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Item #3709 [INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE 1867]. Life and adventures of William Filley: who was...

Ballard, J.Z. (editor)

[INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE 1867]. Life and adventures of William Filley: who was stolen from his home in Jackson, Mich., by the Indians, August 3d, 1837, and his safe return from captivity, October 19, 1866. After an absence of 29 years

Chicago: [Western Book Manufacturing Co. for] Filley & Ballard, 1867. Second edition. 8vo. 110 pp. (of 112, lacking final leaf which is the end of a poem and also has a small woodcut) including 8 (of 8) plates on pale yellow paper. Stiched, original illustrated front wrapper present, paper along..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #3434 [TWO ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS OF NATIVE AMERICANS]: "Tombeaux des indiens sioux" together...

Bodmer, Karl

[TWO ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS OF NATIVE AMERICANS]: "Tombeaux des indiens sioux" together with "Chef Indien" (title in pencil)

Paris: Bertauts, 1850. First Edition. Lithograph (210 x 163 mm; 8.25" x 6.25") by Eugene LeRoux (1807-1863) after an original design by Karl Bodmer, one of which is on Chine applique, on large folio sheet (447 x 317 mm; 17.5" x 12.25"). Margins with foxing, images in excellent state. FIRST..... More

Price: $600.00

Item #3968 [INDIAN WARS / WESTERN AMERICANA / OHIO VALLEY]. Letter of Col. Bomford on Ordnance...

Bomford, George

[INDIAN WARS / WESTERN AMERICANA / OHIO VALLEY]. Letter of Col. Bomford on Ordnance Duty, to The Secretary of War, Relative to the Number of Arms Required Annually to Supply the Militia of the West

Washington DC: Printed by Order of the House of Representatives by Gales & Seaton, 1823 (Feb. 24). First Edition. 8vo. 6 pp. Offprint (NOT extracted from a larger volume), with running numeral "83" crossed out and renumbered "42" in ink, usual age toning on account of the paper stock. Recent..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #3582 [OREGON, 1845]. The Oregon Territory, and the British North American Fur Trade. With...

Dunn, John

[OREGON, 1845]. The Oregon Territory, and the British North American Fur Trade. With an Account of the Habits and Customs of the Principal Native Tribes on the Northern Continent

Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber, 1845. First American edition. Small 8vo. viii, [1], 14-236 pp. + 8 pp. (advertisements). Collates complete as per the Stanford copy. Forms Part VIII of "The Home & Travellers Library Semi-Monthly." Original cloth (spine chipped and partially defective, extremities rubbed), hinges perfectly sound. Small marginal stain on..... More

Price: $200.00

Item #3952 [IMPORTANT WESTERN AMERICANA]. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky...

Fremont, John Charles and Jessie Benton Fremont

[IMPORTANT WESTERN AMERICANA]. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-’44 [Senate 174, 28th Congress, 2nd Session]

Washington DC: Gales and Seaton, 1845. First Edition. Thick 8vo (23.5 x 16 cm). 693 [1 blank] pp., 5 lithographic maps (list below), 22 lithographed plates (views, fossils, botany), 3 of the maps and 12 of the plates are attributed to Weber in image. Original blindstamped dark brown cloth, spine..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #3643 [MINIATURE ARTIST'S BOOK]. Boxing the Compass (North, South, East, West). Marvin R....

Hiemstra, Marvin R. and Juniper Von Phitzer

[MINIATURE ARTIST'S BOOK]. Boxing the Compass (North, South, East, West)

San Francisco: Juniper Von Phitzer, 1996. First Edition. Box assemblage (approximately 2.5" x 2.25" x 2.25"), with 4 side-panels that open flat. In the center is a working compass, and 4 small booklets for each the four points of the compass. Trifle wear to box lid; small scratch to outside..... More

Price: $400.00

Item #4028 [CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS]. [A COLLECTION OF SIX HAND-COLORED ENGRAVINGS FROM "THE GREAT...

Howe, Henry

[CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS]. [A COLLECTION OF SIX HAND-COLORED ENGRAVINGS FROM "THE GREAT WEST"]

New York: George F. Tuttle, 1858. First Edition. A quantity of six hand-colored engravings extracted from a bound volume of Howe's "The Great West," versos blank, evidence of offsetting from printed pages opposite, inner margins ragged where removed, somewhat browned. These are original engravings, NOT reproductions! A quantity of six..... More

Price: $50.00

Item #3396 [WESTERN OVERLANDS 1847]. Doniphan’s Expedition; Containing an Account of the...

Hughes, John T.

[WESTERN OVERLANDS 1847]. Doniphan’s Expedition; Containing an Account of the Conquest of New Mexico; General Kearney’s Overland Expedition to California; Doniphan’s Campaign Against the Navajos; His Unparalleled March upon Chihuahua and Durango; and the Operation of General Price at Santa Fe. With a Sketch of the Life of Col. Doniphan. Illustrated with Plans of Battle Fields, a Map, and Fine Engravings.

Cincinnati: U.P. James, 1847 (after). Later printing. 8vo. 144 pp. Title-page vignette, woodcut frontispiece, 3 full-page maps in text, 8 woodcut illustrations in text. Original wrappers (both front and back wrappers chipped with loss, some repairs). Some foxing throughout as is true in all copies. Uncut and largely unopened copy..... More

Price: $200.00

Item #3457 [NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAIT]. "Hayne Hudjihini Eagle of Delight." Hand-colored...

KING, Charles Bird (artist). Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall

[NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAIT]. "Hayne Hudjihini Eagle of Delight." Hand-colored lithograph from a folio edition of McKenney and Hall’s Indian Tribes of North America

Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle, 1833 (?). Hand-colored lithograph by Lehman & Duval after Charles Bird King (445 x 338 mm). Head-and-shoulders portrait of female Oto, wife of Chief Shaumonekusse, long black braids with hair parted at center, white and black beaded ear loops, four necklaces, silver bracelet, ruffled blouse or dress..... More

Price: $700.00

Item #3456 [NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAIT]. "Wa-Na-Ta. The Charger, Grand Chief of the Sioux."...

KING, Charles Bird (artist). Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall

[NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAIT]. "Wa-Na-Ta. The Charger, Grand Chief of the Sioux." Hand-colored lithograph from a folio edition of McKenney and Hall’s Indian Tribes of North America

Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle, 1837 (?). Hand-colored lithograph by Lehman & Duval after Charles Bird King (445 x 338 mm). Full-length standing portrait of male Sioux chief holding a rifle, wearing brightly colored blankets, feathered headdress, necklace of grizzly bear claws, and red leggings decorated with bird feathers. Very mild uniform..... More

Price: $1,200.00

Item #3428 [SORDID 1870 TRIAL - WOMAN DEFENDANT]. Official Report of the Trial of Laura D. Fair,...

Marsh & Osbourne

[SORDID 1870 TRIAL - WOMAN DEFENDANT]. Official Report of the Trial of Laura D. Fair, for the Murder of Alex P. Crittenden, including the Testimony, the Arguments of Counsel, and the Charge of the Court, reported Verbatim, and the Entire Correspondence of the Parties. With Portraits of the Defendant and the Deceased

San Francisco: Printed by the San Francisco Co-Operative Printing for Sumner Whitney & Co., 1871. Small 4to. 4, [2], 325, [1], xvii pp. The two portraits are in facsimile, otherwise complete. Some page numbers at top margin shaved; front blank with repaired tear; final page torn and backed. Inherent spotting..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #3959 [UNIQUE (?) PRINTING OF "THE DYING CALIFORNIAN"]. "By Request" (caption title)....

Ophelia E. Perry and Phebe Brown

[UNIQUE (?) PRINTING OF "THE DYING CALIFORNIAN"]. "By Request" (caption title)

North Dartmouth, Mass. Broadsheet (238 x 202 mm), printed on recto only (foxing and browning, stained along left margin, short tear along right margin closed with tape on verso). With faults, and priced correctly. ¶ An unrecorded (?) printing of this famous Gold-Rush themed songsheet in broadside format, telling the..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #3954 [INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE]. The Indian Captivity Of Mary Kinnan 1791-1794. A Long...

Phelps, McKinnie L.

[INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE]. The Indian Captivity Of Mary Kinnan 1791-1794. A Long Forgotten Frontier Tragedy

Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Press, 1967. 8vo. 138 pp., printed on fine paper. Included in the pagination is a complete reproduction of the original Kollack Narrative and other reproductions. With initial letters illuminated by the author's wife, Carolyn Phelps. Original cloth, fitted with a (unique?) leather book jacket, extensively tooled to..... More

Price: $250.00

Item #3312 [WOMEN IN THE WEST]. The Story of a Ranch. Alice Wellington Rollins

Rollins, Alice Wellington

[WOMEN IN THE WEST]. The Story of a Ranch

New York: Cassel, 1885. First Edition. 16mo. [2], 190 pp. Original publisher's brown gilt- and silver embossed decorated cloth, a.e.g. A bright copy in excellent condition, almost flawless. When does a ranching story have nothing to do with ranching? This book "is without either story or ranch; it is about..... More

Price: $150.00

Item #3406 VAST COLLECTION OF 280 WORKS ON WOMEN IN THE AMERICAN WEST: Books and Ephemera from...

Sloan, Dorothy (collector)

VAST COLLECTION OF 280 WORKS ON WOMEN IN THE AMERICAN WEST: Books and Ephemera from the Collection of Dorothy Sloan

V.p. 1826-1996. A collection of 280 titles written by and about Women in the West. Condition Statement: Overall, most of the books in the collection are in “good” or “good+” condition, which typically describes a book that is sufficiently worn, the binding soiled, scuffed, stained or spotted and may have..... More

Price: $2,800.00

Item #4032 [OREGON TERRITORY 1844]. The Claims to the Oregon Territory Considered. Adam Thom

Thom, Adam

[OREGON TERRITORY 1844]. The Claims to the Oregon Territory Considered

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1844. First Edition. 8vo. 44 pp. Stitched as issued without wrappers. First and last pages a trifle dusty, p. 44 with blemishing (SEE IMAGES). AGAINST AMERICAN CONTROL OF THE OREGON TERRITORY, WHICH AT THAT TIME ENCOMPOSSED WASHINGTON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA AND WAS HELD JOINTLY BY..... More

Price: $100.00

Item #3594 [OREGON]. Oregon. Memorial of Citizens of the United States, Residing in the Territory...

U.S. Congress (House of Representatives), 1845

[OREGON]. Oregon. Memorial of Citizens of the United States, Residing in the Territory of Oregon, Praying for the Establishment of a Distinct Territorial Government, to Embrace Oregon and Its Adjacent Sea Coasts, &c. House of Representatives 29th Congress, 1st Session, Doc. No. 3 (Dec. 2, 1845)

Washington DC: Richie & Heiss, Printers, 1845. 8vo. 5, [3] pp. (last 3 pages blank). Single sheet folded twice (splitting along folds), uncut. AN APPEAL TO CONGRESS BY RESIDENTS IN THE OREGON TERRITORY IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A GOVERNMENT. The writers draw attention to the vast commercial opportunities, as well..... More

Price: $250.00

Item #3386 [EARLY WORK ON MISSOURI & MINING IN THE WEST]. Message of the President of the United...

United States. President (Thomas Jefferson)

[EARLY WORK ON MISSOURI & MINING IN THE WEST]. Message of the President of the United States to Both Houses of Congress. 8th November, 1804. Read, and Ordered to be Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

Washington DC: Printed by William Duane & Son, 1804. First Edition. 8vo. (213 x 135 mm). [2], [1]-8, [11]-13 [1], [3]-22 pp., 1 blank f. (pagination irregular but the text is complete). Modern sympathetic wrappers. Sig. A with pronounced foxing, considerably less so in sigs. B and C. Stab holes..... More

Price: $2,000.00

Item #3444 [HUGE MAP OF OREGON 1845]. Map of the Oregon Territory by the U.S. Ex. Ex. Charles...

Wilkes, Charles

[HUGE MAP OF OREGON 1845]. Map of the Oregon Territory by the U.S. Ex. Ex. Charles Wilkes, Esqr. Commander 1841. [Inset map at left]: Columbia River Reduced from Survey Made by the U.S. Ex. Ex. 1841. [Below neat line at right]: J.H. Young & Sherman & Smith, N.Y.

Philadelphia: 1845 (ca.). Stereotyped map of Oregon, highly detailed, neat line to neat line: 59 x 90 cm. Inset map of Columbia River, neat line to neat line (irregular shape): 54.4 x 24 cm. Scattered foxing and creasing where formerly folded, generally a very good copy. Matted in a handsome..... More

Price: $2,200.00

Item #3556 [COMPLETE WITH THE ATLAS]. The Isthmus of Tehuantepec: Being the Results of a Survey...

Williams, John Jay

[COMPLETE WITH THE ATLAS]. The Isthmus of Tehuantepec: Being the Results of a Survey for a Railroad to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Made by the Scientific Commission under the Direction of Major J. G. Barnard, U.S. Engineers. With a Resume of the Geology, Climate, Local Geography, Productive Industry, Fauna and Flora, of that Region... Arranged and Prepared for the Tehuantepec Railroad Company of New Orleans. [ATLAS VOLUME]: Maps Illustrating the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1852. First Edition. Together 2 volumes including Atlas. Text volume: 295 [1 blank] pp. (small errata slip bound in between pages 294 and 295). COMPLETE with 1 folded lithograph map of the world, 1 folding diagram (thermal curves), 1 plan, 14 tinted lithograph plates..... More

Price: $1,000.00

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