Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1952. Paperback. FIFTH EDITION. Mild shelf / edgewear to covers. Maps, illustrations, diagrams, photographs. Black lettering on spine and front in green panel of pictorial covers. 128 pp with note on history, chronology and bibliography. Clean, bright, solid. A wealth of essential information on accoodations... More
Vancouver, WA: The Write Stuff, 1984. Second Edition. Hardcover. Tall hardback (4to) in red boards, with gilt lettering and illustration; 400 pages; B&W photos throughout. Clean, tight, unmarked; corners gently bumped. More
Bend, Oregon: Maverick Publications, 1992. HARDCOVER. First Edition. Chapters on The establishment of the Wallowa County Schools, Academies, Wallowa County School Superintendents, Teachers' Institutes, Wallowa County High School, Schools of Wallowa County, followed by an extensive bibliography, a key to illustrations, maps and an index. Tons of photos. Three corners... More
Oakland, California: Grahame H. Hardy, 1949. STATED FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Limited edition of 950 copies, boldly signed by both authors on limitation page. Decorations by E.S. Hammack, including fabulous endpapers, and lettering and maps by Frederic Shaw. Chart at rear lists date about individual locomotives, and cars of the Virginia... More
1973: Johnson Publishing Company, Boulder, Colorado. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Light brown cloth over boards, with black lettering to front board and spine. 171 pp. Just a hint of rubbing to extremities. SIGNED "With My Best Wishes / Ruth Beebe" on front free endpaper.Previous owner's address label. Pioneer and homesteading reminiscences of... More
CHICAGO, ILL: Lakeside Press / R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1959. Hardcover. Fur trade, navigation, buffalo hunting, Fort Atkinson, A Sioux Raid, Indian Hostilities. 461 pp. Navy blue cloth. More
New York: Bramhall House, 1956. Huffman, L. A. Hardcover. FIRST THUS. Light wear to extremities. Dustjacket Very Good. Price-clipped. Light scuffing to cover with moderate creasing to top edge. Maps to endpapers. 124 black and white photographs. Black lettering to bright green, cloth-covered spine of black boards. 254 pp with... More
NEW YORK: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Second Printing. Hardcover. Bright, tight orange paper over boards, with burnished red spine, gilt-lettered. Remainder dot to bottom edge, and bump to rear corner. "Moving beyond the popular stereotype of Smith as a colorful fraud, the book explores the inner workings of his personality... More
NEW YORK: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Second Printing. Hardcover. Bright, tight orange paper over boards, with burnished red spine, gilt-lettered. and small bump to front corner. "Moving beyond the popular stereotype of Smith as a colorful fraud, the book explores the inner workings of his personality -- his personal piety... More
New York: D. Appleton, 1893. Hardcover. Deep burgundy, cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and gilt ornate design to spine and front. Mylar protected boards. 250 pp with historical notes on Vancouver, the Oregon Trail, Governor Stevens, Seattle the Chief, and Whitman's Ride for Oregon told in verse at end of... More
Portland, OR: Binford & Mort, 2001. Hardcover. STATED FIRST EDITION., 1180 pp. Glossy pictorial cover. No dustjacket as issued. Very light creasing to glossy cover, and a bit of finger smudging to lower corner edge, from flipping the pages. SIGNED by all three authors on title page. A massive undertaking... More
Portland, OR: Binford & Mort, 2001. Hardcover. 1180 pp. Glossy pictorial cover. No dustjacket as issued. AS NEW, still in publisher's plastic. A massive undertaking -- nothing short of a labor of love --, this book "had its genesis in the publication of the Oregon Cemetery Survey...which was the first... More
BOSTON, MASS: Charles H. Whiting, 1884. FIRST U.S. EDITION. Paperback. 32 pp. Pamphlet consisting of three separate articles: THE INDIAN QUESTION: AN ADDRESS; THE RELIGION OF THE DAKOTA INDIANS; THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE PHIL KEARNEY MASSACRE. 2 foldout maps at rear: Carrington's Outline of Indian Operations on The Plains... More
Los Angeles, California: Artemisia Bindery, 1906. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. LImited, numbered, signed edition [959/1000]. Book lacking spine board, and front board quite loose, but still solidly bound . Photographic frontispiece by Amanda Matthews and Decorations by Ralph Fullerton Mocine. Colophon states "completed on the twenty-second day of November, one thousand... More
Fresno, CA: Doubleday and Company, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Light marking to head and tail, and sunning to dustjacket spine. Clean, tight, and bright! More
Gelcour Books, 2012. Third Edition. Paperback. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Originally titled JOY OF THE BIRDS. 585 pp. of text, PLUS 60 pp. "Resources" section. The author, a Harvard-trained Psychiatrist, has done the most exhaustive research of any latter day author on William Bonney, aka "Billy The... More
Gelcour Books, 2012. First Printing. Hardcover. FIRST PRINTING. "A definitive study of the written and spoken legacy of the Old West icon, William H. Bonney, aka Billy The Kid, and includes pertinent period documents. 470 pp. of text, PLUS another 100 pp. of Resources, Appendices including photos of Bonney's correspondence... More
Gelcour Books, 2012. Second Edition. Paperback. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Second Edition. legacy of the Old West icon, William H. Bonney, aka Billy The Kid, and includes pertinent period documents. 633 pp. of text, PLUS another 70 pp. listing sources consulted, and including a full annotated bibliography... More
NEW YORK: Harper & Brothers, 1885. Hardcover. Second Issue, with frontis portrait of General George Custer and ouline map of Montana and Dakota. (Howes, 980, p. 146). Brown cloth with lovely gilt and black design to front board, including Sunrise, (Sun's rays ruled in gilt which then wrap around entire spine... More
Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A bit of fraying to rear board top edge, lower spinecap to rear, and front board lower edge near spine. Light rubbing to edges, corners, and a small dime-sized area at top of front board. Hinge just started. Some chips and... More
New York: Hurst & Company, 1910. Hardcover. SCARCE. Corners bumped and worn through, rubbing, fraying and wear to edges and spinecaps. Light tiny scratches, scuffing and mild soiling to board surfaces. A bit of sun-tanning to spine. A few little spots to endpapers, very light age-tanning to pages, front hinge... More
Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Company, 1965. STATED FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. "An Album of James Butler Hickok, a Famous Western Gunman". Shelfwear and a bit of edgewear to colorful dustjacket, featuring the N.C. Wyeth drawing "The Guns Will Follow You Wherever You Go", depicting Wild Bill in blue coat with red... More
Gregory, SD: Gregory Times-Advocate, 1977. Second Edition. Paperback. SIGNED. Staplebound. Very light edgewear and shelfwear. Lower corner slightly thumbed. A faint crease up halfway, and a few lines (3" or less) impressed to front cover, likely from a bookend. Light sunning and a dime-sized spot to spine. A tiny bit... More
Eugene, Oregon: Self-Published, 1995. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Maroon cloth, with gilt design to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Quarto (app. 11.50" x 8.75"). Covers Indians and early explorers and travelers of Harney and Malheur Lakes, Blitzen River Valley and Catlow Valley, the French Family of Missouri, Cattle Barons... More
Eugene: K & M Printing, 1986. Paperback. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to title page. PRESENTATION COPY. LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000. Light wear to extremities. Navy lettering to spine and front of white illustrated cover. Map and keys to areas of the Deschutes Lumber Company on inside... More
