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Among the Indians. Eight Years in the FarWest: 1858-1866. Embracing Sketches ofMontana and Salt Lake.

Philadelphia: T. Ellwood Zell, 1868. 8vo (7 1/4 x 5 inches).428pp. Folding map. Publisher's cloth, rebacked to style withthe original spine laid down. First edition of a rare narrative of travels of a fur trader in thefar west: complete with the folding map. (#36077) $ 3,500.

HENRY A. BOLLER

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O-Kee-Pa: a religious ceremony; and othercustoms of the Mandans.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1867. Octavo (10 x 6 3/4inches). Half-title. 13 coloured lithographic plates bySimonau & Toovey, all after Catlin. Minor foxing.Publisher's green cloth, upper cover blocked in gilt, expertlyrebacked with green cloth. First American edition of one of the rarest works by thenoted painter of American Indians: this is Catlin's last majorpublication. (#34942) $ 12,500.

GEORGE CATLIN


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Historical and Biographical Record of theCattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texasand Adjacent Territory.

Saint Louis: 1895. Folio. [1] 743pp, illustrated with plates,portraits, index to the historical section, index ofbiographies, and an index of illustrations. Without thefrontispiece, not issued with all copies. Original gilt-stamped calf with vignette of a longhorn on the cover;rebacked in cloth, repairs at board edges. Minor soiling andwear internally. One of the "Big Four" Cattle books, with biographies of some448 cattlemen and extensive contemporary account of theTexas Cattle trade. (#26831) $ 8,000.

JAMES COX


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The History of Texas; or, The Emigrant's,Farmer's, and Politician's Guide to theCharacter, Climate, Soil andProductions of that Country...

Cincinnati: J. A. James & Co., 1836. 12mo (7 1/4 x 4 1/2inches). 336, [2]pp. Publisher's advertising leaf in the rear.Engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline.Publisher's brown cloth, rebacked retaining most of theoriginal spine and paper lettering piece. An early and important work on Texas, with the map ofTexas. (#36659) $ 8,000.

DAVID B. EDWARD


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[Collection of five original watercolours ofPima Indians and their lands in AravaipaCanyon, Arizona, made by Forty-ninerRobert Hart on his journey to the Californiagold fields].

[Aravaipa Canyon, AZ]: [late July 1849]. Five originalwatercolours on card stock, detailed below. (A bit of residueon the verso of the images, one drawing with four pin-sizedholes). Each matted and housed in a red morocco backedbox. An extraordinary group of watercolours made by aVirginian travelling the Southern Route to the Californiagold fields in 1849, among the earliest illustrations depictingthe Pima Indians of southern Arizona, and showing theirlands in the Aravaipa canyons. (#27856) $ 17,500.

ROBERT BENJAMIN HART


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Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery, With aDescription of the Geographical and GeologicalFeatures, and Some Account of the Resources ofthe Great West; Containing Thirty PhotographicViews Along the Line of the Pacific Rail Road,From Omaha to Sacramento.

New York: Julius Bien, 1870. Large 4to (12 x 9 1/2 inches).viii,150pp. Half-title. Thirty mounted albumen photographs.(Some dampstaining in the margins). Contemporary three-quarter green morocco over green cloth, spine gilt, edgesgilt. A classic photographically illustrated book on the AmericanWest, with albumen photographs by A. J. Russell. (#27937) $ 15,000.

FERDINAND V. HAYDEN


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Santa Fe, From the College.

[Denver: circa 1880s]. Image size: 9 7/8 x 13 inches. Onperiod card mount, measuring 17 3/4 x 14 inches, with aperiod manuscript ink and floral border. Early photograph of Santa Fe. (#36378) $ 1,500.

WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON


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Route Across the Rocky Mountains, with adescription of Oregon and California: theirgeographical features, their resources, soil,climate, productions.

Lafayette, In.: John B. Semans, printer, 1846. Octavo. 152pp.Expertly bound to style in cloth-backed paper boards. Housed in a blue morocco backed box. A very rare key overland guide. (#32674) $ 13,500.

OVERTON JOHNSON AND

WILLIAM H. WINTER


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Experiences of a Forty-Niner...A Member of theWagon Train First to Enter California in theMemorable Year 1849.

Pittsburgh: 1892. 390pp. plus plates and folding blueprintmap, laid in. Original gilt cloth. With the blueprint map: from an edition limited to fiftycopies. (#32673) $ 3,000.

WILLIAM G .

JOHNSTON


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The War between the United States and Mexicoillustrated, embracing pictorial drawings of allthe principal conflicts ... with a description ofeach battle.

New York & Philadelphia: [Plon Brothers of Paris for] D.Appleton & Co. and George S. Appleton, 1851. Folio. 12 hand-coloured lithographic plates on card, heightened with gumarabic, by Bayot (11) or Bayot & Bichebois (1) after Nebel,printed by Lemercier in Paris, 1 lithographed map. Originalfront wrapper bound in. Expertly bound to style in greenmorocco backed period cloth boards, covers stamped in gilt,flat spine lettered in gilt. One of the most important pictorial works relating to theMexican-American War. (#21121) $ 30,000.

GEORGE WILKINSKENDALL AND CARLNEBEL


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History of the Expedition Under the Commandof Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources ofthe Missouri, Thence Across the RockyMountains and Down the River Columbia tothe Pacific Ocean...

Philadelphia: J. Maxwell for Bradford & Inskeep and Abm.H. Inskeep of New York, 1814. 2 volumes, octavo. Five mapsand charts. Large folding map in expert facsimile. Texttoned as usual. Bound to style in contemporary tree calf,covers bordered with a gilt roll tool, flat spine divided intosix compartments by Greek key roll tool, with a repeatdecoration in gilt. The first edition of the "definitive account of the mostimportant exploration of the North American continent"(Wagner-Camp). A cornerstone of Western Americana. (#36339) $ 18,000.

MERIWETHER LEWISAND WILLIAM CLARK


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Route From Liverpool to Great Salt Lake ValleyIllustrated with steel engravings and wood cutsfrom sketches made by FrederickPiercy...

Liverpool: Franklin D. Richards; London: Latter-Day SaintsBook Depot, 1855. Quarto. viii, 120pp. Folding map, 30engraved plates, and woodcuts in text illustrations afterFrederick H. Piercy. Contemporary half calf and tan clothcovered boards, rebacked. Housed in a red morocco backedbox. Provenance: William Bernard and Maria Young Dougall(signature and inscription dated 1927); John A. and LeahDunford Widstoe, University of Utah (deaccessioned 1986). A landmark depiction of the West with superb plates, andone of the most important publications devoted to theMormon emigration: with provenance to Brigham Young'sdaughter. (#34824) $ 25,000.

JAMES LINFORTH ANDFREDERICK PIERCY


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Gems of Rocky Mountain Scenery, ContainingViews Along and Near the Union PacificRailroad.

New York: Published by the Author, 1869. Small folio (13 x 101/4 inches). 20 tinted lithographed plates after Mathews.Publisher's purple cloth, covers decoratively blocked inblind, upper cover with a central stamp in gilt, expertlyrebacked to style. A rare work by an important western artist, with among thefirst illustrations of the Rocky Mountains made available tothe public. (#31318) $ 17,500.

ALFRED EDWARDMATHEWS


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History of the Indian Tribes of North America,with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes ofthe Principal Chiefs...

Philadelphia: T.K. & P.G. Collins, 1855. 3 volumes, octavo. 120coloured lithographic plates (3 tinted frontispieces finishedby hand, 117 hand-coloured plates), by J.T. Bowen ofPhiladelphia, most after Charles Bird King. Publisher's redmorocco gilt extra, covers elaborately blocked with apanelled design including arabesque cornerpieces ofstylized foliage. Provenance: J. W. Singleton (contemporarysignature on endpapers). Early octavo edition of McKenney and Hall's classic work. (#22365) $ 25,000.

THOMAS MCKENNEY

AND JAMES HALL


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[Album of photographs of a hunting expeditionin the American West].

[Np: circa 1900]. Oblong quarto (6 3/4 x 11 inches). 117 silverprint photographs (63 measuring approx. 5 x 6 3/4 inches; 54measuring approx. 2 3/8 x 3 3/8 inches), mounted within analbum. Some fading and silvering to the images, a few of themounts detached. Contemporary cloth. Housed in a blackmorocco backed box. A hunting expedition to the far west. (#32768) $ 6,000.

GEORGE FREDERICK

NORTON


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Report of Surveys Across the Continent, in1867-'68, on the thirty-fifth and thirty-secondparallels, for a route extending the KansasPacific Railway to the Pacific Ocean at SanFrancisco and San Diego.

Philadelphia: W. B. Selheimer, 1869. 8vo (9 x 5 3/4 inches) .250pp., plus large folding map and large folding profileplate. Expertly bound to style in half morocco and marbledpaper covered boards, marbled endpapers and edges. Lovely copy of one of the most detailed western railwaysurvey publications, accompanied by a large, important mapof the West and profile of the route from Missouri toCalifornia. (#36085) $ 4,500.

WILLIAM J . PALMER


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The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie, ofKentucky, During an Expedition from St.Louis, Through the Vast Regions Betweenthat Place and the Pacific Ocean, and ThenceBack Through the City of Mexico toVera Cruz, During Journeyings of Six Years...

Cincinnati: E.H. Flint, 1833. 8vo. 300pp. Five engravedplates. Later half red morocco and marbled paper coveredboards, by R.W. Smith, spine gilt with raised bands in sixcompartments, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Provenance:H.F. Depuy (morocco booklabel); Eugene & Sadye Power(bookplate); Paul Steinbrecher (bookplate). The second edition of Pattie's narrative: one of the greatworks of Western Americana. (#35971) $ 3,500.

JAMES O . PATTIE


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Voyage dans les Deux Louisianes, et Chez lesNations Sauvages du Missouri, par les Etats-Unis, l'Ohio et les Provinces qui le bordent, en1801, 1802, et 1803.

Lyon: Chez Bruyset ainé et Buynand, 1805. 8vo. [4], x, 479,[1]pp. Engraved folding map, engraved folding plate.Expertly bound to style in half calf and marbled papercovered boards. First edition, first issue: the principal account of early furtrade with Indians on the upper Missouri. (#35836) $ 6,000.

FRANÇOIS MARIE PERRIN

DU LAC


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Hand-Book to Kansas Territory and the RockyMountain Gold Region; Accompanied byReliable Maps and a Preliminary Treatiseon the Pre-Emption Laws of the United States.

New York: J. H. Colton, 1859. 16mo. 177pp. Three maps ontwo folding sheets. [6]pp. of advertisements. Publisher'sbrown cloth, stamped in gilt and lettered blind. Housed in ared morocco box. Rare Pike's Peak overland guide, with important maps. (#32676) $ 15,000.

JAMES REDPATH ANDRICHARD J . HINTON


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Scenes In The Rocky Mountains, and inOregon, California, New Mexico, Texas, andThe Grand Prairies or notes by the way, duringan excursion of three years ... By a NewEnglander.

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1846. 8vo (7 1/8 x 4 3/4 inches).303pp. Large folding map. Map silked with repaired tears.Twentieth century polished calf bound by Sangorski &Sutcliffe, spine with raised bands in six compartments, redmorocco lettering piece, repeat decoration in gilt. First edition, first issue of one of the most importantoverland narratives: this copy complete with its importantmap. (#35258) $ 6,500.

RUFUS B. SAGE


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Group of 5 mounted albumen photographs ofNative Americans, each being a chief orwarrior of the Dakota Sioux.

[Washington, D.C.: 1867-1869]. Albumen photographs onoriginal cream card mounts. Image sizes: approx. 7 1/4 x 51/4 inches. Mount size: approximately 14 x 11 inches. Rare photographs of Dakota Sioux by Shindler: images fromthe very first museum exhibition of photographs inAmerica. (#35778) $ 15,000.

ANTONIO ZENOSHINDLER


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The Texan Emigrant: Being a Narration of theAdventures of the Author in Texas, and aDescription of the Soil, Climate, Productions,Minerals, Towns, Bays, Harbors, Rivers,Institutions, and Manners and Customs of theInhabitants of that Country...

Cincinnati: Stereotyped by Glezen & Shepard, 1840. 12mo.[i-iii] iv-v [1, blank] [7] 8-367 [1, ad]pp. 2 full-page wood-cutillustrations by John H. Lovejoy (View of Galveston City andBay and Battle of San Jacinto), hand colored engravedfolding map published by George Conclin. Expertly boundto style in morocco backed decorated black cloth coveredboards, marbled endpapers. First edition of a rare Texas guide, complete with the map ofthe Republic. (#36599) $ 18,500.

EDWARD STIFF


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The Ute War of 1879. Why the Indian Bureaushould be transferred from the Department ofthe Interior to the Department of War.

Cheyenne, Wyoming: Leader Steam Books and Job PrintingHouse, 1879. 26pp. Original printed wrappers. A remarkablyfresh, clean copy. In a felt-lined cloth clamshell case,leather label. A scarce Cheyenne imprint relating to the Ute or WhiteRiver War of 1879. (#31387) $ 4,500.

THOMAS STURGIS


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History and Directory of Laramie City,Wyoming Territory, Comprising a BriefHistory of Laramie City From Its FirstSettlement to the Present Time...Including aMinute Description of a Portion of the MiningRegion of the Black Hills. Also a General andBusiness Directory of Laramie City.

Laramie City: Daily Sentinel Print, 1875. 8vo (9 x 5 1/2 inches).91pp., including numerous pages of ads included inpagination. Publisher's lettered blue wrappers. Housed in ablue chemise and morocco backed slipcase. First edition: "This exceedingly rare imprint gives a frankhistory of Laramie in its turbulent days and reign ofviolence" (Adams, Six-Guns). (#31390) $ 5,000.

J.H. TRIGGS


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A Narrative of Occurrences in the IndianCountries of North America, since theConnexion of the Right Hon. the Earl ofSelkirk with the Hudson's Bay Company, andhis Attempt to Establish a Colony of the RedRiver: with a Detailed Account of his Lordship'sMilitary Expedition to and SubsequentProceedings at Fort William, in Upper Canada.

London: Printed by B. McMillian, 1817. 8vo. xiv, 152, [4], 87,[1]pp. Contemporary smooth calf, covers bordered withblind rules, spine in five compartments, red moroccolettering piece in the second, repeat decoration in blind,marbled edges. A rare work in defense of the Northwest Company. (#35327) $ 1,500.

SAMUEL WILCOCKE


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