FULTON, ROBERT LARDIN

Epic of the Overland (with Sketch of the Life of the Author By Dr. Herbert Wynford Hill)

San Francisco, CA: A. M. Robertson, 1924. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. There is some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's name inked on the front endpaper.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 46651

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Robert Lardin Fulton Overland Journeys Union Pacific Railway Central Pacific Railway Railways

GILLON, EDMUND V. JR.

Cut & Assemble a Western Frontier Town 10 Picturesque Full-Color Buildings in H-O Scale

New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. All cut-out portions are complete and un-cut. "The American West experienced a great period of growth during the last half of the nineteenth century. Cheap land offers, expanding railroad transportation and the great Gold Rush contributed to the decision of thousands of settlers to make their homes in the frontier territories west of the Mississippi.". Near Fine .

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Book number: 34276

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Edmund V. Gillon, Jr. frontier and Pioneer Life H-O Scale Modeling Modelling Western americana

GRANT, BRUCE

American Indians Yesterday and Today a Profusely Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Indian

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1958. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and beginning spots of fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and spots of rubbing.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 38059

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Bruce Grant Native Americans Lorence F. Bjorklund Western americana

GRAY, DOROTHY

Women of the West

Millbrae, CA: Les Femmes Pub, 1976. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0890879117. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. Some of the women included are: Sacajawea, Julia Brier, Dame Shirley, Cattle Kate, Juanita of Downieville, Willa Cather, and more.. Very Good .

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Book number: 47640

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: 0890879117 Western Americana Dorothy Gray Sacajawea Women's Studies Women Of The West Biography

GRIFFITH, GEORGE W. E.

My 96 Years in the Great West Indiana, Kansas, and California

Los Angeles, CA: Geo. W. E. Griffith, 1929. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 48192

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Biography George W. E. Griffith Western Americana Californiana Geneology Indiana Kansas California

HAMIL, HAROLD

Colorado without Mountains a High Plains Memoir

Kansas City, MO: The Lowell Press, 1976. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0913504335. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the front endpaper. The book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several very small edge nicks and tears, along with some light rubbing and wear. "Prior to 1868 the Capote (Kapota) band of Ute Indians lived in the valley. The Utes made a treaty of peace with the United States in 1849 after the Mexican War. Shortly thereafter settlers from New Mexico established several small settlements in what is now Colorado and in 1868 the Utes were removed to a reservation in western Colorado. They continued to play a role in Saguache in the northwestern corner of the valley from the Los Pinos Agency to the west of Saguache until they lost their extensive reservation as the result of the Meeker Massacre in 1879. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 43566

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: 0913504335 Western Americana Harold Hamil Colorado New Mexico Memoirs Native Americans Great Sand Dunes

HARPER, WILHELMINA AND AIMEE M. PETERS (FRANCIS BRET HARTE)

Bret Harte's Stories of the Old West

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and smallish chips missing. The dust jacket has some rubbing to the spine and flap joints along with several creases. "Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American short story writer and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 42122

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Bret Harte Wilhelmina Peters Aimee Peters Short Stories

HAUGHEY, HOMER L AND CONNIE KALE JOHNSON

Jack London Homes Album

Stockton, CA: Heritage Publishing, 1987. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0936011017. B&W Illustrations; This edition is limited to 3000 unnumbered copies. This is an oversized paperback book, with illustrated covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front cover has a light patch of glue residue to the top front cover edge. There is also a smallish spot of foxing / discoloration to the foredge of the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright.. Very Good .

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Book number: 44400

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: 0936011017 Western Americana Homer L. Haughey Connie Kale Johnson Jack London Stockton Ca

HERNDON, SARAH RAYMOND

Days on the Road Crossing the Plains 1865

New York: Burr Printing House, 1902. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers are generally clean and bright, with some bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. There are several spots of discoloration to the front and rear panels. The text pages are generally clean - however there is tidemarking / foxing to the top inner hinges and edges of the pages by the hinges (travelling down about two inches and about an inch in length) which mostly affects the endpapers and pages closest to the endpapers. "Resident of Virginia City, Mont. ; seamstress, school teacher. The Raymond family arrived in Virginia City by wagon train from Missouri in September 1865. They were Mrs. Delilah Raymond and her children Sarah (Sallie) , William Hillhouse, and Winthrop. Mrs. Raymond started a boarding house and the boys soon had purchased a ranch they called Belmont Park . Sarah began teaching school in March, 1866 as probably the first public school teacher in an organized school district in the Montana Territory. After teaching for one school year, Sarah married James M. Herndon in May 1867 and remained in Virginia City until her death in 1914. Sarah had kept a diary of the wagon train trip which was published in 1902 as "Days on the Road." She also kept a 1866 diary of her experiences in Virginia City and teaching school. The Raymond family was prominent in Virginia City and Madison County. They began a successful freight company and the Raymond Brothers store. W. Hillhouse took over Belmont Park which became renowned for its trotters and Winthrop platted the town of Sheridan, Montana where he was in banking and land development. Mrs. Raymond died in 1896, W. Hillhouse in 1905 and Winthrop in 1912." ( from SNAC). Very Good- .

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Book number: 39786

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Sarah Raymond Herndon Montana Overland Journeys Diaries Montana Territory School Teachers Montana History

HODGE, FREDERICK WEBB

Biographical Sketch and Bibliography of Adolphe Francis Alphonse Bandelier

New Mexico: New Mexico Historical Review, 1932. offprint. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The covers have some light bumping, and there is a crease to the top front cover, along with a wrinkled tear with an associated chip, again to the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright. "Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (August 6, 1840 – March 18, 1914) was a Swiss-born American archaeologist who particularly explored the indigenous cultures of the American Southwest, Mexico, and South America. He immigrated to the United States with his family as a youth and made his life there, abandoning the family business to study in the new fields of archeology and ethnology. Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico was named for him, as his studies established the significance of this area in the Jemez Mountains for archeological and historic preservation of sites of Ancestral Puebloans dating to two eras from 1150 to 1600 CE. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 39349

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Frederick Webb Hodge Adolphe Francis Alphonse Bandelier New Mexico Archaeology The Southwest Zuni Indians Western americana

HORGAN, PAUL

Josiah Gregg and His Vision of the Early West

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0374180172. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several tiny edge nicks and some light rubbing to the spine ends and edges. "Josiah Gregg (19 July 1806 – 25 February 1850) was an American merchant, explorer, naturalist, and author of Commerce of the Prairies about the American Southwest and Northern Mexico regions. He collected many previously undescribed plants on his merchant trips and during the Mexican–American War after which he went to California. He reportedly died of a fall from his mount due to starvation near Clear Lake, California, on 25 February 1850 after a cross-country expedition which fixed the location of Humboldt Bay. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 41251

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: 0374180172 Western Americana Paul Horgan Josiah Gregg Naturalists Travel & Exploration The West

HUSE, WILLIAM

History of Dixon County, Nebraska

Carroll, NE: Litho Speed Inc, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some very beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Dixon County may be the only county in Nebraska that can claim a volcano as part of its history. It may not have been a Mt. Vesuvius, but the phenomenon of nature that occurred prior to the time the county was organized certainly generated as much attention from those who had settled in this area. As the story goes, the waters of the Missouri River once undermined a large section of bluff along its south bank. As the bluff slid into the river, a chemical reaction occurred between the earth's minerals and the water and for days a column of fire, smoke and fumes rose toward the sky. As rumors began to circulate that a volcano had erupted, a steam-powered excursion boat from Sioux City would bring sightseers up the river at regular intervals to view this anomaly. The original boundaries of Dixon County were created in 1856 and were redefined again in 1858 and 1860. At the time it was established, the name Dixon was chosen in honor of an early pioneer who had settled in this area. Ponca, said by some to be the fourth-oldest community in Nebraska, has served as the county seat since the days when the county was first organized." (from Welcome to Nebraska). Near Fine .

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Book number: 42459

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana William Huse Dixon County, NE County Histories

HYNDING, ALAN

The Public Life of Eugene Semple Promoter and Politician of the Pacific Northwest

Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1973. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustration; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author, with a 5 line inscription, on the reverse of the front endpaper. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has a couple of small edge nicks to the bottom of the rear panel. "President Grover Cleveland appointed Semple as the Governor of Washington Territory in 1887, where he served for one term until April 1889. After Washington became a state in November of that year, Semple ran as the Democratic candidate to be the first Governor of the State of Washington, however he lost to the Republican Elisha P. Ferry. In 1893, he successfully pushed a bill through the Washington State legislature to facilitate a means of financing privately owned canals by allowing them to sell reclaimed tidelands. With $500,000 of financing, he himself soon attempted such a canal connecting Elliott Bay to Lake Washington by cutting through Seattle's Beacon Hill: a more southerly route than the Lake Washington Ship Canal that was favored by Judge Thomas Burke and others aligned with the Great Northern Railway, and which was ultimately built. " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 45617

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Alan Hynding Eugene Semple Washington State Washington Territory Politics Governors

ILG, REV. JOHN (O. F. M. )

San Jose Queen of the Missions

San Antonio, TX: Franciscan Fathers, 1937. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Illustrated by H. L. Summerville. B&W Photographs; This is a trade paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. This copy includes the original mailing envelope with decorations and title on the front. The book is in Near Fine condition. The envelope is in Very Good+ condition. The book was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "Each year thousands flock to San Jose Mission, drawn hither by the reverent age and captivating beauty of this entrancing pile. Many of these visitors request both pictures of the dear old mission and its history. This booklet has been compiled to gratify their noble desire.". Near Fine .

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Book number: 32529

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Rev. John Ilg San Jose Missions Mission Churches H. L. Summerville San Antonio Texas Texiana

JAMES, GEORGE WHARTON

In & Around the Grand Canyon (Pasadena Edition) the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1900. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This edition is limited to 500 signed and numbered copies. This is copy #17. This book is half leather (spine and corners are leather covered) with a pinkish linen cloth on front and rear covers. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued thus without a dust jacket. The spine joints of the book covers have w and rubbing, and there is rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book cover as well. The spine of the book has a two+ inch spot of darkening to the the leather. There is some foxing to the linen cloth on the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the first free page, and another owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. "George Wharton James (27 September 1858 – 8 November 1923) was an American popular lecturer, photographer, journalist and editor. Born in Lincolnshire, England, he emigrated to the United States as a young man after being ordained as a Methodist minister. He served in parishes in Nevada and Southern California, gradually beginning his journalism and writing career. An editor of two magazines, he also wrote more than 40 books and many articles and pamphlets on California and the American Southwest. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 42673

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana George Wharton James Grand Canyon Limited Editions Signed Edition Numbered Editions Arizona