New York. 1884. [4],227pp. Frontis. Later gilt buckram. Ex-lib. with rubberstamps. A good, sound copy. The author read Samuel N. Townsend's letters from the West and decided to head ranchward. From 1877 to 1884 he lived on ranches and travelled in western Kansas, eastern Colorado and northern Texas. Aldridge was.....
Philadelphia: Indian Rights Association, 1884. 28pp. Original printed wrappers. Minor wear, small tears to front cover. Contemporary label pasted to front cover. Internally clean. Very good. An early Indian Rights Association report, detailing a trip through the Southwest and Oklahoma. Includes information on the Navajo, Yuma, Hualapi, Apache, and others.....
Glendale, Ca. The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1931-1943. Twelve volumes including index volume. Uniform red cloth, t.e.g. Cloth on some volumes slightly rubbed. Near fine. A complete set of this famous collection of southwestern travel accounts, including those of Webb, Bandel, Gibson, Johnston, Garrard, Cooke, and McCoy, as well as.....
Easton, Pa. Free Press, [ 1876]. 39pp., printed in two columns. Three mounted albumen prints of working dogs, with printed captions. Small quarto. Original three-quarter green roan and marbled boards, gilt label on front cover. Minor rubbing, bookplate on front pastedown. Title slightly soiled with minor offsetting. Very good. A.....
[Easton, Pa.]: Easton Free Press, [1875]. 34pp., printed in two columns. Seven mounted albumen photographs on six leaves, two full-page engraved plates, and in-text woodcut vignettes. Small quarto. Original half morocco and marbled boards, gilt morocco label on front board. Light shelfwear, a bit rubbed at extremities, bookplate on front.....
Ardmore, Ok. [ 1907]. 195pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, black and red gilt morocco labels. Rubbed, spine worn, contemporary ownership signature on front pastedown. Good. An early printing of the state constitution, which was ratified the same year the present work was published.
Oklahoma City. 1924. 104pp. Portrait. Original printed wrappers. Very good. The author had been associated closely with Walton as an aide in the Governor's office; sickened by the corruption of the Administration and Walton's trafficking with the Ku Klux Klan, he left and decided to tell all. An interesting source.....
Park Hill: Mission Press. Edwin Archer, printer, 1850. 120pp. Lacks pp.17-18, 47-48. 12mo. Dbd. Light to moderate foxing and soiling. Several signatures loose. Fair. The fifth edition of this Park Hill imprint, printed entirely in Cherokee except for part of the title, which is in English; this work uses Sequoyah's.....
[Park Hill: Mission Press, 1853]. 24pp. 12mo. Dbd. Light dampstaining, else very good. Third edition, after the first edition of 1844 and the second of 1849. A scarce Park Hill Mission imprint, entirely in Cherokee except for part of the title, which is in English, this work uses Sequoyah's syllabary.....
Park Hill, Ok. or New York. 1850-1860. Individual paginations given below. 24mo. Contemporary blind-embossed roan, spine gilt, reading PARTS OF / TESTAMENT / CHEROKEE. Minor shelf wear, small abrasion on front cover. Remnants of bookplate on front pastedown, occasional toning. Very good. A rare sammelband of Cherokee language Biblical works.....
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Washington. [ 1868]. [2],20pp. Original printed wrappers. Center vertical crease throughout, some chipping and light soiling. Small ink library stamp to front cover and one internal leaf. Good. A pamphlet concerning funds owed by the Choctaw Nation to Joseph Heald and Reuben Wright, both licensed traders from Massachusetts. The issue.....
Washington. 1910. 374pp. 11 folding maps and charts. Buckram. Ex-lib. with bookplate. Very good. Exhaustive report, with many detailed maps.
New York. 1928. 296pp. including plates. Frontis. Cloth. Stain on front cover affecting four letters of title, else very good, without the dust jacket. A presentation copy from Collins to Hamlin Garland, who provides an introduction, with the inscription on the verso of the frontispiece: "To piva maa Hamlin Garland.....
Muskogee, Indian Territory. 1893. 243pp. Quarter morocco and marbled boards, leather label. Ink library stamp to titlepage and first leaf of text, light tanning. Very good. A collection of important laws of the Creek nation, compiled and codified by Arthur P. McKellop, a Creek Indian. McKellop was born in the.....
Greenville, Tx. Headlight Printing House, 1899. 607pp. Portrait. Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Three-cent "Indian centennial" stamp affixed to front free endpaper, bookplate on rear pastedown. Printed on poor paper and tanned, otherwise in near fine condition. Cushman's parents were missionaries to the Choctaw beginning in 1820.....
[ N.p.]: Published by Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West Company, 1902. 108pp. including plates. Frontispiece portrait. Original color pictorial boards. Spine and edges flecked or chipped, corners worn. Printed on bad paper and tanned. Withal, a good plus copy. "Uncopyrighted, the little volume was used as an advertisement for the.....
Glendale, Ca. The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1953. 343pp. including illustrations. Frontispiece map. Red cloth, gilt, t.e.g. Spine lightly faded. Bookplate on front pastedown. Near fine. "A most interesting book of reminiscences" - Adams SIX- GUNS. Covers Nelson's experiences ranching and herding cattle in the Southwest and West, and freighting.....
[Pawhuska. 1906]. 144pp. Lacks wrappers. Good. Confusion exists concerning this very scarce Oklahoma book. Only a very few copies were initially distributed because the author, who was also the publisher, went bankrupt shortly after publication. We are told that a remainder of this item was found by a Kansas City.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. xx,386pp. including numerous illustrations. Original pictorial brown cloth. Near fine. In slightly worn dust jacket. Later edition. Dobie's great work on the preeminent folk symbol of the prairies.
Girard, Ks. [ 1946]. 32pp. Printed wrappers. Text tanned as usual, front wrap sunned with closed tear, else very good. E. Haldeman-Julius' "Notes and Comments" appears on pages 28-32.
Vinita, Indian Territory: Chieftain Print, [1891]. 8pp. in Cherokee (titlepage in Cherokee and English). Printed self-wrappers. Paper toned and brittle with minor tear at inner margin, else very good. Scarce Cherokee language imprint from Vinita, where printing began in 1875. The author, Rev. John Edwards, a descendant of Jonathan Edwards.....
Norman. 1942. 384pp. plus plates. Portrait. Gilt cloth. Ink name, else fine in darkened and chipped dust jacket.
Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1926. 349pp. including illustrations and folding map. Frontis. Red cloth, gilt, t.e.g. Corners bumped, a bit of wear to head and toe of spine. Very good, untrimmed and partially unopened. A history of the exploration and development of the trans- Mississippi West, including trade.....
New York. 1898. xxiv,183pp. plus leaf of advertisements. Folding facsimile frontis. Original cloth. Some shelf wear. Very good. From an edition limited to 950 copies. Fowler was the first American to travel through much of the territory traversed. Edited by Elliott Coues.
New York. 1898. xxiv,183pp. plus leaf of advertisements and folding facsimile frontis. Original blue cloth, spine gilt. Hinges a bit loose, spine ends and corners bumped, some shelf wear. Later ownership inscription and remnants of bookplate on front free endpaper. About very good. From an edition limited to 950 copies.....
