AUTHORS N-Z
4346] Nadeau, Remi.
[6878] Nadeau, Remi. The Real Joaquin Murieta Robin Hood Hero or Gold Rush
Gangster .
[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