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Camp-Fires on Desert and Lava
by Hornaday, William T.
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- 1908 First Edition
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New York: Scribners, 1908 First Edition. xix,366,(4) pp. Original red cloth. Octavo. Gilt titles on spine and front board and a tipped in illustration front board. Coloured frontispiece, seven coloured plates, sixty-four plates and two maps. A fine clean copy with only the slightest fading on the spine. An account of Big Game… Read more about this item Item Price
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The New Far West and the Old Far East, Being Notes of a Tour in North America, Japan, China, Ceylon, Etc
by Barneby, W. Henry
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- 1889 First Edition
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London: Edward Stanford, 1889 First Edition. x,(2),316 pp. Octavo. Original pictorial blue green cloth. Giltt title and illustration on front board. Coated black endpapers. Half title. 8 plates (including frontispiece) and 3 folding maps (partly coloured). A couple of pages roughly opened. 4 pages of ads at the rear. Other… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Blazed Trail of the Old Frontier : Being the Log of the Upper Missouri Historical Expedition Under the Auspices of the Governors & Historical Associations of Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana for 1925
by Laut, Agnes C.
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- 1926
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New York: Robert M. McBride and Company, 1926. Hardcover. First Edition. xii, 271 pp. Octavo. No dust-jacket. Original pictorial red cloth, with gilt and black design on facade and spine. Gilt lettering on spine. Bottom edge deckled. Red top edge. Tan endpapers. Inscribed in green ink by previous owner following front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Half-title included. B/W frontispiece… Read more about this item Item Price
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Peter Skene Ogden's Snake Country Journals 1824-35 and 1925-26
by Ogden, Peter Skene [Edited by Rich, E. E.]
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- 1950
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- Hardcover
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London: The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1950. Hardcover. very good. First limited edition. lxxix,283,xvpp. Octavo with blue cloth boards. Gilt lettered on spine. Untrimmed edges. Front board slightly bowed. With two fold out maps in back pocket. Very good condition. This is a limited edition numbered 206. 1950 Item Price
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Old Indian Trails
by McClintock, Walter M.A.
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- 1923
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. Octavo. Bound in original brick red decorative cloth. Black lettering on front board and spine. Fore edge and bottom edges untrimmed. Shows a light amount of soiling and slight wear to corners. Interior is tight and clean. 38 listed illustrations including a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Old Indian Trails
by McClintock, Walter
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- 1923
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London: Constable and Company Limited, 1923. Hardcover. very good. xii, 336pp. Octavo in original black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Shows light rubbing, with minor bumbing and wear to the corners. Interior is tight and clean. 38 listed illustrations including a colour frontis. very good 1923 Item Price
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Pony Tracks
by Remington, Frederic
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- 1895
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1895. viii 269pp +2pp Octavo. Original decorative gray cloth with orange spine. Gilt lettering on spine. Slight soiling on spine and boards. Slight wear on edges. Inscription from previous owner on front free endpaper. Very light foxing on front and back endpapers. Numerous illustrations done by Remington throughout book. A very fine copy… Read more about this item Item Price
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Peter Skene Ogden's Snake Country Journals 1824-35 and 1925-26
by Ogden, Peter Skene [Edited by Rich, E. E.]
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- 1950
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London: The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1950. Hardcover. fine. First Limited Numbered Edition. lxxix,283,xvpp. Octavo with blue cloth boards. Minor shelf wear to top of spine. With two fold out maps in back pocket. Dust jacket has very light creasing at top of spine. A fine copy. This is a limited edition numbered 1466. 1950 Item Price
A$112.64
The Old Oregon Country. A History of Frontier Trade, Transportation, and Travel
by Winther, Oscar Osburn
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- 1950
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- Advance proof
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Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, 1950. Advance proof. very good. 1st. xvi,348pp. Octavo. Illustrated with plates (both sides) from photos and drawings (maps). Original brown printed wrappers. Covers slightly rubbed. very good History of the Oregon country from the fur trade through the agricultural and mineral periods to the monopoly era with a bibliography (at end) 1950 Item Price
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The Old Oregon Country. A History of Frontier Trade, Transportation, and Travel
by Winther, Oscar Osburn
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- 1950
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Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, 1950. Advance proof. very good. 1st. xvi,348pp. Octavo. Illustrated with plates (both sides) from photos and drawings (maps). Original brown printed wrappers. Old price inked out on front cover. very good History of the Oregon country from the fur trade through the agricultural and mineral periods to the monopoly era with a bibliography… Read more about this item Item Price
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Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768.
by Carver, J.
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- 1956
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Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, Inc., 1956. Hardcover. very good. 3rd Edition. 543pp. Octavo. Illustrated with plates from drawings (including frontispiece and folding maps). Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Small tear to back of spine. very good 1956 Item Price
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The Western Historical Quarterly. Volume 1. Number 1 - Volume XII - Number 4. (January 1970- October 1981) [47 Issues Lacking Volume IX No. 3 Issue Only]
by Western History Association
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- 1970-1981
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- Advance proof
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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Logan, Utah: Published by Utah State University for the Western Historical Association, 1970-1981. Advance proof. near fine. 47 Issues Octavo. Occasional illustrations from facsimiles, etc. Original wrappers, a few issues with some minor staining to covers else a bright, clean set. N.B. Extra shipping required. Before placing your order please click the link Ask Bookseller A… Read more about this item Item Price
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Riding Old Trails
by Curtis, James
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- 1976
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Grand Junction, Colorado: Country Press, 1976. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. 2p.l.,iv,263pp. Octavo. Illustrations from drawings by Gary Davis, including map. Original illustrated cloth; minor dent top edge front board. Inscribed and signed on title page. Original order card laid in loose. very good Stories of the first settlers. 1976 Item Price
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Lewis and Clark Pioneering Naturalists
by Cutright, Paul Russell
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- 1969
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Urbana Chicago Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1969. Hardcover. very good. 1st edition. xiii-[xvi],506pp. Octavo. Plates. Original green cloth in price clipped dust jacket, with closed tear top edge front wrapper. very good Appendices include A: Plants and B: Animals discovered by Lewis and Clark; and C: Locations of Lewis and Clark journals, maps and related… Read more about this item Item Price
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News of the Plains and Rockies 1803-1865. Original Narratives of Overland Travel and Adventure Selected from the Wagner-Camp and Becker Bibliography of Western Americana [Complete in 8 Volumes - with Supplemental Volume] Plains & Rockies 1800-1865. One Hundred Twenty Proposed Additions to the Wagner-Camp and Becker Bibliography of Travel and Adventure in the American West. With 33 Selected Reprints
by White, David A.
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- as new
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- 1996-2001
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- Hardcover issued without dust jacket
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- 9780870622311
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A$450.56
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Spokane, Washington: Arthur H. Clark Company, The, 1996-2001. Hardcover issued without dust jacket. as new. 1st Editions. 9 volumes Octavo. Illustrations in text from facsimiles, etc. Eight volumes in tan cloth with gilt lettered burgundy labels on spine and front; bibliography bound in full burgundy cloth. Several of the volumes still in publisher's shrink-wrap. as… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Farm Home for You in the Pacific Northwest [Cover Title]
by Spokane Chamber of Commerce
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- nd c1938
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Spokane, Washington: Chamber of Commerce. Spokane, nd c1938. Wrappers. near fine. 52pp. Octavo. Double-paged color map and b&w illustrations from photos, etc. Original pictorial wrappers. near fine "This booklet is addressed to the farmer and homeseeker who is looking for a country of better farms and agricultural opportunities.". 1938 Item Price
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Methods and Costs of Gravel and Placer Mining in Alaska
by Purington, Chester Wells
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- 1905
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Washington: Government Printig Office, 1905. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 273pp. Octavo in original grey wrappers with 40 plates from photos, folding plate (sketch) and illustrations in text from drawings, tables, and small folding map. Shelf sticker on spine with minor rusting from paper clip to preliminaries. very good 1905 Item Price
A$140.80
The American Indian (A Magazine Devoted to the Indian Country and Its People). Vol. 1 Nos. 1, Vol. 2. Nos. 3, 8, 10; Vol. 3. Nos. 2,7,8,9,11; Vol. 4 Nos. 8,9,10,12; And Vol. 5. Nos. 1,3 and 4. [Incomplete Run - 16 Issues]
by Harkins, Lee F.
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- 1926-1931
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Tulsa, Oklahoma: American Indian, The, 1926-1931. Wrappers. good to very good. 16pp. per Issuepp. 16 Issues folio in original wrappers with illustrations in text from photos, etc. Minor soiling to covers else clean broken run of this scarce periodical. good to very good Contents - Oklahoma History - Indian Lore - and Current News of Indian Life.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gold vs. Grain. The Hydaulic Mining Controversy in California's Sacremento Valley. A Chapter in the Decline of the Concept of Laissez Faire
by Kelley, Robert L.
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1959. hardcover. fine. 1st Edition. 327pp. Octavo in original brown cloth, brown top edge with plates, including frontispiece, and folding colour map (at end) fine Deatils the conflict over the fate of hydraulic gold mining in the Sacramento Valley, in an age of unchecked capitalism and western enterprise. 1959 Item Price
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History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River. Life and Adventures of Joseph la Barge. Pioneer Navigator and Indian Trader for Fifty Years Identified with the Commerce of the Missouri Valley. In Two Volumes
by Chittenden, Hiram Martin
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- 1903
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- Undetermined
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A$957.44
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New York: Francis P. Harper, 1903. Undetermined. fine. 1st edition limited to 950 copies. xiv,248;[vii],[249]-461pp. Two volumes Octavo in original blue cloth, gilt top edge, others uncut with 12 plates (including frontispiece portrait in each volume). Very minor wear along top edge of Volume One, still a fine copy in original bindings. fine 1903 Item Price
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