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4346] Nadeau, Remi. Fort Laramie and the Sioux Indians . N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 335 pages, photos, map end-papers, slight edge wear to jacket. History of the fort from 1834. Fur traders, Jim Bridger, Custer, Sherman, Grattan, Black Hills Expedition, Little Big Horn, Pony Express, Oregon Trail, etc. $40.00

[6878] Nadeau, Remi. The Real Joaquin Murieta Robin Hood Hero or Gold Rush Gangster . California: Trans-Anglo Books, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0-87046-027-7. 160 pages, frontis, illustrations, laid in is a typed and SIGNED letter from the author . $35.00

[6879] Nadeau, Remi A.. City-Makers The Men Who Transformed Los Angeles From Village to Metropolis During the First Great Boom 1868-76 . Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc. , 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 270 pages, map end-papers, INSCRIBED by the author, also laid in is an INSCRIBED Christmas card, and an election campaign card of the author's. Has chapters on farming, ranching, railroads, violence, etc. Six-Guns 1590, "Contains a chapter entitled, "The Reign of Violence," about stage robbers and one entitled "The Bandidos" about the activities of Vasquez." $50.00

[6880] Nahm, Milton C.. Las Vegas and Uncle Joe The New Mexico I Remember . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - / Very Good+. 294 pages. Six-Guns 1591, "The author tells about Pat Garrett bringing Billy the Kid and Dave Rudabaugh to Las Vegas after their capture." $50.00

[7532] Nammack, Georgiana, C.. Fraud, Politics, and the Dispossession of the Indians The Iroquois Land Frontier in the Colonial Period . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good -. 128 pages, illustrations, small hole in jacket spine. $32.00

[5549] Nankivell, John H. Major. History of the Military Organizations of the State of Colorado 1860-1935 . Denver, CO: W. H. Kistler Stationary Co. , 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 533 pages, frontis, maps, illustrations. Author's copy with his stamped name, and calling card taped to the front pastedown. Sand Creek, Chivington, White River Expedition, Ute Campaign, Civil War, Spanish American War, WWI, and more. $450.00

[7533] Nasatir, Abraham, P.. French Activities In California An Archival Calendar-Guide . Stanford, CA.: Stanford University Press, 1945. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 599 pages. $100.00

[8449] Nash, Wallis. Two Years In Oregon . N.Y.: D Appleton-Century CO., 1882. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 311 pages + notes, frontis, illustrations, original cloth, slight edge wear. The author first visited Oregon in 1877. $125.00

[3931] Navarro, Ramon Gil. The Gold Rush Diary of Ramon Gil Navarro Edited and Translated by Maria Del Carmen Ferreyra and David S. Reher . Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0-8032-3343-4. 305 pages, illustrations, maps. Navarro spent 3 years prospecting for gold in the late 1840s. $18.00

[4504] Neal, Charles M. JR.. Valor Across The Lone Star The Congressional Medal of Honor in Frontier Texas . Austin Texas: Texas State Historical Society Association, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. New / New. ISBN: 0-87611-184-3. 491 pages, frontis, illustrations, photos, map. "Neal, Jr., takes us back to theTexas frontier during the years of the Civil War and the Indian wars. Most of these Medal of Honor recipients were not native Texans but a diverse lot of individuals from across the United States and around the world. It includes several appendicesthat list all Texas recipients from the Civil War to the present, their burial sites around the world, the locations of their deeds, and other statistics." $39.95

[5997] Neider, Charles. The Great West . N.Y.: The Great West , 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. 457 pages, illustrations, map end-papers, slight edge wear to jacket. Contains sections on pathfinders, (Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, Zenas Leonard, John C. Fremont,) and Heroes and Villains, (Kit Carson, James Bridger, Will Bill Hickok, Custer, Jesse James, Billy the Kid, cattle drives (Jesse Applegate,) Pony Express, buffalo hunting, etc. $25.00

[6031] Neihardt, John G.. The Song of Jed Smith . N.Y.: The Macillian Company, 1941. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. 113 pages, slight edge wear to jacket. Smith was a great explorer, adventurer, mountain man and trail blazer. $75.00

[6029] Neihardt, John G.. The Song of the Indian Wars . N.Y.: The Macmillan Co., 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 231 pages, illustrations. 1 of 500 copies, SIGNED and numbered by the author, housed in a slipcase that has minor wear. Red Cloud, Fetterman Massacre, Wagon Box Fight, Beecher's Island, Crazy Horse, Sun Dance, Custer and the Little Big Horn, death of Crazy Horse. Rader 2475 $185.00

[6028] Neihardt, John G.. The River and I . N.Y.: G.P. Putnam's, 1910. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - 325 pages, frontis, illustrations, minor wear to edges. The author's account of traveling on the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers. Photos and illustrations of landmarks, Fort Union, landings, Great Falls, etc. Contains the story of Hugh Glass and his grizzly attack and survival. $75.00

[4307] Neihardt, John G.. The Splendid Wayfaring The Story of the Exploits and Adventures of Jedediah Smith and His Comrades, the Ashley-Henry Men, Discoverers and Explorers of the Great Central Route From the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean 1822-1831 . N.Y.: MacMillan CO. , 1920. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 290 pages + ads, frontis, map, illustrations, slight edge wear, ink name on pastedown. Rader 2476 $125.00

[6563] Neil, J. M.. Will James The Spirit of the Cowboy . Casper Wyoming: Nicolaysen Art Museum , 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-961-4971-0-6 . 85 pages, illustrations, limited edition, 1 of 100 copies numbered and SIGNED by the author. $135.00

[4098] Nelson John Young. Fifty Years On The Trail, A True Story of Western Life , the adventures of John Young Nelson as described to Harrington O'Reilly. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. Volume # 22 of the Western Frontier Library Series, 291pages. "Nelson was a hunter, a guide for Brinham Young and his party of Latterday Saints, a pony express rider, a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, a prospector, a sma ll town peace officer, the proprietor of a saloon and gambling establishment, the victim of another such establishment, and a Sioux Indian brave." $29.00

[2706] Nelson, Dale W.. Interpreters With Lewis And Clark The Story Of Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau . Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Press, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. New / New. ISBN: 1-57441-165-9. 174 pages, maps, illustrations. Interesting account of Charbonneau, Sacagawea, and their son. Includes their histories after the expedition. $24.95

[6030] Nelson, Maidee Thomas. California Land of Promise An Informal History of California From Discovery to Statehood, 1542-1850 Including the Exciting Days of the Gold Rush of 49. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. 419 pages, frontis, illustrations. Gold Rush, John C. Fremont, mining, Sutter's Mill, prospectors, pioneers, etc. $15.00

[7157] Nelson, Mary Carroll. The Legendary Artists of Taos Expanded From the Pages of American West . N.Y.: Watson-Guptill Publications , 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. ISBN: 0-8230-2745-7. 175 pages, illustrations. $70.00

[7534] Nerburn, Kent. Chief Joseph and the Flight of the Nez Perce The Untold Story of an American Tragedy . San Francisco CA: Harper Collins Publishers , 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0-06-051301-2. 419 pages, remainder mark. $35.00

[6564] Nesbit, Charles Francis. An American Family The Nesbits of St. Clair . Washington: By Author, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 228 pages, minor edge wear. Six-Guns 1599, "Has some material on the Youngers and the James boys." $75.00

[3561] Nesbitt, Mark. Saber and Scapegoat J. E. B. Stuart and the Gettysburg Controversy . Mechanicsburg PA: Stackpole Books, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. New / New. ISBN: 0-8117-0915-9. 227 pages, maps, photos. "Detailed reconstruction of Stuart's actions during the campaign and presents the case that Stuart was not at fault for the loss: He was following orders to the best of his ability. The blame surrounding Stuart only surfaced after the war when, in an attempt to exonerate Lee, some veterans vilified Stuart unfairly." A few Custer mentions. $19.00

[2937] Nester, William R.. The Arikara War The First Plains Indian War, 1823 . Missoula MT: Mountain Press Publishing CO., 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. New / New. ISBN: 0-87842-430-X. 257 pages, maps, photos. "In 1823, at the height of the fur trade, Arikara warriors attacked an American trapping expedition on the Missouri River in present-day South Dakota. Thus began the brief Arikara War-the first military encounter between the United States western Indians and a crucial turning point in both the international relations and trade of a fledgling nation. With 230 soldiers, 750 Sioux allies, and 50 aggrieved trappers, United States Army Colonel Henry Leavenworth retaliated." $30.00

[2181] Neville, A. W.. The Red River Valley Then And Now Stories of People and Events In the Red River Valley During the First Hundred Years of Its Settlement . Paris Texas : North Texas Publishing Company , 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 278 pages, map end-papers, illustrations, LIMITED EDITION 1 of 2,000 copies. Stories of border depredations, of pioneer fortitude and resourcefulness, of desperadoes, and lawmakers, and outstanding leaders among red and white men Six-Guns 1604 "Contains some material on Jim Reed, Belle Starr, Frank James, and other outlaws." $125.00

[545] Nevins, Allan. Fremont The West's Greatest Adventurer Being a Biography from certain hitherto unpiblished sources of General John C. Fremont Together With His Wife Jessie Benton Fremont and some account of the period of expansion which found a brilliant leader Pat. Harper & Brothers, 1928. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 2vols. 738 pgs.errata slip, 64pls Blue cloth with gilt lettering, Howes N64 $125.00

[7158] Nevins, Allan. Fremont The West's Greatest Adventurer Being a Biography from certain hitherto unpiblished sources of General John C. Fremont Together With His Wife Jessie Benton Fremont and some account of the period of expansion which found a brilliant leader Pat. N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, 1928. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good -. 2vols. 738 pages, errata slip, frontis, illustrations, minor chipping to jacket edges. Howes N64 $250.00

[1754] Newcomb, W. W. Jr.. The Indians of Texas From Prehistoric to Modern Times . Austin Texas: University of Texas Press, 1975. Stiff Wraps. Very Good - ISBN: 0-292-78425-2. 404 pages, illustrations, maps. $8.00

[7159] Newcomb, William W. Jr.. German Artist on the Texas Frontier Friedrich Richard Petri . Austin: University of Texas Press, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good -. ISBN: 0-292-72717-8. 240 pages, frontis, illustrations, wear to jacket edges. Petri lived and worked in Texas for 7 years during the 1850s. $45.00

[936] Newcombe, Jack (edition). Travels In The Americas . N.Y.: Weidenfeld & Nicolson , 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New / As New. 434 pgs, both book and dust jacket are in as new condition. Short stories on travelers in the U.S. , Canada and Mexico, told by a variety of writers. Dayton Duncan (Lewis and Clark), Washington Irving (A Tour on the Prairies,)Mari Sandoz (Cheyenne Autumn,) and many others. $20.00



[6006] Newell, Helen M.. Idaho's Place in the Sun . Boise Idaho: Syms-York , 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 181 pages, illustrations. Has a chapter of the fur trade and Lewis and Clark. $20.00

[8453] Newell, Robert, Dorothy Johansen. Robert Newell's Memoranda Travels In The Teritory Of Missourie; Travle To The Kayuse War; Together With A Report On The Indians South Of The Columbia River . Portland: The Champoeg Press , 1959. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 159 pages, illustrations, 1 of 1,000 copies, slight edge wear. $75.00

[6566] Newmark, Harris. Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913 Containing the Reminiscences of Harris Newmark With 150 Illustrations . N.Y.: The Knickerbocker Press, 1916. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 688 pages, frontis, illustrations, minor edge wear. Herd 1638, Howes N123, Graff 3016, Six-Guns 1605. "Contains material on Tiburico Vasquez and Juan Flores." $250.00

[1959] Newsom, J. A.. The Life And Practice Of The Wild And Modern Indian . Oklahoma City: Harlow Publishing, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good + 219 pages, frontis, illus. Red pictorial cloth. Slight spotting to cover. Rader 2481, Howes N124, Six-Guns 1609, Contains material on Oklahoma outlaws and peace officers. $150.00

[7161] Newsom, J. A.. The Life And Practice Of The Wild And Modern Indian . Oklahoma City: Harlow Publishing, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 219 pages, frontis, illustrations, small scuff mark on cover. Red pictorial cloth. Rader 2481, Howes N124, Six-Guns 1609, Contains material on Oklahoma outlaws and peace officers. $125.00

[2898] Newton, Henry E. M. Walter P. Jenney. Report On The Geology And Resources Of The Black Hills Of Dakota . Wash. D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1880. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 566 pages, plates, slight edge wear. References to Custer's expedition of 1874. Also contains Botony of the Black Hills by Asa Gray, and Microscopic Petrography by J. H. Caswell. $375.00

[3359] Newton, Joe and Willis, Claude Stanush, David Middleton. The Newton Boys Portrait of an Outlaw Gang by Willis and Joe Newton as Told to Claude Stanush & David Middleton . Austin Texas: State House Press, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. New / New. ISBN: 1-880510-17-0. 332 pages, frontis, photos, LIMITED edition, 1 of 50 copies SIGNED by both authors, leather spine, in slipcase. "Portrays the misdeeds of the notorious early twentieth-century bank and train robbers. The Newtons' story was made into a movie starring Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, and Julianna Margulies." $150.00

[6026] Nichols, Roger L.. American Frontier and Western Issues A Historiographical Review . N.Y.: Greenwood Press, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine ISBN: 0-313-24356-5. 303 pages. Chapters written by various authors, (Paul Hutton, Frontier Army, Roger Grant, Frontier and Western Transportation, and others.) The author's provide a book list for various topics with information relating to their importance. Custer, Indian Wars. $35.00

[4518] Nichols, Ronald H.. In Custer's Shadow: Major Marcus Reno with an introduction by Brian Pohanka. Ft. Collins, CO.: Old Army Press , 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-88342-068-6. 407 pgs, illustrations, 1 of 250 copies numbered and signed by the author. The story of Major Reno, from a small town in Illinois, to the Custer Cemetery. $75.00

[1298] Nichols, Ronald H.. In Custer's Shadow: Major Marcus Reno with an introduction by Brian Pohanka. Ft. Collins, CO.: Old Army Press , 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. New / New. ISBN: 0-88342-068-6. 407 pgs, illus. Book and Jacket are NEW, limited edition. signed by the author. The story of Major Reno, from a small town in Illinois, to the Custer Cemetery. $45.00

[6003] Nicol, Eric. Dickens of the Mounted The Astounding Long Lost Letters of Inspector F. Dickens NWMP 1874-1886 . Toronto: McClellan & Stewart , 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0-7710-6807-7. 294 pages, map end-papers, inscription. Charles Dickens had a son who served in the North-West Mounted Police. $25.00

[8454] Nicolay, C. G.. The Oregon Territory A Geographical And Physical Account Of The Country And Its Inhabitants With Outlines of its History and Discovery . London: Charles Knight & Co. , 1846. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - 1st ed. 2nd issue, 2 volumes in 1, 226 pages, frontis, illustrations, The Backwoods of Canada Being the Letters From the Wife Of An Emigrant Officer, 243 pages, frontis, illustrations, original ¾ leather binding, marbled board with matching page edges and end-papers, rubbing to edges. "Considered one of the best and most complete of the early accounts and descriptions of the Oregon Territory." Howes N151. $350.00

[8455] Nielson, Frihoff, Godfret. Journal Of Frihoff Godfrey Nielson 1893-1910 3 Volumes . Hard Cover. Near Fine ND, NP, 3 volumes,1804 total pages. Nielson crossed the Plains to Salt Lake City in 1861 where he later located in the area of Peterson. $800.00

[3490] Nightengale, Robert. Little Big Horn . Far West, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0-952889-0-0. 206 pages + lengthy appendix. Contends that the Reno Court of Inquiry was a cover-up. $35.00

[5264] Nix, Evett Dumas, Gordon Hines. Oklahombres Particulary the Wilder Ones By Evett Dumas Nix Former United States Marshal in Old Oklahoma Territory and the Cherokee Strip as told to Gordon Hines . E.D. Nix, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. 280 pages, pictorial end-papers, frontis, photos, illustrations, slight chipping to jacket edges. Six-Guns 1611 "Written entirely about the outlaws of Oklahoma and the peace officers who chased them. Doolin Gang, Daltons, Jennings Gang, Henry Starr and others" Rader 2486 $325.00

[2471] Nixon, O. W. James McClure. Whitman's Ride Through Savage Lands With Sketches Of Indian Life. . The Winona Publishing Company , 1905. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 186 pages, frontis, illustrations. History of Oregon, Oregon Trail, Lewis and Clark. $45.00

[6001] Nixon, Oliver W.. How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon A Tru Romance Of Patriotic Heroism Christian Devotion And Final Martyrdom With Sketches Of Life on the Plains and Mountains in Pioneer Days . Chicago: Star Publishing Company, 1895. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - 339 pages, frontis, illustrations, slight exterior wear. Fur Trade, overland travel, Oregon Trail, history of Oregon, etc. $45.00

[1686] Nixon, Oliver W.. How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon A Tru Romance Of Patriotic Heroism Christian Devotion And Final Martyrdom With Sketches Of Life on the Plains and Mountains in Pioneer Days . Chicago: Star Publishing Company, 1895. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - 339 pages, frontis, illustrations, slight exterior wear. Fur Trade, overland travel, Oregon Trail, history of Oregon, etc. $65.00

[7535] Nixon, Pat, Ireland. A Century of Medicine in San Antonio The Story Of Medicine In Bexar County, Texas . Lancaster PA: Lancaster Press, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 405 pages, frontis, illustrations, 1 of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. Early diseases, the Alamo, frontier medicine, the Texas Revolution, World War, San Antonio, etc. $200.00

[5550] Noel, Theophilus. Autobiography and Reminiscences of Theophilus Noel . Chicago: By Author, 1904. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 349 pages, frontis, illustrations. The author served in the 4th Cavalry, accounts of Sibley's expeditions in Texas. $275.00

[6005] Noel, Thomas J.. The City and the Saloon Denver 1858-1916 . Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 0-8032-3306-X. 148 pages, maps, illustrations $20.00

[6882] Nogales De Rafael General. Memoirs of A Soldier of Fortune General Rafael De Nogales . N.Y.: Harrison Smith Inc. , 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 380 pages, frontis., illustrations, minor edge wear. Nevada, Alaska, Mexican border, South America, etc. Six-Guns 1613, "Has much on lawlessness in many sections of the West." $100.00

[6887] Nolan, Frederick W.. The Life And Death Of John Henry Tunstall The Letters, Diaries, & Adventures Of An Itinerant Englishman Supplemented With Other Documents & Annotations, Compiled And Edited. Albuquerque: Univ. New Mexico Press, 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 480 pages, illustrations. Tunstall arrived in Lincoln County in 1876. He was murdered in 1878. He was caught in local fractions and came to know many of those who would become famous for their part in the Lincoln County War. Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, John Chisum, etc. Six-Guns 1614 "An excellent book, long overdue." $55.00

[6344] Nolan, Frederick W.. The Life And Death Of John Henry Tunstall The Letters, Diaries, & Adventures Of An Itinerant Englishman Supplemented With Other Documents & Annotations, Compiled And Edited. Albuquerque: Univ. New Mexico Press, 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 480 pages, illustrations, SIGNED by the author. Tunstall arrived in Lincoln County in 1876. He was murdered in 1878. He was caught in local fractions and came to know many of those who would become famous for their part in the Lincoln County War. Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, John Chisum, etc. Six-Guns 1614 "An excellent book, long overdue." $135.00

[6568] Nolen, Oran Warder. Galloping Down the Trail Anecdotes and Sketches of Texas Cowboys, Rangers, Sheriffs, Wild Cattle, Wild Horses and Gun and Game. Written by a Native Texan From the Experiences of over Fifty Years in the Lone Star State . Odem Texas : By Author, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine 181 pages, INSCRIBED by the author to Louis P. Merrill. Six-Guns 1615, "A little-known book containing some stories of Texas bad men. The author tells one incident about Billy the Kid I have not seen elsewhere." Herd 1675 $200.00

[8456] Nordhoff, Charles. Northern California, Oregon, And The Sandwich Islands . N.P.: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1874. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - 256 pages, frontis, illustrations, wear to edges, owner stamp, INSCRIBED by the author. $250.00

[6010] Nordstrom, John W.. The Immigrant in 1887 . Dogwood Press , 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 56 pages, illustrations, INSCRIBED by the author. Account of Dawson and White Pass. $50.00

[6888] Nordyke, Lewis. Wes Hardin Texas Gunman . London: John Long , 1958. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 222 pages, 1st English ed. Herd 1679, Six-Guns 1617, "Perhaps the most complete biography of this noted Texas outlaw to date." $50.00

[2155] Nordyke, Lewis. Cattle Empire, The Fabulous Story of The 3,000,000 acre XIT. N.Y.: William Morrow & Co., 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 273pgs, plates, illustrations, map. Tells the story from the point of view of the managers. Herd 1677 $50.00

[98] Nordyke, Lewis. Great Round Up, The Story of Texas and South Western Cowmen. William Morrow, 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - 288pgs, Illus. inscribed by author, slight fading to spine, else vg- A history of the Texas and South Western Cattle Raiser’s Association and the cattle industry of the state. Herd 1678 $45.00

[71] Nordyke, Lewis. Cattle Empire, The Fabulous Story of The 3,000,000 acre XIT. N.Y.: William Morrow & Co., 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good 273pgs, plates, illus. cover soiled, ex-lib, Tells the story from the point of view of the managers. Herd 1677, Bk.Lvrs SW pg 188 $25.00

[2178] Nordyke, Lewis. Great Round Up, The Story of Texas and Southwestern Cowmen. N.Y: William Morrow, 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 288pgs, Illustrations, map, frontis. A history of the Texas and South Western Cattle Raiser's Association and the cattle industry of the state. Herd 1678 $45.00

[6000] Nordyke, Lewis T.. The Angels Sing Illustrated by Harold D. Bugbee . Clarendon Texas : Clarendon Press , 1964. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good 21 pages, illustrations. $50.00

[5999] Norris, Frank. Mc Teague A Story of San Francisco . N.Y.: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - 446 pages, spine lightly faded. $450.00

[6007] Norris, Frank, Charles Norris. Mc Teague A Story of San Francisco . San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1941. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 390 pages, illustrations, 1 of 500 copies. Reprint of the 1899 1st ed. $300.00

[6890] Norris, Gordon W.. Golden Empire . Boston: Bruce Humphries Inc. , 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good -. 96 pages, minor wear to jacket. Poetry of California. Six-Guns 1619, "Contains some material on Vasquez and Murieta whom the author claims his father knew personally." $40.00

[6891] North, Escott. The Saga of the Cowboy All About the Cattleman, and the Part He Has Played in the Great Drama of the West . London: Jarrolds, 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 192 pages, frontis, photos, bookplate. Herd 1686, Six-Guns 1620, "Written by an Englishman who came to America and worked as a cowboy, this gives much material on western outlaws and the cattle wars. Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp, Ben Thompson, Billy the Kid, etc." $135.00

[5998] North, Jack. Pioneers of the Abilene Area Volume 1 . Abilene: Quality Printing Co. , 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 93 pages, illustrations, INSCRIBED by the author, *rear panel of jacket adhered to rear cover of book. $10.00

[8268] Northrop, Henry Davenport. Indian Horrors or Massacres By The Red Men Being A Thrilling Narrative Of Bloody Wars With Merciless And Revengeful Savages, Including A Full Account Of The Daring Deeds And Tragic Death Of The World Renowned Sitting Bull, etc.. . Philadelphia: National Publishing Company, . Hard Cover. Very Good - ND, 600 pages, frontis, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, minor wear to edges. Minnesota Massacre, Custer, Little Big Horn, Washita, Wounded Knee, Fetterman Massacre, Modoc War, etc. $175.00

[8457] Norton, L. A.. Life And Adventures of Col. L. A. Norton . Oakland CA: Pacific Press Publishing House , 1887. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 492 pages, frontis, original cloth, minor edge wear. Howes N210, Mintz 347, "Includes a brief synopsis of his overland trip to Hangtown (Placerville) as captain of the Rough and Ready Company." Graff 3042, "The author was a veteran of the Mexican War. Norton was also involved in the Canadian Rebellion of 1837. He crossed the plains in 1848." $250.00

[3602] Noyes, Alva J.. The Story of Ajax Life in the Big Hole Basin . Helena: State Publishing Company, 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good + 158 pages, frontis, illustrations, wear to bottom edges and bottom corners, minor spotting on rear cover, hinges tight, solid copy. Graff 3051, Herd 1691, "Said to be the first autobiography published in Montana." Six-Guns 1626, Howes 219 Story of a pioneer who arrived in Montana in the early 1860s. Remarks on meeting General Gibbon right after the Big Hole fight with the Nez Perce and Chief Joseph. $1,100.00

[5992] Noyes, Stanley, Larry McMurtry. Comanches in the New West, 1895-1908 Historic Photographs . Austin Texas: University of Texas Press, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. New / New. ISBN: 0-292-75568-6. 113 pages, frontis, photos. Introduction by Larry McMurtry, contains 32 historic photos, including Quanah Parker and Geronimo. $25.00

[2472] Nunis, Doyce B. Hill, Jasper S.. The Letters Of A Young Miner Covering The Adventures Of Jasper S. Hill During The California Goldrush, 1849-1852 . San Francisco: John Howell, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 111 pages, frontis, fold-out map. 1 of 475 copies. Hill traveled to the California mines in 1849 at the age of 17. His letters to his parents provida a first-hand account, much about the Mt. Plesant Mining Company. Mintz 226 $75.00

[6008] Nunis, Doyce Blackman Jr.. Andrew Sublette Rocky Mountain Prince 1813-1853 . Los Angeles: The Plantin Press , 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 123 pages, frontis, illustration. 1 of 330 copies. American Fur Company, mountain men, fur trade, etc. $85.00

[6009] Nunis, Doyce Blackman Jr., Belden, Josiah. Josiah Belden 1841 California Overland Pioneer His Memoir and Early Letters . Georgetown California : The Talisman Press, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good -. 150 pages, illustrations, slight fading to jacket edges, map end-papers. 1 of 750 copies. Mintz 29. $65.00

[8458] Nunis, Doyce, B.. The Bidwell-Bartleson Party 1841 California Emigrant Adventure The Documents And Memoirs Of The Overland Pioneers . Santa Cruz CA: Western Tanager Press , 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-934136-32-7. 294 pages, illustrations. First hand accounts of the 1841 emigration. $60.00

[6892] Nutting, Lucius A.. Raw Country Recollections of the West During Ninety Years . Laurel : 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - 41 pages, frontis, photos, dampstain to the gutter throughout, bookplate SIGNED by the author. The author traveled southwest on the Santa Fe Trail in 1878. He worked as a bullwhacker and cowboy in Montana. Herd 1692, "This privately printed book was given to the Billings Montana Orthopedic Foundation to be sold for the benefit of crippled children." $100.00

[4965] Nye. Wilbur Sturtevant. Plains Indian Raiders The Final Phases of Warfare From the Arkansas to the Red River with Original Photographs by William S. Soule . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. 418 pages, maps, illustrations. Custer, Washita, Sheridan, Mackenzie, Camp Supply, etc. $60.00

[7892] Nye. Wilbur Sturtevant. Bad Medicine & Good Tales of the Kiowas . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. 291 pages, illustrations, slight wear to jacket. The author interviewed many of the Indians who participated in the events. $50.00

[8198] Nystel, Ole T.. Lost and Found Or Three Months With the Wild Indians A Brief Sketch of the Life of Ole T. Nystel Embracing His Experience While in Captivity to the Comanches and Subsequent Liberation From Them Reflections and Religious Experience. . Waco Texas: Library Binding Co., 1967. Original Wraps. Very Good+ 32 pages, map, illustrations, signed by a relative. Reprint of the 1888 1st ed. Limited to 750 copies. Nystel was 14 when he was captured by the Comanches in Bosque County Texas. Howes N233, Graff 3057 $135.00

[2572] O'Beirne, H. F.. Leaders and Leading Men Of The Indian Territory With Biographical Sketches Choctaws and Chickasaws: With A Brief History of Each Tribe, Its Laws, Customs, Superstitions and Religious Beliefs, Profusely Illustrated With Over Two Hundred Portraits . Chicago: American Publisher's Association , 1891. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 320 + Vi, pages, illustrations, red cloth with bright gilt lettering, slight edge wear, very nice copy. Howes O3aa $650.00

[7897] O'Brien, P. J.. Will Rodgers Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom . Chicago: The John C. Winston Company , 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Good+. 288 pages, frontis, photos, chipping to spine, owner inscription. $40.00

[6894] O'Connor, Richard. Pat Garrett A Biography of the Famous Marshall and the Killer of Billy the Kid . N.Y.: Double Day, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 286 pages. Six-Guns 1634. $30.00

[6896] O'Connor, Richard. High Jinks on the Klondike . N.Y.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 284 pages, map end-papers. Six-Guns 1633, "Has a long chapter on Soapy Smith, some information on Wyatt Earp and the killing of Bob Ford." $30.00

[6893] O'Connor, Richard. Wild Bill Hickok . N.Y.: Double Day, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 282 pages. Dave Tutt, Civil War, Calamity Jane Deadwood, etc. Six-Guns 1635. $30.00

[6897] O'Dell, Scott.
Country of the Sun Southern California An Informal History and Guide . N.Y.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good -. 310 pages, map end-papers, minor wear to jacket edges. Herd 1695, Much material on the California vaqueros and cattle ranching." Six-Guns 1636, "Contains some material on Juan Flores and Joaquin Murieta." $35.00

[6898] O'Flaherty, Joseph S.. An End and a Beginning The South Coast and Los Angeles 1850-1887 . N.Y.: Exposition Press, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. ISBN: 0-682-47476-2. 222 pages, map, photos. Gold Rush, camel experiment, pioneers, mining, etc. $27.00

[2815] O'Harra, C. C.. The Black Hills Engineer VOL XVII NO. 4. Custer's Black Hills Expedition Of 1874 . Rapid City : South Dakota School of Mines, 1929. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good - 84 pages, + ads, photos, maps, small chip to lower spine. Excellent coverage of the expedition, campsite locations are included. Luther High-Spot 29 $175.00

[7536] O'Kane, Walter, Collins. The Hopis: Portrait Of A Desert People . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good -. 267 pages, illustrations. Photos in color by the author. $40.00

[6570] O'Keefe, Rufe. Cowboy Life Reminiscences of an Early Life Early Boyhood and Experiences as a Cowboy on the Range, on the Trail, as Manager of a Ranch and Then Owner and Operator in Cattle . San Antonio Texas: The Naylor Co., 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 244 pages, frontis, illustrations, slight edge wear to jacket. Herd 1696 $195.00

[6038] O'Kieffe, Charley, A. B. Guthrie JR.. Western Story The Recollections of Charley O'Kieffe 1884-1898 . Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good -. 224 pages, map, minor rubbing to jacket. Has a chapter on the Pine Ridge Agency, Sand Hills, ranching. $20.00

[3278] O'Neal, Bill. Fighting Men Of The Indian Wars A Biographical Encylopedia of the Mountain Men, Soldiers, Cowboys and Pioneers Who Took Up Arms During America's Westward Expansion . Stillwater, OK: Barbed Wire Press, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0-935269-07-X. 255 pages, illustrations, SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Contains a lengthy bio on Custer. Also lists the Medal of Honor winners for the Indian Wars. $50.00

[7890] O'Neal, Bill. Cattlemen Vs. Sheepherders Five Decades of Violence in the West 1880-1920 . Austin Texas: Eakin Press, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-89015-665-4. 212 pages, photos, review copy with card and announcement laid in. Johnson County War, Tom Horn, Arizona Pleasant Valley War, Texas, Colorado etc. $45.00

[3090] O'Neal, Bill. Cattlemen Vs. Sheepherders Five Decades of Violence in the West 1880-1920 . Austin Texas: Eakin Press, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-89015-665-4. 212 pages, photos, inscribed and SIGNED by the author. Johnson County War, Tom Horn, Arizona Pleasant Valley War, Texas, Colorado etc. $40.00

[4156] O'Neil, James B.. They Die But Once The Story of A Tejano . N.Y.: Knight Publications , 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Good+. 228 pages, chipping to jacket edges, top and bottom of spine jacket. Outlaws, lawmen, cowboys, Custer, etc. Luther mention. Herd 1718, Six-Guns 1650, "The subject of the biography. Jeff Ake, claims to have known nearly all of the badmen, such as John Wesley Hardin, Jesse James, Cole Younger, Bill Doolin, Sam Bass, and Ben Thompson." $125.00

[7642] O'Neil, James B.. They Die But Once The Story of A Tejano . N.Y.: Knight Publications , 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - / Very Good -. 228 pages, some old tape residue on the blank end-pages where the old jacket cover was taped. Outlaws, lawmen, cowboys, Custer, etc. Luther mention. Herd 1718, Six-Guns 1650, "The subject of the biography. Jeff Ake, claims to have known nearly all of the badmen, such as John Wesley Hardin, Jesse James, Cole Younger, Bill Doolin, Sam Bass, and Ben Thompson." $200.00

[6571] O'Shea, Elena Zamora. El Mesquite A Story of the Early Spanish Settlements Between the Nuecus and the Rio Grande as Told by "La Posta del Palo Alto" With an Introduction by L. B. Russell . Dallas: Mathis Publishing , 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 80 pages, INSCRIBED by the author. Herd 1740 $165.00

[1134] Oakley, Obadiah. Expedition to Oregon . Fairfield, Washington: YE Galleon Press, 1967. Limited/Numbered. Stiff Wraps. New ISBN: 0-87770-067-2. Limited edition, # 226 of 508 copies, 17 pages, Account of a young man who started west on the Oregon Trail in the 1830's but did not have the fortitude to finish the journey. $15.00

[8530] Oaks, George Washington, Arthur Woodward, Jaastad, Ben. Man of the West Reminiscences of George Washington Oaks 1840-1917 . Tucson: Arizona Pioneers Historical Society , 1956. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+ 65 pages, frontis, illustrations, 1 of 400 copies. Six-Guns 1118 "Contains some new material on Bat Masterson, the Earps, Doc Holliday, the O K Corral fight, the Clantons, and other Tombstone characters." $65.00

[6041] Obrien, Sharon. American Indian Tribal Governments . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-8061-2199-8. 349 pages, maps, illustrations. Custer, Black Hills Expedition, Black Kettle, etc. $40.00

[8045] Ocain, E. H.. The Trail of the Buffalo Wolves With Short Stories and Poems . Santa Monica CA. : Steward and Flood Printing , 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 143 pages, illustrations. Herd 1964. $45.00

[5429] Oddie, Tasker L., William A. Douglass, Robert A. Nylen. Letters From the Nevada Frontier Correspondence of Tasker L. Oddie 1898-1902 . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-8061-2448-2. 392 pages, maps, illustrations. Much on mining in the region. $30.00

[4956] Oehler, C. M.. The Great Sioux Uprising . N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. 272 pages, illustrations, slight edge wear to jacket. Story of the 1862 Sioux uprising and massacre in Minnesota. $27.00

[1047] Oehler, Gottlieb F. David Z. Smith. Description Of A Journey And A Visit To The Pawnee Indians . Fairfield, Washington: YE Galleon Press, 1974. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. As New ISBN: 0-87770-140-7. 32 pages, Limited Edition this is # 273 of 300 copies, "The arthurs visited the Pawnees in 1851. The lifestyle of the Pawnees are described in some detail." $25.00

[6657] Oehler, Gottlieb F. David Z. Smith. Description Of A Journey And A Visit To The Pawnee Indians . Fairfield, Washington: YE Galleon Press, 1974. Original Wraps. New ISBN: 0-87770-140-7. 32 pages. "The arthurs visited the Pawnees in 1851. The lifestyle of the Pawnees are described in some detail." $15.00

[8016] Oklahoma Author's Club. The Romance of Oklahoma . Oklahoma City: 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 86 pages, photos, slight edge wear. Rader 2542, Herd 1704, "A chapter on ranching and one on the Chisholm Trail." $275.00

[4957] Olden, Sarah Emilia. Little Slants at Western Life A Note Book of Travel and Reflection . N.Y.: Harold Vinal LTD , 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Good+. 245 pages, chipping to jacket edges, owner name. The author traveled from Santa Fe, Taos through Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. $85.00

[8459] Olden, Sarah Emilia. Little Slants at Western Life A Note Book of Travel and Reflection . N.Y.: Harold Vinal LTD , 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. 245 pages, minor edge wear to jacket. The author traveled from Santa Fe, Taos through Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. $65.00

[8048] Oldroyd, Bess Riley. Between The Rivers Volume Two . North Newton Kansas: Mennonite Press, 1975. Very Good 97 pages, illustrations. Arkansas City, Oklahoma land run, pioneers, etc. $45.00

[7537] Oliphant, J. Orin. On The Cattle Ranges Of The Oregon Country . Seattle Washington: University of Washington Press, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 262 pages, map end-papers. Development of the cattle trade in the Pacific Northwest. $75.00

[6040] Oliva, Loe E.. Soldiers on the Santa Fe Trail . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. 226 pages, maps, illustrations. Chivington, Sand Creek Massacre, Custer and the Washita fight, soldier's life protecting the trail. Rittenhouse 438. $50.00

[6037] Olmsted, R. R.. Scenes of Wonder & Curiosity from Hutchings California Magazine 1856-1861 . Berkeley CA: Howell-North, 1962. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. 413 pages, frontis, illustrations. Much on the Gold Rush, mining, pioneers, settlers, and history of the area. $30.00

[7893] Olson, James C.. Red Cloud and the Sioux Problem . Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. 375 pages, maps, illustrations, map end-papers, SIGNED by the author. Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Custer, Crook, Indian Agents, Treaties, etc. $65.00

[6035] Olson, James C.. Red Cloud and the Sioux Problem . Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. 375 pages, maps, illustrations, map end-papers, SIGNED by the author. Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Custer, Crook, Indian Agents, Treaties, etc. $50.00

[6039] Olson, Lee. Marmalade & Whiskey British Remittance Men in the West . Golden CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1993. Original Wraps. Fine ISBN: 1-55591-110-2 . 1-55591-110-2 $12.00

[6036] Ormsby, Waterman L., Lyle Wright. The Butterfield Overland Mail by Waterman L. Ormsby Only Through Passenger on the First Westbound Stage . Pasadena CA: Val Trefz Press , 1942. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Good+. 179 pages, fold-out frontis, map end-papers, wear to jacket edges. Ormsby was a reporter for the New York Herald and recorded his trip over the route. $60.00

[3383] Orpen, MRS.. Memories Of The Old Emigrant Days In Kansas 1862-1865 Also Of A Visit To Paris In 1867 . N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, 1928. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - / Good. 324 pages, frontis, illustrations, minor wear to jacket edges, one inch piece missing from bottom of jacket spine. First American edition. The autobiography of a woman who as a girl went to Kansas when it was still unsettled. Indians, pioneers, prairie fires, Civil War, raids, and life on the prairie. Very good reading, scarce in jacket. $200.00

[6572] Osborn, Campbell. Let Freedom Ring . Tokyo : The Inter-Nation Company , 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 211 pages + ads, map. Cherokees, fur trade, Indian Removal, pioneers, and settlers. Six-Guns 1657, "Has a chapter on such Oklahoma outlaws as Bill Doolin, the Daltons, Henry Starr, Al Jennings, Bitter Creek Newcomb, Tulsa Jack and Dynamite Dick, as well as the marshals. Tells about the fight at Ingalls and the killing of Charlie Bryant and Ed. Short." Herd 1738, Chapters on cattle and cowboys." $40.00

[1875] Osborn, William M.. The Wild Frontier Atrocities During The American Indian War From Jamestown Colony To Wounded Knee . N.Y.: Random House, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New / As New. ISBN: 0-375-50374-9. 363 pages, bibliography. Trail of Tears, Civil War, Traeties, intertribal wars, deaths caused by Specific Indian atrocities, and deaths caused by specific settler atrocities. Custer, Little Big Horn, Wounded Knee, etc. $20.00

[7661] Osgood, Ernest Staples. The Day of the Cattleman . The University of Minnesota Press, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 283 pages, frontis, maps, illustrations, map end-papers, exceptional copy in rare un-clipped jacket! Six-Guns 1658, "Contains a tabloid on the Johnson County War." Herd 1739, Graff 3133, Howes O130, "Significant study into the expansion of the range cattle industry into the northern plains from the late sixties to the early nineties." Rader 2559, Six-Score 85. $600.00

[6051] Ostrander, A. B.. After 60 Years Sequel to A Story of the Plains . Seattle Washington: Gateway Printing Co. , 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine 120 pages, photos. Wagon Box Fight, Fort Reno, Fort Phil Kearny, Fetterman Fight, Cheyenne, Montana, etc. $75.00

[7538] Otero, Miguel Antonio, George P. Hammond. My Life On The Frontier 1864-1882 Incidents and Characters of the Period When Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico Were Passing Through The Last of Their Wild and Romantic Years . N.Y.: The Press of the Pioneers, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 293 pages Howes O141, Rader 2561, Six-Guns 1659, "Tells the story of Wild Bill Hickok's murder, stories of Clay Allison, Pat Garrett, Jesse James and his murder by Bob Ford." $85.00

[4287] Otero, Miguel Antonio, George P. Hammond. My Life On The Frontier 1882-1897 Death Knell of A Territory And Birth Of A State Volume II Foreword by George P Hammond . Albuquerque: Univ. New Mexico Press, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 306 pages, frontis, illustrations LIMITED edition, 1 of 400 numbered copies. Graff 3136, Six-Guns 1659 $150.00

[7539] Otero, Miguel, Antonio. My Nine Years As New Governor of the Territory of New Mexico 1897-1906 . Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. 404 pages. Chapters on criminals, convicts, Butch Cassidy, Black Jack Ketchum ,the Folsom train robbery, statehood, etc. Six-Guns 1660. $225.00

[4127] Otis, Ewell S.. The Indian Question . N.Y.: Sheldon and Company, 1878. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - 283 pages, minor exterior wear. Lt. Colonel Otis commanded the 7th cavalry after Custer. He details the corruption with the Indian bureau. Rarely found. $525.00

[4572] Outerbridge, Henry. Captain Jack His Story as Told to Henry Outerbridge The Life Story to Date of a Born Swashbuckler, Two-Gun Fighter, and World Roving Maker of History…. . N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1928. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 377 pages, ink name. Six-Guns 1662 $100.00

[6573] Outerbridge, Henry. Captain Jack His Story as Told to Henry Outerbridge The Life-Story to Date of a Born Swashbuckler, Tow-Gun Fighter and World-Roving Maker of History… . N.Y.: The Century Co., 1928. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good+. 377 pages, chipping to jacket edges and spine. Six-Guns 1662 $140.00

[8086] Outland, Charles F.. Man Made Disaster The Story of St. Francis Dam Its Place In Southern California's Water System Its Failure And The Tragedy In The Sanat Clara River Valley March 12 And 13, 1928 Revised and Enlarged Edition With Newly Revealed Facts And Illustrations . Spokane Washington: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2002. Hard Cover. New / New. ISBN: 0-87062-32. 275 pages, frontis, fold-out map, illustrations. "On March 12, 1928, a huge dam nestled in the foothills north of Los Angeles collapsed and spread death and devastation from Newhall to the Pacific Ocean near Ventura. Some 450 lives were lost, making this disaster equivalent in its human tragedy to the great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. But the earthquake was an act of God, while the dam's collapse resulted from the actions of men. This reprint is based on the revised and enlarged edition by the late Charles Outland, a native of Santa Paula and eyewitness to the flood." $60.00

[8650] Overfield, Loyd J.. The Little Big Horn 1876 The Official Communications Documents and Reports With Rosters of the Officers and Troops of the Campaign . Glendale CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine ISBN: 0-87062-088-6. 203 pages, fold-out frontis, illustrations, 1 of 300 copies. Hidden Springs of Custeriana III. Official documents and communications on the Little Bighorn (Sheridan, Terry, Gibbon, etc) Contains a chronicle list of battles in the Sioux-Cheyenne campaigns of 1876, roster of troops, muster rolls etc. $375.00

[6050] Owen, Gordon. Las Cruces New Mexico 1849-1999 Multicultural Crossroads . Las Cruces New Mexico: Red Sky Publishing Co. , 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 1-881325-31-8. 244 pages, INSCRIBED by the author, illustrations. $25.00

[6034] Owen, John Major, Dunbar, Seymour, Paul C. Phillips. The Journals and Letters of Major John Owen Pioneer of the Northwest 1850-1871 Embracing His Purchase of St. Mary's Mission, The Building of Fort Owen, His Travels, His Relation With the Indians, His Work for the Government, and His Activities as a Weste. N.Y.: Edward Eberstadt , 1927. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. Vol.1, 346 pages, frontis, illustrations, maps, fold-outs. Vol. 2, 367 pages, frontis, illustrations. 2 volumes, original red cloth, 1 of 550 copies housed in a slipcase with minor edge wear, both volumes have the original glassine jackets with one minor tear. Exceptional set in as new condition. Graff 3148, Howes O163 $500.00

[8460] Owen, Narcissa. Memoirs Of Narcissa Owen 1831-1907 . Washington: 1907. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 126 pages, illustrations, slight edge wear. Howes O164, "By the widow of Colonel Robert L. Owen, U.S. Agent to the Oklahoma Cherokees, and next to Ross in influence with that nation." $550.00

[7811] Pabor, William E.. Colorado As An Agricultural State Its Farms, Fields, and Garden Lands . N.Y.: Orange Judd Company, 1883. Hard Cover. Very Good - 213 pages + ad, original stamped cloth, minor edge wear. Much on Colorado history, ranching, cattle, etc. Herd 1743. $250.00

[6049] Paden, Irene D.. Prairie Schooner Detours . The Macmillan Company, 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 295 pages, map, illustrations, SIGNED by the author, minor edge wear to jacket. Hastings Cutoff, Donner Party, overland travel, etc. $60.00

[6055] Paden, Irene D.. The Wake of the Prairie Schooner . N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1943. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - / Very Good+. 514 pages, illustrations, bookplate. Overland travel, wagon trains, Fort Laramie, the Black Hills, Sublett's Cutoff, Donner Party. $35.00

[6899] Paine, Lauran. Texas Ben Thompson . Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 216 pages, frontis. Covers his life and career as noted lawman and gunman. Cattle drives, Abilene, Ellsworth, King Fisher, Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickok, Jack Harris, etc. Six-Guns 1671. $40.00

[6058] Painter, Prof. C. C. The Condition of Affairs In Indian Territory and California A Report by Prof. C. C. Painter . Philadelphia: Office of Indian Rights Association , 1888. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 114 pages, large fold-out map, new marbled cloth with leather spine. The author traveled to California in 1887 and toured through Indian Territory en-route. Account of his visit at Fort Reno and Ben Clarke as his guide. $275.00

[8461] Palladino, L. B.. Indian And White In The Northwest or A History Of Catholicity In Montana . Baltimore: John Murphy & Co. , 1894. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 411 pages + map, frontis, illustrations, owner inscription, fold-out map, minor discoloration to cover. Graff 3166, Howes P40, "History of all missions in the region, among the Blackfeet, Piegans, Cheyennes and Crows, and in the white settlements of Montana." $285.00

[7812] Palmer, Edwin O.. History of Hollywood 2 Volumes . Hollywood CA: Arthur H. Cawston , 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Vol. 1, 292 pages, frontis, photos, Vol. 2, 324 pages, frontis, photos, rear hinge cracked, minor edge wear, owner name. Six-Guns 1673, "Has several pages devoted to Triburico Vasquez." $600.00

[7163] Palmer, J. W.. The New and the Old or California and India in Romantic Aspects . N.Y.: Rudd & Carleton , 1859. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 433 pages + ads, frontis, illustrations. California gold rush and San Francisco. $175.00



[3866] Palmer, Joel. Journal Of Travels Over The Rocky Mountains . Fairfield, Washington: YE Galleon Press, 1996. Hard Cover. As New ISBN: 0-87770-299-3. 186 pages, index, illustrations, new condition. Reprint of the 1847 edition, Mintz # 357, " An important guidebook for over a decade, this was also considered the best narrative by those who headed for Oregon in 1845. Palmer's party was one of the first over the Barlow Road in Oregon." " Contains a limited amount of explanation on the Chinook jargon." $30.00

[6059] Palmer, Ralph F.. Doctor on Horseback A Collection of Anecdotes Largely But Not Exclusively Medically Oriented Ralph F. Palmer M. D. 1875-1954 . Mesa Arizona: 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. 168 pages, photos, minor rubbing to jacket. The doctor's accounts of his experiences in Arizona. $55.00

[8300] Palmer, Rosemary Gudmundson. Children's Voices From The Trail Narratives Of The Platte River Road . Spokane Washington: Arthur Clark Company, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. New ISBN: 0-87062-313-3. 336 pages, map endpapers, illustrations. American Trails Series XX. "Extracts from diaries, journals, letters and reminiscences are woven into the analytical framework developed by the author to interpret the experience of youngsters moving west, either with their families or on their own. Twenty three diaries, letters and journals of young pioneers and 430 reminiscences of adults who made the trek under the age of sixteen years are included in the analysis." $39.50

[6043] Park, Clyde W.. The Wild West Show Revisited . C. J. Krehbiel Co. , 1956. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine 34 pages, frontis, illustrations. Buffalo Bill, Custer, Grand Duke Alexis buffalo hunt, Wild West Shows and Bill's rise to fame. $45.00

[704] Parker H. F.. Discoverers And Pioneers Of America . N.Y.: Derby & Jackson, 1859. Hard Cover. Good + 416 pgs minor soiling to cover, gilt lettering and designs still visible on the spine, G+ condition. Columbus, Vespucius, DE Soto, Henry Hudson, Sir Walter Raleigh, Captain John Smith, Miles Standish, William Penn, and others $50.00

[2586] Parker, George F.. Iowa Pioneer Foundation . Iowa City: Iowa State Historical Society, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Vol. 1, 532 pages, Vol 2, 571 pages. Pioneers, settlers, Civil War, and general history of the area. $65.00

[5176] Parker, James. The Old Army Memories 1872-1918 . Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company , 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 454 pages, frontis, illustrations. Geronimo and Ute Campaigns, a buffalo hunt, outlaws and horse thieves, Spanish-American War, etc. Graff 3186, "Very interesting account of frontier Indian warfare and life at the forts in the Southwest and West during the 70's and 80's. He gives a fine account of the Geronimo Campaign, and his appreciation of General Mackenzie as an Indian fighter is excellent." Six-Guns 1680 "Information on outlaws Babe Mahardy and Jim and John Anderson." $250.00

[8609] Parker, James M. H. General. The Mounted Rifleman A Method of Garrison Training and Field Instruction of Cavalry Including Tests and Combat Exercises as Used in the First Cavalry Brigade U.S. Army by Brigadier General James Parker M. H. Former Colonel 11th U. S. Cavalry . Menasha Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Co. , 1916. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good 164 pages, photo, bookplate, wrinkling to exterior of rear cover, moderate wear to exterior. Great resource on the use and training of cavalry. Rare! $375.00

[6574] Parker, Mack. The Amazing Red Man . San Antonio Texas: The Naylor Company, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Poor. 66 pages, small chip to jacket edge. Covers many tribes, religion, athletics, women, everyday life, etc. $30.00

[775] Parker, Samuel A.M.. Journal Of An Exploring Tour Beyond The Rocky Mountain, Under The Direction Of The A.B.C.F.M. Performed In The Years 1835, '36 and '37; Containing A Description Of The Geography, Geology, Climate, And The Number, Manners, And Customs Of the Natives. Ithaca, N.Y.: By the Author, 1840. Hard Cover. Very Good - 400 pgs, map copy supplied, rebacked, very minor foxing, else VG- solid copy. Parker gives accounts of the American Fur Company, Hudsons Bay Company, Indians, Marcus Whitman, and preformed surgery on Jim Bridger. Howes P89, Rader 2600 $175.00

[405] Parker, Samuel A.M.. Journal Of An Exploring Tour Beyond The Rocky Mountain, Under The Direction Of The A.B.C.F.M. Performed In The Years 1835, '36 and '37; Containing A Description Of The Geography, Geology, Climate, And The Number, Manners, And Customs Of the Indian. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Ross & Haines, 1967. Hard Cover. Very Good - / Good+. Limited edition one of 2,000, 380 pgs, A reprint of the 1838 edition Parker gives accounts of the American Fur Company, Hudsons Bay Company, Indians, Marcus Whitman, and preformed surgery on Jim Bridger Howes P89 $35.00

[2325] Parker, Tony. Bird Kansas . N.Y: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0-39457794-9. 327 pages. The author interviewed many residents in the small Kansas town, and relates their stories. $12.00

[8617] Parker, Watson. Deadwood The Golden Years . Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-8032-0973-8. 302 pages, maps, illustrations. History of the area from 1875-1925. Much on the violence, mining, and social life. $40.00

[4155] Parkhill, Forbes. The Wildest of the West . N.Y.: Henry Holt, 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. 310 pages, photos, un-clipped jacket with spine faded. Six-Guns 1684 "Has material on many outlaws of the West, as well as some of the shady characters of Denver." $35.00

[6067] Parkinson, Jami. Path to Glory A Pictorial Celebration of the Santa Fe Trail . Kansas City Missouri: Highwater Editions , 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 1-888903-01-5. 132 pages, maps, photos, illustrations. $25.00

[6057] Parkinson, Jessie Heaton. Adventuring in California Yesterday Today and Day Before Yesterday by Jessie Heaton Parkinson With memoirs of Bret Harte's Tennessee . San Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing Co. , 1921. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 120 pages, frontis, illustrations, SIGNED by the author, minor rubbing to edges. $75.00

[187] Parkman Francis Jr. The Oregon Trail. Penguin Books, 1989. Stiff Wraps. Very Good 463pgs, $9.00

[466] Parkman, Francis. The California and Oregon Trail Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life. N.Y. ND, Hard Cover. Good + 299 pgs, maroon cloth with gilt lettering minor exterior wear, else G++ $19.00

[86] Parkman, Francis. The Oregon Trail, Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life, Parkman's Works. Little Brown, 1896. Hard Cover. Good + 381pgs, front hinge starting. $65.00

[8463] Parkman, Francis. The Oregon Trail Sketches Of Prairie And Rocky-Mountain Life . Boston: Little, Brown, and Co. , 1892. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 411 pages, frontis, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, slight edge wear. Best reprint, this edition has the Remington illustrations. Howes P97, Mintz 359, "A classic book on the West, and one of the most important concerning overland travel." $500.00

[8462] Parkman, Francis. The California And Oregon Trail Being Sketches Of Prairies And Rocky Mountain Life . N.Y.: George P. Putnam, 1849. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - 448 pages + ads, 1st edition, 2nd printing, original cloth wear to edges minor foxing. Howes P97, Mintz 359, "A classic book on the West, and one of the most important concerning overland travel." $3,250.00

[4978] Parsons, Chuck, Marianne E. Hall Little. Captain L. H. McNelly Texas Ranger The Life and Times of a Fighting Man With an Introduction by Governor Dolph Briscoe . Austin Texas: State House Press, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. New / New. ISBN: 1-880510-75-8. 366 pages, frontis, illustrations, 1 of 50 copies bound in ¼ leather spine, marbled cloth with matching slipcase. SIGNED and numbered by both authors. "The first authentic biography of one of the most famous of the nineteenth century Texas Rangers." $150.00

[3438] Parsons, Chuck, Marianne E. Hall Little. Captain L. H. McNelly Texas Ranger The Life and Times of a Fighting Man With an Introduction by Governor Dolph Briscoe . Austin Texas: State House Press, 2001. First Edition. Stiff Wraps. New ISBN: 1-880510-74-X. 366 pages, frontis, illustrations. "The first authentic biography of one of the most famous of the nineteenth century Texas Rangers." $15.00

[3824] Parsons, Chuck, Marianne E. Hall Little. Captain L. H. McNelly Texas Ranger The Life and Times of a Fighting Man With an Introduction by Governor Dolph Briscoe . Austin Texas: State House Press, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. New / New. ISBN: 1-880510-73-1. 366 pages, frontis, illustrations. "The first authentic biography of one of the most famous of the nineteenth century Texas Rangers." $34.95

[4501] Parsons, Chuck, Marianne E. Hall Little. Captain L. H. McNelly Texas Ranger The Life and Times of a Fighting Man With an Introduction by Governor Dolph Briscoe . Austin Texas: State House Press, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. New / New. ISBN: 1-880510-73-1. 366 pages, frontis, illustrations, SIGNED by the author. "The first authentic biography of one of the most famous of the nineteenth century Texas Rangers." $45.00

[7164] Parsons, George Frederic. The Life and Adventures of James W. Marshall the Discoverer of Gold In California . Sacramento: James W. Marshall and W. Burke , 1870. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 188 pages, frontis, marginal browning to a few pages. Important early California narrative, Indian problems, Bear Flag Revolution, gold rush, etc. Graff 3204, Howes P105. $395.00

[7813] Parsons, George W., Wayne Winters. The Private Journal of George W. Parsons Adventure in the American West Tombstone in its Troubled Days A Reprint of a Mimeographed Book First Published in 1939 . Tombstone Arizona : Tombstone Epitaph , 1972. Hard Cover. Fine 255 pages, photos, 1 of 1,000 numbered copies, SIGNED by the editor, owner name. Six-Guns 1689, "Gives an interesting early history of Tombstone." $165.00

[7541] Pate, J'Nell, L.. Livestock Legacy The Fort Worth Stockyards 1887-1987 . College Station Texas: Texas A & M University Press, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-89096-277-4. 332 pages, illustrations, inscribed by author. $45.00

[6095] Patrick, Lucille Nichols . The Best Little Town By A Dam Site or Cody's First 20 Years . Cheyenne WY: Flintlock Publishing Co., 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - / Good+. 178 pages, photos, map end-papers, SIGNED by the author, chipping to jacket edges, slight book curve. Has a chapter on ranching and Indian problems, Buffalo Bill, etc. $45.00

[2278] Patterson, C. L. . Sensational Texas Manhunt . [San Antonio] : [Sid Murray & Son printers], 1939. First Edition. Stiff Wraps. As New 30 pages. Six-Guns 1692 "A story of the tracking down and capture of the killer Gregorio Cortez." $50.00

[1348] Patterson, J. B. (Black Hawk). Life of MA-KA-TAI-ME-SHE-KIA-KIAK, or Black Hawk dictated by himself, and edited by J. B. Patterson . Fairfield, Washington: YE Galleon Press, 1998. Hard Cover. New ISBN: 0-87770634-4. 155 pages, Enlarged facsimile of the 1834 edition $30.00

[4081] Pattie James, Flint Timothy. Personal Narrative Of James O. Pattie of Kentucky . Readex Microprint, 1966. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 300 pages, illustrations. Reprint of the 1833 edition. Wagner-Camp " Pattie's account records the second overland journey to California, preceded only by that of Jedediah Smith." Very good reading!! $22.00

[705] Patton J. H. A. M.. The History Of The United States From The Discovery Of The Continent To The Close Of The First Session Of The Thirty-Fifth Congress . N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, 1860. Hard Cover. Good + 806 pgs, minor exterior wear, front hinge starting $75.00

[6082] Pattullo, George. A Good Rooster Crows Everywhere . N.Y.: Allston & Depew , 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine 236 pages, illustrations, edge wear to slipcase. Ranching and cowboy life in Texas and New Mexico, and Arizona. $50.00

[4505] Paul, Eli R.. Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854-1856 . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. New / New. ISBN: 0-8061-3590-5. 260 pages, map, illustrations. Volume 6 in the Campaigns and Commanders Series. The Grattan incident and the events which followed a year later with General Harney's attack on a Sioux village. $34.95

[8584] Paul, Rodman. The Far West and the Great Plains in Transition 1859 - 1900 . N.Y.: Harper & Row, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-06-015836-0 . 318 pages, photos, illustrations. Western expansion, gold rush, mining, ranching, pioneers, etc. $35.00

[6577] Pavich, Stella M.. The True Story of Packer The Cannibal . The Story Book Press , 1954. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 41 pages. Packer was charged with the murder of 5 prospectors whom he dined on. $25.00

[7165] Paxson, Frederic. History of the American Frontier 1763-1893 . N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1924. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good -. 598 pages, maps, chipping to jacket edges. Revolutionary War, western expansion, Indian removal, Santa Fe Trail, Civil War, Custer and the Washita Fight, Indians, ranching, cattle trade, cattle drives, railroads, pioneers, etc. Herd 1765, Rader 2622, Howes P145. Scarce in jacket. $125.00

[6061] Payne, Darwin. Owen Wister Chronicler of the West, Gentleman of the East . Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-87074-305-1. 377 pages, frontis, illustrations. $20.00

[4272] Payne, Doris Palmer. Captain Jack Modoc Renegade . Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. 259 pages, illustrations, map end-papers ink inscription, slight chipping to jacket edges. History of the 1872-73 Modoc War and chief of the Modoc's, Captain Jack. Six-Guns 1694. $55.00

[6065] Payne, John Howard, Grant Foreman. Indian Justice A Cherokee Murder Trial at Tahlequah in 1840 As Reported by John Howard Payne, edited by Grant Foreman . Oklahoma City: Harlow Publishing, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 112 pages, frontis, photos, slight edge wear. The trial of Archilla Smith. $100.00

[6048] Payne, John Howard, Grant Foreman. Indian Justice A Cherokee Murder Trail at Tahlequah in 1840 . Muskogee Oklahoma : The Star Printery , 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good -. 112 pages, frontis, illustrations, minor chipping to jacket edges, inscribed by Carolyn Foreman. Archilla Smith killed a man with a knife and was tried under the Cherokee Constitution. Stand Watie (later Confederate general and Cherokee Chief defended Smith.) $65.00

[8046] Payne, Stephen. Where The Rockies Ride Herd . Denver Colorado: Sage Books, 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 359 pages, illustrations, map end-papers. Ranching and cowboy life in Colorado. $60.00

[7542] Payne, Theodore. Life On The Modjeska Ranch In The Gay Nineties . Los Angeles: The Kruckeberg Press , 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. 101 pages, frontis, illustrations, slight edge wear to jacket. Life in California during the late 1800s. $85.00

[3829] Peak, Howard W.. A Ranger Of Commerce Or 52 Years On The Road . San Angelo Texas: The Naylor Company, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - 262 pages, frontis. Herd 1770 "Has a chapter on cattle trails." Six-Guns 1696 "Contains material on Sam Bass." $35.00

[6335] Peak, Howard W.. A Ranger Of Commerce Or 52 Years On The Road . San Angelo Texas: The Naylor Company, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - 262 pages, frontis, SIGNED by the author, slight exterior wear. Herd 1770 "Has a chapter on cattle trails." Six-Guns 1696 "Contains material on Sam Bass." $45.00

[6362] Peak, Ora Brooks. The Colorado Range Cattle Industry . Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine 357 pages, frontis, illustrations, fold-out maps, top edge gilt. Ranching, cattle, Indian contracts / trouble, etc. Herd 1771 $225.00

[3237] Peak, Ora Brooks. The Colorado Range Cattle Industry . Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine 357 pages, frontis, illustrations, fold-out maps, top edge gilt. Ranching, cattle, Indian contracts / trouble, etc. Herd 1771 $295.00

[6053] Pearce, Hamilton. (Kidnapping) Kidnaping of Billy Whitla The Full and Authentic Account of the Abduction, the Ransoming and the Return of Billy Whitla, and the Sensational Capture of the Kidnapers . Cleveland: The Wells Publishing Co. , 1909. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - 204 pages, + index, original cloth hinges cracked but solid, lettering on spine rubbed. $95.00

[6390] Pearce, T. M., Cook, Jim Lane. Lane Of The Llano Being The Story Of Jim Lane Cook As Told To T. M. Pearce . Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good -. 269 pages, frontis, illustrations, minor edge wear to jacket. Chisholm Trail, Dobe Walls fight, Billy the Kid, etc. Herd 572, Six-Guns 486, Rader 908, "Ranch life, cowboys, frontier and pioneer life of the New Southwest." $115.00

[7651] Pearce, W. M.. The Matador Land and Cattle Company . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 244 pages, maps, illustrations, INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. History of the famous cattle ranch west of Wichita Falls Texas, which started in the 1870s. $75.00

[8645] Pearson, Daniel C.. On Being a Soldier . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good NP, ND (early 1900s) 20 pages, minor edge wear, bookplate and signature of John M. Carroll, inscribed by an acquaintance of the author. . Pearson reflects on a soldier's life, West Point, Indians as soldiers, garrison life, etc. $450.00

[8464] Pearson, G. C., Goodman. Overland In 1849 From Missouri To California By The Platte River And The Salt Lake Trail . Los Angeles CA: 1963. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 73 pages + fold-out map, frontis, 1 of 8 large paper copies with hand colored illustrations and index especially bound for the members of the Wine, Food & Wench Society, SIGNED by editor and other members, ¾ leather binding. Mintz Pearson went south of Death Valley and entered California by the way of Cajon Pass. Interesting descriptions of those he met along the way tend to make this a vibrant and entertaining narrative." $200.00

[7166] Peavey, John R.. Echoes From the Rio Grande From the Thorny Hills of Duval to the Sleepy Rio Grande by John R. Peavey 1905 to Now, Former Deputy Sheriff, Chief of Scouts U.S. Army, Mounted Guard U.S.I.S. Assistant Chief Patrol Inspector, U.S. Border Patrol, Special Texas . Brownsville Texas : Springman-King , 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. 320 pages, frontis, illustrations, slight edge wear to jacket, SIGNED by the author. $85.00

[3469] Peavy, Linda, Ursula Smith. Frontier Children Foreword by Elliott West . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. Hard Cover. New / New. ISBN: 0-8061-3161-6. 164 pages, frontis, photos. "Over 200 vintage photographs, Frontier Children is a visual and verbal montage of childhood in the nineteenth-century West. Stories and images that erase the stereotypes and bring to life the infinite variety of the experience of growing up in the American West." $22.00

[6064] Peavy, Linda, Ursula Smith. Frontier Women . N.Y.: Barnes & Nobel Books , 1996. Hard Cover. Fine ISBN: 0-7607-0102-4. 96 pages, photos, illustrations. Overland trail, ranching, western towns, settlers, pioneers, etc. $20.00

[6066] Peavy, Linda, Ursula Smith. Pioneer Women The Lives of Women on the Frontier . N.Y.: Smithmark Publishers, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-8317-7220-4. 144 pages, photos, illustrations. $30.00



[2752] Peck, David J.. Or Perish In The Attempt Wilderness Medicine In The Lewis And Clark Expedition . Helena Montana: Farcountry Press , 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. New / New. ISBN: 1-56037-226-5. 351 pages, illustrations. Dr Peck examines the medical practices used on the expedition, and on medical practices used during the time period. $24.95

[2715] Peck, David J.. Or Perish In The Attempt Wilderness Medicine In The Lewis And Clark Expedition . Helena Montana: Farcountry Press , 2002. First Edition. Stiff Wraps. New ISBN: 1-56037-225-7. 351 pages, illustrations. Dr Peck examines the medical practices used on the expedition, and on medical practices used during the time period. $18.95

[6579] Peck, Henry L.. The Proud Heritage of Leflore County A History of an Oklahoma County Fully Documented, Indexed and Illustrated . Van Buren Arkansas : The Argus Press , 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 402 pages, photos, SIGNED by the author. Pioneers, settlers, Civil War, early life in Oklahoma. $150.00

[269] Peckham, Howard H.. Captured By Indians True Tales of Pioneer Survivors. N.J.: Rutgers University Press , 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good+. 238 pg. illus, 14 Authentic tales of Indian captivities from Mary Rowlandson and her three children taken by savages in Mass. in 1676, to Fanny Kelly who was captured on the California and Oregon trail in 1864. $35.00

[4018] Peirce, Parker I.. Antelope Bill. MInnesota: Ross & Haines, 1962. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. 196 pgs + index Limited edition of 550 copies in a slipcase. Reprint of the 1898 edition. "The author was an actual participant in the defense of Fort Ridgley, and he relates his experiences, including the hanging of the 38 Sioux Indians at Mankato, and other events." $75.00

[1649] Peltier, Jerome. Black Harris. Fairfield, Washington: YE Galleon Press, 1986. Hard Cover. New ISBN: 0-87770-388-4. 162 pages, illustrations. Harris was a mountain man who knew Ashley, Smith, the Sublettes, Beckwourth, Bridger, and others. He also served as a guide for many emigrant parties in the 1830's. $25.00

[2269] Peltier, Jerome, Anonymous. The Banditti Of The Rocky Mountains And Vigilance Committee In Idaho An Authentis Record Of Startling Adventures In The Gold Mines Of Idaho, Notes and Bibliography by Jerome Peltier. . Minneapolis, Minnesota: Ross & Haines, 1964. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 190 pages, illustrations. Outlaws, lawmen in Montana. Reprint of the original edition of which only 3 were known to exist. $25.00

[7167] Pelton, John Cotter. Life's Sunbeans and Shadows Poems and Prose With Appendix Including Biographical and Historical Notes in Prose . San Francisco: Bancroft Company , 1893. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 260 pages, frontis, illus., minor wear to cover. Howes P185, "Along with poetical effusions contains account in prose of Frank Pixley's trip to California and Pelton's establishing the first San Francisco school in 1849." $200.00

[6901] Pelzer, Louis. Trans-Mississippi Cattle Frontier 1930, The Shifting Cowtowns of Kansas 1926, Financial Management of the Cattle Ranges 1930, A Cattleman's Commonwealth of the Western Range . Hard Cover. Very Good+ Collection of 4 pamphlets bound together in hard cover Herd 1779, 1780, 1781, 1778 $275.00

[3823] Pelzer, Louis. Marches of the Dragoons in the Mississippi Valley An Account of Marches and Activities of the First Regiment United States Dragoons in the Mississippi Valley Between the Years 1833 and 1850 . Iowa City: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1917. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 282 pages, top edge gilt , very slight edge wear, owner name.. Expedition to the Pawnee Villages, Kearny, California, soldier life at Fort Leavenworth, also contains Captain Boone's Journal of an expedition over the Western Prairies. Howes P188, Rittenhouse 459, "One of the best sources on general history of the Dragoons. Describes the expedition to the Rocky Mountains in 1835." $250.00

[8047] Pelzer, Louis. The Shifting Cowtowns of Kansas Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society For the Year of 1926 Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Society, Springfield Illinois May 6, 7 and 8, 1926 . Danfield Ill. : Illinois Printing Co. , 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 216 pages, fold-out. Contains various articles, one of which is Louis Pelzer's "The Shifting Cowtowns of Kansas." Abilene and much on Dodge City and Texas cattle and cowboys. Herd 1781, Six-Guns 1707, "Contains some information on the gunmen of the various wild cowtowns of Kansas." $175.00

[6900] Pelzer, Louis. The Cattlemen's Frontier A Record of the Trans-Mississippi Cattle Industry From Oxen Trains to Pooling Companies, 1850-1890 . Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 351 pages, frontis, illustrations, very slight edge wear, bookplate, many pages still un-opened. Attached is an original hand-written letter from the author to the publishing company in 1931 stating that he submitted the manuscript and was wanting to hear if they were going to publish it. Has a chapter on Texas cattle trails, and cow towns of Kansas. Howes P187, Herd 1778, Six Score 120, 87, "One of the best general histories of the cattle industry on the plains. It is enhanced by having a complete facsimile reproduction of the first Wyoming brand book." $200.00

[8465] Pelzer, Louis. Marches of the Dragoons in the Mississippi Valley An Account of Marches and Activities of the First Regiment United States Dragoons in the Mississippi Valley Between the Years 1833 and 1850 . Iowa City: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1917. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 282 pages, top edge gilt , very slight edge wear, slight spine fade. Expedition to the Pawnee Villages, Kearny, California, soldier life at Fort Leavenworth, also contains Captain Boone's Journal of an expedition over the Western Prairies. Howes P188, Rittenhouse 459, "One of the best sources on general history of the Dragoons. Describes the expedition to the Rocky Mountains in 1835." $210.00

[6062] Pendergast, David M.. Palenque The Walker Caddy Expedition to the Ancient Maya City 1839-1840 . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 213 pages, illustrations. $35.00

[7168] Pendleton, Nathaniel G.. Military Posts, Council Bluffs to the Pacific Ocean 27th Congress 3d Session Rep. No. 31 . Wash. D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1843. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Government report bound into hard cover, 78 pages, fold-out map. Remarks on the fur companies, Lewis and Clark, Columbia River, Indians, etc. Howes P199, Graff 3243, Wagner-Camp 100. $500.00

[3687] Pennington, Jack L.. Custer Curley, Curtis An Expanded View of the Battle of the Little Big Horn . El Segundo, CA: Upton & Sons, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. New / New. ISBN: 0-912783-40-0. 203 pages, frontis, map, photos. Custer Trail Series Volume IX. The Curtis Papers, Benteen-Goldin Letters, also "The Custer Story" by Michael Reynolds. Reynolds father was appointed Agent of the Crows by Teddy Roosevelt. Michael accompanied his father on trips to the battlefield, and interviews with participants of the battle $75.00

[6253] Pennoyer, Sheldon A.. This Was California A Collection of Woodcuts and Engravings Reminiscent of Historical Events Human Achievements and Trivialities From Pioneer Days to the Gay Nineties . N.Y.: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine 224 pages, illustrations, original announcement for book laid in, original slipcase separating at seams. 1 of 1,250 SIGNED copies. $125.00

[2223] Penrick, James Lal Jr.. The Great Western Land Pirate John A. Murrell In Legend And History . Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-8262-0342-6. 197 pages, frontis. Murrell was a petty criminal in the 1830s who achieved infamy as the suspposed instigator of a failed slave rebellion. $30.00

[4126] Penrose, Charles W.. The Mountain Meadows Massacre Who Were Guilty of the Crime An Address by Elder Charles W. Penrose October 26, 1884 Also A Supplement Containing Important Additional Testimony Subsequently Received . Salt Lake City: Geo. Q. Cannon & Sons , 1899. Original Wraps. Good + 108 pages, a few pages tape repaired with staining from the tape, minor edge wear. Revised with over 25 additional pages from the 1884 edition. Six-Guns 1713 rare. Howes P214 $250.00

[6054] Penrose, Stephen B. L.. Whitman An Unfinished Story . Walla Walla Washington : Whitman Publishing Co. , 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good -. 256 pages, illustrations, SIGNED by the author, and INSCRIBED by the Whitman College Chapter, minor wear to jacket edges. Marcus Whitman, Oregon Trail, settlers, pioneers, Oregon. $45.00

[6056] Perdew, Myrtle Mosher. Tenderfoot at Bar X . Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Good+. 202 pages, frontis, illustrations, chipping to jacket edges. $40.00

[6102] Perkin, Robert L.. The First Hundred Years An Informal History of Denver and the Rocky Mountain News . N.Y.: Double Day, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good -. 624 pages, rubbing and wear to jacket edges. $40.00

[6060] Perkins, Charles Elliott, Edith Perkins Cunningham. Family Letters 1861-1869 Charles Elliott Perkins and Edith Forbes Perkins edited by Their Daughter Edith Perkins Cunningham . Boston: Privately Printed, 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 353 pages, frontis, illustrations, maps, INSCRIBED by the author. $155.00

[6081] Perkins, J. R.. Trails, Rails and War The Life of General G. M. Dodge . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good -. 371 pages, frontis, illustrations, top of jacket spine chipped about 3/8s inch. Rail Roads, Indian campaigns, Civil War, etc. Relates a meeting with Custer just months prior to his death. Custer was back East trying to return to his command and Dodge discussed the Indian situation with him. $85.00

[7895] Perret, Geoffrey. A Country Made by War From the Revolution to Vietnam the Story of America's Rise to Power . N.Y.: Random House, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-394-55398-5. 629 pages, map. Revolutionary War, Korean War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish American War, Mexican War. $25.00

[8260] Perry, C. R. Kenneth Kesselus. Memoir of Capt'n C. R. Perry pf Johnson City Texas A Texas Veteran . Austin: Jenkins Publishing Company , 1990. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine 33 pages, original wraps, frontis. Texas Rangers, San Jacinto, Indians, etc. $25.00

[6096] Perry, Garland. An American Saga William George Hughes 1859-1902 A Pioneer Texas Rancher His Life His Times His Story . Boerne TX : Lebco Graphics, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-9646196-1-1. 242 pages, frontis, illustrations. Hughes began ranching in Texas in 1879. $25.00

[664] Perry, Mark. Conceived In Liberty Joshua Chamberlain, William Oates, And The American Civil War . N.Y.: Viking Penguin, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New / As New. 500 pgs, maps, photos, The lives of Chamberlin and Oates, Little Round Top, Gettysburg, John Brown, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edmund Ruffin, Lee, Grant , Lincoln, etc. $23.00

[790] Persico, Joseph E. Powell, Colin L.. My American Journey : An Autobiography. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New / As New. ISBN: 0-679-43296-5. 643 pgs, photos, Book and dust jacket are NEW. $18.00

[121] Peters, Dewitt C.. Kit Carson,s Life and Adventures, From Facts Narrated By Himself Embracing Events in the Life-Time of America's Greatest Hunter, Trapper, Scout and Guide. Hartford, Conn.: , 1873. Hard Cover. Good + 604pgs Illus.,hinges starting dec covers, AEG, The official biography. Kit, when it was read it him, complained that Peters "laid it on a leetle too thick" Howes P256, Rader 2649 $125.00

[549] Peters, Dewitt C.. Kit Carson's Life and Adventures, From Facts Narrated By Himself Embracing Events in the Life-Time of America's Greatest Hunter, Trapper, Scout and Guide. Hartford, Conn.: , 1875. Hard Cover. Good 604pgs Illus. Green cloth, hinges starting a dime size hole in the spine covering, else Good The official biography. Kit, when it was read it him, complained that Peters "laid it on a leetle too thick" Howes P256, Rader 2649 $55.00

[923] Peters, Dewitt C.. Kit Carson,s Life and Adventures, From Facts Narrated By Himself Embracing Events in the Life-Time of America's Greatest Hunter, Trapper, Scout and Guide. Hartford, Conn.: , 1873. Hard Cover. Good + 604pgs Illus. Minor exterior wear, dec covers, The official biography. Kit, when it was read it him, complained that Peters "laid it on a leetle too thick" Howes P256, Rader 2649 $75.00

[758] Peters, Richard. The Public Statutes At Large Of The United States Of America, From The Organization Of The Government In 1789, To March 3, 1845. Arranged In Chronological Order….. Treaties Between The United States And The Indian . Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown. , 1846. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ VOL VII HB. 612 pgs, red cloth with marbled page edges and endpapers, very attractive book in ¾ leather. Contains the Treaties with the Indians from 1778 to 1842 VG condition Great reference book! $200.00

[6902] Peterson, P. D.. Through the Black Hills and Bad Lands of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota: J. Fred Olander CO. , 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. 189 pages, photos, minor wear to jacket. Mainly written as a guide for the area. Six-Guns 1717 "Contains a short history about Wild Bill Hickok." $50.00

[3698] Peterson, P. D.. Through the Black Hills and Bad Lands of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota: J. Fred Olander CO. , 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good -. 189 pages, photos, minor wear to jacket. Mainly written as a guide for the area. Six-Guns 1717 "Contains a short history about Wild Bill Hickok." $85.00

[6070] Petrik, Paula. No Step Backward Women and Family on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier, Helena, Montana 1865-1900 . Helena: Montana Historical Society Press, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-917298-13-6. 206 pages, illustrations. $25.00

[2476] Petrone, Gerard S.. Judment At Gallatin The Trail Of Frank James . Texas Tech University Press , 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-89672-398-4. 221 pages, illustrations. Account of the "Trail of the Century," State of Missouri v. Frank James. After his brother Jesse was killed, Frank walked into the govoner's office and laid his pistol on his desk and surrendered. $35.00

[7894] Pettijohn, F. J.. Sedimentary Rocks . N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, 1949. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good -. 526 pages, photos, illustrations, chipping to jacket edges. $25.00

[7169] Peyton, Green. San Antonio City in the Sun . N.Y.: McGraw Hill, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good -. 292 pages, illustrations, minor chipping to jacket edges. Herd 1795, Chapters I and II deal with cattle and the Maverick family." Six-Guns 1718, "Account of the killing of Ben Thompson and King Fisher." $40.00

[7170] Peyton, Green. America's Heartland The Southwest . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. 286 pages, maps, illustrations, minor edge wear to jacket, SIGNED by the author. Cowboys, cattle, ranching, overland travel, etc. Herd 1794. $60.00

[7171] Pfluger, Jim. Pitchfork Country The Photography of Bob Moorhouse . Lubbock Texas : National Ranching Heritage Center , 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 1-56944-214-2. 144 pages, photos, limited edition, 1 of 500 numbered copies, specially bound and housed in a slipcase. $175.00

[7543] Phaler, Stanley, W.. Colorado River Ghost Towns . Las Vegas Nevada : Nevada Publications , 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 80 pages, illustrations, owner inscription, minor edge wear. $35.00

[1366] Phelps, McKinnie L. (Mary Kinnan). The Indian Captivity Of Mary Kinnan 1791-1794 A Long Forgotton Frontier Tragedy . Boulder Colorado: Pruett Press , 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 138 pages, Limited Edition #65 of 750 signed copies, SIGNED by the author, illustrations, map end-papers, index. Contains different accounts of Kinnan's captivity. $35.00

[6085] Phillips, Catherine Coffin. Jessie Benton Fremont A Woman Who Made History . San Francisco: John Henry Nash , 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 361 pages, frontis, illustrations. Howes P310 $165.00

[8466] Phillips, Catherine, Coffin. Cornelius Cole California Pioneer And United States Senator A Study In Personality And Achievements Bearing Upon The Growth Of A Commonwealth . San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 379 pages, frontis, illustrations, erratum, 1 of 250 copies, housed in a matching slipcase. Howes C308. $150.00

[4954] Phillips, George Harwood. Chief and Challengers Indian Resistance and Cooperation in Southern California . Berkeley CA: Univ. CA Press, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. ISBN: 0-520-02719-1. 225 pages, maps, illustrations, slight edge wear to jacket. $30.00

[3487] Phillips, Paul Chrisler, J. W. Smurr. The Fur Trade . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 2 Volumes in a very good slipcase, 686 + 696 pages, illustrations, maps, slight darkening to spines. History of the fur trade industry. A must for the fur trade collection! $225.00

[6068] Phillips, William. The Conquest of Kansas by Missouri and Her Allies A History of the Troubles in Kansas From the Passage of the Organic Act Until the Close of July, 1856 . Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good + 414 pages + ads, wear to edges, slight soiling to cover, good solid copy. Contains chapters on border ruffians, the sacking of Lawrence, outrages, and the slavery issue. Howes P330, Rader 2661 $75.00

[6077] Phinney, Mary Allen. Allen Isham Genealogy Jirah Isham Allen Montana Pioneer Government Scout, Guide, Interpreter and Famous Hunter, During Four Years of Indian Warfare in Montana and Dakota From 1839 to 1929 by His Niece Mary Allen Phinney . Rutland Vermont : The Tuttle Publishing Co. , First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ nd (1929)162 pages, frontis, illustrations, 1 of 200 numbered copies, INSCRIBED by the author, very slight edge wear. Has a chapter on Custer and the Little Big Horn, much on his scouting and hunting, adventures with Indians. $850.00

[7544] Phippen, George. The Life of a Cowboy Told Through the Drawings, Painting, and Bronzes of George Phippen . Tucson AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 104 pages, frontis, illustrations, bookplate. $40.00

[6052] Pieratt, Shirley Insall . Cade Insall Texas Ranger and His People . By Author, 1985. Original Wraps. Fine 165 pages, photos, illustrations, 1 of 50 copies. $45.00

[3347] Pierce, Gerald S.. Texas Under Arms The Camps, Posts, Forts, & Military Towns Of The Republic Of Texas 1836-1846 . Austin Texas: The Encino Press, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. New / New. 268 pages, map, map end-papers, LIMITED EDITION, 1 of 250 copies SIGNED by the author. ¾ leather binding in a matching slipcase. Information on 30 military towns, as well as San Antonio, Austin, Galveston, Houston, Nacogdoces, 53 public and private forts, and 130 military camps and posts. $200.00

[6075] Pierce, Lois A.. Lost Immigrants of 1845 and The Blue Bucket Gold . Shelton Washington : Shelton Mason County Journal , 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 62 pages, photos, map end-paper. Dr. Elijah White, Joe Meek, Oregon Trail. $75.00

[6097]
Pierce, Marjorie. East of the Gabilans the Ranches, the Towns, the People, Yesterday and Today . Fresno: Valley Publishing , 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0-913548-39-1. 194 pages, photos, illustrations. Ranching history of San Benito County and southern Santa Clara County California. $30.00

[6047] Pierrepont, Edward B. A.. Fifth Avenue to Alaska . N.Y.: G.P. Putnam's, 1884. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - 329 pages, fold-out maps, original decorative cloth with wear to edges. Author's accounts of travel to across the country to Alaska in 1883. Contains chapters on Yellowstone Park and Bozeman. $250.00

[8467] Pigman, Walter, Griffith, (Ulla Staley Fawkes). The Journal Of Walter Griffith Pigman . Mexico MO : Walter G. Staley , 1942. Hard Cover. Very Good 82 pages, frontis, illustrations. Howes P361, Mintz 370, "The daily diary of an overland trek from Ohio to Hangtown depicting hardship on the plains and the tough life of a miner." $225.00

[7814] Pine, George W.. Beyond The West, An Account Of Two Years Travel In The Other Half Of Our Great Continent Far Beyond The Old West On The Plains, In The Rocky Mountains, and picturesque Parks of Colorado…….. Utica N.Y. : T.F. Griffiths, 1870. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 444 pages, frontis, illustrations, original stamped cloth with gilt lettering, slight edge wear. Howes 381. $350.00

[6582] Pinkerton, Allan. Professional Thieves and the Detective Containing Numerous, Detective Sketches Collected From Private Records by Allan Pinkerton With a Sketch of the Author How He Became a Detective . N.Y.: G. W. Carleton & Co., 1883. Hard Cover. Good + 598 pages, frontis, illustrations, original cloth, front hinge shaken, minor edge wear. $55.00

[8264] Pinkerton, Allan. Bank Robbers and the Detectives . London: G.W. Carleton & Co, 1883. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 330 pages + ads, frontis, illustrations, original cloth, wear to edges. Six-Guns 1729. $175.00

[6071] Pinkerton, Matthew Worth. Murder in All Ages Being A History of Homicide From the Earliest Times, With the Most Celebrated Murder Cases Faithfully Reported, Arranged Under Controlling Motives and Utilized to Support the Theory of Homicidal Impulse . Chicago: A. E. Pinkerton & Co. , 1898. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 574 pages, frontis, illustrations, bookplate, SIGNED and dated by the author. Has a chapter on dueling, and chapters on famous murder cases. $250.00

[7173] Platt, Kenneth B.. Salmon River Saga . Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. ISBN: 0-87770-207-1. 238 pages, frontis, illustrations, photos, map end-papers, SIGNED by the author, slight edge wear to jacket. Pioneers, ranching, homesteaders in Idaho. $45.00

[8472] Platt, P. L., Slater, N.. Travelers Guide Across The Plains Upon The Overland Route To California . John Howell Books, 1963. Hard Cover. Fine 59 pages, fold-out map. Reprinted from the 1852 edition. Graff 3304, Wagner-Camp 242, Howes P417, Mintz 371. $150.00

[6583] Pleasants, MRS. J. E.. History of Orange County California 3 volumes . Los Angeles: J. R. Finnell & Sons Publishing Co. , 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine Vol. 1 567 pages, illustrations, Vol. 2, 458 pages, illustrations, Vol. 3, 460 pages, illustrations, original full leather bindings, gilt lettering on spines, exceptional set! Herd 1804, Six-Guns 1735, "Deals with the killing of sheriff Barton and the hanging of Juan Flores." $650.00

[6903] Plenn, J. H.. Saddle in the Sky The Lone Star State . N.Y.: The Bobbs Merrill Co., 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good -. 287 pages, illustrations, map end-papers, wear to jacket edges. Six-Guns 1737, "Contains some scattered information on the James and Younger boys and devotes several pages to Belle Starr." Herd 1805, "Contains some information on the King Ranch and also cattle ranches of West Texas." $40.00

[3085] Plummer, Mark A.. Frontier Governor Samuel J. Crawford Of Kansas . Lawrence: University Press of Kansas , 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good -. 210 pages, maps, illustrations, minor wear to jacket. "Crawford resigned as governor in 1868 to lead a regiment of Kansas troops against the Indians with Sheridan and Custer." Civil War, politics, Indian campaigns, etc. $20.00

[6584] Poesch, Jessie. Titian Ramsay Peale 1799-1885 And His Journals of the Wilkes Expedition . Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society , 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 214 pages, illustrations, fold-out map. $65.00

[7891] Pohanka, Brian C., Nelson Miles, John Carroll. Nelson A. Miles A Documentary Biography of His Military Career 1861-1903 . Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-87062-159-9. 327 pages, frontis, illustrations, full leather, SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION, 1 of 50 numbered copies, in original white jacket. Reconstruction, Red River War, Nez Perce War, Custer, Wounded Knee, Apache Campaign, etc. $275.00

[4953] Pohanka, Brian C., Nelson Miles, John Carroll. Nelson A. Miles A Documentary Biography of His Military Career 1861-1903 . Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-87062-159-9. 327 pages, frontis, illustrations. Reconstruction, Red River War, Nez Perce War, Custer, Wounded Knee, Apache Campaign, etc. $60.00

[5111] Pohanka, Brian C., Nelson Miles, John Carroll. Nelson A. Miles A Documentary Biography of His Military Career 1861-1903 . Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine ISBN: 0-87062-159-9. 327 pages, frontis, illustrations, full leather, SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION, 1 of 50 numbered copies. Reconstruction, Red River War, Nez Perce War, Custer, Wounded Knee, Apache Campaign, etc. $250.00

[6585] Polk, Frank. F-F-F-Frank Polk An Uncommonly Frank Autobiography Illustrated by Joe Beeler With a Foreword by Slim Pickens . Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine ISBN: 0-87358-174-1. 125 pages, frontis, illustrations, limited edition, 1 of 50 numbered copies, SIGNED by the author. $125.00

[7546] Pond, Fred, E. (Wildwood, Will). The Life and Adventures of "Ned Buntline" with Ned Buntline's Anecdote of "Frank Forester" And Chapter of Angling Sketches . N.Y.: The Campus Book Shop , 1919. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - 139 pages, frontis, illustrations, soiling to spine and cover, limited to 250 copies. Information on Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill Hickok, and others. $325.00

[8588] Poole Dewitt C. Captain. Among the Sioux of Dakota Eighteen Months Experience as an Indian Agent by Captain D. C. Poole 22nd Infantry U.S.A. . N.Y.: D. Van Nostrand Publisher , 1881. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine 235 pages, original cloth with slight edge wear. Appendix contains an 1869 report from General Stanley. Rare item! Graff 3315, Howes P470, "The author was Indian Agent at the Whetstone Indian Reservation in the sixties and a prominent figure in military events on the Dakota-Wyoming-Montana frontier." $825.00

[3677] Poole, John Hudson. American Cavalcade A Memoir On The Life and Family of Dewitt Clinton Poole . Pasadena CA: By Author, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 350 pages, frontis, illustrations, 1 of 150 copies, very slight wear, bookplate. Much of the early part of the book covers family history. Of most interest were the accounts starting from the late 1860s when Poole was sent West and his account of the Indians. He was an Indian Agent at the Whetstone Agency, was assigned to the 22nd Infantry Fort Randall Dakota, on escort duty on the Yellowstone Expedition 1871 and 73, riot control in New Orleans, Transferred to Ft. Wayne Detroit 1875, sent from Ft. Wayne to reinforce Terry's men after the Custer Massacre. In September, assigned to Mile's unit to continue the campaign. In 1879, transferred to Texas Fort McKavett then later to Ft. Clark, Generals Stanley and Otis were also there. Also mentions Sitting Bull, Ghost Dance and the account of his death, Battle of Wounded Knee, Grand Duke Alexis and the buffalo hunt, Buffalo Bill, and more! $300.00

[2685] Poore, Ben Perley. Message From The President Of The United States In Two Houses Of Congress At The Commencement Of The Third Session Of The Fortieth Congress With The Reports Of The Heads Of Departments And Selections From Accompanying Documents . Washington: Government Printing Office, 1869. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good 1158 pages, front hinge held by tape edges worn, good research copy. Contains much information on the Indian troubles leading up to the Washita fight with Custer. Included are General's Sherman, Sheridan, and Terry's reports. The closing of Forts Reno, Philip Kearney, and C.F. Smith, death of Comstock, and Govoner Crawford of Kansas asking for help. Sherman orders Sheridan to destroy or punish the Indians. Custer is scouting the Medicine Lodge Creek area, and preparations are being made for the winter campaign. Great research material. $95.00

[887] Pope, John. A Tour Through The Southern And Western Territories Of The United States Of North-America A Facsimile Reproduction of the 1792 Edition, with an introduction and indexes by Barton Starr . Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1979. Hard Cover. As New 105 pgs + index as new condition. Pope traveled from Richmond in 1790 to Pittsburgh, then south to Louisville, then proceeded to New Orleans, then to West Florida, eventually returning to Philadelphia after 16 months. $22.00

[6063] Porsild, Charlene. Gamblers and Dreamers Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike . Vancouver B.C.: UBC Press , 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0-7748-0650-8. 250 pages, maps, illustrations. Gold rush, Klondike, Dawson, Skagway, etc. $50.00

[6088] Porter, Cora Case, Grant Foreman. Irving Trail and Other Poems With Foreword by Grant Foreman . Muskogee OK. : The Hoffman-Speed Printing Co. Press , 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Good+. 70 pages, map, wear to jacket edges. Poems on the Southwest, cattle trails, pioneers, etc. $30.00

[2978] Porter, Horace. Campaigning With Grant. Smithmark Publishers, 1994. Hard Cover. New / New. 546 pgs, "From 1864 until the end of the war, Porter served as lieutenant colonel attached to Grant's staff. He accompained Grant on numerous battles and kept extensive notes of Grant's conversations, as well as his own observat ions of military life." $15.00

[7904] Porter, Joseph C.. Paper Medicine Man John Gregory Bourke And His American West . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-8061-1984-5. 362 pages, maps, illustrations. Bourke fought in "Last Stand" battles with the Sioux, The Northern Cheyennes, and the Apaches.He served under General Crook, and was the author of several books on the Indians and Indian Wars. $35.00

[2477] Porter, Joseph C.. Paper Medicine Man John Gregory Bourke And His American West . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-8061-1984-5. 362 pages, maps, illustrations, slight edge wear to jacket. Bourke fought in "Last Stand" battles with the Sioux, The Northern Cheyennes, and the Apaches.He served under General Crook, and was the author of several books on the Indians and Indian Wars. $30.00

[3500] Porter, Joy. To Be Indian The Life of Iroquois-Seneca Arthur Caswell Parker Foreword by William N. Fenton . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. New / New. ISBN: 0-8061-3317-1. 309 pages, frontis, illustrations. "Born on the Seneca Indian Reservation in New York State, Arthur Caswell Parker (1881-1955) was a prominent intellectual leader both within and outside tribal circles. Of mixed Iroquois, Seneca, and Anglican descent, Parker was also a controversial figure-recognized as an advocate for Indians but criticized for his assimilationist stance. In this exhaustively researched biography-the first book-length examination of Parker's life and career-Joy Porter explores complex issues of Indian identity that are as relevant today as in Parker's time." $29.00

[8641] Porter, Kenneth W., Alcione Amos. The Black Seminoles History of a Freedom-Seeking People Revised and Edited by Alcione M. Amos and Thomas P. Senter . Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-8130-1451-4. 284 pages, illustrations, SIGNED by both editors. The Seminole Wars, forced removal to Oklahoma, Mexico, Texas, Medal of Honor recipients, etc. $35.00

[1962] Porter, Mae Reed and Clyde, LeRoy Hafen. Ruxton Of The Rockies . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 325 pages, illustrations. Ruxton traveled through the Rocky Mountains in the early 1840's. He lived among and wrote about the trappers and traders in the American Far West. $55.00

[3216] Porter, Mae Reed, Davenport , Odessa. Scotsman in Buckskin Sir William Drummond Stewart and The Rocky Mountain Fur Trade. N.Y.: Hastings House , 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 306 pgs, illustrations. " Stewart was in America for 8 years, making annual treks to the great rendezvous, where trappers and redskins met for weeks of trading and orgiastic frolicking." In 1837 he took artist Jacob Miller along. He knew Br idger, Carson, Fitzpatrick, and others. $45.00

[6045] Poston, Charles D.. Apache Land . San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Company Printers , 1878. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 141 pages, frontis, illustrations, minor edge wear. The author traveled though Arizona in the 1850s and 60s, and became a land agent in Florence. $350.00

[6101] Poston, Charles D., John Myers Myers. Building a State in Apache Land The Story of Arizona's Founding Told by Arizona's Founder . Tempe AZ: Aztec Press , 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 174 pages, illustrations. Information on the Apache Kid and Mickey Free. $35.00

[6554] Potter, Jack, COL., Krehbiel, Laura. Cattle Trails Of The Old West . Clayton, New Mexico : Laura R. Krehbiel, 1939. . Stiff Wraps. Near Fine 87 pages, illustrations, fold-out map, SIGNED by the Author. Reprinted in 1939 with changes and revisions. In 1880, Potter made his first trip north, going over the Western Trail to Dodge City, however he got sick and had to return home. He later hired out to the New England Livestock Company for 11 years. Herd 1821 Six-Guns 1749, "Although the 1st edition (1935) contains no outlaw material, the second has a chapter on Black Jack Ketchum, and some information on the mysterious Dave Mathers." Rader 2711 $175.00

[7174] Potter, W. R. Mrs.. History of Montague County . Austin: E. L. Steck , First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ ND, 191 pages, slight edge wear. Much Texas county history, pioneers, Indian troubles, Texas Rangers, etc. Herd 1824. Rare 1st edition. $1,100.00

[6904] Pourade, Richard F., James Copley, Rex Brandt. Historic Ranchos of San Diego, Rex Brandt't San Diego Land of the Sundown Sea 2 volumes . San Diego: Union Tribune Publishing Company , 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine 2 volumes, 1 of 1969 numbered copies, SIGNEED by the authors housed in a slipcase. Vol. 1, 118 pages, illustrations, Vol. 2, un-numbered (120-150) drawings, illustrations. Excellent set! $50.00

[7547] Pourade, Richard, F.. Glory Years The History of San Diego . The Union-Tribune Publishing Co, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 274 pages, frontis, illustrations. $40.00

[6044] Powell, Alexander E.. Marches of the North From Cape Breton to the Klondike . N.Y.: The Century Co., 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good 311 pages, frontis, illustrations, map end-papers, fold-out map, slight edge wear. $55.00

[2203] Powell, Donald M.. The Peralta Grant James Addison Reavis And The Barony Of . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 186 pages, maps, illustrations. In 1882, Reavis filed a 12 million acre claim in Arizona's richest territory, and almost got away with it. "An incred ible story of deception and fraud." $40.00

[6400] Powell, J. W.. Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1880-81 . Wash. D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - 477 pages, illustrations, some colored, fold-out map, minor wear to edges, rear hinge starting. $225.00

[6588] Powell, Lawrence Clark. Southwest Classics The Creative Literature of the Arid Lands Essays on the Books and Their Writers . Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. 370 pages, photos. Ross Santee, Lewis H. Garrard, Josiah Gregg, Zane Grey, Frank J. Dobie and others. $225.00

[5005] Powell, Peter J.. Sweet Medicine The Continuing Role of the Sacred Arrows, the Sun Dance, and the Sacred Buffalo Hat in Northern Cheyenne History 2 Vols. . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. 419 pages + index, frontis, illustrations, minor spotting to exterior, some raised spots, interior fine, binding very tight. Howes H592, Luther 69, Dustin 142, "A useful work written with candor and sincerity of purpose. Contains much on the Dakota Indians and the Custer affair." $250.00

[8154] Powell, Peter J.. Sweet Medicine The Continuing Role of the Sacred Arrows, the Sun Dance, and the Sacred Buffalo Hat in Northern Cheyenne History 2 Vols. . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ 935 pages, frontis, illustrations, maps, slipcase. Volume 1 recounts tribal history against the background of the two great spiritual tragedies in Cheyenne life, the loss of the Sacred Arrows and the desecration of the Sacred Buffalo Hat. Volume 2 records the contemporary Sacred Arrow and Sun Dance ceremonies in their entirety. The author had observed and participated in the rites many times and was given permission to record and photograph the events. $175.00

[8408] Powell, Peter J.. Sweet Medicine The Continuing Role of the Sacred Arrows, the Sun Dance, and the Sacred Buffalo Hat in Northern Cheyenne History 2 Vols. . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998. Stiff Wraps. New ISBN: 0-8061-3028-8. 994 pages, maps, illustrations. Volume 100 i