Results for: Old West


Ride for the High Points : The Real Story of Will James.
Bramlett, Jim.
Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1987.

Very good quarto-sized hardcover in good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and the corners of the back cover. Scratching on front cover near gutter of spine. Dj has some wear and rubbing along eges with some minor tears, including a 1 inch tear on back cover's lower edge, and slight nicks along with light scuffing to covers. 242 pages with illustrations, glossary, and index. A look at the art and life of the noted cowboy artist, Will James (1892-1942).

Price: $30.00

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Saloons of the American Old West : An Illustrated Chronicle.
Brown, Robert L.
Salt Lake City: Sundance Publications, 1978.

Quarto-sized. Light wear to edges of boards. Covers have been laminated by previous owner. Some browning to covers and smoky smell to book. 144 pages with illustrations.

Price: $20.00

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The March of the Mounted Riflemen : First United States Expedition to Travel the Full Length of the Oregon Trail from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Vancouver May to October 1849 as Recorded in the Journals of Major Osborne Cross and George Gibbs and the Offici
Cross, Osborne, George Gibbs, and William W. Loring. Settle, Raymond W. editor.
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1940.

Thick octavo (standard size). A number of pages unopened, Some wear to edges and corners of boards. Spine a bit faded, with some rubbing to title on spine. Embossed stamp of former owner on flyleaf. 380 p. w/ illustrations, bibliography, index. An interesting and important study of the 2500 mile journey from Missouri to Oregan, lead by Loring. Loring, a veteran of the Mexican war with the Mounted Rifles, later became a Confederate Major General with the nickname "Old Blizzards", and then an officer in the Egyptian army after the war.

Price: $60.00

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The Making of Legends : More True Stories of Frontier America.
Dugan, Mark.
Athens: Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, 1997..

First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in tan binding without dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing along the edges with minor bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Light scuffing to the covers. Stamped on the front free endpaper is a printer's stamp in red ink indicating the item is "not for sale." 272 pages with illustrations, endnotes, and index. A collection of ancedotes about pioneer and front life in the United States.

Price: $20.00

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The Custer Tragedy : Events Leading Up To and Following The Little Big Horn Campaign of 1876 ; Also Including, Echoes From The Little Big Horn Fight : A Rare Booklet in Which The Author Revised His Earlier Interpretation of Reno's Positions In The Valley.
Dustin, Fred. Introduction by Frank Mercantante .
El Segundo, CA: Upton & Sons, 1987.

Quarto (oversized). Grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Dj for this book was evidently made by a former owner, and consists of a white sheet of paper with the itle of the book printed on paper and pasted to spine of dj. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. 275 p. w/illustrations, 3 maps in pocket at rear (Seventh Cavalry March, Map of the entire battlefield of the 3 commands after a 1908 USGS survey, and a larger regional map after a 1923 USGS map.

Price: $70.00

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The Bloody Bozeman : The Perilous Trail to Montana's Gold.
Johnson, Dorothy M.
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1971.

Octavo. SIGNED. Light wear to edges of boards with minor bumping to heel of spine. Dj has light wear along edges and some scuffing to covers with browning along edges and spine. Signed by author on front free endpaper. 366 pages with illustrations, maps, endnotes, bibliography, and index. A detailed history of the Bozeman Trail in Montana including Red Cloud's struggle over the Powder River region and the death of General Thomas Francis Meagher. A volume in the American Trails series.

Price: $75.00

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Pony Tracks: The Harold McCracken Edition.
Remington, Frederic.
Columbus, OH: Long's College Book Co., 1951.

Originally published in 1895. Good octavo hardcover in good dust jacket. Some wear and rubbing to edges of boards. Dj has wear and rubbing along edges with many small tears and some chipping on head of spine. Dj's covers are scuffed and heavily browned along spine. Crack in binding between pages 194-195. Page edges are browned and lightly foxed. 269 pages with illustrations. A collection of articles written and illustrated by the noted Western artist Frederic Remington.

Price: $35.00

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Women Tell the Story of the Southwest.
Wooten, Mattie Lloyd, editor.
San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Company, 1940.

Good octavo hardcover in red cloth binding without dust jacket. Some wear and rubbing along edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and on corners of panels. Slight twist to spine. Scuffing to covers with browning along edges. Page edges are browned and lightly foxed. Name of previous owner on front free endpaper. Stain on page 191. 394 pages with illustrations, footnotes, glossary, and index.

Price: $60.00

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