El Paso, Texas: Hotel Greeters of America, Southwest Charter No. 16, 1941. Wraps. According to the publisher’s statement, this booklet was “widely distributed throughout West Texas, New Mexico and part of Arizona, by the principal..... More
Typescript account of 32 pages accompanied by 31 black and white photographs gathered in a scrapbook album documenting an unidentified Washington’s man’s hiking, climbing and sight-seeing adventures in Alaska. Written along the top edge of..... More
Mammoth blueprint map (approximately 27” x 66”), dated December 14, 1905, showing the route of the Twin Buttes Railway as it was originally proposed and surveyed. Construction of the railroad was completed in 1906, connecting..... More
Phoenix, Arizona: (circa 1894). Cabinet card. Albumen photograph [7.5 cm x 10 cm] on white cardstock mount with decorative cut edges [10.5 cm x 15 cm]. Printed in gilt on the mount: “Beattie, Phoenix, Arizona.”..... More
Phoenix, Arizona: (circa 1889). Cabinet card. Albumen photograph with “54. West End School Phoenix” captioned in the negative [18.5 cm x 11.5 cm] on an off-white card mount [21.5 cm x 13 cm], with a...... More
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1908. Wraps. Uncommon folding map of the Arizona Territory, published four years before statehood. In addition to locating all cities, towns, post offices, railroad stations, villages, counties..... More
Phoenix, Arizona: (circa 1893). Cabinet card. Albumen photograph [16.5 cm x 11 cm] on the Hartwell mount [17.5 cm x 12.5 cm], imprinted on the front “Views in Salt River Valley and Throughout Arizona.” Pencil..... More
Beresford, South Dakota: Beresford Municipal Telephone System and A.B. & E. Telephone Company, 1949-1963. Wraps. A collection of eleven telephone directories (1949-1951, 1953, and 1957-63) for the small South Dakota city located in the southeastern..... More
College Station and London: Texas A&M University Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 97 p. Foreword by W. Turrentine Jackson. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front flyleaf by Billington to distinguished Southern California historian Doyce B...... More
New York and London: W.W. Norton, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 364 p. Textual illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by Billington to distinguished Southern California historian Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. on the front flyleaf, with an invitation..... More
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 227 p. Frontispiece portrait. Presentation copy, inscribed by Billington to distinguished Southern California historian Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. on the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original black cloth binding..... More
Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Edited and translated by Edward J. Kowrach. Frontispiece portrait, with textual illustrations. Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1979. First edition. A valuable account of the life..... More
Los Angeles: Southwest Museum, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Robert Heizer and signed by J.N. Bowman on the front flyleaf. Interesting account of the discovery and formal reinterment of the remains of the Spanish..... More
Pierre, South Dakota: Department of History, State of South Dakota, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Edited with Historical Introduction and Notes by Annie Heloise Abel, Ph.D. Frontispiece, with a facsimile and a portrait. Pierre, South Dakota..... More
Denver: Sage Books, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. The appearance of this biography and the subsequent controversy regarding Clairmonte's sources led to a significant shift toward careful research and critical analysis. Textual photographs. Octavo. Original gray..... More
Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 1,263 copies. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Charles Clarke on the front flyleaf. "This highly regarded work contains..... More
An April 8, 1894 letter about the local impacts of the fall in silver prices and a miners’ strike at Cripple Creek, Colorado. The letter was handwritten by H.R. Pendery (1850-1928), county attorney for Lake County..... More
A collection of eight warranty and quit claim deeds dating from the mid-1800s tracking the transfer of lands in Weld County, Colorado Territory during the coal boom. The “black gold” was discovered near the town..... More
New York: Francis P. Harper, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. This is No. 366 of 1,000 copies printed on fine book paper, from a total edition of 1,100 copies. "The Coues edition described here is an..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Forced to turn to writing as a means of supporting herself in her widowhood, "Libbie" Custer (1842-1933) wrote three books describing her military life and adventures..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 311 p. 16 pp. illustrations and photographs. The first comprehensive account of the various versions of the journals and the persons responsible for them. Octavo. Original..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Upon the advice of her physician, Ms. Dall headed west, focusing her eye (and pen) upon Salt Lake City and San Francisco, with particular attention to two subjects..... More
Tucson: The Arizona Historical Society, 2012. First Edition. Trade paperback. This is No. 28 of 100 copies signed by the editor and contributors, with the original invoice and purchase receipt laid in. A richly annotated..... More
New York: HarperCollins, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 16 pp. photographs and illustrations, with textual maps. New York: HarperCollins, 2001. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the title page by Dolnick to William Frank, Curator of..... More
Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1982. Hardcover. 263 p. Added material by Dr. Edgar Stewart and Lt. Edward Maguire. Frontispiece, with textual illustrations. First edition. Octavo. Original brown leatherette binding, with gilt stamping. The spine..... More