Perspective Map of the City of Helena, Mont. Capitol of State, County Seat of Lewis and Clarke Co by [Wellge, Henry] - 1890

First House edition of this famous report. 1845. Complete in original binding except for the gigantic map which is available in full size color thick glossy paper professional reproduction ($25 extra if desired). Pagination: 583 pages, 22 plates, 4 maps, all blanks present. Includes fascinating pencil diagram of oil rig on back of map. Oil rig drawing titled "Sheffield Oil Company. Warren(?), Co., Pa." That pencil drawing is the only interior writing or ownership marking anywhere in the book. Condition is a mixed bag. Original half leather marbled boards show heavy wear and looks like they were professionally rehinged in the distant past. Binding is sound. Pages show moderate to heavy toning and foxing. Some plates have weird 'dot' foxing I have never seen elsewhere (see scan). Marbled endpapers. A nice well maintained copy suitable for reading and research with a cool drawing. Howes F372; Wagner-Camp 115:2; Graff 1436. House Doc. No. 166. Feel free to inquire. Please see scans of the book you will… Read More

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA: New Mexico Historical Association, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two brown cloth hardcovers with gilt and color embossed lettering and illustrations to spines and fronts; map endpapers; b&w foldout map at end of volume one; b&w photos. Very good condition: mild wear to spine tips of volume one; it's corners slightly worn; very slight wear to extremities of volume two; a bit of interior toning; straight; inner back hinge of volume one has been glue-repaired and is holding well. Will require extra for shipping..

[Billy the Kid] Cowboy Life. Portland, Maine: Chisholm Bros. [1880s] Maroon embossed boards with gilt title and vignette of cowboy on horseback. 5 x 6 in. Printed on one side of a single strip folded accordion style and attached by its leading edge to upper cover. 22 photogravure images on 12 pages. Edge wear, else unusually bright gilt and near fine interior.
Dykes,
Billy the Kid 28: "Rare." Not in Adams, Herd. Images include "The Mess Wagon," "Branding on the Prairie," "Roping a Pony from the Herd," "Throwing a Steer," "Skinning a Beef," "Branding a Maverick," and more. Possibly including an image of Billy the Kid. According to Dykes the cowboy image, which also appeared in Chittenden's Ranch Verses, strongly resembles the only known image of Billy the Kid.

[Missouri][Politics] Autograph Letter Signed. St Louis, Easter Sunday, April 7, 1844. From R. C. Cabeen to his Cousin Mr. J. W. Cabeen in Bluff Post office, Merced County, Illinois. One sheet folded into four leaves. Self-folded to stamp-less envelope. Very good. Legible writing.
Mentions the children have had the measles, and the Spring business season has not yet occurred. At the end a short discussion of wheat prices and crops. Most of the letter is a long discussion of Missouri politics, the election and Henry Clay, etc. In the 1844 election Henry Clay was the Whig candidate and James Polk was the Democratic candidate. A faction of the Democratic Party were known as the Loco Focos and the Whigs charged that Van Buren was a Loco Foco radical. Clay was referred to as "Ol Coon Clay," so that "coon" was a reference to Whigs. These terms are used in the letter:
"It is with joy that I tell you of the devilish licking the locos got here last Monday. The poor devils I pitied them. The City has been under… Read More

[Railroad] Map of the Erie Railway. Extending from New York to Newburgh ... with its principal connections. [New York]: National Railway Publication Company. 1874. Map ; 24 x 61 cm, on sheet 37 x 63 cm, folded to 19 x 9 cm. Panel title: West & North-west, South & South-west via the Erie Railway ... Above the map: "The Best Equipped and Most Comfortable Route to the WEST!!" Fold splits, edge wear. Good.
OCLC show one holding (SMU). Shows most of the United States except south Texas and Florida. Relief shown by hachures. Three illustrations below map. Timetables for May 1874 and "First class rates of fare from New York via Erie Railway" on verso. Mentioned destinations include Denison, Texas and San Francisco.

Author (Biographical Note Author) John Forsyth, Provincial Archivist, signed this book on September 18, 1923 as a gift to Mr. Henderson (a local.) But for the signature, I would grade the book Fine or NEAR FINe with gentle paper toning. My copy is in hard cover with bevelled edges. The archives also published a soft-cover version in larger print run
Archives of B.C. published a number of Memoirs. This is #5. I have for sale #1 First Circumnavigation of Vancoucer Islad, #iv House of Assembly Correspondence. #vii Assay Office and Proposed Mint, #viii Colonial Postal System and Postage Stamps. and #ix Overlanders of '62. Some signed

Small quarto (11 x 8 1/4 inches) Published in the Interest of the Firemen's Relief Fund, December 1900. 116 pages of half tone black and white photos of early Los Angeles, portraits, and advertisements for Los Angeles businesses of the period.

Descriptive text includes a short history of the Los Angeles Fire Department: "In May, 1875, Engine Company No. 2 was organized."

Good condition: original red cloth binding, showing mild age toning, title on front cover, floral patterned end papers.

Many photos of early Los Angeles fire stations, with horse drawn equipment.

Portraits include: the mayor, the Fire Commissioners back to 1871, Chiefs, Captains, Lieutenants, Engine Drivers, Engineers, Hosemen, and Ladder men.

Advertisements include breweries, hardware supplies, saloons, blacksmiths, and stables among many others.

[Railroad] Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. The M K and T. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co. [Circa 1891-92]. Color outline map. 59 x 61 cm folded to 21 x 10 cm. Vignette of the Texas Capitol Building on panels. Panel title: Description of the state of Texas traversed by the MK and T. Where in a perfect climate, may be found cheap homes for a million people. Stains and splits at fold. Good.
OCLC shows three holdings of this map (SMU; UT-Arlington & Univ. Missouri-St Louis.) References 1890 population and agricultural statistics and the forthcoming World's Columbian Exposition which was head in 1893. "List of the cities, towns, and stations located on the line of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway in Texas" and historical information on select Texas counties. Also covers Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, and parts of Tennessee, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, and New Mexico, but not the southernmost tip of Texas.

Union Pacific Railroad. The Great National Highway Between the Missouri River and California. The Direct Route to Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Nevada and California. Open From Omaha to the Mountains. Chicago: Horton & Leonard Book & Job Printers. 1868. Printed yellow wraps. Map on rear cover. 23 cm. Cover title: Omaha to the Mountains. 13 [2 ads] [1blank] pp. Covers worn, split at spine. Repaired with archival tape. In a four-point case with slip case with leather label. Good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this issue. There is a listing for a microform copy but no holdings are indicated. Not to be confused with the more common 12 page issue with the cover title Omaha to California. General promotion for the UPRR in 1868, the line apparently having reached Denver and Laramie. Emphasizes the efficiency of the company and the booming prospects for the Nebraska land its lines traverse. Ends with a two page list of stops for the UP and Wells Fargo & Company's overland mail and stage line. In a custom… Read More

A VERY GOOD FIRST REVISED EDITION IN DUST JACKET. SIGNED TO MADELEINE L'ENGLE'S FATHER. FROM HER PERSONAL LIBRARYwith laid in pamphlet REMINISCENCES OF MRS. MCCOSH