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From the front dust jacket flap: "Frederic Remington loved the West. Seeing it for the first time, the exuberant lad of nineteen lamented, "I knew the wild riders and the vacant land were about to vanish forever, and the more I considered the subject the bigger the Forever loomed.' So, he began to sketch."
From the back flap: "This compilation of Remington's work comes from the collections of Sid Richardson and Amon Carter, close friends who are avid admirers of the artist."

Book - Very Good condition. Light tan leather? or leather look over boards with silver gilt text on spine. Very minimal edge/corner wear. Back of front cover has gift inscription in marker dated 1980. Otherwise, book is clean and tight.
Dust Jacket - Very Good condition. Very minimal edge/corner wear. Slight darkening at top.
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157 pages including List of Illustrations.

From the title page: "Being a true, quite partial and somewhat humorous history of Alder Gulch, Montana, the state's richest placer mining district and the Cradle of Montana History...""NOTICE. Virginia City is in Montana. There is a Virginia City, Nevada, which was a mining camp and is now a tourist town. There the similarity ends. They have Lucius Beebe; we have the History of Alder Gulch, which included Summit, Highland, Pine Grove, Central, Nevada City, Adobetown, Junction and Virginia City."The Contents page includes chapters about Tobacco, Whisky, Mules, Gold, and more.Good condition. Cover has some soiling and spots. There are a couple of dark spots near the spine on the back cover that are also on a couple of the back pages. The inside cover and opposite page is a Map of the Territory of Montana. Text is clean. Binding is good. Spine is not creased. A good reading copy.Please use photos as part of the description.96 pages including Index.

From front DJ flap: "Volume 3 consists of the journals of Lewis and Clark (primarily Clark) during the period August 25. 1804, to April 6, 1805, and covers the expedition's route from the Vermillion River in present South Dakota to Fort Mandan in present North Dakota and their winter encampment there. It describes their encounters with Sioux, Arikara, Mandan, and Hidatsa Indians, including considerable ethnographic material on these tribes."
Book - Very Good condition. Blue cloth over boards covers have a few lightly rubbed areas. Minimal edge/corner wear. Bottom of the closed book pages has some shelf soiling.
Dust Jacket - Very Good condition. Jacket is in protective cover with only vey light rubbing. The inside area has some glue that caught some dirt that does not have contact with the book.
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544 pages including Index.

From back cover: "For people wishing to follow the course of that expedition, there is no better source than the Lewis and Clark journals...masterfully edited and annotated by Gary E. Moulton. The essentials of those 13 volumes are now available in a one-volume abridgment..." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Book - Fine condition. Clean and tight.Dust Jacket - Very Good condition. Closed small tear/chip on front bottom that has been taped, price sticker on back, and slight rubbing. Please see photos. 413 pages including Index. This is a heavy book and may require additional postage.

From the front dust jacket flap: "The Santa Fe trail was a highway for commerce. A link to markets. A pipeline for international trading contracts and highly capitalized investments. Commerce is cooperative work, and when it succeeds - that is, when it makes an honest profit - commerce can also leave a powerful legacy. That legacy is the story of the Santa Fe Trail.""Path to Glory tells with pictures and prose the story of the Santa Fe Trail - its beginning, its role in commerce and military history, the journey along its scenic route, its final days and its continuing fascination for Americans."Book - Good condition. Light brown leatherette over boards with gold gilt on front and spine. First edition. Signed by author on title page. It appears that water was spilled on the leading couple inches of the pages which caused a "wrinkle" on most of the pages and a light water stain on some of the pages in the back. The water did not appear to affect the end papers or covers.Dust Jacket - Very Good-… Read More

From the back cover: "In the years following the Louisiana Purchase, George Sibley stood at the forefront of American expansion to the West. As Chief Indian Factor for the United States at Fort Osage, he represented the critical hinge between the Upper Missouri River and the growning merchant town of St. Louis." This book contains the writings and correspondence of this pioneer owned by Lindenwood University, which Sibley and his wife Mary founded in 1827. It provides an eyewitness account of American expansion, relations between Native American tribes and with the United States government in Missouri and beyond, and the transformation of the Missouri Territory from a region where Native Americans, early settlers, and fur traders all lived into a growing state."Near Fine condition. Light bumping near bottom on front cover. Very minimal edge/corner wear. Spine not cracked. Clean and Tight. Almost like new.230 pages including Index.

"Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there be published and bound 6,000 copies of the State papers and all correspondence bearing upon the purchase of the territory of Louisiana by the United States, including the treaty of purchase, 4,000 for the use of the House of Representatives and 2,000 for the use of the Senate. Passed the House May 10, 1902. Concurred in by the Senate May 13, 1902."
Very Good-condition. Black textured cloth over boards with impressed design on front and faded gold gilt text on spine. A little edge/corner wear. Corners are slightly bent. There are some white spots on both covers that did not come off. (They seem almost like white paint drips that were not completely wiped off, but I don't know.) Text is clean and binding is very good.
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299 pages including Index.

From page v.: "Daniel has been one of the most misunderstood Great Men of all great men!"
"People know that he played a part in the advancement of civilization during the early pioneer days, but, in reality, they know little of the type of man he really was or the great part he played in the Western expansion..."
"Daniel Boone was a man of culture: intelligent, fearless, kind, pleasant, dedicated to almost any task that came before him....He believed in ecological conservation and preserving animal life."
This book has lots of information, plus some black and white photos. There is the name Thelma L. Morgan in the same ink as 8/2000.
Very Good- condition. Very minimal wear. The text is clean up until page 46 - then there is yellow highlighting and pencil underlining through the end of the book. The "Daniel Boone Linage" fold-out at the back is intact.
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120 pages including References.

From back cover: "Only Stephen Ambrose, with his love of the Northwest and his deep understanding of the American past, could have written this luminous and lyrical book. Undaunted Courage is at once a tale of mythic proportions, a poignant human drama, and an essential piece of our history that allows the reader to be a silent and fascinated passenger on the fateful journey of Lewis and Clark." Book Condition: Very Good. There is an inscription from previous owner to his Dad on front end paper, otherwise clean and tight.Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Back has very light bumping.Please see photos.511 pages including Notes, Bibliography, and Index.