp., wraps. Depository library name and numbers on front cover. VG. (a50603)
$75.00 D'Harnoncourt, Rene . EL ARTE DEL INDIO EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS
Washington 1943 National Indian Institute. Octavo, 22pp., monochrome photo illustrations, wraps. Good, a few small stains, light wear on spine. (a5481)
$20.00 Mahood, Ruth I. (editor) . PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE SOUTHWEST ADAM CLARK VROMAN 1856 - 1916. ISBN 0-517-186160.
NY 1961 1st Bonanza. ISBN 0-517-186160. Introduction by Beaumont Newhall. 4to., 127pp., full page photo illustrations, hardcover. Intro by Beaumont Newhall. Fine in VG DJ. (a58107)
$39.00 Butler, Julius W. . WEST TO RISING SUN
Chicago 1930 1st Jordan. About life in Montana. 8vo., 271pp., striking colorful end papers, original printed hardcover. Signed by Butler. Owner bookplate. Good, tiny puncture hole and faint stain on spine, no DJ. (a58730)
$39.00 Koontz, Louis Knott . ROBERT DINWIDDIE HIS CAREER IN AMERICAN COLONIAL GOVERNMENT AND WESTWARD EXPANSION
Glendale 1941 Arthur H.Clark. Old Northwest Historical Series III. 8vo., 429pp., 4 illustrations and one foldout sketch map, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a6013)
$90.00 Lee, 'Powder River' Jack H. . THE STAMPEDE AND OTHER TALES OF THE FAR WEST TOLD IN NARRATIVE VERSE
c. 1930 Published by the Author. Hardcover. Octavo, 154pp., illustrations by Lee, cloth. Inscribed and signed Lee and his wife Kitty with ink drawing of cowboy and his horse and a sign which reads: To Noo Yauk. Good, light wear, no DJ. (a74546)
$45.00 Lummis, Charles . FLOWERS OF OUR LOST ROMANCE
Boston 1929 Houghton Mifflion.288p. Essays about early California and Mexico. Good-bookplate.Illus. (a7527)
$25.00 Lord, John . FRONTIER DUST
Hartford 1926 1st Edwin Valentine Mitchell. Edited with introduction by Natalie Shipman. Limited to 1000 copies. About cowboys, Billy the Kid, life in the frontier West. Hardcover. Octavo, 198pp., cloth. VG, spine label browned, no DJ. (a75289)
$20.00 Phelan, James D. . TRAVEL AND COMMENT
San Francisco 1923 1st Robertson. Author former U.S. Senator from California. Hardcover. Octavo, 318pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Good, light wear, no DJ. (a7794)
$20.00 Youngman, Rev. W.E. . GLEANINGS FROM WESTERN PRAIRIES (ORIGINAL EDITION, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Cambridge 1882 Jones and Piggott. Life on American prairies, especially on a Roman Catholic mission in Osage country in Kansas. Hardcover. Small octavo, 214pp., bright gilt decorated cloth,cloth. VG, light staining on lower board edges, light browning of end papers. (a81954)
$75.00 Sabin, Edwin Legrand . KIT CARSON DAYS 1809 - 1868 ADVENTURES IN THE PATH OF EMPIRE VOLUME I
New York 1935 Press of Pioneers. Revised edition with new matter. Hardcover. Octavo, 488pp., 20 full page drawings by Howard Simon, original bluegray cloth with gilt lettering. VG, no DJ. Volume 1 only. (a82081)
$65.00Hofmann, Charles (editor). WAR WHOOPS AND MEDICINE SONGS
Boston 1952 first edition Boston Music Co. Music and lyrics. Most songs were recorded on No. 161 Ethnics Series of World Folkways distrIbuted by DISC Company of America. Authenic American Indian songs. Hardcover. 4to., 34pp., illustrations, pictorial boards.VG, light wear. (a8251)
$23.00 Rodeo Program . LA FIESTA DE LOS VAQUEROS TUCSON'S MIDWINTER RODEO FEBRUARY 22-25 1945
1945. Octavo, about 30pp., numerous photo illustrations of cowboys and cowgirls, color wraps. Good plus, light wear. Scarce. (a82539)
$58.00Shaw, Lloyd. COWBOY DANCES A COLLECTION OF WESTERN SQUARE DANCES
Caldwell 1945 7th Caxton. Foreword by Sherwood Anderson. 8vo., 411pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. Includes appendix: Cowboy Dance Tunes arranged by Frederick Knorr. Good, shaken, spine darkened, worn, no DJ. (a8281)
$23.00Miller, Max. CRUISE OF THE COW
NY 1951 1st Dutton. Being an introduction to San Diego, Mexico's Baja California and a voyage into the Gulf of California--this combined region of the southwest corner. 8vo., 256pp., 47 monochrome photo illus., hardcover. Good, cover just a bit rubbed and soiled. (a8317)
$22.00 Youngman, Rev. W. E. . GLEANINGS FROM WESTERN PRAIRIES (ORIGINAL EDITION, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Cambridge 1882 Jones and Piggott. Life on American prairies, especially on a Roman Catholic mission in Osage country in Kansas. Hardcover. Small octavo, 214pp., cloth. Good, cover worn and a bit soiled. (a9139)
$45.00 Vander Leck, Lawrence . PETROLEUM RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO UNPROVED AREAS
Sacramento 1921. California State Mining Bureau Bull. 89. Hardcover. 8vo., 186pp., several large foldout photo illus., map in rear pocket. VG plus. no ownership marks. (a9298)
$47.00 Manly, William Lewis. . DEATH VALLEY IN `49, AN IMPORTANT CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA PIONEER HISTORY.
NY 1929 Wallace Hebberd. Hardcover. Octavo, 524pp., gilt printed cloth. VG, no DJ. (ac207)
$33.00Withington, Antoinette.. GOLDEN CLOAK (signed)
Honolulu 1953 first edition Hawaiiana Press. Hardcover. An informal history of Hawaiian Royalty. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Octavo, 312pp., many monochrome photo illustrations and drawings.*** Inscribed and signed by Withington. Near Fine. no dj. (ac382)
$35.00 Winchester, Dean. . OIL SHALE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION.
Washington 1923 GPO. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 729. 8vo., 204pp., photo illustrations, index, maps in text and in rear pocket, wraps. VG. (s263)
$25.00