Publisher:
Denver, The Denver Chamber of Commerce: 1926
Stock No.: 78557
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket
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...
Publisher:
Colorado State Association of County Commissioners: 1963
Stock No.: 82791
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Very Good
A county-by-county guide to the 63 governmental subdivisions of Colorado in 1963. Presented alphabetically by county, with black & white photos throughout. With a fold-out map showing areas of the state which are comprised of publicly-owned lands. --- In yellow softcovers, with color photo of Aspen area's Maroon Bells to cover. --- A bright, clean, tight copy but with rubberstamping and price sticker to cover; along with a little soiling.; Small Quarto (9 to 11 in. tall); 142 pages View More...
Publisher:
New York, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.: 1939
Stock No.: 82420
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
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 illustration on wrap-around pasted-on band, spine titling stamped in gilt; green topstain. First edition ascertained by publishe... View More...
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 nice.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 446 pages View More...
A summary of the railroads that were built to address the needs of loggers and mills in the Western U.S. With dozens of black & white photos depicting logging operations, locomotives, and several impressive but rather dodgy-looking trestles. Includes listing of logging railroads by state at rear of volume; indexed. --- In full beige cloth-covered boards with spine titling in dark brown. Jacket with blue monochrome image of train pulling logs. --- A very nice copy: clean, bright and tightly bound but with slight soiling to cloth. Jacket with rubbing, light chipping to edges and a little fading... View More...
Publisher:
New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.: 1976
Stock No.: 82729
ISBN: 0151930007
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
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 damages worthy of mention. Unclipped jacket with minor chafing to edges; else bright and intact.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); x... View More...
Publisher:
Chicago, Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company: 1989
Stock No.: 81053
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket
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 frontis engraved illustration of emigrants crossing the plains, and several additional illustrations and photos. --- Number 87 in a... View More...
Publisher:
Morrison, Colorado, Samuel P. Arnold: 1969
Stock No.: 70227
Binding: Stapled wraps
Condition: Very Good+
A stated 2nd edition of this collection of recipes used by Sam Arnold in his restaurant, situated in the foothills west of Denver and named "The Fort." Mr. Arnold served up fare that had been popular in the Old West, from meats and freshwater fish to chili-spiced dishes of various kinds as well as drinks. Illustrated in black & white by an unattributed artist. --- In stapled orange and yellow wraps with various ingredients and his Fort to the cover. --- An excellent copy: clean, bright and lacking damages worthy of mention.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (6), 50 pages View More...
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...
Publisher:
Denver, Bancroft Booklets: Golden Press: 1957
Stock No.: 82942
Binding: Stapled wraps
Condition: Very Good
A pictorial guide to the Aspen, Colorado area of the early 1950s. With black & white photos, many by Franz Berko and Margaret B. Chase. Originally published in 1951, this 3rd printing issued in 1957 by Bancroft Booklets (later printings were published by Johnson Publishing). --- In stiff wraps, with Berko photo of Aspen's Maroon Bells peaks to cover. --- An excellent copy though with a little rubbing to covers.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 56 pages View More...
Publisher:
Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company: 1972
Stock No.: 82450
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
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 inked notation to title page. Jacket with tears, a little soiling and minor chipping to edges; protected in removable mylar ... View More...
Publisher:
Colorado Springs, Colorado, Little London Press: 1973
Stock No.: 82721
Binding: Stapled wraps
Condition: Very Good
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...
Publisher:
Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1962
Stock No.: 83017
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
A first edition of this account, in words and pictures, of the glamorous days of railroading, when ". . .the starred performer was the brave engineer". With 223 pages of black & white photos and illustrations of locomotives, trains, people, stations and rail-side sights, which artistically depict the strange beauty of these railroads. --- In full black cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations in gilt and silver on cover and spine. Jacket with color Howard Fogg painting of Pennsylvania & Reading RR train to cover. --- Once wrapped in an old-style Bro-Dart mylar dust jacket prot... View More...
Publisher:
Denver, Sage Books / Alan Swallow: 1962
Stock No.: 83012
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Number 456 in a limited edition of 2000 copies, so noted on a limitation page and signed by both authors, with full color Otto Kuhler painting. The story of the Moffat Road, "America's most colorful railroad" is told, with dozens of historic black & white photos, schematics and schedules. The road was notable for its Moffat Tunnel through the Continental Divide, as well as many other smaller tunnels. Folded map of the Moffat Road routes used by the Road's operating companies laid in. Also laid in is a separate publication in stapled wraps, which provides supplementary information about... View More...
Publisher:
Denver, Colorado, Richard J. Bowe: 1959
Stock No.: 82725
Binding: Stapled wraps
Condition: Very Good
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 guarded by an armed horseman. Booklet in very nice condition; clean and bright and lacking damages worthy of mention.; Oblong Oc... View More...
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 a preface by the author. --- In blue cloth-covered boards with spine titling in silver foil; blue endpapers. Unclipped jacket... View More...
Publisher:
Norman, University of Oklahoma Press: 1991
Stock No.: 82731
ISBN: 0806124083
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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 photos and a map. --- In full green cloth, with titling stamped in silver to spine. Dust jacket with wrap-around b&w reproduction... View More...
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...
Publisher:
New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston: 1977
Stock No.: 82728
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
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 spine, sticker remnants to spine, and a little chipping and creasing to edges; else bright and intact.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall);... View More...
An illustrated history of Golden, Colorado from its beginnings during the gold rush of the 1850s through the 1970s. Much of the history of the surrounding region is also described. Illustrated throughout with black & white photos of people and scenes. With maps showing trails to the Pikes Peak Region inside covers. Signed on first page by the author. --- In off-white stiff wraps with rather fanciful drawing of a rail line advancing straight up a butte to cover. --- With some age-toning to covers, otherwise a sound, sturdy copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 252 pages; Signed by Author View More...
Publisher:
Caldwell, Idaho, The Caxton Printers, Ltd.: 1968
Stock No.: 83749
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
First edition of this guide to the historic mostly-abandoned mining towns of the Colorado Rockies. There were ". . .something over 400. . ." of these towns, which rose up at the height of the rush to find gold and silver, many of which are completely abandoned or greatly reduced in size. With black & white photos throughout, depicting scenes and people of these places; map of Colorado at endpapers. --- In light brown cloth-covered boards with titling in black to cover and spine; printed on gloss coated leaves. Jacket with a couple of old black & white photos to front cover. --- An exce... View More...
Publisher:
Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: 1915
Stock No.: 82589
Condition: Very Good
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 unattributed introduction (probably by Abel), and a set of 4 folded maps in rear pocket. The maps depict: 1) Sketch map of po... View More...
Publisher:
Denver, Colorado / Boulder, Colorado, The Denver Westerners, Inc. / Johnson Publishing Company: 1966
Stock No.: 81660
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
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 are accompanied by lots of black & white photos and drawings by Raul Rossell. Edited by Arthur L. Campa. --- In dark green clot... View More...
A thin pictorial history of narrow gauge railroading over Southern Colorado's and Northern New Mexico's 10,015 foot Cumbres Pass, ("Los Cumbres"), the highest rail pass in the United States. The line also runs through the steep Toltec Gorge. Originally built starting in 1879 by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, the line ran from Alamosa, Colorado to Chama, New Mexico and ceased operations in 1967. However, a joint effort by the two states resulted in the 1970 rebirth of the line, renamed the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. This book offers historic views of trains along these track... View More...
Volume III only of this three-volume set, which details the history of the fur trade in the American West. Vol. III serves as an appendix to the first two, with index to the set. Also includes folded 23 in. x 23 in. map showing the trans-Mississippi area of 1807-1843, in a back pocket. A first edition (per Howes C.390). --- Bound in full green cloth-covered boards with titling in gilt to spine. Deckled textblock edges. --- A very nice, tightly-bound copy but with acidic stain to front endpapers and prior owner's inked signature to front free endpaper. The folded map is somewhat brittle and exh... View More...
Publisher:
Aurora, Colorado, The Filter Press: 1956
Stock No.: 83758
Binding: Stapled wraps
Condition: Very Good
A description of the various routes, passes, gorges and other challenges faced by the builders of narrow gauge railroads in the Rocky Mountains, especially by the Denver & Rio Grande Western RR and others. With plenty of black & white engraved illustrations depicting some of the rugged terrain in which the rails were laid. With a two-page map of the Rio Grande system in 1885 at mid-volume. The title is a reference to the weight of one yard of steel rail, as produced at a steel mill at Pueblo, Colorado and laid in the Rockies. --- A softcover copy, in yellow stapled wraps with wrap-around black... View More...
Scottish emigrant Joseph Collier became a notable pioneer photographer once he became established in Central City, Colorado in the late 1800s. His great-great-grandson Grant Collier followed Joseph Collier's footsteps and photographed modern versions of his ancestor's photos, taken in various Colorado locations. They are presented side-by-side in this impressive work. --- In pictorial dark brown covers with contrasting Collier/Collier image to front cover. Volume has no dust jacket. --- A bright, clean, newish copy lacking damages worthy of mention. (Due to the considerable weight of this item... View More...
A likely first edition of this first volume in the eventual 12-volume set, detailing the history of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad. The railroad was the final narrow gauge line to be built in Colorado, starting in 1890. The trains served the mines and towns of southwestern Colorado, generally south of Montrose in Ridgway, Telluride, Rico, Dolores, and Durango. Being some of the most challenging, steep terrain in the Colorado Rockies, the RGS had to construct numerous bridges and trestles. This portfolio of historic and modern photos in black & white and color tells the story of the power uni... View More...
Publisher:
Boulder, Colorado, Johnson Publishing Company: 1983
Stock No.: 79538
ISBN: 0933472757
Binding: Stapled wraps
Condition: Good with no dust jacket
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...
A tribute to the narrow gauge railways built and operated in the 19th century to serve the mines and mining towns in the Colorado Rockies west of Boulder. The book tells the story of the Colorado & Northwestern RR; the Denver, Boulder & Western RR, the Colorado & Southern RR and the Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific RR. With four full color paintings (3 by Howard Fogg, 1 by Richard Ward) as well as hundreds of black and white photos, timetables, old ads and promotions and a few maps. Rear pocket contains two additional folded maps, showing route systems of two of the lines. A limited edition (no. 3... View More...
Stated second printing, August 1965. Number one in the Western Yesterdays series, presenting 22 interviews with interesting people who describe their adventures, principally in Colorado and the American West. Includes a section of 4 plates with photos on both sides, plus a two-page map of the west-central U.S. at rear of volume. --- A softcover copy, in stiff wraps with wrap-around black & white image of a handsome Abbot-Downing stagecoach on the Boulder-Nederland route in Boulder Canyon. --- An excellent copy: tightly bound and unmarked. ; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (6), 86 pages View More...
Number two in the Western Yesterdays series, presenting 26 interviews with interesting people who describe their adventures, principally in Colorado and the American West. Includes a section of 4 plates with photos on both sides, plus a two-page map of the west-central U.S. at rear of volume. --- A softcover copy, in stiff wraps with wrap-around black & white image of a rail fence near the foothills of the Medicine Bow Mountains of Wyoming. --- An excellent copy: tightly bound and unmarked.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (6), 90 pages View More...
Number three in the Western Yesterdays series, presenting 25 interviews with interesting people who describe their adventures, principally in Colorado and the American West. Includes a section of 4 plates with photos on both sides, plus a two-page map of the west-central U.S. at rear of volume. --- A softcover copy, in stiff wraps with wrap-around black & white image of Creede, Colorado from a vantage point above the town in its canyon. --- An excellent copy: tightly bound and unmarked.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (6), 94 pages View More...
Number four in the Western Yesterdays series, presenting 20 interviews with interesting people who describe their adventures, principally in Colorado and the American West. Includes a section of 4 plates with photos on both sides, plus a two-page map of the west-central U.S. at rear of volume. --- A softcover copy, in stiff wraps with wrap-around black & white image of a Colorado & Northwestern narrow gauge steam locomotive pulling cars at Sunset, Colorado in 1898. --- An excellent copy: tightly bound and unmarked.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (6), 94 pages View More...
Publisher:
New York / Boston, Duell, Sloan and Pearce / Little, Brown and Company: 1952
Stock No.: 82554
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair with no dust jacket
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" at p.83 (per Six Guns 522). --- In gold cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations in red to spine; red topstain. ... View More...
A history of three narrow-gauge railways that operated in the vicinity of Silverton, Colorado: The Silverton Railroad; Silverton, Gladstone & Northerly and Silverton Northern. The railroads were built to serve the many gold and silver mines and mills in the area. With a lengthy section of black & white photos and a fold-out map showing routes of the three lines. Number 161 of a limited edition of 2500 copies. --- A softcover copy, in stapled wraps with sepia photo of the hillside Corkscrew turntable to cover. --- An excellent copy: unmarked and sound.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 71 pages View More...
Publisher:
Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1943
Stock No.: 78531
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
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 front and author portrait on the back. --- A clean, firm, unmarked copy. Jacket with a bit of sunning to margins and chafi... View More...
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 partially separated but holding, with soiling to covers and prior owner's signature to front paste-down; otherwise a sound co... View More...
A first edition of this work by news photographer Morey Engle. He shares dozens of his black & white images of Denver, Colorado, as he covered newsworthy stories of all sorts in the Mile High City. Mr. Engle captured the drama of the crime beat, recreation, industry, sports, show business and several other types of action photography, mostly for the Rocky Mountain News. Foreword by Gene Amole. --- In dark red cloth-covered boards with titling in silver to cover and spine. Dust jacket covers with several of Mr. Engle's photos. --- An excellent copy: clean, tightly-bound and newish. Unclipped ja... View More...
Publisher:
Colorado Springs, Colorado, Little London Press: 1983
Stock No.: 83759
Binding: Stapled wraps
Condition: Very Good
Revised edition, 1983. Starting with horse-drawn cars in 1871 and converting to electric-power in the late 1880s, the larger cities and towns of Colorado installed streetcar lines in order to transport residents from place to place. This slim booklet describes these trolley systems in black & white photos and words. Systems in Denver, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and 9 other towns are covered. While extremely popular, c.1900, the advance of the automobile led to their demise by the 1930s-50s. --- A softcover copy, in gold stapled wraps with image of a trolley car operating in mountainous terrain. ... View More...
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