The Resources of the Rocky Mountains by E. J. Farmer - 1883: Being a Brief Description of the Mineral, Grazing, Agricultural and Timber Resources of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and Dakota..

San Francisco: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1927. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. #101 of 260 limited numbered copies, Signed on limitation page, [10.25x7in]; [5], map, German [1812] and English [1814] facsimile titles pages, advertisements, xiv, 158 pp., frontispiece portrait of Langsdorff and Rezanov, six copper engraved illustrations, from German edition, on plates with tissue guard; Blue-Green paper covers with tan linen backed spine with black lettering and border on paper label, top edge trimmed with others untrimmed; Blue-Green dust jacket with black lettering and border on tan spine label, deckled fore edges; Slight fading to bottom edge of covers and spine; Minimal fading of spine bleeding over to covers and along bottom edge. [Hill 970, Cowan64 p. 382, Howgego II R9]. Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff (1774-1852) was a German naturalist and explorer that was a member of the Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences. He was selected as the naturalist and physician by Adam von Krusenstern… Read More

Washington: Cornelius Wendell, 1857. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Large 4to. Brown cloth with embossed decorations. Many steel engravings, woodcuts, and color lithographs throughout, as well as fold-out maps and charts bound in. Part I: [xvi], 258 pp. Part II: [xiii], 174 pp. Cloth covering spine is removed, but binding is not affected. Wear to edges and corners. Black marks on right and bottom block edges and at bottom of title page. Ownership stamp of James E. Gillikan on front free endpaper, and signature of Sam G. Bugh on title page. Minor discoloration throughout, typically on right margin. Occasional offsetting to pages which face illustrations. Tight and clean, interior in excellent condition. This is the first edition of the first volume of a seminal text of Western American history. William Hemsley Emory was the civil engineer and surveyor tasked with mapping the new border between the US and Mexico following the Mexican-American War, in which the US had acquired the New Mexico,… Read More

Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1992. Signed on the title page and dated 9/10/94 by the author. First edition / First printing. One of 1,000 copies in wrappers. Only 100 hardcovers were printed, sold primarily to libraries. This is the paperbound edition. Illustrated wrappers. Very fine. An exceptional copy!. Stories and poems, the author's first book. New York Times notable book of 1992. The author has won the National Book Award in 2007, and the Pen Faulkner Award in 2010.

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1882. A Near Fine Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Half pebbled leather with matching in color cloth; spine titles in gilt with black lined divisions. Marbled endpages with matching textblock. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. Text is clean with appropriate age-toning. 8vo; 9 inches tall; 111 pages of text followed by blank pages presumed to give the spine room for the titles. A very handsome rebinding. Graff records an edition prior to this in Chicago in 1882.. Compiled from official reports describing over 400 engagements in chronological order, including a lengthy description of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. After the US Civil War Sheridan reported to the Gulf of Mexico, where his presence along the Texas border hastened the fall of Maximilian, the French puppet emperor in Mexico, in 1867. He was later named military commander of Louisiana and Texas (1867), but his harsh administration of… Read More

London: Simms and M'Intyre, 1852. First Edition. Near Fine. 8vo [7x4.75in]; xii, [13] 14-240 pp.; Later three-quarter morocco with blue marbled covers with gilt edge rules, gilt lettering, rule tooled, and raised bands on spine, top edge gilt other trimmed; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners with a little rubbing along the joints, bookplate of Edwin Stanton Fickes on front end paper, binders stamp Weeks & Co., London on rear end paper, binding offsets to end papers. [Kurutz 371a, Wheat Books 115 (note), Wagner-Camp 200:3]. William Kelly (1791-1855) was one of the many Englishmen that traveled California during the Gold Rush, did a little digging and, upon return to England, wrote a travel book on his adventures. Kelly wrote two books on his travels, the first was "Across the Rocky Mountains from New York to California" and, this book, "A Stroll Though the Diggings of California", both published and sold separately in 1852. Some had both bound as a single book and this on one was bound… Read More

Cranford, N.J.: Allen Printing Co., 1935. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. M.J. Amato. Limited First Edition, No. 128 of 130 copies; SIGNED by the author's wife on limitation plate; 8vo, blue cloth; vg- (boards bowed; edges of boards heavily worn; blue cloth; spine sunned; spine ends bumped, crimped, and worn; corners bumped and worn to boards; front pastedown wrinkled with small tear to top end of hinge; eps and pages toned) in good dj (toned; edges heavily chipped, torn, and worn; spine browned and chipped in two places; spine ends chipped off; long tears to panels along spine; rear panel almost detached from spine; non-acidic Filmoplast P used to close tears along edge where front flap and panel meet) with a vg- custom cloth slipcase with gilt-stamped leather title piece (panels rubbed and worn; shelfworn; one panel sunned); also included is a fair plastic dj used to cover paper dj (heavily chipped; large sections missing; torn) 160pp. Dustjacket points: front panel reads, 'A Frontier… Read More

Tours: A. Mame et Cie, 1853. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good. 188pp; 8 full-color, chromolithographed plates. Text in the original French. This is the tale of a Frenchman and two boys who journey from Le Havre to California in search of gold. We are told of their hard work at the gold mines, the joys and travails of mining life, and their sundry adventures. Bound in elaborate, pictorial black cloth, stamped in gilt and colors on both covers and on spine; inner rear hinge repaired, otherwise near fine condition. 7.75" x 4.75" This is Dan Volkmann's copy with his Golden Bear bookplate. Volkmann spent 39 years collecting a complete first-edition set of Californiana books called the Zamorano 80--a feat accomplished by only three other collectors. [Gumuchian 1159. Sabin 12350. Decker 35:683.].

Washington, D. C,: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1886-96. First Edition. Soft Covers. Eleven Booklets with covers in various colors. Reports from the Governor of the Territory of Utah from 1866 to 1896 when statehood was in progress. A great resource for Utah History. Schools. Prisons, Agriculture, Industry, Mining, Election, Indians, Railroads, and a section on Polygamy in each annual publication. "I am most firmly convinced that there is an Irreconcilable political difference, fundamental In character between the Mormon system and the Government established by the United States." Ten of the booklets are in VG-VG+ condition. The 1886 issue has the front top corner missing. Western Americana, Utah ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: John Murray, 1868. First Edition. Very Good. [8.75x6in]; xix, [1], 331 pp., frontispiece of Auroral light, title page vignette of loading a sledge, 34 illustrations on plates or in text, appendices, fold out map of the Yukon or Kwich-Pak river with insert of North Pacific Ocean [11.25x18.in, 22x15cm], lacking advertisements; Contemporary 3/4 calf with marble paper on covers, five embossed ruled lines on spine with gilt lettering on black leather label, light blue end papers, all edges trimmed with red ink speckling; Some shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, surfaces rubbed, edges worn and corners bumped and worn through, top edge darken, general light age toning of text, light half circle stain on frontispiece, light stain spots in margins pp. 241-245, prior owner pencil corrections p. 165 and 311, small Solicitor's Supreme Court Library [Scotland] black ink stamps on verso of frontispiece, title page, xix, pp. 72 and 96. [Wickersham 6030, Ricks p. 255, Smith 10978,Tooley 4851, AB… Read More

This colorful pictorial map captures the lore of the Old West. The map features prominent pioneer trails such as the Oregon Trail, the Santa Fe Trail and the Pony Express route. Among the many notable events highlighted on the map are the battle of the Alamo, Custer's last stand, Pat Garrett's shooting of Billy the Kid and numerous Indian battles.
The map is framed by portraits of 26 prominent personalities Bat Masterson, Anne [sic] Oakley, Sitting Bull, Judge Roy Bean, Martha Canary ('Calamity Jane'), Doc Holliday, Geronimo and Davy Crockett.
Danny Arnold was a Canadian who toured England with a Wild West Show in the 1960s, taking advantage of the British fascination with as the American "Old West" at the time. Presumably the map was sold as a souvenir to those who attended the shows.
References: No examples noted on OCLC. Not in David Rumsey Map Collection.
Condition: Sheet size: about 25 x 34 ¾." Original fold lines, with some showing wear. Occasional soiling and wrinkling; minor edge… Read More