[Rarebooks] fs: Western Americana -two large groups
Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA
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Fri Nov 11 08:15:57 EST 2005
TWO NICE LOTS OF AMERICAN WESTERN & TRAVEL BOOKS-
First we offer a new group as we continue to make room for incoming stock,
and then we will make yesterday's group more attractive by lowering the
price.
First the new group, a selection of 12 books about the American West, which
take up 15 inches of shelf space, which we offer for a lot price of
$125.00, or $8.33 per inch- [please add $10 for shipping]
Brown, Dee. THE WESTERNERS. New York; Holt, Rinehart and Winston:
1974. "The story of the American West has all the elements of the 'Iliad'
and 'Odyssey'... In 'The Westerners' Dee Brown follows the frontiersmen
into this heroic world... It is primarily a story of movement -of the early
explorers, of the trappers and fur traders, of the 'Forty-Niners', of the
builders and operators of stagecoach and mail services, telegraphs and
railroads, and of course the Indians they pushed before them". Hardcover.
7.5"x10", 288 pages, many color and b/w illustrations, dj; a fine copy in a
lightly torn jacket.
Carter, Samuel III. COWBOY CAPITOL OF THE WORLD. THE SAGA OF DODGE CITY.
Garden City; Doubleday & Company: 1973. "The author evokes all the color
and excitement of the American Southwest as he chronicles the evolution of
Dodge City from a frontier center for the buffalo trade... the entire
panorama of the city's life is presented -the story of Wyatt Earp and other
marshals of this frequently lawless community, the escapades of the
gamblers and dance hall girls..." and much more! Hardcover. 5.5"x8.5",
280 pages, b/w illustrations, dj; a fine copy in a price-clipped jacket.
Emrich, Duncan. IT'S AN OLD WILD WEST CUSTOM. New York; Vanguard Press:
1949. The Chief of the Folklore Division of the Library of Congress, a
born-and-bred Westerner himself, recounts countless tales, both high and
low, of the "old days" in the Wild West. Hardcover. 6"x8.5", xiv + 313
pages, b/w illustrations, dj; a very good copy in a lightly worn jacket.
Erskine, Gladys Shaw. BRONCHO CHARLIE. A SAGA OF THE SADDLE. New York;
Thomas Y. Crowell: 1934. The life of Broncho Charlie Miller, last of the
Pony Express riders. Hardcover. 6"x9", 316 pages, b/w plates, maps; light
wear, a little soil, a very good copy.
Ghent, W.J. THE EARLY FAR WEST. A NARRATIVE OUTLINE, 1540-1850. New York;
Tudor Publishing Company: 1936. "The story of Western America from the
coming of the first Spaniards to the admission of California as a state in
1850". First published in 1931. Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 411 pages, several
b/w illustrations, dj; jacket slightly worn, covers spotted.
Jackson, Joseph Henry. TINTYPE IN GOLD. FOUR STUDIES IN ROBBERY. New
York; Macmillan: 1939. Black Bart, Tom Bell, Rattlesnake Dick, and Dick
Fellows. Ramon Adams generally praises Jackson for his scholarly attention
to fact and detail. Hardcover. 5.5"x8.5", 191 pages, several line
illustrations, dj; light wear, in a slightly soiled and lightly chipped
jacket.
Macfadden, Harry Alexander. RAMBLES IN THE FAR WEST. Hollidaysburg;
Standard Printing House: 1906. "The matter contained in the following pages
descriptive of the tour made by the members of the National Editorial
Association of the United States in the summer of 1905 through the Middle
West, West, Southwest and Pacific Coast... was originally published in the
form of letters, by the author, in the Democratic Standard at
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. The general mass of our citizens have but
vague and indefinite ideas of the great resources, vast extent, unlimited
possibilities and golden opportunities of our great land beyond the
Mississippi River... Since these letters went into print the awful
earthquake disaster occurred at San Francisco; therefore the parts relating
to that city and the illustrations thereof will have peculiar interest and
value". Hardcover. 6.5"x9.25", 278 pages, b/w and tinted illustrations;
covers with light wear and rubbing; lacks front endpapers; very, very, very
light upper corner page wrinkle at the rear.
McHugh, Tom. THE TIME OF THE BUFFALO. New York; Alfred A. Knopf: 1972. One
of the modern classics on both the historical saga of the buffalo and Man
as well as their natural history. Hardcover. 6.5"x10", 339 + xi pages, b/w
illustrations, dj; A near fine copy.
O'Kieffe, Charley. WESTERN STORY. THE RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLEY O'KIEFE,
1884-1898. University of Nebraska Press: 1960. Growing up on the frontier,
on the family homestead in northwest Nebraska. "Charley O'Kiefe was a boy
of whom Mark Twain would have approved and whose problems he would have
understood". Hardcover. 6"x9.5", 224 pages, dj; a fine copy in a lightly
worn jacket.
Sandoz, Mari. OLD JULES COUNTRY. New York; Hastings House: 1965. First
edition. "A selection from 'Old Jules' and thirty years of writing since
the book was published." Hardcover. 5.5"x8", 319 pages, a fine copy in
a very nice jacket with one fault- a3/4" chip on the lower front edge.
Schultz, James Willard. WITH THE INDIANS IN THE ROCKIES. Boston; Houghton
Mifflin Company: 1960. 3rd ptg. A classic rip-roaring novel of life in the
wild Rockies in the 19th century, first published in 1912 and still in
print as of a few years ago. Hardcover. 5.5"x8", 227 pages, dj; light
wear, former owner's stamp on endpapers; light jacket wear.
Sykes, Godfrey. A WESTERLY TREND ...BEING A VERACIOUS CHRONICLE OF MORE
THAN SIXTY YEARS OF JOYOUS WANDERINGS, Mainly in Search of Space and
Sunshine. Tucson; Arizona Pioneers Historical Society: 1944. First
edition. An Englishman with a yen for adventure and the American West
spends 64 years indulging his wanderlust. Hardcover. 6"x9", 325 pages,
several b/w illustrations; light wear, bookplate; chipped and worn jacket.
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Now, we will make yesterday's list of books more attractive in a sort of
Dutch-auction style, by lowering the price. So, we offer 12 titles (13
volumes) of Western travels, spanning the years from 1844 to 1976 with a
total shelf length of 18.5", which we are offering now for $24.32 per inch,
or, in other words, $450 net for everything listed here, plus $10 shipping.
Parker, Rev. Samuel. JOURNAL OF AN EXPLORING TOUR BEYOND THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS... Ithica; Andrus, Woodruff & Gauntlett: 1844. "Under the
direction of A.B.C.F.M. containing a description of the geography, geology,
climate, productions of the country, and the numbers, manners, and customs
of the natives: with a map of Oregon Territory". First published in
1838. Parker traveled with the American Fur Company's 1835
expedition. The map is considered to be the earliest accurate map of the
Territory. Hardcover. 5"x8", 416 pages, folding map; original
blindstamped covers with gilt spine title; covers somewhat soiled, spine
head and base worn, one small cloth chip on hinge; contents with scattered
soil and foxing; map moderately foxed and frayed a bit along the edges;
still, a decent copy in the original covers and with the map. [02366]
Reid, Captain Mayne. THE DESERT HOME, OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A LOST FAMILY
IN THE WILDERNESS. 'THE ENGLISH FAMILY ROBINSON'. Boston; Ticknor and
Fields: 1854. This appears to be the elusive first edition. Captain Reid
(an Irishman by birth) had fought as a soldier in the Mexican War, and so
embarked upon the career of novel writer, drawing (sometimes ex-treeemely
loosely) on his own experiences. In this children's tale, for instance,
having taken a bad shortcut while returning from a trade trip, the author
and his party discover an English family in the isolated and barren "Great
American Desert". Illustrated with 12 drawings by William Harvey, which
mostly show the local wildlife running amok. Hardcover. 5"x7", 411 pages,
12 b/w plates; covers a bit dusty, spine head chipped. A few signatures
pulling slightly, a few spots, but a pretty nice copy. [02705]
Upham, Charles Wentworth. LIFE, EXPLORATIONS AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF JOHN
CHARLES FREMONT. Boston; Ticknor and Fields: 1856. 45th thousand. A
popular biography of "The Pathfinder", issued at the time of his campaign
as the first Republican candidate for the Presidency. Fremont became
famous as an officer in the Army's Topographical Corps, leading major
Western expeditions in 1842, 1843-44, and 1845-47. Much of his fame was
spread by his reports, co-authored by his wife, Jessie, the daughter of
Senator Thomas Hart Benton. He was also instrumental in the California
revolt which led to that state's admission into the Union, and served as
one of California's Senators in 1850-51. The "Pathfinder" was a
crackerjack explorer, but something less than a crackerjack general, and
his hopes for Civil War fame went largely unrealized, though not for want
of trying. After the War he served as Territorial Governor of Arizona and
then retired to California. Hardcover. 5"x7.5", 365 pages, 13 woodcut
plates and an engraved portrait frontispiece; spine just a bit sunned, a
little cover soil, a few internal spots, a little soil, a creased page
corner or two, but overall a very nice copy. [02782]
Winthrop, Theodore. THE CANOE AND THE SADDLE, ADVENTURES AMONG THE
NORTHWESTERN RIVERS AND FORESTS; AND ISTHMIANA. Boston; Ticknor and
Fields: 1863. 6th edition. The tale of a trip by the author in 1853 to
the territories of Washington and Oregon, and his time amongst the Native
Americans of the region. He returned via Panama and described that as
well. His text includes some Chinook slang, written phonetically, as
conversation. An imaginative and opinionated writer- "Indian maids are
pretty; Indian dames are hags. Only high civilization keeps its women
beautiful to the last. Indian belles have some delights of toilette worthy
of consideration by their blonde sisterhood...", Winthrop then apparently
took some opium and continued- "O mistaken harridans of Christendom, so
bountifully painted and powdered, did ye but know how much better than your
diffusiveness of daub is the concentrated brilliance of vermilion stripes
parting at the nose-bridge and streaming athwart the cheeks! Knew ye but
this, at once ye would reform from your undeluding shams, and recover the
forgotten charms of acknowledged pinxit". Hardcover. 5"x7.5", 375 pages;
bound in original patterned cloth, light cover wear, spine sunned; spine
head and base with small chips; a very small amount of corrosion and a
closed crack along the hinge; Fitchburg Historical Society bookplate;
private owner bookplate; small chip on endpaper; light soil. [02405]
Van Tramp, John C. PRAIRIE AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES OR LIFE IN THE
WEST... Columbus; Gilmore & Segner: 1866. "To which will be added a view
of the states and territorial regions of our western empire: embracing
history, statistics and geography, and descriptions of the chief cities of
the West". First published in 1858. A sweeping survey of the history and
state of the Western United States, illustrated with many views, vignettes,
etc. Hardcover. 6"x9", 649 + [vi] pages, b/w illustrations; period
elaborately-patterned cloth with gilt spine title; covers rubbed and
somewhat worn, outer hinges cracked, inner hinges reinforced; spine
covering partially perished, but does not look as bad as it sounds -the
covers are still handsome; some internal spotting and soil; foxing on the
title page. [02410]
Hennepin, Father Louis. A NEW DISCOVERY OF A VAST COUNTRY IN AMERICA.
Chicago; A.C. McClurg & Co.: 1903. "Reprinted from the second London issue
of 1698". Edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites. A very important and ultimately
controversial 17th century travelogue. Hennepin set out with LaSalle to
explore the Mississippi, and, after LaSalle turned back to raise more
money, Hennepin sailed up the river and explored further into the Northwest
interior than any European before him, even managing to be held captive by
the Sioux for a while. The troubles began when Hennepin also claimed to
have followed the Mississippi south to the Gulf of Mexico... when in fact
he never did such a thing. He has also been criticized for plagiarizing
passages from other authors. Despite these faults, this remains an
important work. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 6"x8.5", lxiv + 711 pages; several
b/w plates and 2 folding maps; light cover soil, front hinge cracked and a
bit loose; ownership stamp of "Eugene d'Aumont-Cote de St. Lusson" and
blindstamp of "Eugene Cote -Police Justice"; spine heads slightly pulled
and one slightly torn and apparently neatly reglued. [01204]
Duffus, R.L. THE SANTA FE TRAIL. London; Longmans, Green and Co.: 1930.
First edition. "The trail to Santa Fe was the first of the great beaten
tracks which joined the American East and West. As early as the sixteenth
century parts of it were trodden by adventurers, and when Lewis and Clarke
were pushing into the unknown northwest, the magic city Santa Fe was
already a goal -though an officially forbidden one- for French and American
traders. Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 283 pages, b/w illustrations, dj; a nice
copy with three rubbed spots on the endpaper, in a somewhat worn jacket.
[01149]
Garrard, Lewis H. WAH-TO-YAH AND THE TAOS TRAIL. Norman; University of
Oklahoma Press: 1955. First edition in this format. "Or prairie travel
and scalp dances, with a look at Los Rancheros from muleback and the Rocky
Mountain campfire". First published in 1850. From the Western Frontier
Library series. Hardcover. 5"x8", 298 pages, dj; a near fine copy in a
lightly worn jacket. [01256]
Stewart, George R. THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL. AN EPIC WITH MANY HEROES. New
York; McGraw-Hill Book Company, American Trails Series: 1962. Seventh
printing. The story of the main covered-wagon route to California, first
attempted in 1841. Hardcover. 6"x9", 339 pages, b/w illustrations, dj; a
fine copy in a fine jacket. [[01152]
Hawgood, John A. AMERICA'S WESTERN FRONTIERS. The Exploration and
Settlement of the Trans-Mississippi West. New York; Alfred A. Knopf:
1967. "(Hawgood) brings to these dramatic events a happy blend of his own
lively style and narrative talent and a thorough familiarity with the
documentary sources for these stirring events". Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 440
+ x pages; b/w illustrations, maps; dj; a very good copy in a lightly worn
jacket. [02393]
Bray, Edmund C. & Martha C. (eds.). JOSEPH N. NICOLLET ON THE PLAINS AND
PRAIRIES. The Expeditions of 1838-39 with Journals, Letters, and Notes on
the Dakota Indians. St. Paul; Minnesota Historical Society Press:
1976. "In 1838 and 1839 French scientist Joseph N. Nicollet led two U.S.
government-sponsored expeditions into the land between the Missouri and
Mississippi rivers...". Hardcover. 6"x9", 294 pages, b/w illustrations,
maps; dj; a fine copy in a near fine jacket. [02202]
Clark, Thomas D. (ed.). OFF AT SUNRISE. THE OVERLAND JOURNAL OF CHARLES
GLASS GRAY. San Marino; Huntington Library: 1976. "A vivid and literate
account of an overland journey during the gold-rush year of 1849. The
diary begins May 1st, 1849, the day young Charles Glass Gray leaves
Independence, Missouri, the last entry is dated November 19, in San
Francisco...". Hardcover. 6"x9", 182 pages, dj; near fine in a near fine
jacket. [02208]
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