Mount Rushmore.
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
Western Americana
Down an old dirt road: life in rural Sheldon, Minnesota during the 1920s, '30s, and early '40s
[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
Historical sketch of the Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska [cover title]
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
A history of Minnesota
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
The adverbial and prepositional prefixes in Blackfoot. Proefschrift ter verkrijging van den Graad van Doctor in de Nederlandsche Letterkunde aan de Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden ...
Leiden: Boekdrukkerij v/h. L. van Nifterik Hz. 1917. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 130, [2]; laid in, as issued, is a full octavo gathering of Stellingen (i.e. theses); original green printed wrappers, extremities faded to brown; very good. An Ayer Linguistic duplicate with a Newberry release stamp on the verso..... More
Oklahoma: a history of five centuries
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1981]. Second edition, large 8vo, pp. x, [2], 316; profusely illustrated throughout, mostly after photographs, and including many maps; original pictorial paper-covered boards printed in black and red, the fore corners a bit bumped and very light wear to extremities, else near fine. A review..... More
The central gold region. The grain, pastoral, and gold regions of North America. With some new views of its physical geography; and observations on the Pacific Railroad
Philadelphia & St. Louis: Sower, Barnes & Co. and E. K. Woodward, 1860. 8vo, pp. 194; 6 folding maps (4 hand colored); original brown cloth, gilt title on spine; spine chipped, cracked and with loss; edges rubbed, lacking front free endpaper, owner's signature on flyleaf and a couple small notes..... More
Considered one of the greatest mission press publications in American history
A dictionary of the Kalispel or Flat-Head Indian language, compiled by the missionaries of the Society of Jesus. Part I: Kalispel-English. Part II: English-Kalispel
St. Ignatius Print, Montana: 1877-8-9. First edition, 3 vols. in 1; 8vo, pp. [4], 644; [8], 456; [4], 36; appendix to the first volume with separate title page at the back; later three-quarter green morocco over green cloth sides, gilt decorated spine in 6 compartments, red morocco label in 1..... More
The Custer myth: a source book of Custeriana. To which is added important items of Custeriana and a complete and comprehensive bibliography by Fred Dustin, author of "The Custer Tragedy."
New York: Bonanza Books, [1953]. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xxii, 413; 80 illustrations including frontispiece; 2 newspaper articles taped on free endpapers; near fine copy in slightly rubbed dust jacket. More
Memoir historical and political, on the northwest coast of North America, and the adjacent territories; illustrated by a map and a geographical view of those countries
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1840. 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 228; large folding map; original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; ex-Northern Pacific Railway Co. with their small rubberstamp on the flyleaf and a small accession label at the base of the spine; spine ends lightly chipped, else a very good copy..... More
California imprints, 1833-1862 a bibliography.
Los Gatos: the Talisman Press, 1961. First edition, 1 0f 750 copies, pp. 524; illus.; fine in original red cloth, good dust-jacket with some chips, edgewear and darkened spine. More
The mountain men and the fur trade of the far west. Biographical sketches of the participants by scholars of the subject and with introductions by the editor
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark, 1965-1972. First edition, 9 volumes, frontispieces in each (that inh vol. I in full color), folding map in vol. I, illustrations throughout; a fine set in original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine, slight wear to extremities; vols. VII, VIII, & IX retaining their plain kraft paper..... More
Early Minneapolis. Personal reminiscences
Minneapolis: privately printed [by the hand of Fred Phelps], 1937. 8vo, pp. 31; frontispiece of the Falls of St. Anthony, illustrations throughout; very good in original black cloth-backed green paper-covered boards, gilt lettered spine. Newspaper clipping about Hale's work with gift note laid in. Fond memories of Minneapolis by a...... More
Statement respecting the Earl of Selkirk's settlement upon the Red River in North America; its destruction in 1815 and 1816; and the massacre of Governor Semple and hist party. With observations upon a recent publication, entitled "A narrative of occurrence in the Indian countries," &c
London: John Murray, 1817. 8vo, pp. viii, 194, [2], c (appendix), 12 (ads dated June 1817); folding map (split along 2 folds); later green cloth, green morocco label (faded to brown) on spine; very good, sound copy. Enlarged edition of the author's Statement respecting the Earl of Selkirk's settlement of..... More
The centennial year book of Alameda County, California ... An account of the organization and settlement of Alameda County, with a yearly synopsis of important events ... also, a gazetteer of each township ... biographical sketches of prominent pioneers and public men illustrated with numerous engravings
Oakland: William Halley, 1876. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 586, [6]; wood-engraved frontispiece of the Alameda courthouse and 13 wood-engraved plates; illustrated ads throughout; original pictorial black cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; upper joint cracked and weak, ex-Odd Fellows library, with call number on spine..... More
Frontier ballads ... with pictures in color and other drawings by Maynard Dixon
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1910. First edition, 8vo, pp. [3]-92; frontispiece and 6 color plates by Dixon plus other illustrations in the text; original pictorial boards a little soiled, else very good. More
Oklahoma imprints 1835-1890.
New York: R.R. Bowker for the Bibliographical Society of America, 1951. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 267; leather bookplate on front pastedown with offset to front free endpaper, else fine in original brown cloth, spine gilt. Foreword by Thomas W. Streeter. The fourth regional bibliography sponsored by the Bibliographical..... More
Oklahoma imprints, 1835-1890
New York: R.R. Bowker for the Bibliographical Society of America, 1951. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 267; fine in original brown cloth, spine gilt. Foreword by Thomas W. Streeter. The fourth regional bibliography sponsored by the Bibliographical Society. More
Old waybills. The romance of the Express companies
New York & London: D. Appleton-Century, 1934. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, [2], 503, [1]; frontispiece, plates; very good in original red cloth, spine and upper cover gilt. This is the author's third volume in a series on transportation and communication in America. Six-Guns 924. More
Old waybills. The romance of the Express companies.
New York & London: D. Appleton-Century, 1934. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, [2], 503, [1]; frontispiece, plates; very good in original red cloth, spine and upper cover gilt. With 8 express labels pasted in on the front endpapers and the half-title (American Express Co., Adams Express Co., National Express Co...... More
The adventure of Padre Vicentio: a legend of San Francisco...Illustrated by Hans
Berkeley: W. & E. Bentley, 1939. Edition limited to 450 copies, small 4to, unpaged; hand tinted illustrations throughout; original pictorial linen printed in 2 shades of peach; Henry R. Wagner's bookplate, presentation bookplate to the Zamorano Club on front pastedown; colophon signed by the illustrator and the printers. Laid in..... More
Presentation copy, and with the rare map
Central route to the Pacific, from the valley of the Mississippi to California: journal of the expedition of E. F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and Gwinn Harris Heap, from Missouri to California, in 1853
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co.; London Trubner & Co., 1854. First edition, 8vo, pp. 136, 46 (ads); advertisements printed in blue on pastedowns and free endpapers; color lithograph frontispiece, 12 lithograph plates (mostly tinted); large folding map (Map of the Central Route from the Valley of the Mississippi to California)..... More
The history of Warner's Ranch and its environs. With a preface by Herbert E. Bolton
Los Angeles: privately printed, 1927. First trade edition, 4to, pp. x, [2], 221; frontispiece portrait, plates; front hinge just starting, else fine in original burgundy buckram, gilt spine, with the rare dust jacket in near fine condition with a short, closed tear at the top of the rear panel. Bookplate..... More
In the shadow of Fremont: Edward Kern and the art of American exploration, 1845-1860
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1982]. Second edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid in; 8vo, pp. xxi, [3], 180; frontispiece and 55 illustrations on rectos and versos of 24 plates; fine copy in a fine jacket. More
Okodakiciye wocekiye wowapi kin...America makoce kin en, United States en, Protestant Episcopal Church...
[New York]: published by the New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society for the Indian Commission of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1878. 8vo, pp. xxii, 664; publisher's full red morocco lettered in gilt on spine, a.e.g.; worn at edges, else very good and sound. Written in the Santee dialect..... More
