Western Americana

New York: Random House, 1940. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). This is a fifth-printing of the book which was later made into the film starring Henry Fonda, Harry Morgan, and Anthony Quinn, directed by William A. Wellman. It is inscribed to Stanley A. Maxson and signed by Walter V. T. Clark, dated May 23, 1941. The DJ is protected in a Brodart cover but has corners clipped (but NOT price-clipped), heavily chipped at spine and edges/corners. A few small bent page corners. Pictures will be sent upon request. Includes a newspaper article about the release of his second book..

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1844. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. First Editions, same dates; 8vos, original black cloth, no djs; good overall (cocked; boards rubbed and worn; spine ends and corners bumped, crimped, and worn; corners worn to boards; text and plates foxed, soiled, stained, and stiff); Volume I, fair (cloth on edges worn and chipped; top layer of cloth on spine tail heavily worn; pages stained, esp. in Chapter 1; waterstains to top edge of spine head torn off; waterstains to top edge, affects several pages; hinges once repaired, front hinge starting again; scar from removed bookplate on front pastedown; folding map foxed with several small bookworm holes, no evidence of insects elsewhere, and creased edges and corners; cracked at Preface; two chips to side margin of pp161-2; tears to bottom edge of pp155-8; two tears to side edges of pp165-5 and 221-2; one chip to side edge of p237-8; tear to side edge of p397-8; p405 detached; rear free endpaper torn out and missing); Volume II,… Read More

Denver: Louthan Book Company, 1904. 1st. Paperback. Fine. With illustrations. Preface by John Coble. Bound in original pictorial wraps. Adams Six-Guns 1033. Adams Herd 1066.

San Jose: Western Cover Society / American Philatelic Society 1950 1951 1952 Etc., 1950. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Photographs, Reproductions, Etc. Throughout. 256 Issues Of This Multi-Award Winning Philatelic And Western History Journal, From Pre-Publication Flyer, 1950, Through Volume 64 #3 (2014), With All Indices And The Special New Mexico Territorial Post Offices Supplement Of 1958, Lacking Only Three Issues: Vol 22 #1, Volume 39 #2, Volume 56 # 1. All Fine. Early Issues Looseleaf Or Staplebound, All In Binders, Later Issues In Spine-Stapled Heavier Or Glossy Wrappers, Each Issue Loose, All Unmarked And Unworn. A Fine Archive Of Western History With Information On Places And Individuals And Illustrations Of Letters, Documents, Etc. Not Found In Other Sources. Note That A Few Issues Are Mis-Marked With Earlier Volume/Number Or Whole Number Enumerations, Errors, Only The Printed Date/Year Is Determinative For This Journal. [Also Included Are Many Binders Of Clippings Relating To Technical… Read More

The original plat map of the Sabino Otero Ranch known as Rancho de Otero and House lot located near Tubac, Pima Co. Arizona containing in all 185.70 acres ,confirmation recommended in favor of Sabino Otero, et. al. The map has been preserved in near fine condition, it measure 15" x 19 1/2" and is accompanied by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior Report, 47th Congress, Senate Executive Document, no. 81, January 30, 1882. Designated as "Rancho de Otero and House Lot." Sabino Otero (1846-1914) became known as the "Cattle King of Arizona" and the land upon which he first lived was originally obtained in a land grant to Torrevio de Otero, his great-grandfather in 1789 and confirmed by the Secretary of the Interior in this Plat map on January 30, 1882 (after the Plat map was completed on July 7, 1881). His cattle became increasingly valuable as the U.S. Army needed food during the wars against Geronimo and the Apaches. Besides his extensive work which grew to seven large ranches, he became a mover and… Read More

Map Details and Condition:
color lithograph
dimensions: 26 3/4" x 19"
Brown Paper pocket covers with red bookstore label of Neal Stratford & Kerr, San Francisco
condition: professionally flattened and otherwise in as found, very good conditionDescription:
This 1914 map of now popular wine country Napa County, California shows the county in 1914, with early roads, largely undeveloped, vast open land areas, and natural features. The numbered grid system on this map reflects the Public Land Survey System. Large open tracts of land are identified as ranches, such as Rancho Catacoula, or Rancho Las Putas, Rancho LaJota all of which are large swaths of undivided land. Urban grids are shown in the southernmost part of Napa County, and sections of the southernmost sections of Sonoma County and Solano County. The cities of Petaluma, Sonoma, Vallejo and Napa and Benicia show populated urban areas. A corner of Marin County is shown.
C.F. Weber & Co. and the Punnett Brothers published… Read More

Map Details:Scale 1"=1,200' (manuscript pencil above printed scale)color lithograph
dimensions: 37 1/2" x 49" sheet size
maroon pocket covers: 8 7/8" x 5 1/8" x 3/4"
condition: professional conservation to reattach lifted paper at original folds. Some paper loss at folds, bright colors with some fading. Paper shows wear from actual use, including pencil notations on map's color key of claimants.
provenance: manuscript inside pocket cover identifying two prior owners, W.B. Brinker (Butte) and C.A. Lemmon, Anaconda, MontanaDescription:
Harper, Macdonald & Co. published maps of Butte, Montana mining claims as early as 1901. This 1907 map edition of Mining Clams Butte and Vicinity Montana is referred to in certain literature as the first edition of its series. The 1907 copyright date of this map and its 1907 publication date therefore identify this map is the first edition of its series. The series was published until at least 1913. The Harper, Macdonald firm… Read More

San Francisco: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1922. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. M. Buehler, Illustrator. #134 of 200 Exeter book-paper copies limited to 450 total copies, SIGNED by Russell, 8vo [9.25X6.25in]; xxlix [forward by Russell, article by Mary Lawrence about Clappe, extended table of contents, and illustrations], [2], 350 pp., [1, colophon], frontispiece and 7 line illustrations with tissue guards, 23 Letters richly detailed dark blue illustrated devices at each Letter synopsis and beginning and end of letter; Forest green paper boards, tan linen spine back strip with black lettering on buff paper label, forest green end papers, Exeter book-paper, all edges untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear and rubbing to edges, front lower corner has small rubbed through, faint water stain to back strip front and part of spine, distinctive large art deco bookplate of Carlo Sutro Morbio on front free end paper; Forest green dust jacket with gilt lettering and design on front, buff paper label on… Read More

[Félix Díaz] José Guadalupe Posada. El Ejército Triunfante. Mexico: [Antonio Vanegas Arroyo]. [1913-14?] One sheet printed on pink paper. 30 x 40 cm. Edge wear and corner folds not affecting text or image.
OCLC shows one holding of this broadside. (Ibero-Ameri. Inst.) Anti-Maduro, pro-Felix Díaz tract. Illustrated with a portrait of General Felix Díaz. Lists Arroyo's address: Imprenta 2a. de la Penitenciaría Número 29. Felix was the nephew of Porfirio Díaz. When Porfirio Díaz was forced into exile by revolutionary forces in May 1911, most of his family went with him. Félix stayed in Mexico. In October 1912, he rose in an unsuccessful revolt against Madero, but was jailed and sentenced to death for treason. Madero commuted the sentence and he escaped from prison during La Decena Trágica ("Ten Tragic Days"), the coup against Madero led by General Victoriano Huerta in February 1913. Díaz held out in the downtown military arsenal of the Ciudadela, bombarding federal targets and the… Read More

Pawnee Bill's Wild West and Great Far East. Maj. Gordon W. Lilly Pawnee Bill. The White Chief of the Pawnees. The Hero of Oklahoma. [No publication information.] [Circa 1907.] 26.5 x 34.8 cm. [14] pp. Has been folded. Small split at center of spine, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. This is the first copy of this elaborate promotional that I have ever seen. "Lillie made his way into Indian Territory while working as a trapper …. He served as a teacher at the Pawnee agency …. During this time he became known as "Pawnee Bill." In 1883 he was recruited to help coordinate the efforts of the Pawnee troupe in the first-ever Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show. … In 1888 he began touring the country with "Pawnee Bill's Wild West." … which traveled the United States and Europe, starring May Lillie as the Champion Horseback Shot of the West. In 1908 he joined forces with Buffalo Bill Cody, forming 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East,' a Wild West show that had no equal at… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Pacific Coast Blue Book Publishing Co., Pacific Building, Press of the Franklin Linotyping Co., 1915. Tall 8vo. 908 pp., printed on blue-tinted paper throughout. Numerous text maps, several maps, photo-illustrated ads, illustrated ads, Shell Oil Co. service station colour lithograph ads on rear endpapers. Limp publisher’s calf, gilt lettering on front cover, Shell gilt logo advertisement on back cover (ex-lib markings on endpapers, title, perforated stamp on title, chipping & wear to fore-edges, rebacked w/ renewed lettering on spine, linen tape joint repairs at gutter margins of endpapers), still a good copy, which was a Multnomah County Library duplicate sold through their Title Wave bookstore at some point. First edition, thus, of this surprisingly scarce automobile travel tour guide for California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, prior to World War I. This volume edited by Beck, combined the four different Automobile Club Pacific Coast Blue Books issued for… Read More

[Buffalo Bill] [Native Americans] General Nelson A. Miles and "Buffalo Bill" viewing Hostile Indian Camp, near Pine Ridge, S. D. January 16th, 1891. Baltimore, Md.: A Hoen & Co. [1892] Lithograph poster on tan paper. 27.5 cm x 42 cm. Light age toning and a few minor spots, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. There is a copy at the Buffalo Bill Museum. Rare Book Hub shows no auction or catalog listings. William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody (at left) and Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles were photographed by J. C. H. Grabill while scouting an Indian camp near Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, on January 16, 1891, soon after the massacre at nearby Wounded Knee. This lithograph is loosely based on the photographic record. As one newspaper (The Scotsman) reported on January 13th regarding the Pine Ridge Indian camp: "Should the Indians continue to move in this direction, and show a purpose of surrendering, the troops will not attack them; but if any renegades attempt to get away and succeed in piercing… Read More

[Texas] John O. Meusebach Land Certificate. One printed page, 8" x 12", New Braunfels, February 28, 1855, granting the "German Emigration Company . . . six hundred and forty acres of land, as a part of the Premium lands secured to them by the laws of the Republic and State of Texas." Certificate number 15. Signed with Meusebach's printed signature. Printed on blue paper. Minor stains and edge toning, else very good.
In 1845 and 1846, German citizens were promised land by the Adelsverein (German Emigration Company; or the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas) if they emigrated to Texas, in part, to rid Germany of surplus rural inhabitants. John Meusebach (1812-1897), a German noble, was appointed second commissioner general for Texas for the Adelsverein charged with the allocation of 500 acres of land. In 1854, he was chosen commissioner by Governor Elisha M. Pease to oversee the issue of the land certificates that had been promised to the German Emigration Company and their… Read More

St. Louis: Historical Publishing Co, 1884. Hardcover. Good+. Illustrated. St. Louis: Historical Publishing Co., 1884. Best Edition - contains additional material not found in earlier editions.  SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON ENDPAPER BY ONE OF THE SUBJECTS: D. FRANK POWELL "WHITE BEAVER".  ALSO INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPH OF POWELL. Original cloth. 612 pages. Illustrated. Good+. Hinges cracked but tight binding; a couple of small tears; clean pages; some wear.  Important account of many of the great western figures, including Wild Bill Hickock, Colonel Buffalo Bill Cody, Kit Carson, Capt D.L. Payne, General George Custer, California Joe, White Beaver, Sitting Bull, Capt. Jack, etc; Includes Sitting Bull's story of the massacre at Little Big Horn. EXTREMELY SCARCE SIGNED BY WHITE BEAVER! Colonel D. Frank Powell was a good friend of Buffalo Bill Cody, a wild west showman, and civilian scout with the U.S. Army. He was subject of one section of this book! References: Howes #B-934; Adams Guns #314, Rader… Read More

Washington, D.C.: Engraving and Printing Division of the United States Geological Survey, 1898. 8vo. [2], 44, [2] pp., including blanks. With 1 large folding map tipped-in to rear blank, sized 23.75 x 28.25 in., w/ gold-bearing districts printed in gold, water in green, routes in red, inset maps for Trails from Tide Water to the headwaters of the Yukon River, The Klondike Gold Region. Original printed gray-green softcovers (spine expertly silked, offsetting from old scotch tape repairs, removed from textblock which is still securely stapled), still VG copy, w/ map in exceptional fresh and bright condition. First edition of this map issued at the height of the Klondike gold rush, with Emmons noting in the preface that “within a single year the yield from the” Klondike region has exceeded the gold extracted from the entire Territory of Alaska, much of it mined in the Canadian regions and by American miners. The map details the Old Telegraph Trail and the Dalton Trail through British Columbia, as… Read More