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9892 Bay, J. Christian, A Handfull of Western Books, A Second Handful of Western Books, A Third Handful of Western Books., 3 Vol. Set. Published by Friends of Walter M. Hill. 1935, 1936 and 1937 first editions each inscribed by the author, Good to very good. The glassine covers are in poor shape on volume one and two, fair on volume 3. 1935 first edition with 44 pages, 1936 first edition with 56 pages, 1937 first edition with 58 pages, all 3 are hardback. bibliophile, western Americana. History, bibliophile, Western Americana ... $400

Vendor SKU	Author	Title	Publisher	Condition	Description	Keywords(s)	Price	Image
11459	Anderson, Eunice G.	Second Biennial Report of the State Historian of the State of Wyoming For the Period Ending September 30, 1922 with Wyoming Historical Collections	State of Wyoming	Fair. The paper covers and spine are very frail. There are tears and creases along the edges, a two inch long triangular piece is missing from the right front cover and 1.5 inch piece is missing from the top of the spine. The lightly edge-worn contents are good.	There is a picture of the Governor, Native American Basketry, Pima Indian Bowls....a total of 14 photos.	Western Americana, Wyoming, Native American, History.	$20
9960	Arthur H. Clark Company	The United States and its Territories A Catalog of Books relating to the History of its Various States Counties and Cities No. 263	The Arthur H. Clark Company	Very good with light shelf wear and faint bumping on the covers. No dust wrapper.	No date, circa 1920's? with many pages. Americana, bibliography.	Bibliography, bibliophile, Americana	$125
9892	Bay, J. Christian	A Handfull of Western Books, A Second Handful of Western Books, A Third Handful of Western Books. 3 Vol. Set.	Friends of Walter M. Hill.	Good to very good. The glassine covers are in poor shape on volume one and two, fair on volume 3.	1935 first edition with 44 pages, 1936 first edition with 56 pages, 1937 first edition with 58 pages, all 3 are hardback. All 3 are inscribed by the author.History, book collection, bibliophile, western Americana.	History, bibliophile, Western Americana	$400
11461	Berry, Gladys B.	Saints & Sinners Tales Of Old Laramie City	High Plains Press	Fine. No dust wrapper.	This copy is number 48 of 233 signed by the author. There are b&w photos and an index. Laramie City, Wyoming	Western Americana, Wyoming, Laramie City.	$50
11638	Byrne, P. E.	Soldiers Of The Plains	Minton, Balch & Company	Fair to good. The covers and spine are shelf worn and have stains. Lettering on the cover is worn away in places. A few pages have tears into the text. And, several pages have been open roughly (instead of cut) leaving chip marks on one page and the corresponding tab on the next. Three lines of previous owner's ink inside. No dust wrapper.	Westerm Americana	Western Americana, Americana	$30
10659	Cartwright, Betty Goff Cook, and Lillian Johnson Gardiner	North Carolina Land Grants In Tennessee 1778 - 1791	I. C. Harper	Fair to good. Both the inside front and back gutters are dark brown from an interaction of the paper and glue? The covers are lightly worn and soiled, top and bottom of the spine have some wear and both the cover and spine lettering have some fading. There is occasional light underling, mostly pencil. No dust wrapper.	1958 hardback, signed by both authors, with 199 pages, appendicies, endpaper maps of Tennessee county lines 1790 - 1900	Tennessee, History, Americana	$200
11352	Centennial Book Committee	A Century of Area History Pierce County and Rugby, North Dakota 1886 - 1986	Prairie Publishing	Very good. No dust wrapper.	An 8.5 x 11 inch hardback with 357 pages of photos and history. There are also maps and an index.	Americana, Rugby, North Dakota, Pierce County, North Dakota.	$75
11476	Clough, Wilson O.	A History of the University of Wyoming 1887-1937	Self-published	Fair to good. The soft cardboard covers and spine have chipping and tears.	A history of the University of Wyoming with several b&w photos, an appendix and an index.	Western Americana, Wyoming, University of Wyoming	$30
11609	Colonna, Maxine and Ruth Ford Atkinson	Jireh College Stirred Embers Of The Past	Self-published	Very good.	A history of Jireh College, a small Christian college in early eastern Wyoming history.	Western Americana, Wyoming, Jireh College, Religion	$40
8635	Cox, Mrs. Florence Marie Ankeny	Kiss Josey For Me!	Friis-Pioneer Press 1974 with 250 pages.	Very good with light shelf wear. In a poor dust wrapper that is worn, chipped and has 4 holes on the spine.	Americana	Americana	$25	No Image
11457	Crane, Arthur G.	University of Wyoming Bulletin Vol. XXIX Laramie, Wyoming, December, 1932 No. 8 President's Ten-Year Report To The Board Of Trustees	University of Wyoming	Fine.	Nine interesting b&w photos, graphs, tables and maps.	Western Americana, University of Wyoming, Wyoming, Laramie.	$30
11760	Daniel, Price, Jr.	Catalogue Number 25 Featuring Books Pamphlets etc. Illustrated by H.D. Bugbee	Price Daniel Jr.	Very good.	6 x 9 inches with a tipped-in photo of Bugbee. There are also two loose pages from The Antiquarian Bookman, March of 1981, with Price's obituary. Books on Texas Illustrated by Bugbee.	Print media, Book catalogue, Price Daniel Jr., Americana, Texas, bibliography, H. D. Bugbee	$35
11761	Daniel, Price, Jr.	Texas and the West Catalogue No. 24 Featuring The Writings Of J. Frank Dobie	Price Daniel Jr.	Good. Minor wear and soiling on the covers. Two faint stains on the top of the back cover.	6 x 9 inches with a forward by Jeff C. Dykes, "J. Frank Dobie and His Books," and "Mr. Southwest" by Lawrence Clark Powell. There's also an index.	Print media, Book catalogue, Price Daniel Jr., Americana, Texas. J, Frank Dobie, bibliography	$30
11762	Daniel, Price, Jr.	Texas and the West Catalogue No. 12 Featuring Books Printed and Designed By Jack D. Rittenhouse of the Stagecoach Press	Price Daniel Jr.	Good. Minor wear and soiling on the covers. One faint stain on the top of the back cover.	6 x 9 inches . There are photos of Jack D. Rittenhouse	Print media, Book catalogue, Price Daniel Jr., Americana, Jack D. Rittenhouse, Stagecoach Press, bibliography	$20
11763	Daniel, Price, Jr.	Texas and the West Catalogue No. 19 Featuring Books Printed and Designed By Carl Herzog	Price Daniel Jr.	Good. Minor wear and soiling on the covers. The front cover has two small white specks. One faint stain on the top of the back cover.	6 x 9 inches . There are photos of Hertzog's books.	Print media, Book catalogue, Price Daniel Jr., Americana, Carl Hertzog, bibliography	$20
9988	Dykes, Jeff	I Had All The Fun Some Recollections of a Book Collector	Texas A&M University Library	Fine.	1978 paperback with 70 pages and bibliography. Book Collecting, Western Americana. ISBN 0-89096-054-2	Bibliophile, Western Americana	$35
10062	Dykes, Jeff C.	Western High Spots Reading and Collecting Guides	Northland Press	Fine in a good, price clipped dust jacket. The dust jacket has a sun-faded spine and minor creasing.	1977 first edition hardback with 192 pages and b&w photos. ISBN 0-87358-162-8. Western Americana, bibliophile.	Americana, Bibliophile, Western Americana	$30
11455	Flagg, Oscar H.	Mass Violence in America A Review of The Cattle Business In Johnson County, Wyoming Since 1892 and the Causes That Led To The Recent Invasion	Arno Press & The New YorkTimes	Good to very good with light shelf wear and soiling on the covers. No dust wrapper.	The Johnson County War, Cattlemen against the Settlers in Wyoming. Reprinted from a series of Articles in the1892 Wyoming Bulletin.	Western Americana, Wyoming, Johnson County War, Johnson County Cattleman's war.	$50
11456	Frackelton, Will and Herman Gastrell Seely	Sagebrush Dentist	Grosset & Dunlap	Good. The spine is faintly creased and the cover corners have light bumping. The dust wrapper is fair with fading, expecially on the spine, wear on all edges and chipping, especially on the top of the spine.	The autobiography of Frackelton, a dentist in Wyoming, and Alaska in the later 1800s. Sheridan, Wyoming is the center of his story, with three chapters on the Klondike gold rush.	Western Americana, Will Frackelton, Wyoming, Alaska, Klondike, Dentist.	$40
11146	French, Giles	The Golden Land A History of Sherman County, Oregon	Oregon Historical Society	Good. Has light smudge marks on the back cover. No dust wrapper.	A history of Sherman County, Oregon. Wheat farming near the Columbia River. There are a few b&w photos.	Pacific Northwest, Oregon, Sherman County, Columbia River, Americana	$75
11453	Gage, Jack R.	The Johnson County War Is a Pack of Lies & Ain't a Pack of Lies	Flintlock Publishing Company	Very good in a very good dust wrapper. There's a faint mark across the top edges of the "ain't" side.	The Johnson County War in Wyoming pitting the cattle barons against the settlers.	Western Americana, The Johnson County War, Wyoming	$50
11491	Gillett, Paul and Peter Odens	Imperial Valley's Lost Gold	Southwest Printers	Very good with light shelf wear and soiling on the covers. Two signatures in ink inside.	There's a stylized signature, perhaps from the author. Gold mining and Imperial Valley, California history.	Western Americana, Gold Mining, Imperial Valley, California.	$25
11210	Gray, J. Rufus	Pioneer Saints & Sinners	Pratt Rotary Club	Fine. In a lightly worn dust wrapper.	A history of Pratt County, Kansas.	Americana, Pratt County, Kansas	$20
11478	Griswold, Don and Jean	Colorado's Century of "Cities"	Self-published	Good to very good with light wear on the top and bottom of the spine. In a good, lightly worn and soiled, dust wrapper. There's a glue fade through stain on the back of the tipped in plate and the next 2 pages.	A history of Colorado towns. There's one tipped in color plate, b&w photos, a map, appendix, bibliography and an index.	Western Americana, Colorado, Mining, history	$50
11410	Hannaford, Donald R. and Revel Edwards	Spanish Colonial or Adobe Architecture of California 1800 - 1850	Architecturall Book Publishing Company, Inc.	Good. The top 2/3's of the spine is worn, the "S" in "Spanish" is worn off. The bottom of the spine has wear. There is light shelf wear and soiling on the spine and covers. The previous owner's ink name stamp is inside two times, and the seller's small name tag in there once. No dust wrapper. The contents are very good.	California Adobe Architecture...There are many pictures and illustrations. This book is 8 x 11 inches.	California, Architecture, Adobe, history, Americana	$80

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Vendor SKU	Author	Title	Publisher	Condition	Description	Keywords(s)	Price	Image
11410	Hannaford, Donald R. and Revel Edwards	Spanish Colonial or Adobe Architecture of California 1800 - 1850	Architecturall Book Publishing Company, Inc.	Good. The top 2/3's of the spine is worn, the "S" in "Spanish" is worn off. The bottom of the spine has wear. There is light shelf wear and soiling on the spine and covers. The previous owner's ink name stamp is inside two times, and the seller's small name tag in there once. No dust wrapper. The contents are very good.	California Adobe Architecture...There are many pictures and illustrations. This book is 8 x 11 inches.	California, Architecture, Adobe, history, Americana	$80
11613	Hertzog, Peter	A Directory of new Mexico Desperados	The Press Of The Territorian	Good with light fading on the cover edges.	Western Americana, an alphabetical list of new mexico Desperados. Each name has a short entry on associations and sometimes dates.	Western Americana, New Mexico	$20
11533	Horton, Arthur G.	An Economic, Political and Social Survey Of Phoenix And The Valley Of The Sun	Southside Progress	Good. Gold lettering has completely faded on the spine and is partially missing on the front cover. No dust wrapper. The previous owner's name in ink is inside as well as c-11 in marker. The rear free endpaper has a stamped number.	This 8 x 11 inch book is filled with photos, maps, and a fold out map.	Arizona, Usiana, Western Americana, Phoenix	$60
11719	Howes, Wright	U.S. IANA (1650-1950)	R. R. Bowker	Very good with faint shelf wear	A Selective Bibliography In Which Are Described 11,620 Uncommon and Significant Books Relating To The Continental Portion Of The United States."	Bibliography, Americana, Usiana, Book Collecting	$50
6125	Inman, Colonel Henry, and Colonel William F. Cody	The Great Salt Lake Trail	Crane & Company 1899 with 529 pages, b&w illustrations, fold out map, index.	Fair to good. Corners bumped and a little worn, scrape marks on back cover, covers worn and soiled, no dust wrapper. Owner's embossing stamp on page 15.	History, Americana, Utah, Great Salt Lake	History, Americana, Utah, Great Salt Lake	$40
11509	Kumlien, W. F.	The Social Problem of the Church In South Dakota	South Dakota State College of Agriculture And Mechanic Arts	Good. Previous owner's name in ink on the title page. The front cover has a crease.	The "problem" is "....our present lack of community socialization in south Dakota or our present lack of capacity and will to act together in community life." There are graphs, several maps, on of which is a fold out of all the churches in South Dakota.	Religion, South Dakota, Americana	$25
11452	Langhoff, Dever Babb	Tom Horn and the "Langhoff Gang" of Wyoming	Self-published	Good. Some creasing on the covers.	8.5 x 11 inch paperback with 166 pages, many photos, both b&w and color. A history of Tom Horn and the "Langhoff Gang." The Johnson County war in Wyoming. A signed letter from the author to Dr. Carroll, writer of the preface, is included.	Tom Horn, Langhoff, The Johnson County Cattleman's war, Wyoming, Western Americana	$100
11245	Lowe, Percival G.	Five Years a Dragoon ('49 To '54) And Other Adventures On The Great Plains	The Franklin Hudson Publishing Company	Good. The cover cloth has some rippling and soiling. No dust wrapper.	The biography of Percival G. Lowe. There are b&w photos and an index.	Autobiography, Percival G. Lowe, Americana, Great Plains, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas	$60
11147	Lundell, John	History of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church The Dalles, Oregon 75 Anniversary 1897-1971	Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church	Very good. No dust wrapper.		Religion, Lutheran, Pacific Northwest, Oregon, The Dalles, OR, Aion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Americana	$30
9887	MacCracken, Henry Noble	Blithe Dutchess The Flowering Of An American Country From 1812	Hastings House. 1958 with 500 pages, b&w illustrations, bibliography, index and a map of Dutchess County, NY in a pocket.	Good. Light shelf wear, light sun fading marks on the front cover, no dust wrapper. Contents of the book and the map are in very good condition.	1958 hardback with 500 pages, b&w illustrations, bibliography, index and a map of Dutchess County, NY in a pocket. History, New York, Dutchess County.	Dutchess County, New York, Americana	$20
9954	Multiple authors.	Overland Narratives Captivities Oregon Idaho California Arizona Montana Texas Indians Red River Settlement Fiction First Editions Autography Deadle's Publications Maps Fur Trade The Sea...Guthrie Y. Barber Collection Sale # 304	Park-Bernet Galleries	Very good with light shelf wear. No dust wrapper.	1941 paperback with 248 pages, prices realized in pencil on the margins. Western Americana.	Park-Bernet Galleries, catalog, bibliophile, Oregon, Idaho, California, Arizona, Montana, Texas, Indians, Red River, Americana	$40
11484	Pence, Mary Lou, and Lola M. Homsher	The Ghost Towns of Wyoming	Hastings House	Good to very good. The cover corners are lightly bumped. The very top edge of the spine is sun faded. The fair to good dust wrapper has wear and chipping, especially on the top and bottom of the spine.	Ghost Towns of Wyoming. Many b&w photos, an index and end paper maps.	Western Americana, Wyoming, Ghost Towns	$20
11462	Pinkerton, Joan Trego	Knights of the Broadax The Story of the Wyoming Tie Hacks	The Caxton Printers, Ltd.	Very good.	Wyoming Railroad history of tie hacks, wood workers who cut ties for the Railroad. There are many b&w photos.	Western Americana, Railroads, Trains, Wyoming	$40
8810	Prucha, Francis Paul, editor	Army Life on the Western Frontier Selections From The Official Reports Made Between 1826 and 1845 by Colonel George Croghan	University of Oklahoma Press 1958 first edition with 187 pages, illustrations and an index.	Very good. Owner's small name and address stamp inside. In a very good dust wrapper.	Americana, Army Life, West	Americana, Army Life, West	$20	No Image
11877	Rand McNally & Company	Rand McNally & Company's New Large Scale Indexed Railroad Statistical and Commercial Map of Colorado	Rand McNally & Company	Poor to fair. The front cover has soiling and a name in crayon? The map has numerous, extensive tears along the folds. It is complete and without major chipping.	A 1910 41 x 43 inch fold-out map of the State of Colorado. Town names are listed on the back side.	Colorado, Railroad, Map, ephemera, Americana	$50
11473	Reusser, Walter C., Chairman	The United Presbyterian Church Of Laramie, Wyoming 1869 - 1969	Self-Published	Good. There's a short but sharp crease on the bottom of the front cover. There's a rainbow sticker inside on the front free end paper.	150 pages with b&w and color photos and several appendicies.	Western Americana, Religion, Presbyterian, Wyoming	$20
11608	Rister, Carl Coke	The Southwestern Frontier-1865-1881	The Arthur Clark Company	Fair to good. Ex-library. Scrape marks where the spine label was removed. Three small rubber stamps inside. The remains of a call sheet in back. Both hinges have been repaired. Contents are good. There's a magic marker line on the bottom edge of the pages. No dust wrapper.	"A History of the Coming of the Settlers, Indian Depredations and Massacres, Ranching Activities, Operations of White Desperadoes and thieves, Government Protection, building of Railways, and the Disappearance of the Frontier." There are maps, illustratiions, photos and an index.	Western Americana	$40
11415	Stone, Irving	Men To Match My Mountains The Opening of the Far West, 1840 - 1900	Doubleday	Good to very good. There's a bookplate from the previous owner. One fourth of the acetate front cover is missing.	Full leather, limited edition, signed by the author. There are end paper maps and several pages of ads for other "Mainstreams of America" books.	Western Americana, history	$50
9920	Swinford, T.A., and Tal Luther	Custeriana A Field guide To Custer Literature	South Print International	Very good/fine. Slip case very good.	!999 Limited, boxed edition hardback of 100 coopies, this is # 80, signed by the two authors, with 206 pages and illustrations.	Bibliophile, Americana, George Armstrong Custer	$150
11458	University of Wyoming	The University Melange University of Wyoming Vol. II April, 1905 No. 4 Catalogue Number 1905 - '06	University of Wyoming	Good. The bottom and top of the paper spine is worn.	There are lists of the faculty, The Board of Trustees, historical sketches, a list of buildings, courses, a list of each college, (agriculture, mechanical engineering, School of Mines, etc.) and a list of each student for the individual colleges. There is also a three page index.	Western Americana, University of Wyoming, history.	$30
11199	Veech, James	Monongahela of Old; Or historical Sketches of South-Western Pennsylvania To The Year 1800	Genealogical Publishing Co.	Very good. Previous owner's book plate. No dust wrapper.	This book has 3 b&w photos and other illustrations. It's reprinted with a new index.	Americana, Monongahela, Pennsylvania, genealogy.	$50
9929	Wagner, Henry R.	The Plains and the Rockies A Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure 1800-1865	Grabhorn Press	Good. Covers and spine show a little soiling and shelfwear, the spine label has faded.	1937, one of 600 copies, 6.25 x 9.25 inches, with 299 pages, illustrations and an index.	Americana, American West, bibliophile	$80
10004	Washington, Mary	An Annotated Bibliography of Western Manuscripts in the Merrill Library at Utah State University, Logan, Utah	Utah State University Press	Good/very good with light shelf wear. An ink price? stamp inside.	1971 6 x 9 inch paperback with 157 pages and an index.	Bibliophile, western Americana, the Merrill Library , Utah State University, Logan, Utah	$20
9889	William L. Clements Library	Fifty Texas Rarities Selected from the Library of Mr. Everett D. Graff for an Exhibition to Commemorate the Hundredth Anniversary of the Annexation of Texas by the United States	The Pemberton Press	Very good to fine. One faint, small dot on the spine. Slip case is fine.	1964 5x7.025 inches with 40 pages and illustrations. Hardback with slip case.Texas, bibliography, Americana.	Bibliophile, Texas, Americana	$50