HOT IRONS HERALDRY OF THE RANGE.
New York. 1940. viii,242pp. Cloth. Pamphlets and clippings pasted to endpapers, hinges cracked, else very nice. Cattle brands and branding lore.
Western Americana
WILD LIFE IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Dallas: Banks, Upshaw and Company, 1935. [10],274pp. Contemporary pictorial cloth. Fine. A children's book that encourages "boy and girl readers" to "keep your eyes and ears alert, you can find here the most interesting wild things in America." With many photographs and illustrations.
MAINE BOUNDARY - MR. GREELY, &c. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSMITTING THE INFORMATION...IN RELATION TO THE IMPRISONMENT OF MR. GREELY, AT FREDERICKTON, IN THE BRITISH PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK [caption title].
[Washington. 1838]. 438pp. Modern cloth, gilt leather label. Fine. A scarce government report regarding one of the events that became a cause celebre during the undeclared, bloodless "Aroostook War" along the Maine boundary with Canada. Specifically, this collection was prompted by the arrest by British authorities in New Brunswick of.....
TRAVELS IN AMERICA, PERFORMED IN 1806, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPLORING THE RIVERS ALLEGHANY, MONONGAHELA, OHIO, AND MISSISSIPPI....
London. 1809. 316,[4]pp. Contemporary mottled calf, expertly rebacked with antique calf spine, leather label. Some light foxing (mostly affecting index leaves). Overall very good. The one volume edition, issued one year after the original three volume edition in 12mo. Ashe was a slippery character. According to Clark, "his entire career.....
THE IMPERIAL COLLECTION OF AUDUBON ANIMALS THE QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA.
Maplewood. 1967. xvi,307pp. Cloth. Very good. In slightly torn dust jacket. Includes 150 color prints by Audubon and his son of American Quadrupeds.
ADDRESS OF THE HONORABLE STEPHEN F. AUSTIN, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF TEXAS, DELIVERED AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ON THE 7th, OF MARCH 1836 [caption title]. [with:] THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, MADE BY THE DELEGATES OF THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS, IN GENERAL CONVENTION, AT WASHINGTON, ON MARCH 2, 1836 [caption title].
[New York: William H. Coyler, 1836]. [29]-56pp. Lacking initial twenty-eight pages. Antique-style half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Good plus. The second half of an important pamphlet that was instrumental in bringing detailed information about the Texas Revolution to the United States, containing the second printing of Stephen F......
EL CIUDADANO ESTEVAN F. AUSTIN, EMPRESARIO, PARA INTRODUCIR EMIGRADOS ESTRANGEROS, EN LAS COLONIAS QUE LE TIENE, DESIGNADAS EL SUPREMO GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO DE COAHUILA Y TEXAS, POR LOS CONTRATOS CELEBRADOS ENTRE EL DICHO GOBIERNO Y EL MISMO AUSTIN....
[San Felipe de Austin: Printed by G.B. Cotten, 1829]. Printed document, 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, completed in manuscript. Signed by Samuel M. Williams. Small tear along old fold, slightly affecting a few letters of printed text, else very good overall. In a half morocco and cloth box. A.....
BUSHRANGING DAYS.
Melbourne. 1944. 99pp. Stiff pictorial wrappers. Very good, although printed on bad paper. A collection of outlaw tales of the outback.
NARRATIVES OF CAPTIVITY AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA. A LIST OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS...IN THE EDWARD E. AYER COLLECTION. [bound with:] SUPPLEMENT....
[New York. 1991]. 120,49pp. Cloth. As new. Recent reprint of the catalogue and supplement of the Ayer collection, still the best reference for Indian captivities.
EARLY DAYS AT COUNCIL BLUFFS.
Washington. 1916. 96pp. Maps. Illus. Cloth. Some pencil underscoring, contemporary inscription in pencil dated 1925 on titlepage, else very good. Includes material on the Pottawattamie Indians and the Mormons.
NARRATIVE OF THE ARCTIC LAND EXPEDITION TO THE MOUTH OF THE GREAT FISH RIVER, AND ALONG THE SHORES OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN, IN THE YEARS 1833, 1834, AND 1835.
London. 1836. x,[2],663pp. plus sixteen plates on India paper and folding map. Thick quarto. Modern three-quarter blue morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Minor rubbing, spine slightly sunned. Minor marginal foxing to plates. Very good. A large paper copy of this major source both in the early exploration of the Far.....
NARRATIVE OF THE ARCTIC LAND EXPEDITION TO THE MOUTH OF THE GREAT RIVER, AND ALONG THE SHORES OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN IN THE YEARS 1833, 1834, AND 1835.
Philadelphia. 1836. [4, ads],456pp. plus folding map. Original half blue cloth and calf boards, original calf labelon spine. Noticeable edge wear, front hinge almost detached. Minor foxing. Good. Untrimmed. Back went in search of Sir John Ross, travelling through north central Canada to the Great Slave Lake, and up the.....
THE UNITED STATES WITH AN EXCURSION INTO MEXICO HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS.
Leipsic. 1904. ciii,660pp. plus sixty maps and plans, most in color, some folding. 12mo. Original gilt cloth. Minor fraying to toe of spine. Otherwise a bright and near fine copy. The third, revised American Baedeker, after the first of 1893. A classic travel guide, and as with all Baedekers, full.....
NACHRICHTEN VON DER AMERIKANISCHEN HALBINSEL CALIFORNIEN: MIT EINEM ZWEYFACHEN ANHANG FALSCHER NACHRICHTEN....
Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1772. [16],358,[1]pp. plus two engraved plates (on one sheet) and folding map. Small octavo. Modern half vellum and marbled boards, spine gilt. A bit of light age toning and an occasional light fox mark. Three small purple ink spots in lower portion of map. Near fine.....
NACHRICHTEN VON DER AMERIKANISCHEN HALBINSEL CALIFORNIEN: MIT EINEM ZWEYFACHEN ANHANG FALSCHER NACHRICHTEN....
Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1773. [16],358pp. plus two engraved plates and folding map. Contemporary patterned paper boards, expertly rebacked and recornered to style, preserving original leather label. Internally clean. Very good plus. Second issue, with some corrections, after the first printing of the previous year, of this rare account of.....
NACHRICHTEN VON DER AMERIKANISCHEN HALBINSEL CALIFORNIEN: MIT EINEM ZWEYFACHEN ANHANG FALSCHER NACHRICHTEN....
Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1773. [16],358pp. plus two engraved plates and folding map. Contemporary black half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Extremities lightly worn, small paper label at foot of spine. Small ink stamp on titlepage and verso of map. Minor scattered foxing. Very good. Second issue with some.....
THE BRITISH AMERICAN GUIDE-BOOK: BEING A CONDENSED GAZETTEER, DIRECTORY AND GUIDE TO CANADA, THE WESTERN STATES, AND PRINCIPAL CITIES ON THE SEABOARD....
New York. [1859]. 114,87,[1],94,[2],96pp. including more than one hundred engravings, plus interspersed advertisements. Original stamped, pebbled cloth, spine gilt. Slightly cocked, worn at extremities. Very good. An extensive guidebook for the Anglo-American tourist, divided into four sections, addressing "The United States," "Scenes and Scenery," "Upper and Lower Canada," and "Things.....
MAMMALS OF NORTH AMERICA; THE DESCRIPTIONS OF SPECIES BASED CHIEFLY ON THE COLLECTIONS IN THE MUSEUM OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1859. xxxiv,735,[1],55,[4],738-64pp. plus eighty-seven engraved plates, of which twenty-eight are colored. Large, thick quarto. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Minor foxing to plates, else clean internally. A very good copy. An overview of North American mammals in three parts, assembled from two previously published.....
THE LOWER CALIFORNIAN. NO. 2. VOL. 1.
Magdalena Bay, Lower California. November 10, 1870. [4]pp. on a folded folio sheet, including a map on the final page. Small tape repair in foredge of first leaf. A bit of offsetting from the masthead and the map. Near fine. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt.....
VOYAGES OF NICHOLAS BALL FROM 1838 TO 1853. A TABULATED FORM, WITH NOTES. TOGETHER WITH A SUMMARY OF A TRIP TO EUROPE IN 1888.
Boston. 1895. 38pp. Engraved portrait plus full-sheet woodcuts and in- text illustrations. Original gilt cloth. Some light foxing. Overall, just about very good. A presentation copy, with an ink stamp completed and inscribed by the author: "Hon. Robert Coit / With Compliments of / Nicholas Ball...May 20th 1895." This book.....
BANCROFT'S MAP OF CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, UTAH AND ARIZONA.
San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Compy. Booksellers & Stationers, 1873. 32 x 35 inches, with full period color, folding into original stamped brown cloth covers. Covers repaired along spine, corners lightly worn. Advertisement for Bancroft laid down on inside front cover. Expert tissue repairs to splits along folds and cross-folds.....
THE NATIVE RACES OF THE PACIFIC STATES OF NORTH AMERICA.
New York. 1875-78. Five volumes. Cloth, leather labels. Very good. A later printing of one of the classics of American Indian history. Still useful as a reference, here in a very serviceable set.
A HUNTERS SUMMER IN YUKON TERRITORY.
Columbus, Oh. F.B. Toothaker, 1911. 48pp., plus eight full-page plates from photographs. Original printed wrappers, cloth backstrip, typed paper label affixed to lower portion of backstrip. Wrappers lightly stained and worn. Very clean internally. Very good. A rare and engaging account of a hunting trip to northwest Canada in the.....
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BANVARD; OR THE ADVENTURES OF AN ARTIST; A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH [wrapper title].
London: Printed by Reed and Pardon, [1850]. [20]pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Wrappers lightly chipped around edges. Internally clean. Very good. A scarce biography and promotional pamphlet for John Banvard, the American painter, panoramist, and promoter whose lasting fame came from the massive panorama of the Mississippi River that he created.....
DESCRIPTION OF BANVARD'S PANORAMA OF THE MISSISSIPPI & MISSOURI RIVERS, EXTENSIVELY KNOWN AS THE "THREE-MILE PAINTING," EXHIBITING A VIEW OF COUNTRY OVER 3000 MILES IN LENGTH, EXTENDING FROM THE MOUTH OF THE YELLOWSTONE TO THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS....
London. 1848. 48pp. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers a bit soiled and stained, mild chipping to spine. Minor dust-soiling to text. Good plus. First English edition. In 1840 Banvard began his project of painting a panorama of the Mississippi. The immense work took him seven years, and was agreed to be.....