New York: Russell Bros. 1868. First edition, 8vo, 336pp., spine faded, spine ends chipped, else good in orig. brown cloth. The author was the associate editor of the Iowa State Register and his wife, Mary, served as his amanuensis. More
Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown, [1967]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiii, [3]; 282; black & white illustrations from photographs; near fine in original green cloth, dust-jacket. Selections from autobiographical work that Dobie was working on that were gathered and edited by his wife after his death. More
New York: W. O. Bryant & Co., printers, 1867. First edition, 8vo, pp. 33, [1]; 5 wood-engraved plates (1 folding), several tables in the text; original tan printed wrappers; old Northern Pacific rubberstamp on front wrap; all else very good. Howes D-395; not in Graff. More
Washington: G.P.O., 1891. [2], 127, [1]; largely unopened; original printed wrappers; light wear and chipping; very good. An Ayer Linguistic duplicate with a Newberry release stamp inside the front wrapper; no other markings. This copy with a presentation at the top of the front wrapper from the author to James... More
[Lexington, KY]: the University Press of Kentucky, [c1970]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxxviii, [2], 418, [1]; endpaper maps and frontispiece portrait printed in brown; a fine, crisp copy in dustjacket with a handful of minor smudges. More
New York: American Pioneer Trails Association, [1942]. Limited edition, no. 71 of 500 copies signed by the author and the artist, 4to, pp. x, [2], 312; reproductions of forty water color paintings by William H. Jackson; original taupe cloth, upper cover pictorially gilt, spine stamped in black and gilt, t.e.g.;... More
Montreal: Librairie Beauchemin, 1905. First edition, small 8vo, pp. 320; original green printed front wrapper bound in; contemporary half red morocco, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-decorated spine; near fine. More
Boston, N.Y., Chicago: Pilgrim Press, [1913]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 262; frontispiece portrait and 7 plates; original mauve cloth lettered in gilt on spine; fine copy, with remains of the original glassine. More
New York: American Tract Society, n.d., [after 1832]. 12mo, pp. 124; engraved frontispiece portrait; original roan-backed marbled boards, rubbed, but sound. Obookiah attended the Foreign Mission School and translated the Book of Genesis. See American Imprints 12243 for the dated edition of 1832. More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1902. First edition, 8vo, pp. ix, [3], 443; frontispiece; original gray cloth decorated in black and yellow, upper hinge just starting, else very good. More
New York: Argosy-Antiquarian, 1965. 4 volumes, thick 8vo, orig. maroon cloth, black labels lettered in gilt; very good set. More
Cincinnati: stereotyped and published by J. A. James & Co., 1836. First edition, 12mo, pp. xii, 13-336; folding map by E.F. Lee hand-colored in outline; very minor foxing; a near fine, tight copy in original green floral-patterned cloth, printed paper label on spine. "Conditions just prior to the Revolution described... More
Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848. First edition, House issue; 8vo, pp. 614; 2 folding maps (1 miscreased), 67 lithograph plates and plans, a few illustrations in the text; original brown cloth, printed paper label on spine scraped, affecting 3 letters; small breaks at the spine ends; piece from p.... More
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, [1982]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 317; original brown cloth, spine and cover lettered in gilt, near fine. The works listed are divided into sections, Bibliographies, Anthologies, General Works, Special Topics (such as Western film and Indian literature), and Works on Individual Authors. More
n.p. [San Francisco: Ed Barry Co.], 1929. First edition, 8vo, pp. 292; inserted title-p. with portrait of the author; orig. green cloth, gilt lettering on spine (slightly dull), and orig. printed dust-jacket with one small tear to the spine, and spine slightly faded, else very good or better. The author... More
Poughkeepsie: Killey and Lossing, 1841. First edition, 12mo, pp. 197; contemporary full sheep, unadorned spine, label stamped in blind; some dampstaining to the first four leaves, minor occasional spotting throughout; in all, a very good copy. Wagner-Camp-Becker 85:1: "Streeter quotes Herschel V. Jones as saying: 'This is the first and... More
Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1953. First edition, "designed and printed by Ward Ritchie," 12mo, pp. xi, [1], 75, [1]; frontispiece illustration, title-page printed in red and black; a near fine copy in original red cloth and wrap-around printed paper label, a small smudge each to covers and slight darkening to... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1880. First and only edition, 8vo, pp. xiv & 269-[270], 32 pp. publisher catalogue at the back; original green cloth stamped in black and gilt, some wear to extremities, corners bumped, still an attractive copy; Edward Chenery Gale's bookplate on front pastedown endpaper... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. Second edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 454; nice copy in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, neatly rebacked with new red morocco label on spine. Printed the same year as the first edition. Howes F65: "Unflattering picture of the western frontier." More
London: Longman, Hurst [et al.], 1818. First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 462; recent blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; a Newberry Library duplicate, with a bookplate marked withdrawn, call numbers in gilt on spine, and a small rubberstamp on the title page; all else fine in a sound utilitarian binding. Clark... More
New York: KTAV Publishing House, [c1985]. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 217, plus 12 pages family trees; full-page map plus many illus. throughout text, mostly from photos; very good in slightly smudged dustjacket. With extensive notes and index. The genealogies show Spiegelberg, Staab, Bibo, Zeckendorf-Steinfeld, Floersheim, and Schwartz descendants in the west. More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1952]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, 272; plates; endpapers darkened, else fine in original gray cloth, good jacket with price clipped and internal tape reinforcement. More
[St. Paul: Padelford Packet Boat Co., 1994.]. Oblong 8vo, pp. [8], 80; 2 full-page maps, text illustrations, photographs; brown cloth over boards, printed paper onlay on upper cover, fine. A collection of memoirs from two generations of the Flatten family. Not in OCLC as of 6/17. More
Washington, D.C. Judd & Detweiler, 1885. 8vo, pp. 12; frontispiece, 5 leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, folding map bound in back; original blue printed wrappers, three shallow losses to back cover edges, spine tips perished; interior fine. More
Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1921-30. First edition limited to 200 numbered copies, of which this is no. 51, signed by the author in volumes 1-3; the fourth, published posthumously, is signed by the editor, Solon J. Buck; 4 volumes, large 8vo; frontispieces, plates and maps, some folding; original three-quarter... More
