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
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.....
COPIES OF CALAMITY JANE'S DIARY AND LETTERS. Taken from the Originals Now on Exhibit at the Western Trails Museum.
Billings, Montana. Western Trails Museum. 1951. First Edition. Soft Cover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
HISTORY OF NEVADA 1881
Berkeley: HOWELL-NORTH, 1958. Reprint. Hardcover. 11'' X 7 3/4''. 680pp. Reproduction of Thompson and West. general light wear to dustjacket.
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 VISITADORES 1956 ROSTER
Santa Barbara: Schauer Printing, 1956. First edition thus. Pamphlet. 6 3/8'' x 4 1/4''. 160pp. illustrated from photographs. General wear and some soiling 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.
REMINISCENCES OF OREGON PIONEERS. Compiled By the Pioneer Ladies Club. Pendleton, Oregon.
Pendleton, Oregon. East Oregonian Publishing Co., 1937. First Edtion. Hard Cover. Octavo. 257pp. General light wear to dustjacket. A very nice copy in bright, untorn dustjacket.
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.
THE WORLD OF ANDY ANDERSON
Los Angeles: High Noon Western Americana, 2007. Square quarto. 67pp. Illustrated with many color photographs of Anderson's sculptures. Minor scuffing to paper covered boards.
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 ADAMS ONE-FIFTY, A Checklist of the 150 Most Important Books On Western Outlaws and Lawmen and SIX SCORE THE 120, Best Books on the Range Cattle Industry. (Two Volumes)
Austin, TX: Jenkins Publishing Company, 1976. First edition thus. Hardcover. Quarto. Two Volumes. 84pp.; 91pp. First printing of this combined set. Some illustrations. Spines slightly sunned. Printed boards in a faux marbled slipcase with large paste-down title label. Light wear with rubbing to edges of slipcase.
CHARLES M. RUSSELL: The Cowboy Artist. A Biography and A Bibliography. (Two volumes)
Pasadena: Trail's End Publishing Co. Inc., 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Two volumes: Volume 1: Biography. 350pp. Incl Index and bibliographical checklist. Illustrated with many color plates; Volume 2: Bibliography (extensive). 218pp. illustrated in b&w. Limited to 500 copies. Red cloth bump to top of spine of one volume. Gift.....
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.....
SHERIFF HARVEY WHITEHILL. SILVER CITY STALWART.
Silver City, New Mexico. High-Lonesome Books. 2005. First edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4'' x 6 1/4''. 311pp. with index. First edition. Signed by Author. Clean copy in fine dustjacket.
AMERICA NOT DISCOVERED BY COLUMBUS
Chicago: S C. GRIGGS AND COMPANY, 1883. Third edition, enlarged. Hardcover. 7 3/4'' x 5 3/8''. 164pp. Front hinge starting. General light wear to cover. Inscribed by Anderson '' Mr. W. L. Tuffer With the regards of R. B. Anderson''.
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.
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.....