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INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE 1867]. Life and adventures of William Filley: who was stolen from his...

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) including 8 (of 8) plates on pale yellow paper. Stiched, original illustrated front wrapper present, paper along spine and back wrapper perished; lower blank portion of p. iv/v (Dedication /..... More

Price: $500.00

CALIFORNIA LITHOGRAPHS 1888]. Sonoma County and Russian River Valley Illustrated. TOGETHER WITH:...

Bell & Heymans (publishers)

[CALIFORNIA LITHOGRAPHS 1888]. Sonoma County and Russian River Valley Illustrated. TOGETHER WITH: Map of Sonoma County, Cala. (sic) / Map of Verano, Sonoma Valley, California

San Francisco: Published by Bell & Heymans, 1888. First Edition. Folio (350 x 258 mm). 86, ix, [1] pp., including fascinating advertisements. Original wrappers (chipped and foxed). Wrappers with two-color lithographs + 44 b/w lithographs illustrating the text (some extending over 2 pages), all by Britton & Rey, San Francisco..... More

Price: $1,500.00

TWO ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS OF NATIVE AMERICANS]: "Tombeaux des indiens sioux" together with "Chef...

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: $950.00

Went to Kansas; Being a Thrilling Account of an Ill-Fated Expedition to that Fairy Land, and its...

Colt, Mrs. Miriam Davis

Went to Kansas; Being a Thrilling Account of an Ill-Fated Expedition to that Fairy Land, and its Sad Results; Together with a Sketch of the Life of the Author, and How the World Goes with Her

Watertown, New York: L. Ingalls & Co., 1862. First Edition. xii, 13-294. Bound in tan ribbed publisher's cloth by John W. Gorse & Co. Corners bumped, small stains on front cover, hinges cracked (lower cords broken), wear to binding extremities. Foxing throughout as is true in all copies, pages 117-122..... More

Price: $200.00

"California Scenery. Seal Rocks - Point Lobos" Currier, Ives

Currier & Ives

"California Scenery. Seal Rocks - Point Lobos"

New York: Currier & Ives, 125 Nassau St. ca. 1870s. Original lithograph with hand-coloring (sheet size: 357 x 255 mm; image size without lettering: 315 x 200 mm), unmatted. Two marginal tears neatly repaired, one of which just touches image. Charming depicting of the Southern California coastline, being a romantic..... More

Price: $400.00

OREGON, 1845]. The Oregon Territory, and the British North American Fur Trade. With an Account of...

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

WOMEN IN THE WEST]. Prairie Sketches; or, Fugitive Recollections of an Army Girl of 1899. Mary...

ENGLISH, Mary Katharine Jackson

[WOMEN IN THE WEST]. Prairie Sketches; or, Fugitive Recollections of an Army Girl of 1899

Denver: [Privately Printed], n.d. (ca. 1899). First Edition. 8vo. (215 x 139 mm). 76 pp., photographic text illustrations (some full-page). Original green printed wrappers, slightly soiled, worn and chipped at head and tail, pencil inscription on back wrapper (SEE IMAGES), internally unmarked and unspoiled. NOT ex-library! A remarkable account of..... More

Price: $720.00

FIRST EDITION]. Riders of the Purple Sage. Zane Grey

Grey, Zane

[FIRST EDITION]. Riders of the Purple Sage

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1912. First Edition, 2nd printing. 8vo. [8] 334 [1] pp. Complete with frontispiece and 3 full-page illustrations. Original brown decorative cloth with pictorial onlay (somewhat worn, spine dulled, top edges dust-soiled; slight shelf lean; some offsetting to pages opposite the three plates; title-page tissue guard..... More

Price: $480.00

Poems, on different subjects. To which is added, a descriptive account of a family tour to the...

Hastings, Sally

Poems, on different subjects. To which is added, a descriptive account of a family tour to the West; in the year 1800 in a letter to a lady

Lancaster, PA: Printed and sold by William Dickson for The Benefit of the Authoress, 1808. 12mo. 220 pp. Bound in full contemporary mottled sheep. Wear and tear along edges, corners bumped, front hinges cracked but holding. Smooth spine with double gilt roll dividing compartments, red morocco spine label in the..... More

Price: $300.00

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

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

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WESTERN OVERLANDS 1847]. Doniphan’s Expedition; Containing an Account of the Conquest of New...

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

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NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAIT]. "Hayne Hudjihini Eagle of Delight." Hand-colored lithograph from a...

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: $750.00

NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAIT]. "Tuko-See-Mathla A Seminole Chief." Hand-colored lithograph from a...

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

[NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAIT]. "Tuko-See-Mathla A Seminole Chief." Hand-colored lithograph from a folio edition of McKenney and Hall’s Indian Tribes of North America

Philadelphia: James G. Clark, 1843 (?). Hand-colored lithograph after Charles Bird King (496 x 355 mm), "Drawn, Printed & Coloured at the Lithographic & Print Colouring Estblishment, 94, Walnut St." Full-length standing portrait of male Seminole chief carrying a rifle, wearing striped, fringed wrap skirt, striped shirt, red sashes around..... More

Price: $850.00

NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAIT]. "Wa-Na-Ta. The Charger, Grand Chief of the Sioux." Hand-colored...

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

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TEXANA]. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 [33rd Congress, 1st Session,...

Marcy, Randolph B. and George B. McClellan

[TEXANA]. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 [33rd Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives. Executive Doc.]

Third edition. COMPLETE SET of 2 vols. (text + Atlas). xv, [1], 286 pp. COMPLETE with 65 maps (plus one duplicate); Landscapes: I-XII; Geological Sections: 1, 3-11 (#2 not issued); Paleontology: 1-6; Zoology: 1-18 (plus duplicate of #5); Botanical: 1-17, 19-20 (#18 not issued). Original blind-stamped cloth, edges worn, outer..... More

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SORDID 1870 TRIAL - WOMAN DEFENDANT]. Official Report of the Trial of Laura D. Fair, for the...

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: $2,100.00

1859 SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S MAGAZINE]. The Hesperian. (Vol. II, No. 5). Mrs. F. A. Day, Hermione

Mrs. F.A. (Hermione) Day (editor)

[1859 SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S MAGAZINE]. The Hesperian. (Vol. II, No. 5)

San Francisco: Mrs. F.A. Day, 1859 (July). First Edition. Large 8vo. (253 x 170 mm). [193]-240 pp., 8 pp. ads at end. With a two-color lithograph portrait of Isaac J. Sparks; hand-colored lithograph of a Bearded Jay. Original illustrated wrappers (repaired), the front cover being a steel engraving by the..... More

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Twenty Years Among the Mexicans, A Narrative of Missionary Labor. Melinda Rankin

Rankin, Melinda

Twenty Years Among the Mexicans, A Narrative of Missionary Labor

Cincinnati: Chase & Hall, 1875. First Edition. 8vo. 199 pp. Bound in original green publisher's cloth, title in gilt on spine with gilt floral ornament and triple ornamental roll in gilt at head and foot of spine. Corners slightly bumped, cloth rubbed away in bottom right corner of front cover..... More

Price: $300.00

WOMAN AUTHOR, "Pretend" Ranching]. The Story of a Ranch. Alice Wellington Rollins

Rollins, Alice Wellington

[WOMAN AUTHOR, "Pretend" Ranching]. 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

OREGON]. Oregon. Memorial of Citizens of the United States, Residing in the Territory of Oregon,...

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

FIRST FEDERAL PRINTING OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION - UNCUT COPY]. Message from the President of the...

[United States. Congress. House. 1845]

[FIRST FEDERAL PRINTING OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION - UNCUT COPY]. Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress. (29th Congress, 1st Session. Doc. No. 2. House of Representatives)

Washington DC: Printed by Ritchie & Heiss, 1845. First Edition. 8vo. 893 pp. + 1 blank f. COMPLETE with the folding engraved map of Kearny's 1845 Expedition through the Black Hills and 6 folding tables. Stitched as issued. Uncut copy, with pp. 601-893 unopened. Stained, wear along edges, folding tables..... More

Price: $2,240.00

EARLY WORK ON MISSOURI & MINING IN THE WEST]. Message of the President of the United States to...

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: $2,500.00

HUGE MAP OF OREGON 1845]. Map of the Oregon Territory by the U.S. Ex. Ex. Charles Wilkes, Esqr....

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

COMPLETE WITH THE ATLAS]. The Isthmus of Tehuantepec: Being the Results of a Survey for a...

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

NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN AUTHOR]. Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims. Edited by Mrs....

Winnemucca, Sarah (Hopkins)

[NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN AUTHOR]. Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims. Edited by Mrs. Horace Mann

Boston: For sale by Cupples, Upham & Co.; G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York; and by the Author, 1883. 8vo. 268 pp. Bound in green publisher's cloth with Greek-style printed border in black along top and bottom of covers. Edges slightly worn, corners bumped, minor tears at head and foot of..... More

Price: $1,200.00

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