CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY: GENERAL TRAIN AND INTERLOCKING RULES (1909).
Canadian Pacific Railway, ca 1910. Hardcover. 12mo. 118pp. Brown cloth stamped in black. 4pp. of 1911 revised rules have been glued to inside of rear cover.
Western Americana
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THE CATTLE BARONS' REBELLION AGAINST LAW AND ORDER. First Eyewitness Acounts of the Johnson County War in Wyoming 1892.
Evanston, Illinois: The Branding Iron Press. 1955. Facimile Edition. Softcover. Facimile of the (apparently) only known copy of this account of the Johnson County War, which so inflammed the cattlemen that all copies (but one) were destroyed. Limited to 1000 copies, this one without number. Yellow paper cover that houses.....
MOMAN PRUIETT, CRIMINAL LAWYER.
Oklahoma City: Privately Printed/Harlow Publishing, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 580pp. Light blue cloth stamped in black. Cover a bit scuffed and soiled. Rear hinge re-inforced with library tape.
THE OPENING OF THE GREAT SOUTHWEST 1870-1945. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MISSOURI KANSAS AND TEXAS RAIL WAY BETTER KNOWN AS THE KATY LINES.
M-K-T LINES. 1945. First Edition. Soft Cover. 29pp. plus map. Light wear. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
THE PIONEER AND CHARLES LAMB.
Los Angeles: Wallace Nethery, 1970. Paperback. Reprint in miniature limited to 25 copies. 6cm x 4cm. 16pp. Yellow paper cover with sewn binding. Small spot of silverfish damage to rear corner. Scarce.
PORTLAND, OREGON AND THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
Toronto: W. G. MacFarlane, nd. First edition thus. Pamphlet. 7 1/4'' X 9 1/4''. 1 pp. of text. Illustrated from photographs. One inch tear to fold-out. Corner crease and light wear to delicate booklet with ribbon tie.
RANCHEROS VISITADORES 1954 ROSTER.
Santa Barbara: Schauer printing, 1954. First edition thus. Pamphlet. 6 1/2'' x 4 1/4''. U npaginated. illustrated from photographs. General wear to covers.
RANCHEROS VVISITADORES 1957 ROSTER.
Santa Barbara: Schauer Printing, 1957. First edition thus. Pamphlet. 6 1/2'' x 4 1/4''. 164pp. Illustrated from photographs. Small bump to top corner.
REPRESENTATIVE NEW MEXICANS. THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER REFERENCE BOOK OF THE NEW STATE CONTAINING PHOTOGRAPHS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF OVER FOUR HUNDRED MEN RESIDENTS OF NEW MEXICO. 1912-14.
Denver, CO. C.S. Peterson, 1914. Revised Edition. Half-Leather. 420pp. includes ads. Photographs and biographical sketches of the prominent citizens of the time, published in part as a souvenir of New Mexico becoming a state. This copy includes the 1914 revision, adding over 100 more photos and sketches. This copy belonged.....
THE SUTRO TUNNEL: Report of the Commissioners and Evidence by the Committee on Mines and Mining of the House of Representatives of the United States, In Regard to the Sutro Tunnel, Together with the Arguments and Report of the Committee Recommending a Loanby the Government in Aid of the Construction of Said Work.
Washington D. C: M'Gill & Witherow, 1872. Hardcover. Lg. octavo. 988pp. Red pebble cloth cover, gilt stamped with gilt edges. Cover, front and back appears to be water stained, but no evidence of such to endpapers or pages. Some rubbing to corners, otherwise very good solid copy. Small ownership signature.....
A TRUMPET OF OUR OWN. Yellow Bird's Essays on the North American Indian.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California. 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. 114pp. Limited to 650 copies. Decorative paper over boards with cloth spine. Plain brown craft paper dustjacket. Prospectus laid-in at rear. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
WHAT MAY BE SEEN CROSSING THE ROCKIES EN ROUTE BETWEEN OGDEN, SALT LAKE CITY AND DENVER ON THE LINE RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILWAY.
SALT LAKE CITY: 1898. First edition. Hardcover. 6'' X 3 1/2''. 47pp. Illustrated. Bound in leather, original wrappers bound in. Henry Cooper stamped in gold on front cover. Light wear to cover.
SIX-GUNS AND SADDLE LEATHER: A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen.
Cleveland, OH: John T. Zubal, 1982. Hardcover. Octavo. 808pp. New Edition, Revised and Greatly Enlarged. Still in publishers shrink-wrap.
COWBOY LINGO. All About the Cowboy.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 257pp. Incl. index. This copy INSCRIBED BY ADAMS to ETHEL HOPKINS, "To "ma" Hopkins, a real westerner & the mother of the rodeo official organ, Hook & Horns. With warm good wishes from Ramon F. Adams, Tucson, Ariz. Jan.9th 1950." Ethel Hopkins.....
THE COWBOY IN ART.
New York: World Publishing Company, 1968. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 242 pp. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's full leather, a.e.g., in slipcase. No. 488 of a Limited Edition of 1000 copies. INSCRIBED on the fly-leaf by Katherine Ainsworth, " For Doug Jones..."ALSO SIGNED by Eight Contributing artists on their biographical pages, including.....
THE STORY OF SITKA.
Seattle: Lowman & Hanford Co., n.d. Hardcover. Sm. octavo. 108pp. plus fold-out map. Illustrated with a few monochromatic plates. Ownership name and address on front paste-down. Spine rubbed on ends and gold on spine lettering rubbed.
DIARY OF HIS SURVEYS OF THE FRONTIER, 1796. Baja California Travel Series 17.
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1969. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.75 x 6". 103pp. One of 600 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. Frontis, eleven plates and folding map at rear in pocket. Incl. glossary. Dark green cloth, gilt title on spine. Bookplate of the Automobile Club of California.....
DIARY OF HIS SURVEYS OF THE FRONTIER, 1796.
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop. 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 8 3/4'' X 6''. 103pp. With folding map at rear. Minor wear to cloth.
AN UNNATURAL HISTORY OF DEATH VALLEY. With Reflections on The Valley's Varmints, Virgins, Vandals and Visionaries.
Bishop, CA: Chalfant Press, Inc., 1978. First Edtion. Hard Cover. First Edition. (1978). Octavo. 84pp. Limited edition, #130 of 150 copies printed. SIGNED BY PAUL BAILEY. Illustrations by Bill Bender. Also illustrated with many historical photographs from the Death Valley National Monument. Dustjacket shows slightest amount of toning to edges.....
GUN SMOKE.
Privatley Printed. 1947. First Edtion. Soft Cover. 153pp. Light crease to cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
TALES OF THE OLD-TIMERS.
New York: The Century Company, 1924. Hardcover. Octavo. 367pp."True stories of the old West on the days of the open range, from Texas, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, etc..." orange cloth stamped in black. A few light spots on ffep. Dust jacket is darkened on spine, has some wear to spine.....
BACA'S BATTLE.
Houston: Stagecoach Press, 1962. First edition. Softcover. 6 3/4" x 5 1/4". 30pp. Limited to 800 copies. Nicely printed heavy white paper wrappers with pictorial dust jacket (cover art by Jose Cisneros). This is an account of the one of the most famous gunfights in the history of the west.....
BADMEN Outlaws and Gun Fighters of the Wild West.
Phoenix: Tri Star-Boze Publications, 1999. First Edition. Cloth Hardcover. 128pp. Profusely illustarated with photographs. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Conquest Of The Coeur d'Alenes, Spokanes & Palouses.
Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1975. Hardcover. Quarto. 312pp. Incl. index. Originally published in 1912. New introduction. Photographs, illustrations and fold out map. Mottled red cloth stamped in gold. Gold lettering dulled.
NEVADA COUNTY NARROW GAUGE.
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto12207pp. Profusely illustrated with vintage photographs, Incl. index. Decorated endpapers, rear endpaper reproduces Time Table No. 40. This copy INSCRIBED BY BEST, "To Paul Henning, a story about another "Petticoat Junction"... IRON HORSES TO PROMONTORY... Paul Henning was a film producer and.....