Search Results: Western Americana from Aquila Books

Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1931. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 301pp. + [xii]pp. (Series Information)pp. Octavo in original maroon cloth, (spine unfaded), gilt top edge, others uncut with 8 plates (including frontispiece) and folding map. Name on front free endpaper else a clean, bright copy. very good The accounts of the aventures of the aurthor in the wild Santa Fe trade during the 1840s. 1931

Tulsa, Oklahoma: American Indian, The, 1926-1931. Wrappers. good to very good. 16pp. per Issuepp. 16 Issues folio in original wrappers with illustrations in text from photos, etc. Minor soiling to covers else clean broken run of this scarce periodical. good to very good Contents - Oklahoma History - Indian Lore - and Current News of Indian Life. Dedication (1st Issue) "To all Indians in North America in whose veins flows the blood of the "Oldest Aristocracy" of the western hemisphere and more especially to those stoic and faithful leaders who have passed beyond the "pale frontiers of life", the American Indian is dedicated". 1926

New York: Robert M. McBride and Company, 1926. Hardcover. First Edition. xii, 271 pp. Octavo. No dust-jacket. Original pictorial red cloth, with gilt and black design on facade and spine. Gilt lettering on spine. Bottom edge deckled. Red top edge. Tan endpapers. Inscribed in green ink by previous owner following front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Half-title included. B/W frontispiece entitled "When the Settler Came," by Charles M. Russell. 34 further B/W drawings in novel by Russell, followed by 21 halftone illustrations and a colour folding map. Errata note regarding illustrations in front. Index included, though unreferenced in content. Slight shelf wear to top and bottom of spine. Colour of cloth otherwise well preserved. A clean, very good copy of this uncommon first edition. Agnes C. Laut, born in the late 19th century, was a Canadian novelist, journalist, historian, and social worker. Laut, despite her eventual immigration to the United States, remained a determined… Read More

New York: Robert M. McBride and Company, 1926. Hardcover. First Edition. xii, 271 pp. Octavo. Original pictorial green cloth, with gilt and black design on facade and spine. Gilt lettering only on spine. Bottom edge deckled. Green top edge. Tan endpapers. Half-title included. B/W frontispiece entitled "When the Settler Came," by Charles M. Russell. 34 further B/W drawings in novel by Russell, followed by 21 halftone illustrations and a colour folding map. Errata note regarding illustrations in front. Index included, though unreferenced in content. Minor scuffing to covers and 2 internal hand stamps, otherwise a clean copy of an uncommon title. Agnes C. Laut, born in the late 19th century, was a Canadian novelist, journalist, historian, and social worker. Laut, despite her eventual immigration to the United States, remained a determined nationalist with hopes to educate others on Canadian history through her writings. Remembered not only for its resolute and passionate author, the Blazed… Read More

New York: Scribners, 1908 First Edition. xix,366,(4) pp. Original red cloth. Octavo. Gilt titles on spine and front board and a tipped in illustration front board. Coloured frontispiece, seven coloured plates, sixty-four plates and two maps. A fine clean copy with only the slightest fading on the spine. An account of Big Game hunting in New Mexico and Arizona. This a a desert sheep book and appeals to the Sheep hunters. Photographs by Daneil MacDougal, John Phillips and the author. Maps by Godfrey Sykes, geographer on the expedition. 4 pages of ads at the end advertising the authors other books. 1908

Pasadena, California: Trail's End Publishing Co., Inc., 1948. Undetermined. very good. 1st edition limited to 500 copies. 218pp. Octavo in original maroon cloth with gilt lettered spine and illustrations in text, including facsimile title pages. A bright clean copy, one of a limited first edition of 500 copies. very good 1948

New York: Hobart Company, 1903. Undetermined. good to very good. 1st Edition. 306pp. Small octavo in original illustrated red cloth with colour illustration pasted on front and 8 plates including frontispiece from illustrations by Frederic Remmington and Edwin Willard Deming.Inscription on front free endpaper, front hinge tight but missing front endpaper with some damage to front pastedown. good to very good 1903

Portland, Oregon: Champoeg Press, 1952. Trade paperback. very good. 1st edition limited to 225 numbered copies. [ii],19,[1]pp.pp. Octavo in original green cloth backed patterned gray/white boards. Copy #163. very good 1952

Washington D.C: Government Printing Office, 1905. Wrappers. good to very good. 1st Edition. 85pp. Octavo in original gray wrappers with plates from photos, illustrations in text, and three folding maps (two large in rear pocket). Shelf sticker on front wrapper with minor rust stains from paper clip on several pages, wrappers partially detached. good to very good 1905

Spokane, Washington: Chamber of Commerce. Spokane, nd c1938. Wrappers. near fine. 52pp. Octavo. Double-paged color map and b&w illustrations from photos, etc. Original pictorial wrappers. near fine "This booklet is addressed to the farmer and homeseeker who is looking for a country of better farms and agricultural opportunities.". 1938

Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1932. Undetermined. fine. 1st Edition. 330pp. Octavo in original maroon cloth (spine unfaded), gilt top edge, others uncut with 10 plates (including frontispiece) and folding map. fine The letters and diary of Eugene Bandel, a Prussian infantryman crossing the American West in the late 1850s. 1932

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition thus. xxxvi,[xxxvii],370pp. Octavo in original gilt lettered cloth, spine slightly faded. Large folding map in rear pocket. very good Peel 3rd Edition 160. 1931

Washington D.C: Government Printing Office, 1905. Wrappers. very good. 1st Edition. 89pp. Octavo in original gray wrappers with plates from photos, 5 maps (including 4 colour folding maps). Shelf sticker of front wrapper with minor rust stains on a two leaves from old paper clip. very good 1905

Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1959. hardcover. fine. 1st Edition. 327pp. Octavo in original brown cloth, brown top edge with plates, including frontispiece, and folding colour map (at end) fine Deatils the conflict over the fate of hydraulic gold mining in the Sacramento Valley, in an age of unchecked capitalism and western enterprise. 1959

New York: Francis P. Harper, 1903. Undetermined. fine. 1st edition limited to 950 copies. xiv,248;[vii],[249]-461pp. Two volumes Octavo in original blue cloth, gilt top edge, others uncut with 12 plates (including frontispiece portrait in each volume). Very minor wear along top edge of Volume One, still a fine copy in original bindings. fine 1903

Urbana Chicago Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1969. Hardcover. very good. 1st edition. xiii-[xvi],506pp. Octavo. Plates. Original green cloth in price clipped dust jacket, with closed tear top edge front wrapper. very good Appendices include A: Plants and B: Animals discovered by Lewis and Clark; and C: Locations of Lewis and Clark journals, maps and related material; plus a bibliography. 1969

N. P., nd c1900. Wrappers. good to very good. [29]pp. (text) + [3]pp. (illustrated ads)pp. 16mo (approximately 16.3cm tall) in original illustrated slightly soiled and stained pale blue wrappers, stapled as issued (with ads on inside and rear covers), and 3 illustrations in text. Printed on cheap paper, toned as usual lacking top right corner corner of rear slightly soiled, stained wrappers. Rare. good to very good Cover title: "Life and Adventures of Buffalo Bill".Promotional literature with a sketch of "Buffalo Bill's life, the Pony Express, etc. 1900

Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1936. Undetermined. fine. 1st Edition. 368pp. Octavo in original maroon cloth (spine slightly faded), gilt top edge, others uncut with 4 plates (including frontispiece) and folding map. fine First publication of the narratives of three soldiers who marched with the Army of the West in the Mexican War, over the Santa Fe Trail. 1936

Washington: Government Printig Office, 1905. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 273pp. Octavo in original grey wrappers with 40 plates from photos, folding plate (sketch) and illustrations in text from drawings, tables, and small folding map. Shelf sticker on spine with minor rusting from paper clip to preliminaries. very good 1905

London: Edward Stanford, 1889. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. x,[2],316pp. + [4]pp. (adspp. Octavo in original pictorial blue green cloth and coated black endpapers with 8 plates (including frontispiece) and 3 folding maps (partly coloured). A couple of maps poorly folded and with some minor foxing to preliminaries. very good 1889