On this page you can explore among the 145 titles about The West (Western Americana) that are resting on our shelves as of March 26, 2008. Remember to make a note of the order number just before the price, and place your order with Ray Boas, Bookseller in Walpole, New Hampshire, thank you, RAY
1. Abert, James W. (edited by John Galvin), THROUGH THE COUNTRY OF THE COMANCHE INDIANS IN THE FALL OF THE YEAR 1845 ..., John Howell Books, San Francisco, CA, 1970, color illustrations, 77pp, very good, cream colored cloth (hardcover), "...THE JOURNAL OF A U.S. ARMY EXPEDITION LED BY LIEUTENANT JAMES W. ABERT OF THE TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS" Artist extraordinary whose paintings of Indians and Their Wild West illustrate this book., (Order No: 49949 ), $25.00
2. Adams, Alexander B., SUNLIGHT AND STORM: THE GREAT AMERICAN PLAINS, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1977), B&W illustrations, 479pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0399115633, (Order No: 4174 ), $5.00
3. American Heritage (editors), AMERICAN HERITAGE BOOK OF GREAT ADVENTURES OF THE OLD WEST, American Heritage Press, New York, (1969), B&W illustrations, 384pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The editors of American Heritage, The Magazine of History, have collected in one book twenty articles written by historians, poets, admirers of America's past, and a United States senator., (Order No: 12326 ), $4.50
4. Anonymous (notes and bibliography by Jerome Peltier), THE BANDITTI OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND VIGILANCE COMMITTEE IN IDAHO, Ross & Haines, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, 1964, B&W illustrations, 190pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), "An Authentic Record of Startling Adventures In the Gold Mines of Idaho.", (Order No: 40651 ), $17.50
5. Ault, Phil, WIRES WEST: THE STORY OF THE TALKING WIRES, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, (1974), B&W ill., B&W maps, 176pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), An exciting account of opening communications across the unpopulated expanses of the American continent., (Order No: 28026 ), $8.50
6. Bakker, Elna & Lillard, Richard G., THE GREAT SOUTHWEST: THE STORY OF A LAND AND ITS PEOPLE, American West Publishing Co., Palo Alto, CA, (1972), B&W and color illustrations, 288pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0910118264 "The Great West Series.", (Order No: 3188 ), $4.00
7. Bartlett, Richard A., THE NEW COUNTRY: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER 1776-1890, Oxford University Press, New York, 1974, B&W illustrations, 487pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0195017382 "The book replaces much of the old romance and mythology about the settlement of the West with a poignant story of people elevating themselves to new affluence and dignity in a new country represented in a new civilization of their own making.", (Order No: 2841 ), $5.00
8. Beebe, Lucius & Clegg, Charles, THE AMERICAN WEST: THE PICTORIAL EPIC OF A CONTINENT, Bonanza Books, New York, orig. pub 1955, over 1, 000 B&W ill., 511pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 2602 ), $10.00
9. Beecher, George Allen, A BISHOP OF THE GREAT PLAINS, Church Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA, 1950, B&W illustrations, 220pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Stories of the Church on the western borders of our civilization from 1892 through 1943., (Order No: 15407 ), $7.50
10. Billington, Ray Allen (editor), "DEAR LADY": THE LETTERS OF FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER AND ALICE FORBES PERKINS HOOPER 1910-1932, The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, 1970, B&W photos, 487pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) bump top corner, Meticulously edited by Dr. Billington, the correspondence is divided into seven chapters, each with a few paragraphs of commentary to place the letters in their proper chronological setting; footnotes identify persons or explain passages that might otherwise be obscure., (Order No: 9344 ), $14.50
11. Bingham, Edwin R. and Love, Glen A. (compiled and edited by), NORTHWEST PERSPECTIVES: ESSAYS ON THE CULTURE OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, University of Washington Pr., Seattle, WA, (1979), 247pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0295955945 This collection grew out of a four-week Institute on Northwest Literature and History held in 1976 at the University of Oregon. The essays here are a record of their explorations into the image and reality of the Northwest as revealed in the works of the area's leading writers and interpreters, as well as in the accomplishments and attitudes of its representative men and women., (Order No: 29332 ), $10.00
12. Birney, Hoffman, ROADS TO ROAM, The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1930), ill. by Charles Hargens, 305pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket) wear to covers, "It is the friendly, intimate journey of one who knows and loves the country of which he writes and who wishes to share it with others." Early automobile travels in the American West., (Order No: 26270 ), $12.50
13. Bolton, Herbert Eugene; Bannon, John Francis (Series Editor), THE PADRE ON HORSEBACK - THE AMERICAN WEST: A LOYOLA UNIVERSITY PRESS REPRINT SERIES, Loyola University Press, Chicago, IL, (1963), 90pp, very good, wraps (softcover), First published in 1932. Black Robe pioneer of the Sonora-Arizona frontier, Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino was a missionary, explorer, rancher, geographer, and historian., (Order No: 51313 ), $5.00
14. Bond, Marshall (Jr.), GOLD HUNTER: THE ADVENTURES OF MARSHALL BOND (1867-1941), Univ. of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, (1969) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 258pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by author, Marshall Bond (1867-1941) lived the life that every American dreams of. Tempermental, energetic, intelligent, highly congenial, and sometimes wealthy, he followed the path of high adventure from one frontier of the world to another - with immense success., (Order No: 53 ), $10.00
15. Borland, Hal, WHEN THE LEGENDS DIE, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, (1963) 2nd ptg, 288pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 6370 ), $6.00
16. Bourke, John G. (introduction by J. Frank Dobie), AN APACHE CAMPAIGN IN THE SIERRA MADRE, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1958), 128pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION IN PURSUIT OF THE HOSTILE CHIRICAHUA APACHES IN THE SPRING OF 1883. This short but fascinating chronicle written by an eye-witness and participant, tells the story of the United States Army's 1883 campaign against the Apache Indians in the Sierra Madre., (Order No: 53788 ), $12.00
17. Byrd, Cecil K., SEARCHING FOR RICHES: THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH, The Lilly Library, Bloomington, IN, 1991, B&W illustrations, 96pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1879598027 Catalogue of the exhibition held at The Lilly Library July to September 1991., (Order No: 38617 ), $15.00
18. Campbell, Walter S. (Stanley Vestal), THE BOOK LOVER'S SOUTHWEST: A GUIDE TO GOOD READING, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, (1955) 1st ed, 287pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Here is the result of Mr. Campbell's survey of books published in or about the Southwest or by authors intimately associated with the region, designed to help readers to know, understand, and enjoy the Southwest, its people, and its literature., (Order No: 14534 ), $15.00
19. Carr, Harry, THE WEST IS STILL WILD: ROMANCE OF THE PRESENT AND PAST, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1932 1st ed, ill. by Charles H. Owens, 257pp, good, light brown cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 49212 ), $4.50
20. Carter, Hodding, DOOMED ROAD OF EMPIRE: THE SPANISH TRAIL OF CONQUEST - THE AMERICAN TRAIL SERIES, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, (1963) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 408pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Ninth title in "The American Trails Series.", (Order No: 2495 ), $12.50
21. Chardon, F. A. (edited with historical introduction and notes by Annie Heloise Abel) (introduction by William R. Swagerty), CHARDON'S JOURNAL AT FORT CLARK, 1834-1839, Bison Books/Univ of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, (1997) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 458pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0803263759 Reprint of the 1932 edition. "Descriptive of Life on the Upper Missouri; of a Fur Trader's Experiences Among the Mandans, Gros Ventres, and Their Neighbors; of the Ravages of the Small-Pox Epidemic of 1837.", (Order No: 46558 ), $27.50
22. Clark, John G. (editor), THE FRONTIER CHALLENGE: RESPONSES TO THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI WEST, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (1971), 307pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0700600701 Essays by experts with various interests illuminating the tragedies and accomplishmentsof the westward movement., (Order No: 8049 ), $10.00
23. Cleland, Robert Glass & Hardy, Osgood, MARCH OF INDUSTRY, Powell Publishing Co., Los Angeles, CA, (1929), B&W illustrations, 322pp, very good, tan cloth (hardcover), Deals with the material progress of California. An economic history of the state dealing with agriculture, petroleum resources, water and power, and the financing of the growth., (Order No: 2794 ), $15.00
24. Cleland, Robert Glass (edited by), APRON FULL OF GOLD: THE LETTERS OF MARY JANE MEGQUIER FROM SAN FRANCISCO, 1849-1856, The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, 1949 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 99pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), According to family tradition, Mary Jane Megquier was the first white woman to cross the Isthmus of Panama during the Gold Rush. Whatever the truth of the tradition, the reader of the letters will remember her as the typical pioneer woman of the Great Migration., (Order No: 42220 ), $14.50
25. Colbert, David (edited by), EYEWITNESS TO THE AMERICAN WEST: FROM THE AZTEC EMPIRE TO THE DIGITAL FRONTIER IN THE WORDS OF THOSE WHO SAW IT HAPPEN, Viking, New York, (1998) 1st ptg, 495pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) w/review press release, ISBN 0670881031 This book brings together conquistadors and missionaries, venture capitalists and new age therapists, to create a kaleidoscope of American history. Review press release laid in., (Order No: 19110 ), $6.50
26. Crouse, Nellis M., FRENCH PIONEERS IN THE WEST INDIES, 1624-1664, Octagon Books, New York, 1977, B&W maps, 294pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover) MARGINALIA ABOUT 70 Pages, ISBN 0374919372 First published in 1940. Contents include: The Caribbee Islands; Settlement of St. Christopher; Colonization of Guadeloupe; Arrival of De Poincy; Tortuga; Discord in the Colonies; Patrocles de Thoisy; Governor-General versus Governors; The French Expand; Grenada and St. Lucia; Governors Become Owners; Trials and Tribulations of Ownership; End of the Pioneer Period., (Order No: 47941 ), $30.00
27. Cushman, Dan, THE GREAT NORTH TRAIL: AMERICA'S ROUTE OF THE AGES, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, (1966) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 383pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Eleventh title in "The American Trails Series." "...from Asia across Alaska down the Rocky Mountains to the plains of Texas.", (Order No: 2500 ), $5.00
28. Custer, Elizabeth B., BOOTS AND SADDLES: OR, LIFE IN DAKOTA WITH GENERAL CUSTER, Corner House Publishers, Williamstown, MA, 1974, 312pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (torn corner frontfree endpaper, Facsimile reprint of the 1885 edition., (Order No: 13452 ), $10.00
29. Custer, George A.; (By a Corps of Competent Authors and Artists), WILD LIFE ON THE PLAINS AND HORRORS OF INDIAN WARFARE ... ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS MY LIFE ON THE PLAINS ..., F. M. Harter, St. Louis, MO, (1891), B&W illustrations, 592pp, very good, rebound in brown cloth (hardcover), "...BEING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF INDIAN LIFE, WARFARE AND ADVENTURE IN AMERICA. MAKING SPECIALLY PROMINENT THE LATE INDIAN WAR, WITH FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MESSIAH CRAZE, GHOST DANCE, LIFE OF SITTING BULL. THE WHOLE FORMS AN AUTHENTIC AND COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE SAVAGE RACES IN AMERICA - THEIR ILLUSTRIOUS LEADERS, THEIR BELIEFS, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, COMPRISING TERRIBLE BATTLES, WONDERFUL ESCAPES, THRILLING TALES OF HEROISM, DARING EXPLOITS, WONDERFUL FORTITUDE, ETC., ETC." Rebound in brown cloth with original front cover laid back on. A lovely clean and tight copy. First published in 1874 as Custer's MY LIFE ON THE PLAINS... Howes 981., (Order No: 52775 ), $125.00
30. Danker, Donald F. (introduction and notes), MOLLIE: THE JOURNAL OF MOLLIE DORSEY SANFORD IN NEBRASKA AND COLORADO TERRITORIES 1857-1866, University of Nebraska Press, 1959, 201pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "Pioneer Heritage Series.", (Order No: 4058 ), $10.00
31. Dary, David, ENTREPRENEURS OF THE OLD WEST, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1986 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 368pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394524055 "The Silent Army of: traders, trappers and wagon freighters, merchants, cattlemen, railroaders, and goldrushers, town boosters, land promoters, speculators, and other profit-seekers who brought capitalism to the 19th century American West.", (Order No: 3052 ), $7.50
32. Dinnean, Lawrence, NINETEENTH CENTURY ILLUSTRATORS OF CALIFORNIA SIGHTS & SCENES: A SELECTION OF WORKS BY PIONEER GRAPHIC ARTISTS, Friends of Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif, Berkeley, 1986, B&W illustrations, 72pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Number 34 in the series of keepsakes issued by The Friends of the Bancroft Library for its members., (Order No: 16666 ), $15.00
33. Donnelly, Joseph P. (translated by and intro), WILDERNESS KINGDOM - INDIAN LIFE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 1840-1847: THE JOURNAL & PAINTING OF FATHER NICOLAS POINT, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, (1967) 2nd ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 274pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "Indian Life in the Rocky Mountains, 1840-1847.", (Order No: 1160 ), $17.50
34. Driggs, Howard R. (warmly inscribed by the author), THE PONY EXPRESS GOES THROUGH - AN AMERICAN SAGA TOLD BY ITS HEROES, Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1935 3rd ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 208pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) wear to cloth, ink stain top edge, (Order No: 45992 ), $10.00
35. Drury, John, MIDWEST HERITAGE, A. A. Wyn, Inc., New York, (1948), more than 300 old engravings, 176pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A collection of more than 300 remarkable prints by John Henry Barber, Henry Howe, J. C. Wild, and others., (Order No: 6252 ), $10.00
36. Durham, Michael S., DESERT BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS: MORMONS, MINERS, PADRES, MOUNTAIN MEN, AND THE OPENING OF THE GREAT BASIN, 1772-1869, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (1997) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 336pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0805041613 A look at the area of the Great Basin and how in 10 years the Mormans established 19 communities in this arid and inhospitable place., (Order No: 38126 ), $12.00
37. Dykes, J. C., BILLY THE KID: THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF A LEGEND, Univ. of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, 1952 2nd ptg, 186pp, good+, red cloth (hardcover), First Edition - Second Printing, with minor corrections., (Order No: 37202 ), $75.00
38. Editors of American West, THE MAGNIFICENT ROCKIES: CREST OF A CONTINENT, American West Publishing Co., Palo Alton, CA, (1973), B&W and color ill., 288pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0910118272, (Order No: 7893 ), $6.50
39. Englebert, Omer, THE LAST OF THE CONQUISTADORS: JUNIPERO SERRA (1713-1784), Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York, (1956) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 368pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 3378 ), $8.00
40. Faris, John T., SEEING THE FAR WEST, J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1920 1st ed, 113 ill and 2 maps, 304pp, very good, decorated tan cloth, teg (hardcover), Inscribed by Edward Stratton Holloway, Esq of the J.B. Lippincott Co. He was designer of this series for Lippincott. An exceptionally nice, clean and tight copy., (Order No: 2589 ), $25.00
41. Faulk, Odie B., THE GERONIMO CAMPAIGN, Oxford University Press, New York, (1969), B&W illustrations, 245pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 3346 ), $8.00
42. Florin, Lambert, GHOST TOWNS OF THE PACIFIC FRONTIER, Promontory Press, NY, (1987), B&W illustrations, 280pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 088394068X A verbal and visual exploration of the ghost towns of the Pacific Frontier., (Order No: 13997 ), $7.50
43. Freeman, Danny, WORLD'S OLDEST RODEO - 100-YEAR HISTORY 1888-1988 - PRESCOTT'S CENTENNIAL CHRONICLE, Prescott Frontier Days, Inc., Prescott, AZ, 1988, B&W illustrations, 200pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The world of the rodeo comes brilliantly alive in the pages of WORLD'S OLDEST RODEO by long-time Prescott historian, Danny Freeman. Forward by Barry Goldwater who writes of his personal connection with Prescott, Arizona and its Frontier Days. His uncle, Morris Goldwater, served on the general committee that staged the first Cowboy Tournament in 1888. Book's advertising brochure is laid in., (Order No: 41593 ), $175.00
44. Frost, Lawrence A., THE CUSTER ALBUM: A PICTORIAL BIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL GEORGE A. CUSTER, Bonanza Books, New York, (1984), B&W illustrations, 192pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517427141 First published in 1964. The pictorial biography of General George A. Custer explores all facets of the man, from boyhood to his last battlefield., (Order No: 38801 ), $12.00
45. Gard, Wayne, THE GREAT BUFFALO HUNT: ITS HISTORY AND DRAMA, AND ITS ROLE IN THE OPENING OF THE WEST, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1960, ill by Nick Eggenhofer, 336pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 1071 ), $4.50
46. Goetzmann, William H. (preface by Peter H. Hassrick), THE MOUNTAIN MEN, Buffalo Bill Historical Ctr., Cody, WY, (1978), B&W and color illustrations, 64pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 48928 ), $20.00
47. Gressley, Gene M., THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN WEST: A POTPOURRI, Univ. of Missouri Press, Columbia, MO, 1977, 11 B&W ill., 196pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0826202187 In six evocative essays, Gene Gressley endeavors to examine and define various thematic concepts in the history of the contemporary American West., (Order No: 11319 ), $3.00
48. Gressley, Gene M. (editor), OLD WEST/NEW WEST: QUO VADIS?, High Plains Publishing Co., Worland, WY, (1994), B&W illustrations, 199pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1881019071 The six distinguished historians who provide perceptive essays on the Old West/New West battleground are: Carl Abbott, Patricia Nelson Limerick, Gerald Nash, Malcolm Rohrbough, Gerald Thompson, and Donald Worster, with an introduction by Gene M. Gressley., (Order No: 22996 ), $15.00
49. Harper's Magazine, THE GREAT NORTH: A COLLECTION FROM HARPER'S MAGAZINE, Gallery Books, Poole, Dorset, UK, (1990), over 300 B&W line drawings, 531pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0831742550 Facsimiles of original articles create the mood of the past era of early Northern life in Montana, the Dakotas, the Great Lakes area and Canada., (Order No: 13122 ), $7.50
50. Hart, Herbert M., OLD FORTS OF THE FAR WEST, Superior Publishing Company, Seattle, WA, (1965) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 192pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) lighte edgewear to jacket, "Third in a series about Historical Western Military Forts." Includes states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado., (Order No: 48510 ), $10.00
51. Hassrick, Royal B., I AND TEX, Vantage Press, New York, (1972) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 177pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) small closed tear on dj, ISBN 0533001552 Buck Ziegler, the focal character and first-person speaker of this volume, is a nineteenth-century man living in a twentieth-century world. Buck's story is a richly detailed account of modern ranch life., (Order No: 50916 ), $30.00
52. Higgins, C. A. (illustrations by J. T. McCutcheon, Carl N. Werntz & John W. Norton), TO CALIFORNIA OVER THE SANTA FE TRAIL, Passenger Dept., Santa Fe RR, Chicago, IL, 1907, B&W illustrations, 206pp, very good, wraps (softcover), The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System Announcement tipped in stating, "This book is wholly devoted to a description of Western scenes. It is a trustworthy descriptive book of travel, unencumbered with statistics or itineraries. ... Excursion tickest for the round trip to California over the Santa Fe are on sale at all times of the year ... The trains of the Santa Fe are confidently recommended to a discriminating taveling public as unsurpassedin the important items of speed, safety, and luxurious equipment.", (Order No: 50605 ), $12.50
53. Hine, Robert V. and Bingham, Edwin R. (edited by), THE FRONTIER EXPERIENCE: READINGS IN THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI WEST, Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont, CA, (1966) 2nd ptg, 418pp, very good, brown cloth spine (hardcover) no dustjacket, The themes and hypotheses of this book of readings are based on two traits--and their opposites: the individualistic and the innovative threads of frontier experience, versus the cooperative and the traditional threads., (Order No: 53737 ), $6.00
54. Hoffman, H. Wilbur, SAGAS OF OLD WESTERN TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT, Howell-North Books, San Diego, CA, (1980) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 284pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0831000023 Definitive and dramatic history of the ways people moved themselves and their possessions across the American frontier -- clost to 200 vivid illustrations., (Order No: 42988 ), $17.50
55. Holthaus, Gary; Limerick, Patricia Nelson; Wilkinson, Charles F.; and, Munson, Eve Stryker (editors), A SOCIETY TO MATCH THE SCENERY: PERSONAL VISIONS OF THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN WEST, University Pr. of Colorado, Niwot, CO, (1991), B&W illustrations, 260pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0870813005 This book is the result of two conferences held by the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado. It consists of a diverse collection of essays on the future of the American West from many of the region's most talented writers, activists, politicians, lawyers, poets, journalists, environmentalists, and historians., (Order No: 16087 ), $10.00
56. Horan, James D., THE GREAT AMERICAN WEST: A PICTORIAL HISTORY FROM CORONADO TO THE LAST FRONTIER, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1961) 2nd ptg, 650 B&W and color ill., 288pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Here is the full western story, from the days of the conquistadores to the twentieth century, in an account noatable not only for its comprehensiveness, but also for its amazing collection of photographs which show all aspects of the West as it actually was., (Order No: 14803 ), $5.00
57. Horgan, Paul, JOSIAH GREGG AND HIS VISION OF THE EARLY WEST, Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, (1979) 1st ptg, B&W frontis, 116pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0374180172 Little was known of Gregg, the man, until his newly discovered notebooks, diaries, and letters were first published in the 1940s, together with a long biographical essay by Paul Horgan entitled, "Josiah Gregg Himself." In the present volume, Mr. Horgan presents a revised version of this biographical portrait., (Order No: 27798 ), $3.00
58. Hulbert, Archer Butler, FORTY-NINERS: THE CHRONICLE OF THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1931 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 340pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The Gold Rush to California has long been an American folk story. But in "Forty-Niners" the reader is given a complete chronicle of what happened to those thousands of men and women who toiled through the dust and misery of the Overland Trail. The Atlantic $5000 Price Book., (Order No: 9554 ), $12.50
59. Jackson, Donald Dale, GOLD DUST, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1980 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 361pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394400461 "The saga of the forty-niners - their adventures and ordeals, their courage and greed, their inqenuities, delusions, bonanzas, and catastrophies - in California and on the way there.", (Order No: 6214 ), $7.50
60. Jackson, Marta (edited with a concise biography and an account of Remington's work and career by; commentary by Owen Wister), THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF FREDERIC REMINGTON, Bounty Books, New York, (1970), over 200 B&W ill., 192pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) light fade spine, ISBN 0517002434 This volume represents the surprising range of the illustrations of Frederic Remington, celebrated painter and historian of the American West., (Order No: 27225 ), $10.00
61. James, Harry C., WESTERN CAMPFIRES: REMINISCENCES OF WESTERN CAMPING OVER HALF A CENTURY, Northland Press, Flagstaff, AZ, 1973 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 60pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0873581032 Western campfires have meant a lot to Harry James, and through his enthusiasm and generosity, they have come to be important to thousands of young men. More than fifty years ago in southern California he founded the Trailfinders, an organization which promotes camping activities for young men., (Order No: 45413 ), $10.00
62. James, Will, THE DRIFTING COWBOY, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1926 (1925), ill. by the author, 241pp, good++, brown cloth spine (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 36308 ), $35.00
63. Johnson, Robert C., JOHN MCLOUGHLIN: PATRIARCH OF THE NORTHWEST, Metropolitan Press, Portland, OR, 1935, 304pp, good, light blue cloth (hardcover) (no dj), signed by author, "Oregon Journal Edition.", (Order No: 11430 ), $15.00
64. Jordan, Teresa and Hepworth, James R. (an anthology edited by), THE STORIES THAT SHAPE US: CONTEMPORARY WOMEN WRITE ABOUT THE WEST, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1995) 1st ed, 396pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393037231 An anthology of twenty-six personal essays by contemporary women writers. Ranging widely across the cultures and the regions of the West, these women relate stories of family and community, of race and gender, of commitment and displacement, of grief and repair, of spirituality and connection to the earth., (Order No: 26112 ), $5.00
65. Karsner, David, SILVER DOLLAR - THE STORY OF THE TABORS, Crown Publishers, New York, (1954), B&W illustrations, 354pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1932., (Order No: 48722 ), $5.00
66. Kauffman, Reginald Wright, THE OVERLAND TRAIL - A TALE OF '49 & THE GREAT GOLD RUSH ACROSS THE PLAINS AS TOLD BY DANIEL FROST, The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1927, ill. by Manning de V. Lee, 309pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) pictorial pasted down front board, (Order No: 47498 ), $7.50
67. Kelley, William Fitch (edited and compiled by Alexander Kelley & Pierre Bovis), PINE RIDGE 1890: AN EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THE FIGHTING AT WOUNDED KNEE, Pierre Bovis, San Francisco, CA, (1971), B&W ill., B&W fold-out map, 267pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), William Fitch Kelley was recognized for being the first correspondent to report the conflict at Wounded Knee. Here is a personal and intense picture of those dramatic days., (Order No: 28299 ), $45.00
68. Kennedy, Roger D., MEN ON THE MOVING FRONTIER: FROM WILDERNESS TO CIVILIZATION, American West Publishing Co., Palo Alto, CA, (1969), B&W illustrations, 199pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "The Romance, Realism, and Life-styles of One Part of the American West.", (Order No: 3186 ), $6.00
69. Lamar, Howard R., THE TRADER ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER: MYTH'S VICTIM, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX, (1977) 1st ed, 53pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 089096033X The frontier trader has been so wrapped in myth that our understanding of who he was and what he did is largely shaped by stereotype. Examining these myths, Lamar shows that early trade was, on the contrary, one of the first and most successful ways red men and white communicated, and that the traders were not snakes in America's western Eden but participants in a vigorous if exploitive trade shstem already in existnece for generations., (Order No: 37164 ), $15.00
70. Lavender, David, CALIFORNIA: LAND OF NEW BEGINNINGS - REGIONS OF AMERICA, Harper & Row, New York, (1972) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 464pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060125241 'A Regions of America Book', (Order No: 383 ), $10.00
71. Lavender, David, WESTWARD VISION: THE OREGON TRAIL - THE AMERICAN TRAIL SERIES, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1963 4th ptg, 424pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Eighth title in "The American Trails Series.", (Order No: 2496 ), $12.50
72. LeConte, Joseph, A JOURNAL OF RAMBLINGS THROUGH THE HIGH SIERRA OF CALIFORNIA BY THE UNIVERSITY EXCURSION PARTY, The Sierra Club, San Francisco, CA, (1960), B&W illustrations, 150pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The name of Joseph LeConte is associated almost as closely with the Yosemite and the High Sierra as it is with the University of California. The present printing brings back all the original illustrations of Yosemite and High Sierra country as Joseph LeConte saw it in 1870., (Order No: 21803 ), $20.00
73. Lewis, Oscar (compiled and annotated by), THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE WEST: PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF THE DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF THE AMERICAN WEST, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (1958) 1st ed, 310pp, very good, tan cloth spine (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 19538 ), $4.00
74. Lucia, Ellis (editor), THIS LAND AROUND US: A TREASURY OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST WRITING, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, (1969), B&W illustrations, 981pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Eighty-two selections which range from the records of the earliest explorers and diaries of the first settlers to stories and essays by the region's foremost authors, including H.L. Davis, Archie Binns, Stewart Holbrook, and William O. Douglas. Illustrated by Mel Klapholz., (Order No: 12322 ), $3.50
75. Lynch, Louis, WEST INDIAN EDEN - THE BOOK OF BARBADOS, Robert Maclehose & Co., Ltd., Glascow, 1959, B&W illustrations, ads, 312pp, good, lt blue cloth spine (hardcover) LACKS front free endpaper, A complete look at Barbados in The West Indies., (Order No: 49795 ), $14.50
76. Major, Mabel and Smith, Rebecca W. (editors), THE SOUTHWEST IN LITERATURE: AN ANTHOLOGY FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1929, 370pp, good+, dark blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 12229 ), $12.50
77. Manly, William Lewis (with foreword by John Steven McGroarty), DEATH VALLEY IN '49: AN IMPORTANT CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA PIONEER HISTORY, Wallace Hebberd, New York, (1929), ill. by Alson Clark, 524pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The autobiography of a pioneer, detailing his life from a humble home in the Green Mountains to the gold mines of California and particularly reciting the sufferings of the band of men, women and children who gave Death Valley its name., (Order No: 47485 ), $25.00
78. Matthews, Leonard J. (illustrated by Geoffrey Campion and others; edited by Arlene Rourke), PIIONEERS AND TRAILBLAZERS: ADVENTURES OF THE OLD WEST, 6 VOLUMES IN 1, Derrydale Books, New York, (1990) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 186pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 051702537X INDIANS, PIONEERS, COWBOYS, RAILROADERS, GUNFIGHTERS, SOLDIERS., (Order No: 43996 ), $7.50
79. McCracken, Harold, FREDERIC REMINGTON ARTIST OF THE OLD WEST, J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, (1947) 1st ed, B&W ill., and color plates, 157pp, very good+, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), With a Bibliographical Check List of Remington Pictures and Books., (Order No: 1159 ), $15.00
80. McCracken, Harold (foreword by R. W. G. Vail), PORTRAIT OF THE OLD WEST: WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL CHECK LIST OF WESTERN ARTISTS, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (1952) 1st ed, B&W and color ill., 232pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "The basic concept has been documentary. It starts at the very beginning of art in America, in the early sixteenth century, and ends with the death of the Old West, as the last century came to a close. Geographically, it is principally restricted to the Great Plains region, stretching westward from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains.", (Order No: 31405 ), $5.00
81. McSpadden, J. Walker, HOW THEY FOLLOWED THE GOLDEN TRAIL: STORIES OF MAN'S ADVENTURES IN QUEST OF GOLD, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1941, B&W illustrations, 258pp, good, orange cloth w/spine faded & wear top/bottom (hardcover), Contents include: The First Goldsmith; The Treasure of the Pharaoh; King Solomon's Mines and the Golden Temple; The Fate of Croesus; The Ransom of Rome; The Caravels of Columbus; The Spoiler of the Aztecs; The Fateful Gold of the Incas; Singeing the King of Spain's Beard; The Forty-Niners; Pike's Peak or Bust!; The Klondike Rush; In Davy Jones's Locker; Uncle Sam's Treasure Chest., (Order No: 39197 ), $10.00
82. Messelt, Tom, A LAYMAN AND WILDLIFE AND A LAYMAN AND WILDERNESS, Montana Stationery Company, Great Falls, MT, (1971), 158pp & 73pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Two books published in one as a reference textbook revealing the history of wildlife conservation in Montana and the West., (Order No: 36806 ), $15.00
83. Montgomery, Richard G., THE WHITE-HEADED EAGLE - JOHN MCLOUGHLIN BUILDER OF AN EMPIRE, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1934 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 358pp, good, maroon cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 47822 ), $5.00
84. Neider, Charles (editor), THE GREAT WEST: A PANORAMA OF THE AMERICAN WEST, Coward-McCann, Inc., New York, (1958), over 100 ill. and maps, 457pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The men who discovered and created the American West in 250,000 words of first-hand accounts., (Order No: 5741 ), $7.50
85. Nolan, Tony, THE ROMANTIC WORLD OF GOLD GOLD GOLD GOLD, A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd., London, (1980), B&W and color illustrations, 117pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0589013246 Lifelong gold-seeker Tony Nolan brings together the intricate and intriguing strands of the golden web in a story that ranges through the centuries and across the world: from the dawn of time to the great gold rushes of more recent memory, from the Sumerians and Ancient Egyptians to the Aztecs, from the Coromandel to the Klondike., (Order No: 13227 ), $5.00
86. Norton, Wesley, RELIGIOUS NEWSPAPERS IN THE OLD NORTHWEST TO 1861: A HISTORY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND RECORD OF OPINION, Ohio University Press, Athens, OH, (1977), 196pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0821401939 Norton sheds new light on the character and influence of the religious press in the antebellum period., (Order No: 44226 ), $8.00
87. Paxson, Frederic Logan, THE LAST AMERICAN FRONTIER, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1922, 402pp, good+, blue cloth with gilt stampings (hardcover), In this book the author is "trying at once to preserve the picturesque atmosphere which has given to the 'Far West' a definite and well-understood meaning, and to indicate those forces which have shaped the history of the country beyond the Mississippi.", (Order No: 15760 ), $8.00
88. Perrigo, Lynn I., THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST: ITS PEOPLES AND CULTURES, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, (1971) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 469pp, very good+, maroon "Leathette" cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0030852498, (Order No: 9336 ), $7.50
89. Pike, Donald G. (text) - Muench, David (photographs), RENDEZVOUS COUNTRY, American West Publishing Co., Palo Alto, CA, (1975) 1st ed, B&W and color ill., 160pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0910118655 "Images of America Series." Shows the majestic wilderness much as it looked when the first trappers came to the area. Photos by David Muench, one of America's leading landscape photographers., (Order No: 7954 ), $7.00
90. Price, Edna Calkins, BURRO BILL AND ME, Strawberry Valley Press, Idyllwild, CA, (1973), ill. by Joyce Stolpe, 275pp, very good, wraps (softcover) previous owner's inscription, ISBN 0913612006 She was shy and sedate, from a family of teachers and scholars. Bill was an adventurer who had left home at 14 with a nameless longing in his heart. So they started their quest for "freedom" in sun-scorched Death Valley., (Order No: 45412 ), $8.50
91. Putnam, George Palmer, DEATH VALLEY AND ITS COUNTRY, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, (1946) 3rd ptg, 231pp, good+, light brown cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 31505 ), $5.00
92. Remington, Frederic, PONY TRACKS, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, (1966) 4th ptg, ill. by Frederic Remington, 176pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Number 19 in "The Western Frontier Library.", (Order No: 9041 ), $8.50
93. Remington, Frederic, PONY TRACKS, American Legacy Press, New York, (1982), 70 B&W ill. by F. Remington, 221pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517386283 First published in 1895., (Order No: 16868 ), $5.00
94. Remington, Frederic (compiled by Frank Oppel) (introduction by Peggy and Harold Samuels), FREDERIC REMINGTON: SELECTED WRITINGS, Castle, Secaucus, NJ, (1981), B&W illustrations, 484pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0890094411 43 exciting stories and articles about the early West., (Order No: 27206 ), $7.50
95. Reps, John W., CITIES ON STONE: NINETEENTH CENTURY LITHOGRAPH IMAGES OF THE URBAN WEST, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX, (1976), 11 B&W ill., 50 color plates, 99pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 088360051X City views which truly convey the look of the urban West when the region was young and every town could dream of a glorious future., (Order No: 12625 ), $5.00
96. Reps, John W., PANORAMAS OF PROMISE - PACIFIC NORTHWEST CITIES AND TOWNS ON NINETEENTH CENTURY LITHOGRAPHS, Washington State Univ. Press, Pullman, WA, 1984, B&W and color illustrations, 93pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0874220165 Great illustrations highlight the development of cities and towns in the Pacific Northwest during the era of pioneer settlement., (Order No: 50077 ), $5.00
97. Riddle, Kenyon, RECORDS AND MAPS OF THE OLD SANTE FE TRAIL, published by the author, West Palm Beach, FL, (1963) rev ed, B&W photos, 147pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) (lacks maps, please see note), This copy has a typewritten review note clipped to the front free endpaper stating how the book can be ordered from the author. As a review copy, this copy does not have the rear pocket, and thus unfortunately does not have the maps (thus the price)., (Order No: 8388 ), $15.00
98. Robinson, Forrest G. (editor), THE NEW WESTERN HISTORY: THE TERRITORY AHEAD, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, (1998) 1st ptg, 218pp, fine, wraps (softcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0816519161 Seven scholars from other disciplines take a closer look at the work of the New Western Historians, identifying areas of investigation that may have been overlooked., (Order No: 31914 ), $17.50
99. Ross, Marvin C. (with an account of the artist by), THE WEST OF ALFRED JACOB MILLER (1837): FROM THE NOTES AND WATER COLORS IN THE WALTERS ART GALLERY, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, (1951) 1st ed, color frontis, 200 B&W ill., good+, tan cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Contents include: Acknowledgments; Alfred Jacob Miller; The West of Alfred Jacob Miller; Preface; The Paintings and Notes; Appendix--Account of Indian Pictures; Bibliography; Index., (Order No: 53969 ), $40.00
100. Rossi, Paul A. and Hunt, David C., THE ART OF THE OLD WEST - FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE GILCREASE INSTITUTE, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, [1971] 1st ed, almost 300 plates, 134 col., 336pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394466691, (Order No: 8682 ), $8.50
101. Ruth, Kent, TOURING THE OLD WEST, The Stephen Greene Press, Brattleboro, VT, (1971), B&W photos and ill., 218pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0828901295 "Fifteen chapters, traveling in time as well as place, take the reader along the Great Trails and original rail lines to the forts and Indian encampments, the mining and cattle towns, ghost towns and cemeteries that remain of the old Western scene.", (Order No: 9426 ), $2.50
102. Salisbury, Albert & Salisbury, Jane, TWO CAPTAINS WEST: AN HISTORICAL TOUR OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL, Bramhall House, New York, orig pub 1950, B&W illustrations, 235pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), "The story, in picture and text, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.", (Order No: 1553 ), $7.50
103. Shumway, George; and, Frey, Howard C., CONESTOGA WAGON 1750-1850: FREIGHT CARRIER FOR 100 YEARS OF AMERICA'S WESTWARD EXPANSION - THIRD EDITION, published by the author, York, PA, (1968) 3rd ed, B&W illustrations, 281pp, good, (hardcover) (no dusjacket) slight cant to book block, First published in 1964. The Conestoga wagon is a distinctly American vehicle, developed to meet the rugged requirements of the frontier. It structure is complex and its form is graceful., (Order No: 40653 ), $60.00
104. Simmons, Marc (edited and with an introduction by), ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (1986), B&W illustrations, 149pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover) owner's name, ISBN 0700603158 A dozen contemporary narratives and reports during the Santa Fe Trail's middle years, the period from the 1840s to the latter 1860s., (Order No: 47536 ), $20.00
105. Slattery, Charles Lewis, FELIX REVILLE BRUNOT, 1820-1898: A CIVILIAN IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION - PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS, Longmans, Green, and Co., New York, 1901, B&W ill., B&W map, 303pp, very good+, blue cloth, teg (hardcoer) inscribed by author, "But it is much more than the record of a good man. In the Civil War and in the solution of the Indian Question Mr. Brunot's life touched the life of the nation; and, in so far forth, his life is a fragment of the nation's story. This record is history as plain and brief as it could be made; and the analysis of the man's character is left to the reader." Warmly inscribed by the author 29 March 1901., (Order No: 26216 ), $60.00
106. Smiley, H. D., HARVESTING SHADOWS: UNTOLD TALES FROM THE FUR TRADE, Sunflower University Press, Manhattan, KS, (1990), B&W illustrations, 194pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) MARGINALIA IN PENCIL ABOUT 11 Page, ISBN 0897451260 A series of essays or chapters that all pertain to the fur trade., (Order No: 48000 ), $15.00
107. Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk, COMPLETING THE CIRCLE, Univ. of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, (1995), 119pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0803242263 An intensely personal and informative journey into that neglected feminine half of the human circle as the author takes us with her on a journey to find the stories of her grandmothers. (Dakota Indian social life and customs)., (Order No: 24960 ), $10.00
108. Sonnichsen, C. L., THE AMBIDEXTROUS HISTORIAN: HISTORICAL WRITERS AND WRITING IN THE AMERICAN WEST, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, (1981), 120pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0806116900 Reflections on history, historians, and historical writing in the western states directed at the nonprofessional to whom history is at least a joy, and perhaps a passion., (Order No: 14219 ), $7.50
109. Spaulding, George F. (edited with an introduction and notes by), ON THE WESTERN TOUR WITH WASHINGTON IRVING: THE JOURNAL AND LETTERS OF COUNT DE POURTALES, Univ. of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, (1968) 1st ed, 16 B&W ill., 1 map, 96pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Only recently have the journal and letters of Count de Pourtales been brought to light, having been in possession of his descendants in Europe. In the autumn of 1832, four men with widely different backgrounds made a trip together down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and overland into the center of Indian Territory, later Oklahoma. Washington Irving was one of the four along with the Count., (Order No: 11324 ), $10.00
110. Sperry, Armstrong (written and illustrated by), WAGONS WESTWARD: THE OLD TRAIL TO SANTA FE, The John C. Winston Company, Chicago, IL, (1936), ill. by Armstrong Sperry, 276pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover) no jacket lt wear spine top, (Order No: 48012 ), $7.50
111. Sprague, Marshall, NEWPORT IN THE ROCKIES: THE LIFE AND GOOD TIMES OF COLORADO SPRINGS, Sage Books, Denver, (1961), B&W illustrations, 370pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 3055 ), $10.00
112. Steiner, Stan, THE RANCHERS: A BOOK OF GENERATIONS, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1980 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 241pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394501934 "THE RANCHERS is full of the richness of western storytelling, a book that is both a contribution to the history of the West and a faithful portrait of remarkable men and women living a true American experience.", (Order No: 4244 ), $4.00
113. Stevens, Phillip H., SEARCH OUT THE LAND: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN MILITARY SCOUTS, Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, IL, (1969) 1st ptg, B&W ill., B&W maps, 192pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The story of military scouting in the United States from the time of the French and Indian Wars to jungle fighting in Vietnam, and of the men who "searched out the land," seeking information about the enemy under the most dangerous and difficult conditions., (Order No: 25182 ), $10.00
114. Stewart, Edgar I. (collected and edited by), PENNY-AN-ACRE EMPIRE IN THE WEST, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, (1968) 1st ed, B&W map, 268pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Contents include: Preface; Introduction; Worthless Railroad Land; Hazen's Horoscope; Rosser Interview; Maginnis Letter; A Question of Fact; Milnor Roberts Letter; Custer Letter; The Black Hills; Haas Report; Our Barren Lands; Arable Land in the Middle Region; The Railroad Rings; Sargent; Postscript; Index., (Order No: 45101 ), $12.00
115. Stewart, Ora Pate, BUTTERMILK AND BRAN, The Naylor Company, San Antonio, TX, (1964), 181pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, A partial collection of the author's short stories, some fact, some fiction, with others falling somewhere in between., (Order No: 50935 ), $6.00
116. Stong, Phil, GOLD IN THEM HILLS - BEING AN IRREVERENT HISTORY OF THE GREAT 1849 GOLD RUSH, Doubleday & Company, New York, 1957 1st ed, 209pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Author shows that the facts of the Gold Rush are more intriguing than the fantasies., (Order No: 4645 ), $7.50
117. Stork, Byron Claude, RAWHIDE AND HAYWIRE: TRUE TALES OF THE OLD WEST RECALLED AND ILLUSTRATED BY SPOKANE'S PAINTER OF WESTERN SCENES, The William-Frederick Press, New York, 1959, B&W illustrations, 146pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Stories include: Indians; Pioneer Settlers; Punching Cows; The Homestead; Sheep and Herders; A Montana Blizzard; This and That; Stampede; Eternal Hope; It was a Tight Game; Pioneer Christmases; Trials of a Hobo; Traveling On; I Get Hitched; The Lost Prospector; and, I Begin to Paint., (Order No: 35446 ), $12.50
118. Stoutenburgh, J., DICTIONARY OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, Philosophical Library, New York, orig pub 1960, 459pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 6249 ), $2.50
119. Summerhayes, Martha, VANISHED ARIZONA: RECOLLECTIONS OF MY ARMY LIFE, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1908 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 270pp, good++, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), "I have given simply the impressions made upon the mind of a young New England woman who left her comfortable home in the early seventies, to follow a second lieutenant into the wildest encampments of the American army.", (Order No: 53335 ), $75.00
120. Swanson, James and Kollenborn, Tom (foreword by Bob Corbin), SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN - A RIDE THROUGH TIME, Arrowhead Press, Phoenix, AZ, (1989) 4th ptg, B&W illustrations, 210pp, very good, wraps (softcover) inscribed by Tom Kollenborn, ISBN 0910973008 First published in 1981. Tells the tantalizing, true tales of the many men and women who have ventured into the Superstition Wilderness to search for gold mines or hidden treasure., (Order No: 48923 ), $12.50
121. Szasz, Ferenc Morton, THE PROTESTANT CLERGY IN THE GREAT PLAINS AND MOUNTAIN WEST, 1865-1915, University of Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, (1988) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 288pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) MARGINALIA ABOUT 50pages, ISBN 0826310931 The mainline Protestant churches played a vital role in the settlement of the West. This account recreates the unique religious and cultural mix that set this region apart from the rest of the nation., (Order No: 47938 ), $11.50
122. Taft, Robert, ARTISTS AND ILLUSTRATORS OF THE OLD WEST 1850-1900, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1982), B&W illustrations, 400pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0691003432 First published in 1953. A survey of the original art of the period - sketches, water-colors, engravings, lithographs, oil-paintings, which have historical significance. Examines the historical relevance of the artists pictures and seeks to establish the authority of the illustrators, whether their work was based on personal experience, reminiscence, or pure imagination., (Order No: 11589 ), $7.00
123. Terrell, John Upton, LAND GRAB: THE TRUTH ABOUT "THE WINNING OF THE WEST", The Dial Press, New York, 1972 1st ptg, 277pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) half of FFEP cut out, (Order No: 15541 ), $6.00
124. The Editors of American West, THE GREAT NORTHWEST: THE STORY OF A LAND AND ITS PEOPLE, American West Publishing Co., Palto Alto, CA, (1973), B&W and color illustrations, 285pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0910118329, (Order No: 3189 ), $4.00
125. Tillotson, M. R., Taylor, Frank J. (foreword by Horace M. Albright), GRAND CANYON COUNTRY, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 1935 rev 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 108pp, good+, decorated orange cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 43983 ), $6.50
126. Tisdale, Sallie, STEPPING WESTWARD: THE LONG SEARCH FOR HOME IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, Henry Holt and Co., New York, (1991) 1st ed, 284pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release & photo, ISBN 0805013539, (Order No: 7232 ), $5.00
127. Toole, K. Ross, THE RAPE OF THE GREAT PLAINS: NORTHWEST AMERICA, CATTLE AND COAL, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, (1976) 2nd ptg, 271pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0316849901 Author addresses the problems facing the unspoiled wilderness in Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota by the acts of the coal-mining and utility companies, along with the corporate and bureaucratic ignorance of the peculiar nature of the Great Plains and its history., (Order No: 13262 ), $6.00
128. Turner, Frederick Jackson, RISE OF THE NEW WEST 1819-1829, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1968), 9 B&W maps, 366pp, very good++, blue cloth (hardcover), J&J Harper Edition reprint of the 1906 edition of this classic., (Order No: 11385 ), $8.00
129. Ulph, Owen, THE FIDDLEBACK: LORE OF THE LINECAMP, Dream Garden Press, Salt Lake City, UT, 1981 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 234pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0960440259 The story of a cow outfit in central Nevada., (Order No: 23423 ), $6.00
130. Ulph, Owen, THE LEATHER THRONE: A NOVEL ACCOUNT, Dream Garden Press, Salt Lake City, 1984 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 471pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0960440275 Owen Ulph abandoned academia at age thirty-eight to become a hundred-dollar-a-month cowboy on the Fiddleback, a ranch in central Nevada that remained essentially an open-range outfit into the 1950's. This volume is a year in the drags with the dust in your face., (Order No: 52263 ), $14.50
131. Utley, Robert M., THE LANCE AND THE SHIELD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SITTING BULL, Henry Holt and Co., New York, (1993), B&W illustrations, 413pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), BCE, ISBN 0805012745, (Order No: 3348 ), $8.00
132. Utley, Robert M., A LIFE WILD AND PERILOUS: MOUNTAIN MEN AND THE PATHS TO THE PACIFIC, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (1997), B&W ill, color maps, 392pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0805033041 In two great movements of American history, exploration and national expansion, a small gathering of colorful and eccentric men played a decisive part. They were the mountain men--the bold adventurers who sought individual freedom and financial reward in the beaver streams of the Rocky Mountains., (Order No: 28021 ), $7.00
133. Utley, Robert M., BLUECOATS AND REDSKINS: THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND THE INDIAN 1866-1891 -- (FRONTIER REGULARS - USA TITLE), Cassell & Company, Ltd., London, (1975), B&W illustrations, 462pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 030429490X With the ending of the American Civil War, the regular Army turned its eyes once more to the West and embarked on a final, massive drive against the still unconquered Indian tribes of the Great Plains and the South-West., (Order No: 37163 ), $40.00
134. Vestal, Stanley, QUEEN OF COWTOWNS: DODGE CITY, "THE WICKEDEST LITTLE CITY IN AMERICA," 1872-1886, Harper & Brothers, New York, (1952), 7 B&W ill., 285pp, good, green cloth spine (hardcover) (no dustjacket), The story of Dodge City., (Order No: 19084 ), $8.50
135. Viola, Herman J., EXPLORING THE WEST, Smithsonian Books, Washington, DC, (1987), 330 B&W and color ill., 256pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0810908891 Brings all the adventures of the West vividly to life., (Order No: 27986 ), $4.00
136. Walker, Henry J., JESSE JAMES "THE OUTLAW", Henry J. Walker, n.p., (1961) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 283pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A biography of Jesse Woodson James alias J. Frank Dalton, 1848-1951., (Order No: 44943 ), $15.00
137. Wellman, Paul I., GLORY, GOD AND GOLD: A NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE SOUTHWEST - MAINSTREAM OF AMERICA SERIES, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, (1954), 402pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The beginning of the American West started in 1540 when Coronado marched north from Mexico into the unexplored territory of the Southwest. The history continues from this point., (Order No: 11764 ), $5.00
138. Wert, Jeffry D., CUSTER: THE CONTROVERSIAL LIFE OF GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER, Simon and Schuster, New York, (1996), B&W illustrations, 462pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0684810433 The author reexamines the life of the famous soldier to give us Custer in all his colorful complexity., (Order No: 21428 ), $10.00
139. White, Jon Manchip, A WORLD ELSEWHERE: ONE MAN'S FASCINATION WITH THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, (1975) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 320pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Combined history and travelogue. An Englishman's perceptive appraisal of America and Americans as well., (Order No: 31518 ), $8.00
140. Wister, Fanny Kemble (editor), OWEN WISTER OUT WEST: HIS JOURNALS AND LETTERS, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, (1958), B&W illustrations, 269pp, very good, tan cloth spine (hardcover) (no dustjacket), The heretofore unknown journals and letters of the author of THE VIRGINIAN - the man who mad a legendary hero of the American cowboy. Sixguns 2436, Herd 2549., (Order No: 3102 ), $5.00
141. Wooster, Robert, NELSON A. MILES: AND THE TWILIGHT OF THE FRONTIER ARMY, Univ. of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, (1993), B&W illustrations, 391pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0803247591 Nelson A. Miles was probably the best Indian fighter produced by the U.S. Army between 1865 and 1890, figuring prominently in some of the most famous and significant conflicts between whites and Native Americans. This carefully documented biography of Miles skillfully delineates the brilliant, abrasive, and controversial tactician whose career in many respects epitomized the story of the Old Army., (Order No: 21475 ), $12.00
142. Wunder, John R. (edited by), AT HOME ON THE RANGE - ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF WESTERN SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC LIFE, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, (1985) 1st ptg, 213pp, very good+, brown cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0313245924, (Order No: 48810 ), $5.00
143. Wyant, William K., WESTWARD IN EDEN: THE PUBLIC LANDS AND THE CONSERVATION MOVEMENT, University of California Pr., Berkeley, (1982) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 536pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0520043774, (Order No: 6983 ), $8.00
144. Yarber, Esther, LAND OF THE YANKEE FORK - THE STORY OF THE GREAT MINING CAMPS OF CUSTER AND BONANZA CITY, IDAHO, Publishers Press, Salt Lake City, UT, (1972) 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 207pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The full history of the mining district on the Yankee Fork--the history from the early boom through the second, then the decline, and the temporary revival of the dredging days. Here is a picture of the towns which reached 5000 population, the mines, the people., (Order No: 41616 ), $10.00
145. Young, Egerton Ryerson, STORIES FROM INDIAN WIGWAMS AND NORTHERN CAMP-FIRES, Eaton & Mains, New York, (1892), B&W illustrations, 293pp, good, decorated cloth (hardcover) spine faded/spotted, edgewear, Nice clean and tight copy, pictorial front cover, please note some edgewear., (Order No: 21670 ), $25.00