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By: N/A
Price: $11.00
Publisher: Denver, The Denver Chamber of Commerce: 1926
Stock No.: 78557
A charming booklet touting the sights of Denver, Colorado and surrounding Rocky Mountains. With numerous b&w photos depicting notable buildings and mountain scenes. --- In stiff blue paper wraps. In good shape, though with back cover crease and a little yellowing to leaves. ; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; 64 pages View more info
By: N/A
Price: $176.00
Publisher: New York, George W. Southwick: 1871
Stock No.: 82461
A sewn brochure reporting on the first year of existence of the Union Colony of Territorial Colorado, at the site of present-day city of Greeley. Includes information on agriculture, irrigation, climate, mountain scenery, flora, churches, schools, societies, etc. The colony was organized in 1870 as a utopian agricultural community with high moral standards by Nathan C. Meeker. Meeker, who had been a reporter and author, later became an Indian agent in Western Colorado a... View more info
![Image for A Thousand-Year Rain: The Historic Flood of 2013 in Boulder and Larimer Counties [Colorado Floods of 2013]](/assets/images/product/82532.jpg "A Thousand-Year Rain: The Historic Flood of 2013 in Boulder and Larimer Counties [Colorado Floods of 2013]")
By: N/A
Price: $37.00
Publisher: Pediment Publishing: 2013
Stock No.: 82532
The incredible 2013 flood which struck the northern Colorado Front Range areas from Boulder County north through Larimer County is documented in this collection of photos from area newspapers. With contributions from the Boulder Daily Camera, the Longmont Times-Call, the Loveland Reporter-Herald and the Estes Park Trail-Gazette. --- In textured black paper-covered boards with silver-stamped spine titling. Jacket with representative photos on front and back and on flaps.... View more info
By: ABBOTT, E. C. ("Teddy Blue"); SMITH, Helen Huntington
Price: $282.00
Publisher: New York, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.: 1939
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82420
A relatively scarce first edition of E. C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott's memoirs of his days driving cattle from Texas to Montana in the 1870s & 1880s. The story was told to "ghost writer" Helena Huntington Smith, who has supplied an introduction. With frontis map of the Texas Trail, several photos on plates and with drawings by Ross Santee. Includes a section of cowboy songs, with musical notations. Indexed. --- In rose cloth-covered boards with titling and ill... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Barnes & Noble Books: 1992
Stock No.: 81126
A biography of the Sioux chief Sitting Bull, who led his tribe's resistance to the U.S. Government. With a section of black & white photos near the back of the volume. --- In cream paper-covered boards backed in beige cloth, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket with an image of Sitting Bull on the cover. --- With marked-over prior owner's signature to front free endpaper, else a clean, firm, bright copy. Jacket with a strip of yellowing along the top edge, otherwise n... View more info
By: ALLEN, Frederick S.; FOSTER, Mark S.; ANDRADE, Ernest, Jr.; MITTERLING, Philip I.; SCAMEHORN, H. Lee
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.: 1976
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82729
First edition. A history of the University of Colorado, published at the institution's centennial in 1976. With several black & white photos depicting scenes from the history of CU. This volume written by a committee of five CU historians, with general editorship by Frederick S. Allen. --- In full black cloth, with the University seal in silver to cover; titling in gilt to spine. Gold dust jacket with photo of campus scene to back panel. --- A sound, bright copy lacking ... View more info
By: APPLEGATE, Jesse A.; PORTER, Lavinia Honeyman (authors); RIDGE, Martin (editor)
Price: $28.50
Publisher: Chicago, Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company: 1989
Edition: First Edition Thus
Stock No.: 81053
A Lakeside Classic reprint, presenting the memoirs of American pioneers Jesse A. Applegate and Lavinia Honeyman Porter. Applegate was an early leader on the Oregon Trail, and was credited with finding the Applegate Trail, an alternative, southerly route to Oregon's Willamette Valley. Lavinia Honeyman Porter's memoir of her Overland Trail journey, "By Ox Team to California" is also included. Edited by Martin Ridge. --- Includes a color map showing routes, a fronti... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Denver, Bancroft Booklets: 1965
Stock No.: 81646
The author, known for her previous writings about various topics on Colorado history, turns her attention to six women of early Colorado who operated "parlor houses". With several black & white photos. --- In stiff orange stapled wraps with sketch of one of her madams on cover. --- A clean, unmarked copy, but with slight discoloration to front cover.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 64 pages View more info
By: BANCROFT, Caroline; PETERSON, Daniel K. (assistant)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Boulder, Colorado, Johnson Publishing Co.: 1961
Stock No.: 78381
A guide to Colorado ghost towns. With b&w photos and maps throughout; including a fold-out 'Plan of Tours' Colorado map. --- A firm, unmarked copy but with considerable cover rubbing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages View more info
By: BARKER, Bill; LEWIN, Jackie
Price: $11.00
Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company: 1972
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Stock No.: 82450
Stated first edition. Former radio and TV host Bill Barker and Jackie Lewin team up to tell all about Denver, it's history, and what sets it apart from other places. Signed 'Blessings!/Bill Barker/and/Jackie Lewin' on half title page. Includes 16 pages of b&w photos; maps at endpapers. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards. Price-clipped jacket with image of Denver and the Colorado capitol building to cover. --- A sound copy, though with minor edge wear and prior owner's... View more info
By: BATES, Margaret
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Colorado Springs, Colorado, Little London Press: 1973
Stock No.: 82721
A slim booklet describing the history of the small town of Lake City, in the San Juan mountains of Colorado. The town was an active center for gold and silver mining in the 1800s, and today is tourist destination. With numerous black & white photos. --- A softcover copy in stapled wraps. Booklet in very nice condition; clean and bright.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 36 pages View more info
By: BOWE, Richard J. (editor and publisher)
Price: $11.00
Publisher: Denver, Colorado, Richard J. Bowe: 1959
Stock No.: 82725
A portfolio of color and black & white photos detailing the history of Colorado. The subjects are arranged by proximity to various towns and cities: Boulder, Durango, Greeley, Denver, etc. This work published in conjunction with the centennial of the "Rush to the Rockies" gold and silver rush of 1859. Labeled on cover as "An Official Souvenier". Unpaginated (about 48 pp). --- A softcover copy in stapled wraps with color image of a covered wagon, being gua... View more info
By: BOWER, Donald E.
Price: $31.00
Publisher: Flagstaff, Arizona, Northland Press: 1976
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82576
Stated first edition of a biography of Fred A. Rosenstock (1895-1986), a Denver-based antiquarian bookseller, collector, and dealer in books and fine art. The author traces Mr. Rosenstock's life, from birth in present-day Ukraine to his lengthy career as a bookseller in Denver. Much of the text was taken from interviews with the subject. Includes several black & white photos, and a color frontis photographic portrait of Mr. Rosentock. With a foreword by Frank Waters and ... View more info
By: BOWLES, Samuel (author); PICKERING, James H. (editor)
Price: $21.00
Publisher: Norman, University of Oklahoma Press: 1991
Stock No.: 82731
Massachusetts newspaper editor Samuel Bowles visited the mountains of Colorado in 1868 and described his travels there in a series of letters sent back to his paper, the Springfield Republican. The letters were later published as a book, which informed many in the eastern U.S. of the beauty of the Colorado Rockies. That book is republished here, in a modern edition, edited by James H. Pickering, who supplies an introduction and notes. Includes numerous black & white phot... View more info
By: BRENNEMAN, Bill
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Denver, World Press, Inc.: 1973
Stock No.: 78397
A history of the early days of Denver, Colorado. With many b&w photos. --- In white covers, with log cabin illustration on cover. A clean, firm and bright copy but with a little curling to textblock.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 130 pages View more info
By: BROWN, Dee
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston: 1977
Edition: BCE
Stock No.: 82728
A full-sized book club edition of Dee Brown's examination of the importance of transcontinental railroads in building the American West. With several black & white photos and drawings, as well as maps of western rail routes at endpapers by Rafael Palacios. --- In full black cloth, with titling in gold and red foil to spine. Dust jacket with image of steam locomotive to cover. --- A sound, bright copy but with spot of soiling to top textblock edge. Jacket with sunned spin... View more info
![Image for The Official Correspondence of James S. Calhoun [First Governor of New Mexico Territory] (Office of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior)](/assets/images/product/82589.jpg "The Official Correspondence of James S. Calhoun [First Governor of New Mexico Territory] (Office of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior)")
Price: $295.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: 1915
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82589
A collection of letters by and to James S. Calhoun (1802-1852), acting in his position as Indian agent at Santa Fe, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in New Mexico, and first Governor of New Mexico Territory. The letters sat in various locations in Washington, D.C. until organized and edited into this volume by Annie Heloise Abel, and published in 1915. A common thread in the letters is Mr. Calhoun's ". . .complaint of inadequate support from Washington." With an ... View more info
Price: $24.00
Publisher: Denver, Colorado / Boulder, Colorado, The Denver Westerners, Inc. / Johnson Publishing Company: 1966
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 81660
Number 518 of 735 of this limited "Regular Edition". The 21st in the series of "Brand Books", as issued by the Denver Posse of The Westerners group. These books consist of historical vignettes, biographical profiles and other historical stories from somewhere in the American West. This 1965 version includes a story about gemstones in the West, Hispanic customs in the Southwest, The Killing of Wild Bill Hickok by Earl Scott and other topics. The stories ar... View more info
By: COE, Wilbur
Price: $65.00
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1968
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 81220
Stated first edition, copyright page of this hardcover advance review copy. A memoir by a member of the notable Coe family of Lincoln County, New Mexico. Frank Coe, the author's father, was a principal in the vast Coe Ranch, near present-day Glencoe, New Mexico. He was also a major player in the famous Lincoln County War, which also featured Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett and many others. Includes an introduction by Peter Hurd. --- With 4 maps, 3 color plates (2 of which wi... View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Kansas City, Missouri, Bryant & Douglas Book and Stationery Co.: 1907
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82426
An account of the campaigns waged during the Mexican-American War of 1846-47 led by Col. Alexander W. Doniphan in present-day New Mexico, California and northern Mexico. With two large fold-out maps and numerous smaller maps, photos, and drawings. Includes a reprint of the account by John T. Hughes of the campaign in New Mexico and Mexico. Back matter includes roster of participating troops and other pertinent articles by other authors. A first edition, in the Kansas Cit... View more info
By: CONROE, Robert
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Boulder, Colorado, Johnson Publishing Company: 1983
Stock No.: 79538
Five true stories about hucksters and adventure seekers in the early days of what became the State of Wyoming. With map of Wyoming and many black and white photos. In orange stapled wraps. Exposure to moisture and dampstains and rippling to leaves, otherwise a sound copy.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 64 pages View more info
By: CROY, Homer
Price: $25.50
Publisher: New York / Boston, Duell, Sloan and Pearce / Little, Brown and Company: 1952
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82554
An ex-library, first edition copy of this biography of frontier Judge Isaac C. Parker. This account contends that Judge Parker sentenced 88 men to death by hanging, working out of Fort Smith, Arkansas as he administered justice in lawless western Arkansas and Indian country to the west. With black & white frontis photographic portrait of Judge Parker, as well as about 10 photos on plates (all present). First edition confirmed with "Forth" typo i.l.o. "Fort... View more info
By: DeVOTO, Bernard
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1943
Stock No.: 78531
Possible book club edition. The prolific author's famous book tells of the many momentous events of 1846. His focus is on big stories, but especially on the pioneers who followed the Santa Fe, Oregon and other trails to the western U.S. --- In light blue cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations in maroon on cover and spine, publisher's maroon topstain. Endpapers with maps of the various emigrant routes and campaigns in the West. Jacket with color drawings on the... View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company: 1970
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82058
Stated first printing. The wild and woolly quest to find gold and silver in Colorado from the mid-1800s through the early part of the 20th century is analyzed in this work. Includes a section of plates bearing black & white images of scenes and people; along with several maps. --- In full brown cloth-covered boards with titling in gilt to spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With sunning to spine area, dulling to spine titling, and prior owner's bookplate and signatu... View more info
By: DYE, Eva Emery
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co.: 1906
Stock No.: 82561
Stated 6th edition of this biography of Dr. John McLoughlin (1784-1857), Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver and credited with helping pioneer the Oregon Territory. He became known as the "Father of Oregon". With frontis photographic portrait of Dr. McLoughlin. --- In tan cloth-covered boards with titling in red to cover, decorations to cover in navy; gilt-stamped spine titling & top edge gilt. Volume has no dust jacket. --- Front hinge is ... View more info
By: FEITZ, Leland
Price: $11.00
Publisher: Colorado Springs, Colorado, Little London Press: 1976
Stock No.: 82723
A slim booklet exploring the history of Alamosa; principal town in Colorado's high-altitude San Luis Valley. The town served as a major center for the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, reached via narrow gauge tracks over La Veta Pass. With numerous black & white photos, maps and drawings. This work published in conjunction with the Centennial of Colorado's Statehood in 1976. --- A softcover copy in stapled wraps with James Hatfield illustration of two D&RGWRR steam ... View more info
By: FLORIN, Lambert
Price: $24.00
Publisher: Seattle, Washington, Superior Publishing Company: 1967
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82170
Stated first edition of this photographic history of the Old West. With black & white photos throughout by the author, and with illustrated endpapers by David C. Mason. Seventh in author's Ghost Town series, and second on the tombstones. --- In full green cloth-covered boards with darker green cover & spine titling. Jacket with color image cemetary cross high above a mountain town. --- A nice copy: clean, tightly-bound and sturdy. Price-clipped jacket with scratches and ... View more info
By: GERONIMO; BARRETT, S. M. & TURNER III, Frederick W. (editors)
Price: $16.00
Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.: 1970
Stock No.: 82070
The life story of Geronimo, chief of the Apaches, is told in his own words. The book was written by the original editor, S. M. Barrett, who transcribed the words of Geronimo after translation by Geronimo's second cousin Asa Daklugie. This work further edited by Frederick W. Turner III, who also provides a lengthy introduction. With numerous black & white illustrations. --- In red-brown paper-covered boards backed in rust cloth with titling in gilt to spine. Volume lacks ... View more info
By: GIBSON, A. M.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Norman, University of Oklahoma Press: 1965
Stock No.: 80997
The author explores the mystery of the murder of Colonel Fountain and his son in New Mexico in 1896. With a couple of plates bearing black & white photos; as well as a map of southern New Mexico and the El Paso, Texas areas. --- A later printing, in full navy cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in silver on spine, top edge stained in pale orange. Price-clipped dust jacket with sketch of the imagined murder scene. --- With a few of spots of minor soiling to textbloc... View more info
By: GJEVRE, John A.
Price: $36.00
Publisher: Espanola, New Mexico, Rio Grande Sun Press: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Stock No.: 82708
A signed first edition of this history of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad's narrow gauge Santa Fe branch which was active from 1880 until abandoned in 1941. With lots of plates bearing photos of scenes along the line, along with maps, timetables, drawings and listings of other data. Signed by author on title page. --- A softcover copy in yellow wraps with drawing of power unit 169 to cover. In decent shape, unmarked but with a hint of soiling to covers.; Octavo ... View more info
By: GOETZMANN, William H.; GOETZMANN, William N.
Price: $14.00
Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton & Company: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 81021
A first edition of this companion volume to the PBS series of the same name. In this volume, the history the American West is presented ". . .through the eyes of artists." With dozens of black & white and color photos of representative paintings, sculptures and other art objects. --- In full reddish-brown cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket with wrap-around color Thomas Moran work, "The Mirage". --- A bright, clean, unmarked copy ... View more info
By: GREGORY, Marvin; SMITH, P. David (authors)
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Ouray, Colorado, Wayfinder Press: 1989
Stock No.: 82703
A guide to the Ouray area, in the San Juan mountains of Colorado. Extensive material is provided about the history of the area, as well as present-day jeep and hiking trails. With numerous black & white historic photos as well as maps. --- A softcover copy in excellent condition, bright and newish.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 224 pages View more info
By: GREY, Zane
Price: $14.00
Publisher: New York, Avenel Books: 1982
Stock No.: 82222
A set of four complete novels by Zane Grey (1872-1939), the American master of the adventure novel of the Old West. Complete and unabridged. --- In brown leatherette-like paper covered boards with titling in gilt on spine. Jacket features image of a cowboy loading his revolver. --- A very good copy: clean, unmarked and tightly-bound but leaves are slightly tanned. Bright jacket lacking damages worthy of mention.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 792 pages View more info
Price: $31.00
Publisher: Denver, Colorado / Boulder, Colorado, Denver Posse of the Westerners / Johnson Publishing Company: 1962
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 81665
Number 55 of 61 in this limited "Posse Edition". The 17th in the series of "Brand Books", as issued by the Denver Posse of The Westerners group. These books consist of historical vignettes, biographical profiles and other historical stories from somewhere in the American West. This 1961 version includes stories about Colorado newspapers and their publishers, a history of the fires that devastated Cripple Creek, and descriptions of Indians in the West; amo... View more info
By: GRISWOLD, Don; GRISWOLD, Jean (authors); MAZZULLA, Fred M.; MAZZULLA, Jo (illustrations)
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Griswold & Mazzulla (self-published): 1958
Inscription: Signed by Author
Stock No.: 82060
A probable first edition of author's history of small mining camps in Colorado. These places were often designated as "cities" though many were little more than encampments. This work was published at the centennial of the first Colorado gold rush, known as the "Rush to the Rockies" in 1859. The text is accompanied by dozens of black & white photos and drawings. Inscribed and signed by the authors thus: "To Dick, Eleanor & Ricky / with our best regard... View more info
By: HARTE, Bret
Price: $19.00
Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: [c.1951]
Stock No.: 79990
A Modern Library reprint edition offering 25 of the best stories of Bret Harte (1836-1902). Mr. Harte was best known for his depictions of the wild frontier life during the California gold rush. Edited and with an introduction by Robert N. Linscott. --- In Toledano spine 8 / rust cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h / verso advertises 352 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1951 (though 1947 date ... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.: 1984
Stock No.: 80324
A wide-ranging array of paintings and sculptures from Tulsa's Gilcrease Institute, as exhibited at both the Denver Art Museum and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center of Cody, Wyoming. Noted Western American artists are represented, including Albert Bierstadt, George Catlin, Alfred Jacob Miller, Frederic Remington and many others. With 41 full-color plates and 49 duotone (b&w) illustrations. The art is accompanied by descriptions by Peter H. Hassrick, director of the Buffa... View more info
By: HEIN, Ruth D
Price: $11.00
Publisher: St. Cloud, Minn., North Star Press of St. Cloud: 2000
Stock No.: 79633
Stated first edition. A collection of stories set in the Badlands and Black Hills of North and South Dakota. With a handful of black and white photos depicting sites of the stories. --- A clean, bright, unmarked copy; pink sticker to spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 145 pages View more info
By: HICKS, Davidson
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Denver and Boulder, Colorado, Denver Posse of the Westerners: 1973
Stock No.: 81679
The May, 1973 issue of the monthly news bulletin of the Denver Posse of The Westerners group. This edition features a paper on gold mining in the Cripple Creek, Colorado area by Davidson Hicks: "Voices From the Deep". The Roundup also includes the Complete Updated By-Laws of the Denver Posse, book reviews and membership news for Posse Members of the Denver Westerners. --- A clean, bright copy in pale yellow, gloss stapled paper wraps.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 2... View more info
By: HORAN, James D.
Price: $14.00
Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers, Inc.: 1959
Stock No.: 81803
The story of the taming of the American West is told in pictures in this volume. With 650 illustrations and maps (many in color) and 500 photos. The images are accompanied by text by the author. Indexed. --- In textured black paper-covered boards backed in brown cloth, with titling in gilt on black spine block. Jacket with images from the west on cover. --- A clean, bright copy but with small bumps to cover extremities. Price-clipped jacket with some tears and chips but ... View more info
