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Unless otherwise indicated, all books in this list are in sound, usable condition ("very good"), in the original cloth binding and are 8vo. (approximately 6" X 9" in size.) Most are not new; however, previous owners' names, bookplates, stamps and other marks of ownership are not noted unless such markings are disfiguring. Bindings on older books will usually show normal signs of wear and use relative to the age of the book. Excessive wear or damage is noted in the description. Books whose condition is above average are also noted.
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910017
Dust to Dust: Obituaries of the Gunfighters, by Jerry
J. Gaddy. Published
by Presidio Press The Old Army Press, San Rafael, 1977. Illus., softcover,
small 4to., 160 pp. VG condition. Lengthy obits taken from contemporary
newspaper accounts. $22.50
910083 Landmarks of the West: A Guide to Historic Sites, by Kent Ruth. Published by University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1986. 2nd printing. Index, illus., photos, map, softcover, small 4to., 309 pp. Fine condition. 150 historic sites in 21 western states. $22.50
910067 Newspapering in the Old West: A Pictorial History of Journalism and Printing on the Frontier, by Robert F. Karolevitz. Published by Bonanza Books, New York, (1965). Reprint edition, Index, photos, cloth, dj. (repaired), 4to., 191 pp. VG condition. The story of the editors and printers in 17 western states who made history as well as printed it. A good background book. $25.00
906490 Suns Go Down, by Flannery Lewis, Macmillan, New York, 1937, 226 pp. 2nd reprinting, 8vo., cloth, dj.(chipped), VG condition. With publisher's errata sheet correcting author's derogatory comments on Virginia City, NV for which 1st ed. was suppressed. $20.00
403003M The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-1860, by John D. Unruh Jr. Published by University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, in 1979. 2nd printing. Index, illus., maps, tables, 8vo., softcover (rear cover lightly soiled), 364 pp. VG condition (previous owners stamp on fep.). A history of the California-Oregon trail; one of 3 finalists for the 1980 Pulitzer Prize in history. Includes the extensive bibliography and notes not found in the softcover edition. ". . . The best book yet written on the overland journey . . . Rich in anecdote." " . . . The most comprehensive study ever made of overland emigration during the pioneer era of America's westward expansion. Based on hundreds of diaries, letters, newspaper and periodical accounts, its richness in detail is extraordinary." $42.50
906382 Fifty Years on the Old Frontier as Cowboy, Hunter, Guide, Scout, and Ranchman, by James H. Cook. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1923, 291 pp. 1st edition, 2nd printing. 8vo., photos, index, cloth; minor scuffing; old spot on front cover., VG condition. $60.00
911032 The Urban Frontier: The Rise of Western Cities, 1790-1830, by Richard C. Wade. Published by Harvard University Press in Cambridge, 1959. 1st edition. 3rd printing. Index, map, cloth, 8vo., 360 pp. VG condition. The now-classic study of the development of urban society on the western frontier. $17.50
910068 Great Gunfighters of the West, by Carl W. Breihan. Published by The Naylor Company in San Antonio, 1962. 1st US edition. Illus., photos., cloth, dj. (repaired), 8vo., 175 pp. The stories of Wild Bill Hickok, Bill Longley, Cullen Baker, Bat Masterson, Henry Starr, Henry Brown, Ben Thompson, Clay Allison and Frank Leslie. $27.50
906662 Russian Influence on Early America, by Clarence A. Manning. Library Publishers, New York, 1953, 213 pp., 1st edition. 8vo., Index, Grey cloth., dj. (worn), Near VG condition. Treats the Russians on the Pacific coast of America, the Russian American Company, and Alaska's part in the Crimean War. $22.50
906601 Men to Match My Mountains, by Irving Stone. Doubleday & Co., Garden City, 1956. 459 pp., 8vo., index, illus, cloth; inner hinge cracked, VG condition. Describes the opening of the far west, 1840 - 1900. One of the Mainstream of America series. $22.50
512109 The Wham Paymaster Robbery, Boldest in Arizona History, May 11, 1889, by Otto Miller Marshall. Published by the Pima Chamber of Commerce, Pima, AZ, 1967. Illus., photos, map, pictorial softcover, 8vo., 89 pp. VG condition. The robbery was one of the largest in the west. To this day it has never been solved and the money was never recovered. A collection of historical fact and lore written to clear the name of the Gila Valley pioneers and their descendants who lived under a cloud of suspicion. $25.00
512063 Frontier Military Posts of Arizona, by Ray Brandes. Published by Dale Stuart King, Six Shooter Canyon, Globe, AZ, 1960. Index, extensive biblio., illus., maps, plans, softcover (rather shabby), 94 pp. Erratum sheet laid in. Interior in VG condition. A concise fort-by-fort history of 46 forts and camps built in Arizona Territory to subdue and control the various Indian tribes from 1849 to 1886. $20.00910079 Adobe and Iron: The Story of the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma, by Jeffrey, John Mason. Published by Prospect Avenue Press, La Jolla, 1969. 1st edition. Photos, softcover, 8vo., 113 pp. VG condition. The first book-length history of the prison, now a state park. $22.50
910006 Phoenix in the Twentieth Century: Essays in Community History, by Johnson, G. Wesley Jr. (editor). Published by University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1993. 1st edition. Index, biblio., notes, illus., photos, boards, dj., 8vo., 288 pp. As-new condition. Twelve historical essays on early Phoenix history. $22.50
407028 Southwestern Town; The Story of Willcox, Arizona. Centennial Edition, by Vernon B. Schultz. Published by Willcox Centennial Committee, Willcox, AZ, 1980. Updated from 1964 edition. Index, biblio., notes, photos, map, softcover (lightly soiled), 8vo., 144 pp. VG condition. Published to commemorate the town's centennial. Many references to early settlers. $17.50
207019 Pipe Spring, by Robert W. Olsen, Jr. Reprinted from The Journal of Arizona History, Vol. 6, No. 1 by The Arizona Pioneers’ Society, 1965. Bibliographic note, photos, softcovers, 8vo., 15 pp. Pipe Spring, now a national monument, was an early Mormon settlement. $15.00
108230 From Brothel to Boomtown, Yuma's Naughty Past by Frank Love. Published by Little London Press, Colorado Springs, 1981. Photos, softcovers (front cover creased, name written in ink on cover) , 8vo., 48 pp. Small top edge water stain, not affecting text. $5.00
906414 Arizona, A State Guide, Federal Writers Program of WPA. Hastings House, New York, 1940. 530 pp., 1st edition, 6th printing, 8vo, index, biblio., photos., map, dj. (chipped), VG condition. One of the American Guide series, rich in local history. Minor cover spotting. $22.50
906415 Arizona, A State Guide, Federal Writers Program of WPA. Hastings House, New York, 1966. 532 pp., revised ed., 8vo, index, biblio., photos., map, dj. (light wear), VG condition. One of the American Guide series, rich in local history. $22.50
906531 Arizona: The Last Frontier, by Joseph Miller. Hastings House, New York, 1956. 350 pp., 8vo., index, illus, endpaper map, cloth, dj., VG condition. With drawings by Ross Santee. $25.00
906417 This is New Mexico, by George Fitzpatrick (ed.), Horn & Wallace, Albuquerque, 1962. 324 pp., 8vo., endpaper map, cloth, dj., VG condition. Revised and enlarged edition. $20.00
906591 This, Too, is Ours, by Doris S. Smith. The Naylor Co., San Antonio, 1965, 156 pp. 8vo., photos, cloth, dj., VG condition. $17.50
911060 Red Shirts and Leather Helmets: Volunteer Fire Fighting on the Comstock Lode, by Steven R. Frady. Published by University of Nevada Press, Reno, 1984. 1st edition. Index, notes, illus., photos, maps, softcover, 8vo., 261 pp. VG condition. The history of firefighting in Virginia City and Gold Hill Nevada. $12.50
207018 Nevada Ghost Town Trails, by A.L. Abbott. Published by Abbott & Abbott, Anaheim, CA, 1969. Index, photos, 36 maps, softcovers (slightly soiled), 8vo., 78 pp. Includes information on 119 ghost towns. $12.00
Oregon, Washington & The Northwest
601015 The Story of Old Aurora in Picture and Prose 1856-1883: An Information Hand Book to fill the need for a brief record of an historic Oregon experiment in communal living, by Clark M. Will. Published by the author, 1972. 1st printing. Illus., map softcover (some soiling), 12mo., 26 pp. Aurora, located between Portland and Salem, was settled by German religious idealists under the leadership of Dr. William Keil in 1856 and lasted until 1883. William Keil was born in Germany in 1812 and came to the U.S. in 1831. He spent 8 years in New York, and then moved to Pennsylvania, then Bethel, Missouri before moving some of his followers to Oregon. $10.00
512096 Land of Tuality: Washington County, Oregon, edited by Virginia E, Moore. Published by the Washington County Historical Society, Volume I, Hillsboro, OR, 1975. Biblio., illus., photos, softcover (rather shabby looking) bound with plastic strips, 8vo., 102 pp. A series of articles, mostly about the early day of Washington County, including Sherwood, Forest Grove, Gaston Congregational Church, Colonel Joseph L. Meek, and the Blacksmith Shop at Glencoe. $10.00
202062 Magic Islands: A Treasure Trove of San Juan Islands Lore, by David Richardson. Published by Orcas Publishing Co., Eastsound, Washington in 1995. Revised and updated edition. Photos, map, 8vo., softcovers, 96 pp. Small gouge on rear cover. $10.00
211095 How George Rogers Clark Won the Northwest and Other Essays in Western History, by Reuben Gold Thwaites. Published by Corner House Publishers, Williamstown, MA, 1978. Reprint of 1903 edition. Index, illus., photos, map, maroon cloth, 8vo., 378 pp. Owner's stamp and red ink marks on fep., a few red ink marks inside. Includes chapters on the Black Hawk War, the division of the Northwest, early lead mining on the Upper Mississippi, etc. $15.00
312003 Skid
Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle: 100 Years of History and Personalities of
a Great American City, by Murray Morgan. Published by The Viking Press, New
York, 1951. 2nd printing. Index,
cloth (faded, tear on top edge of spine), dj. (fair condition), 8vo., 280 pp. VG
condition. An informal and
picturesque but sound history of Seattle's first 100 years. $22.50
912021 The Old Oregon Country: A History of Foreign Trade, Transportation, and Travel, by Oscar Osburn Winther. Published by Kraus Reprint Company in New York, 1969 (1939). Reprint edition. Index, biblio., photos, maps, cloth, 8vo., 348 pp. VG condition. $27.50
108222 Memorial of William A. Slacum [1837 Report on Oregon Country] Praying Compensation for his services in obtaining information in relation to the settlements on the Oregon River. December 18, 1837. Originally published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937. Reprinted by Ye Galleon Press Fairfield, Washington, 1972. Copy # 30 of 500 copies. Stiff wraps, 8vo., 31 pp. Navy Lt. William A. Slacum’s report on the Oregon country. $25.00
108220 The Name of Mt. Tacoma, by A.H. Denman, Tacoma, WA, 1924. Wraps (chipped, corners missing), 12mo., 93 pp. Front wrap repaired with tape. $15.00
906582 Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River, by Alexander Ross. Citadel Press, New York, 1969, 388 pp., reprint edition. 8vo., index, frontis, cloth, dj., VG condition. Originally published in London in 1849. Reprint of 'Lakeside Classics' ed. Adventures of author who migrated in 1804. $17.50
906439 Snake River Country, by Bill Gulick. Caxton Printers, Caldwell, 1971, 195 pp., 1st edition. Large folio, index, biblio., photos, cloth, dj., near fine condition; remains of bookplate on flyleaf. A monumental book, documenting the history of the river and its valley. Striking photos by Earl Robarge. $35.00
906473 Empire of the Columbia: A History of the Pacific Northwest, by Dorothy O. Johansen. Harper & Row, New York, 1967, 654 pp., 2nd edition. 8vo., photos, illus, biblio, index, cloth, VG condition. A comprehensive history of this area. $15.00
906452 History of Washington, the Evergreen State From Dawn to Daylight with Portraits and Biographies 2 Volumes, by JulianHawthorne (ed.). American Historical Pub, New York, 1893, 709, 676 pp. Small 4to., index, ports., cloth and 1/4 leather(very scuffed and worn). Contains much biographical information on early settlers. $125.00
906214 King County and its Queen City: Seattle, by James R. Warren. Windsor Publications, Woodland Hills, 1981, 314 pp. 1st edition. 4to., index, photos, illus., Cloth, dj., Near Fine condition. A profusely illustrated history. $22.50
906413 Crimson Desert: Indian Wars of the American Southwest, by Odie B. Faulk. Oxford University Press, New York, 1974, 237 pp. 8vo., index, illus, photos, maps, cloth, dj., VG condition. $22.50
910022 Revolt in Paradise: The Social Revolution in Hawaii After Pearl Harbor, by Alexander Macdonald. Published by Stephen Daye Press, New York, 1946. Cloth, 12mo., 288. VG condition. The story of the rise and decline of the "Big Five" companies that controlled Hawaiian life since missionary days. $20.00
203005 Within the Sound of These Waves: The Story of the Kings of Hawaii Island , by William H. Chickering. Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company in New York, 1941. 1st edition. photos, cloth, dj. (chipped), 8vo., 327 pp. VG condition. A classic Hawaiian history, including oral traditions and information about Captains Cook and Vancouver. $35.00
910036 Yankees in Paradise: The New England Impact on Hawaii, by Bradford Smith. Published by J.B. Lippincott Company in Philadelphia, 1956. 1st edition. Index, biblio., notes, cloth, dj. (chipped), 8vo., 376 pp. Good plus condition. Defects include library blind stamps, fep lacking, remains of tape on both covers. The story of New England missionaries in 19th century Hawaii. $17.50
207080 [Early 20th Century Hawaii] Hawaiian Islands, by E.M. Newman. Published by The Mentor, Department of Travel, Volume 5, Number 14, September 1, 1917. Photos, map, wraps, small 4 to., 12 pp. Clean and bright cover with red design. Copies of this publication in this condition are virtually unobtainable. $45.00