Western Americana

Limited first edition. Art and design by John H. Flores. Poetry by Thomas Hornsby Ferril. The Westerners is an organization that is focused primarily on western history. A limited edition in hardback with no jacket. This is copy number 713 of 1000. Book is Very Good to Near Fine with some wear at spine ends, and with a shallow dimple on the spine near the top. The book was dedicated to Fred Rosenstock who was a well-known book dealer in Denver. He opened his first store in 1922, and in 1962 opened Fred A. Rosenstock Books on East Colfax’s Book Row. He specialized in western history. This was a presentation copy from Rosenstock to a friend, as per written gift inscription on the half title page. Signed by Rosenstock and dated Sept. 5 – 1975. Rosenstck wrote a chapter for this book. He was the subject of a biography written by Donald E. Bower, Foreword by Frank Waters, and published by Northland Press.

Monrovia, CA: Press of the Monrovia News. Near Fine. 1915. First Edition. Soft Cover. Clean tan soft pictorial cover with a closing flap for mailing. Ca: 1915. Illustrated with sepia photographs. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Of all the lovely suburbs of Los Angeles, none offers such alluring attractions as Monrovia. West, Southern California, Monrovia, Los Angeles; Sepia Photographs; 8vo; 34 pages .

1963 Horn Wallace trade hardcover set of 2 books. High quality facsimile of the 1911 edition. Both volumes sturdily bound in red cloth, gold lettering on spine, blind stamp on front board all fine, clean & square. Bindings tight & straight. Pages clean, unmarked & bright. All illustrations & fold-out maps accounted for. In tight, unread condition.

New York: Harper & Row, 1979. Signed on the title page by James Welch. First edition / First printing. Blue cloth spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in a dust jacket with minor wear, else fine. The jacket is much more attractive than usual for this book. The scarcest of Welch's novels, especially in nice condition.

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1891. Very Good, edgewear to boards, moderate foxing to end pages, pp. 261-264 detached and laid in. Complete with all 3 folded plates rear pocket, Very Good, some dampstain, separations at some of the folds. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

First House edition of this famous report. 1845. Complete in original binding except for the gigantic map which is available in full size color thick glossy paper professional reproduction ($25 extra if desired). Pagination: 583 pages, 22 plates, 4 maps, all blanks present. Includes fascinating pencil diagram of oil rig on back of map. Oil rig drawing titled "Sheffield Oil Company. Warren(?), Co., Pa." That pencil drawing is the only interior writing or ownership marking anywhere in the book. Condition is a mixed bag. Original half leather marbled boards show heavy wear and looks like they were professionally rehinged in the distant past. Binding is sound. Pages show moderate to heavy toning and foxing. Some plates have weird 'dot' foxing I have never seen elsewhere (see scan). Marbled endpapers. A nice well maintained copy suitable for reading and research with a cool drawing. Howes F372; Wagner-Camp 115:2; Graff 1436. House Doc. No. 166. Feel free to inquire. Please see scans of the book you will… Read More

St. Paul: Great Northern Railroad Co. Undated. Paperback. Used- Very Good condition. Comes with original sleeve. The Booklet and all 24 prints are in very good condition but the sleeve is very worn and has tears and scuffs along all edges. Booklet is in great condition. Comes with 24 color 9 x 12 prints of paintings by Winold Reiss. No markings on the inside of the book or on the color prints. Photos are of the book and prints we have here at Barbed Wire Books.The envelope is printed in red and blue. Envelope title: Blackfeet Indians of Glacier National Park. Scarce. Winold Reiss (1886 - 1953) was a German-born American artist.

12 mo. (6 x 4 inches) San Francisco: Marvin & Hitchcock, 1852. First Edition. 2 [v]-viii, 258 pages, cloth boards, original quarter blind tooled red roan, gilt title at head of spine, publishers name in gilt at foot of spine, good condition (wear to lower spine, lower left hinge on front cover split, but holding, original cloth boards showing evidence of old moisture splash or spill, minor foxing on preliminary and last leaves, old library label beneath old inked inscription: "Placed in Library because of California history contained in the [the last word is un-readable]" on front pastedown), contents clean, intact and unaffected.
"Containing A Grammar of the Spanish Language in English; of the English in Spanish; Conversational Dialogues in Both Languages, and a Full Description of California. Compiled chiefly from the grammar of Don Jose de Urcullu and the United States Surveys." A fine unsophisticated example. The Norris catalogue refers to it as "The first text-book published in San Francisco." An… 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

1874 second Canadian edition. Hardcover volume recently recased using original boards and spine, original blanks retained. Paginates: blanks, xii, 304, [26], 12 unpaginated plates, blanks. Complete as issued. Pagination differs from US editions for several reasons: there is a preface to the Canadian edition, 26 pages of ads, and text was reset using a fancier broader font, hence the increased number of pages. Text is the same. Overall condition is Very Good: Interior condition of text and plates is mostly spectacular with minimal foxing or evidence of use, binding is sound, old pencil initials of owner on dedication page, minor foxing to frontis. There is old water injury affecting mostly the ads in back (see image) but injury does not affect text or plates. Two leaves of ads are torn and missing about one quarter. Has stamp "U.N.B. Library" (University of New Brunswick?) on top and bottom edges but no other library markings. One of the most well known captivity narratives. See Howes K62; Rader 2153;… Read More

Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A., published by arrangement with Harper & Brothers 1912. First Edition. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Douglas Duer, illustrator. 335 pp. plus 4 pages of advertisements at back. Text is clean and unmarked but tanned, typical of the paper used in 1912. Light foxing on front free endpapers and title page. Previous owner's attribution stamped on front pastedown. A Western novel about a Mormon woman defending her ranch and the period conflicts between Mormons and Gentiles near the the southern Utah border as written by a classic American writer.

Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1908. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY CONTRIBUTOR William Phipps Blake at front end page - "Professor Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill, N.C. with compliments of W.P. Blake (?) Oct. 28, 1908 (Leafs 45)". Phipps contribution starts at p. 45, titled "Geological Sketch of the Region of Tucson, Arizona". Phipps (1826-1910) was the Territorial Geologist of Arizona, a noted mining consultant and educator who started the first school of mines in the Far West in 1864. Professor Joseph Hyde Pratt (1870-1942) was a prominent North Carolina geologist, conservationist, and state and civic leader. Near Fine, bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering at spine, 111 pages, illustrated with numerous black and white photographs, 3 fold-out maps, scattered light toning and light rubbing to boards, Pratt's ownership signature front paste down. SCARCE in hardcover, a great geology ASSOCIATION COPY.. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY CONTRIBUTOR. First Edition.… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981. Signed on the half- title page by Barry Lopez. First edition / First printing. Black cloth. About fine in close to fine dust jacket with one small tear. No fading to the spine, which is common with this title. A sharp copy. Distinguished Recognition Award, Friends of American Writers.

Large quarto (14 X 10 1/2 inches) San Francisco: David Magee, 1967. One of 475 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem. 171 pages printed on heavy wove paper, hardcover, quarter bound brick red leather with title in gilt on the spine, patterned paper over boards, illustrated with 60 plates: full size reproductions showing examples of California Gold Rush letter sheets, one facsimile is in a pocket at the rear of the book; also included are a selective bibliography, an index of artists, engravers, lithographers, and publishers; and a subject and title index. Very good condition (minor scuffing at head and tale of spine from shelf wear, not affecting contents).
A checklist and census of artists and printers who produced "... thousands of vivid pictorial records on sheets of writing paper, (that) remain the major surviving visual account of California of that era....," both during and after the California Gold Rush. "A . . . curious blend of local enthusiasm and topical recording ... (ranging)… Read More

This complete 39 volume set of the works of Hubert Howe Bancroft is a First Edition which has been rebound in black leather with red labels on the spines and gold lettering on the labels. All 39 volumes are in Very Good Condition. Volumes 1 - 5: Native Races; Volumes 6 - 8: History of Central America; Volumes 9 - 14: History of Mexico; Volumes 15 - 16:History of the North Mexican States and Texas; Volume 17: History of Arizona and New Mexico; Volumes 18 - 24: History of California; Volume 25: History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming; Volume 26: History of Utah; Volumes 27 - 28: History of the Northwest Coast; Volumes 29 - 30: History of Oregon; Volume 31: History of Washington, Idaho, and MontanaVolume 32: History of British Columbia; Volume 33: History of Alaska; Volume 34: California Pastoral; Volume 35: California Inter Pocula; Volumes 36 - 37: Popular Tribunals; Volume 38: Essays and Miscellany; Volume 39 - Literary Industries. This set of classic history by Bancroft is still a standard in the… Read More