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Back of Beyond Booksrare Book catalogue no. 21
western americana • Part two
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dear friends and colleagues,
Thank you for taking the time to view Back of Beyond Books’ Rare Book Catalogue 21.
Unlike past issues, catalogue 21 is e-format only, much to my sadness. I love traditionally printed catalogues but costs continue to rise and given that this catalogue features only material of the American West, our audience may be smaller than for past more varied catalogues. Because it is digital, we’re splitting its release over three weeks so you can easily absorb the content. We’ve pared the catalogue to around 165 items.
I also insisted that the catalogue be ‘published’ before Sophie Tomkiewicz left our fair town for the forests and hills of North Carolina. All of us at Back of Beyond Books will miss Sophie’s good cheer and attitude. I selfishly mourn that my best-ever cataloguer is leaving. Good luck Sophie in your new adventure!
Items in this catalogue range from $20 promotionals to a spectacular limited edition set of photographic prints by Adam Clark Vroman (item 154).Highlights include two stunning photo albums of Zane Grey’s hunting and fishing trips (items 76 and 77), a massive 19th century political broadside for L. Bradford Prince who would later become New Mexico’s governor (item 121), a set of Dakota Territory albumen prints with fabulous content and detail (item 55), an original oil painting by one of the best-known 19th century Utah artists, George M. Ottinger (item 116), and an exceptional lithograph of San Francisco by African American artist, G. T. Brown (item 20). We’ve pared the catalogue to 176 items.
Happy scouting!
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rare Book catalogue no. 21Part two • Fall 2019
On the cover: Item 72. Charles Goodman.
Photo Album of Petroglyphs in Southeastern Utah and the Norwood & Bluff City Oil Company.
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LIMITED EDITION AQUATINT, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST60. Doolittle, Harold. Canyon Twilight.
1954. Aquatint. Very Good. This aquatint is one of 60 that were especially hand printed for members of the Roxburghe & Zamorano clubs on the occasion of their joint meeting in Los Angeles, September 11-12, 1954. Aquatint including margins measures 13” x 13 ½”; print is matted and has a 4” x 4 ¾” leaf tipped onto mat which provides information regarding limitation and method of printing. Signed and titled by the artist, Harold Doolittle in pencil. In very good condition with two 1 ¾” creases on mat which also slightly affect the print; mat and limitation sheet have light toning and soiling.
Printed from an etched copper plate, this aquatint depicts a gorgeous, shadowy canyon scene in the Southwest. The image likely portrays the Grand Canyon with the canyon rim dropping off into steep canyon walls. 018853.
SOLD
61. Drannan, William F. Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains or, the Last Voice from the Plains. An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West.
Chicago, Rhodes & McClure Publishing Company, 1900. Second Printing. 12mo 7” - 7½” tall. 584pp. Hardcover. Good. Dark green cloth boards with silver lettering and decoration. Boards have light wear to all edges and light chipping to spine; previous owner’s inscription on front pastedown in pencil; all leaves have heavy toning and are fragile, poor paper quality is usual with this book.
Includes many illustrations and photographs. Howes D-482. 019092.
$45
62. Farquhar, Francis P. History of the Sierra Nevada.
Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1966. First Edition, Third Printing. Large 8vo 9” - 10” tall. 262pp. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Illustrated, textured dust jacket; blue boards with white illustration printed on cover and gilt text on spine. DJ has light wear to edges and is price clipped; boards have light wear to all edges and are slightly bowed; endpapers and pastedowns have light toning and foxing.
A clear and thorough history of the Sierra Nevada from notable historian Francis P. Farquhar. 018319.
$42
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INSCRIBED BY FARQUHAR TO FORMER YELLOWSTONE SUPERINTENDENT63. Farquhar, Francis P. Naming America’s Mountains - The Colorado Rockies.
New York, American Alpine Club, 1961. Large 8vo 9” - 10” tall. Pamphlet. Very Good. Textured grey wraps with black lettering and illustration on front, staple bound; paginated 319-346. Signed and inscribed by Farquhar to Edmund Rogers, former Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park (1936-56). As stated on the front wrap, this pamphlet is “Reprinted from the American Alpine Journal, 1961.” Light wear to bottom edge of wraps, otherwise clean.
A nice association copy. Three copies in OCLC as of December 2018. 017542.
$115
DUTTON’S TERTIARY HISTORY64. Dutton, Clarence E. Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District with Atlas.
Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1882. 264pp. Hardcover. Good. Includes atlas and monograph. Original brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on both volumes. Bien & Co., lithographers of the atlas. Overall good condition. Boards of monograph have cracked gutters, heavy wear to all edges and gilt lettering is faded; text block has light toning and soiling throughout; plates are clean. Boards of atlas have cracked gutters, heavy chipping and loss to 3” at foot of spine, all edges have heavy wear and soiling; first endpaper is detached from text block and has moderate chipping to fore edge; views in the atlas have light foxing and minor offsetting, but are still vibrant.
Farquhar calls this “One of the greatest, if not the very greatest of all Grand Canyon books. The atlas, containing the superb panoramic views by William H. Holmes and a drawing by Thomas Moran, is a rich portfolio of art as well as a collection of maps and an exposition of geology.” Farquhar 73. 018787.
$5,000
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19TH CENTURY CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER65. Elliott, Fred and S. F. Houle. Bodie Morning News July 26, 1879 with Supplement.
Bodie, CA, Hoole & Elliott, 1879. Newspaper. Good. Issue of the Bodie Morning News, Volume 1, Number 120. Bodie, Mono County, Cal., Saturday July 26, 1879. Typical 4-page newspaper, possibly once bound with 3 puncture holes along spine and chipping along edges. The much harder to find supplement is also included.
Typical of mining boom towns of the west, Bodie had many short-lived newspaper enterprises. The Bodie Morning News apparently lasted less than three years before it merged with the Bodie Daily Standard. Lead headline was the Dastardly Murder of police officer Humphrey Symons of Gold Hill following a domestic abuse incident. In other news, the town of Bodie was struggling to provide safe drinking water and safe roads for its residents. Updates were provided on the Maryland Consolidated Mine and the Noonday Mine; the variety show Berlin Boy was well attended plus stagecoach arrivals and departures are noted. Many ads are included less any good engravings as sometimes found in early western newspapers. Last but not least it is noted that the following beers are available at Wagner’s Saloon: Carson, Boca, St. Louis, Budweiser, and Milwaukee. 16 1/2 x 22 inches. The supplement printed only on verso primarily lists delinquent stock payments plus stockholder reports for a number of mining companies including Blackhawk, Belvidere, Rustler, Addenda, Goodshaw and more. Supplement measures 9 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches and is in very good condition. 018842.
$150
NICE ADVERTISEMENTS AND INTERESTING CONTENT66. Fay, A. E. Tombstone Weekly Nugget, Tombstone, Pima County, Arizona, Thursday May 13, 1880 Vol. 1 No. 33 Supplement.
Tombstone, AZ, A. E. Fay, 1880. 1pp. Newspaper. Good. Tombstone Weekly Nugget Thursday May 13, 1880 Supplement only. Printed on recto only this supplement is printed on highly acidic paper and is toning evenly but remains in good condition with a couple very small holes, not affecting content, and light edge wear.
Paper contains a number of regional ads including the “New Tombstone & Tucson Stage Line” carrying United States Mails using the finest four-horse Concord Coaches. Also includes notices of various mining claims and patents plus a report from Congressman Daggett regarding mining law changes. Also of note is Ordinance No. 10 from the Common Council of the Village of Tombstone to “Regulate Public Bar Rooms and Places of Resort.” Supplement measures 13 x 20 inches. 018848.
$40
67. Fenn, Forrest. Seventeen Dollars a Square Inch: A Personal Tribute to Eric Sloane.
Santa Fe, NM, One Horse Land & Cattle Co. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to 9” - 11” tall. 111pp. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Black cloth boards with silver title on front board and spine. Pictorial dust jacket.
A fun journey through the friendship of Eric Sloane and Forrest Fenn accompanied by illustrations by Eric Sloane. 019066.
$115
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1890 VARIANT OF NEW MEXICO PROMOTIONAL68. Frost, Max (editor). New Mexico - Its Resources, Climate, Geography and Geological Condition - Official Publication of the Bureau of Immigration.
Santa Fe, N.M., New Mexican Printing Company, 1890. 8vo 8” - 9” tall. 92pp. Softcover. Very Good. Eye-catching wraps, dyed pink and yellow with decorative title and detailed illustrations; string bound. Includes one folding map titled “Map of the Santa Fe Route and Connections” measuring 39 ¼” x 16”. Wraps have light wear to edges and light soiling, minor repair on rear wrap near head of spine; spine has light chipping; light pencil marginalia throughout text block; map is incredibly clean.
Adams Herd calls for 216pp and 2 folding maps in the 1890 first edition, this likely a variant having 92pp and one folding map. This publication would provide all the information prospective immigrants to New Mexico could need, enticing them to the Land of Sunshine and opportunity. No copies of this variant found on OCLC or in commerce as of December 2018. Variant of Adams Herd 857. 017405.
$775
69. Fuller, Robert P. Wonderful Wyoming--The Undeveloped Empire.
Cheyenne, WY, Wyoming State Board of Immigration, 1910. 12mo 7” - 7½” tall. 127pp. Paperback. Good. Golden wrappers with black imprint on front and back. Soiling and chipping to wrapper. Edges soiled but most of the interior is clean. Several pages have dog-eared corners and small tears.
Published by the Wyoming State Board of Immigration in an effort to attract the best and the brightest to the great empire of Wyoming. Filled with black and white photos. Booklet focuses heavily on mining, ranching and agricultural opportunities in the Equality State. 4 copies found in OCLC as of December 2018. 017421.
$250
NEW MEXICO RAILROAD HISTORY70. Gibbons, Antoinette. Story of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic RR Toltec Gorge Route and Rio Grande.
Longmont, CO, RAB Enterprises, Inc., 1995. First Edition. 11” x 8.5”. 64pp. Softcover. Fine. Soft white cover with railroad brand illustrations on cover. Staple-bound. Boards are clean and sharp. Interior is clean and unmarked. Spine is tight. 017090.
$20
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RECORDS FROM THE FIRST U.S. NAVAL SHIPYARD ON THE PACIFIC COAST 71. Gee, Harold. Notebook of a Machinist at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. 12mo 7” - 7½” tall. Very Good. Notebook, letters and ephemera kept by Harold Gee, machinist at the Naval Shipyard in Mare Island, California, dated from 1922 to 1930s. Notebook contains around 190 leaves, content hand-written on both sides; name of ship and repairs are organized by alphabetical tabs; one to five repairs are detailed on each page. Flexible brown morocco; three ring binding. Notebook describes repair work on naval ships; most entries are detailed and technical, and a few have accompanying illustrations. Also included are 3 typed letters on carbon paper detailing Gee’s orders; 6 manuscript leaves, mostly notes and calculations, with two of these depicting diagrams of a “bull gear and clutch”. Ephemera includes a black cloth strip with “Submarine Base” embroidered in yellow which measures 9” x 1 ½”, and a mounted silver-gel photo presumably of Gee, measuring 2 ½” x 2 ½”. Overall very good with moderate soiling to all leaves in notebook and letters; some leaves of notebook are detached from three-ring binding; some leaves and letters have moderate creasing and chipping; boards of notebook have moderate rubbing; photo has light silvering.
“The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINS) was the first United States naval station established on the Pacific Coast. The Navy purchased the original 956 acres of MINS in 1853 and commenced shipbuilding operations on September 16, 1854. As shipbuilding technologies
advanced from wooden sail vessels to steel construction and nuclear propulsion, MINS underwent vast transformations during its years of operation. In the early 1920s, the Navy initiated construction and maintenance of submarines at MINS. During World War II, MINS reached peak capacity for shipbuilding, repair, overhaul, and maintenance” (Naval Facilities Engineering Command, U.S. Navy). As shown from his notebook, one ship that Gee worked on was the USS Langley, the first US aircraft carrier. An example of an entry “U.S.S. Langley 12-17-28 #2 200 K.W. Armature and Turbine Wheels. Balanced as a unit. “A” end o.k. (commutator), “B” end o.k. (turbine end), H.P. wheel and L.P. wheel and armature balanced separately. T=86” L= 85.5”, J.O.
# 601-D-6122/8890, Urgent.” This specialized, meticulous notebook provides a fascinating record of a machinist at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. 017955.
$525
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FABULOUS UTAH AND COLORADO PHOTO ALBUM72. Goodman, Charles. Photo Album of Petroglyphs in Southeastern Utah and the Norwood & Bluff City Oil Company.
Photo album containing 23 images depicting petroglyphs, the Galloway family, and operations of the Norwood & Bluff City Oil Company in southeastern Utah and Colorado. Black cloth album covers measure 7 ½” x 5 ¾”; silver gel photos measure 5 ½” x 3 ½” and are mounted on recto of leaves; most photos have title in the negative but a couple have title or caption in manuscript on the photo. Likely published in the first decade of the 20th century, circa 1905. Overall very good. A few of the photos have moderate yellowing or light silvering; album covers have light wear and soiling.
The photographer of this album is Charles Goodman, who was active in Colorado and in Bluff, Utah from about 1882 to the first decade of the 20th century (Mautz p. 196, 602). The Norwood & Bluff City Oil Company pictured in a couple of the images was located in Norwood, Colorado and in the San Juan oil fields near Bluff, Utah. The Galloway family being represented in his album makes perfect sense; the family owned and operated the Norwood & Bluff City Oil Company, which had 2,000 acres on the San Juan oil fields and the deepest oil well in John’s Canon (The Mining Investor, Volumes 59-60, p. 41). Images include: 8 photos of petroglyphs on rocks found in John’s Canon, Utah; 2 photos of petroglyphs found in San Juan Canon, Utah; 5 photos depict Galloway Camp, Helen Galloway and an oil prospector’s shack in John’ Canon; 6 photos of the town Norwood, Colorado and the freighters of the Norwood & Bluff City Oil Company; 1 photo of a woman on a horse, possibly in Norwood (no caption); 1 photo of the interior view of a snow shed along the D&RGRR along Marshall Pass, Colorado. 019179.
$1,850
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BEAUTIFUL COPY OF A 19TH CENTURY VIEWBOOK73. Glaser, Louis. Spanish & Indian New Mexico.
Denver, Col., Chain & Hardy, 1882. Oblong 24mo 5” - 6” tall. Hardcover. Near Fine. View book with red cloth boards and gilt lettering; one leaf is folded accordion style to produce 18 panels (content on recto only); 5pp of advertisements for “Adolph Wittemann’s Souvenir Albums” tipped in on inside of rear board. Near fine condition with very light soiling to boards and light foxing on verso of panels.
Hard to find a view book in such nice condition. The original photographs used in this view book were taken by Louis Glaser and distributed by Witteman Bros. This souvenir album contains 26 different views printed using the Albertype process and have remarkable tonal range. This 19th century view book contains images of Pueblo San Juan, San Idlefonso, Pueblo de Taos, Church of San Miguel at Santa Fe, Wolpi, and many more. An early view book of New Mexico. 019098.
$475
HARD-TO-FIND EPHEMERA FROM COLORADO’S CHIHUAHUA LODE74. Goodrich, J.T. Silver Mining Claims, Consisting of 750 (Or 1,500) Feet on the Chihuahua Lode, Peru District, Summit County, Colorado.
1868. 8” - 9” tall. 1pp. Very Good. Letter with black printed lettering on one sheet, mailing folds, no content on verso. Letter has a 1 ½” closed tear affecting content and a ½” tear at bottom edge, and has light soiling on verso.
Letter is addressed to prospective investors of the Chihuahua Lode, which the author compares to the famous Comstock Lode of Nevada. Uncommon with only 1 copy found at Yale as of February 2019. 018004.
$250
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK POSTER STAMPS DEPICTING…PRESIDENT WILSON75. [GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY] See America First Series No. 8, Glacier National Park Poster Stamps (Set of 12).
Great Northern Railway. Fine. Set of twelve poster stamps published by the Great Northern Railway with illustrations of President Wilson and his Cabinet. Stamps are unnumbered but are in “See America First Series No. 8 - Glacier National Park.” Stamps were issued circa 1915. All are in fine condition.
All the stamps bear the mark of the Great Northern Railway and Glacier National Park. Although designated Glacier National Park series, all images depict members of President Wilson’s Cabinet, along with the President himself. In the background of the stamp are colorful illustrations along with the Cabinet members’ responsibilities to the country. 017186.
$95
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PHOTO ALBUMS OF AUTHOR ZANE GREY76. Grey, Zane. Photo Album of Zane Grey’s Hunting Trips in Rim Country.
Very Good. Photo-documentation of family hunting trips near Tonto Basin, Arizona including 151 silver gel and b&w photo prints. Black pliable album covers; “ZG Tonto Basin” lettered on upper cover in yellow paint; housed in a modern blue cloth clamshell box. Album measures 15 ½” x 9 ¼”; photos measure from 3½” x 6” to 7” x 10” and are mounted on recto and verso of black album leaves. Album covers have moderate wear to all edges; photos are in very good to fine condition with some having light silvering. Photos taken circa early 1920s.
The content of this album depicts striking and candid images, including the hunting party navigating Rim County, turkey and bear hunting, camping in winter, and few images of saguaro cacti. The multiple hunting parties included men, women and a few children. Many images depict a forested camp, likely Turkey Spring’s Camp where Grey often hunted, and a few images show an unknown cabin in the winter. There are numerous images of Zane Grey, and possibly his son Romer Zane Grey. Other persons identified include Anderson Lee “Babe” Haught, Grey’s hunting guide in Arizona throughout the 1920s, and George Takahashi, Grey’s cook who traveled with him to Rim Country a few times, cooking and processing meat for the hunting party. Zane Grey first visited Mogollon Rim country in 1918. He quickly fell in love with the area’s splendor, hired the Haughts to build him a cabin, and spent the next ten years writing and hunting there (Pyle, Jayne Peace, “Images of America - Payson”). He quit the area in 1929 after a dispute over a hunting license and never looked back. This album depicts a few high-spirited hunting trips, before the dispute. Worthy of more research, this album pictures the avid outdoorsman and famed author in his element. 017748.
$4,650
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77. Grey, Zane. Zane Grey Photo Album of California and Arizona.
Very Good. From the estate of Zane Grey, photo album depicting Zane Grey and friends sightseeing, fishing and hiking on Catalina Island and the California coast, hunting and camping in Tonto Basin and around Arizona. Circa 1921. Signed and inscribed by Zane Grey to his brother R. C. Grey on front page: “R. C. & Reba, who helped blaze the Z. G. Trail, from Zane Grey.” Leather bound photo album with 604 b&w photographs mounted on recto and verso of buff album leaves; labeled “San Clemente [? ] West - Signed by Z. G.” on front cover in yellow and white ink; photos measure from 2 ¼” x 2 ¼” to 5 ¾” x 3 ½”; a couple leaves have captions in purple ink. Overall very good. Album covers have light wear and soiling; photographs are in fine condition.
The album starts with Zane Grey and two young women, one young woman who is likely Louise Anderson, riding horses along a road, above the town of Avalon on Catalina Island. There are then images of the party likely at San Clemente Island, shooting and picnicking on a beach and boating and fishing off the coast, some showing Grey’s yacht, the “Gladiator”. Next the party heads “west”, photos depicting desert landscape scenes of Joshua trees, ocotillo and other cacti. Beautiful canyons, winding roads and caves around the Tonto Basin area are pictured along with scenes from a ranch. The young women are again pictured on this trip, along with R. C. Grey, Anderson Lee “Babe” Haught, and George Takahashi. There are a few pages depicting Zane Grey’s two tame bear cubs in Tonto Basin, with images showing the cubs being held and fed by the party, walking on leashes and getting a bath. An album that accurately depicts the outdoorsman’s love for fishing and hunting with some stunning images of Arizona and Southern California. 018217.
$5,500
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BIOGRAPHY OF MOFFAT’S ROAD78. Griswold, P. R. “Bob”. David Moffat’s Denver Northwestern and Pacific: “The Moffat Road”.
Denver, Colorado, Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, 1995. First Edition. 4to 11” - 13” tall. 244pp. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Book and dust jacket are both in fine condition. Rust colored boards have gilt on front and spine. Inscription on title page reads, “Best wishes to Ben.”
This book “is a biography of Moffat’s exciting life and the story of his Moffat Road, which reached only as far as Steamboat Springs before he departed this earthly life. The story continues for a few more months until his railroad had to be reorganized as the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad. At the time of the reorganization, the railroad was being extended to Craig, still with the hope of reaching Moffat’s planned destination.” 017232.
$75
79. Halaas, David Fridtjof. Fairmount & Historic Colorado.
Denver, Colorado, Fairmount Cemetery Association, 1976. 4to 11” - 13” tall. 104pp. Hardcover. Very Good. Brown marble colored boards are in very good condition.
Robert G. Athearn in his introduction for this book wrote, “In this brightly written, thoughtful monograph Denver’s David Halaas has put down the results of his thinking and his research. Far more than being a history of early cemeteries it is a story of how a community grew, through careful planning and purposeful motives, and rather than comprising a dull catalogue of the dead it is, on the contrary, a lively depiction of a young city and its aspirations.” 017269.
$15
BEAUTIFUL, HAND-COLORED SILVER GEL OF YELLOWSTONE80. Haynes, F. J.; J. E. Haynes. Castle Geyser, Yellowstone Park.
Haynes Inc., 1916. Near Fine. Hand-colored silver gel print of Castle Geyser in Yellowstone National Park. Catalogue number 16062. Print measures 10 ¼” x 13 ¼” and has “Haynes, St. Paul” blind stamped in bottom right corner of print; heavy cardstock mat measures 17 ½” x 21” and has “Haynes Inc., Yellowstone Park” blind stamped in bottom right corner; copyright information including title and catalogue number are printed on verso. Near fine condition with light soiling on verso on mount; hand-coloring is still bright and crisp.
This hand-colored photo print is copyrighted to 1916, and was taken by F. J. Haynes, or his son, J. E. Haynes. Frank Jay Haynes was an accomplished photographer with a long resume. He worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad, producing numerous views to use in promotionals; traveled to Yellowstone in 1882 to help publicize the Railroad and the Park; operated a photographic concession in Yellowstone at Mammoth Hot Springs from 1884 to 1915, and was known as the official park photographer (Mautz, p. 347). F. J. Haynes’ son Jack Ellis Haynes took over the family business in 1916 and continued as official photographer of Yellowstone until his death in 1962 (MSU Bozeman, Special Collections). We can find no hand-colored copies of this size in commerce as of June 2019. 018913.
$225
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CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO MINING REPORT81. Hazen, Jr. , Scott W. Exploration for Lead and Zinc At the Madonna Mine, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colo. (Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 5218, May 1956).
Denver, CO, United States Department of the Interior, 1956. 4to 11” - 13” tall. 38pp. Stapled wraps. Very Good. Grey staple bound wraps are in very good condition. Minor fading to edges, bumped corners.
“This report describes exploration for lead-zinc ores at the Madonna mine between 1945 and 1953 by the Utze Lode Co., the Bureau of Mines, and the company with Government financial aid under the Defense Production Act of 1950.” 018276.
$15
DYNAMIC WRITING IN CLASSIC SOUTHWEST MAGAZINE WITH EARLY EVERETT RUESS LETTERS82. Henderson, Randall (editor). Desert Magazine Set.
El Centro, CA, Desert Magazine. 4to 11” - 13” tall. Very Good. Set of 57 Desert Magazine issues housed in five original Desert Magazine binders. Set includes Vol. I Nos. 1 -12; Vol. 2, Nos. 1-9, 11-12 (missing August 1939, Vol. 2 No. 10) ; Vol. 3, Nos. 1-12; Vol. 4, Nos. 1-4, 6-12 (missing March 1941, Vol. 4 No. 5) ; Vol. 5, Nos. 1-11 (missing October 1942, Vol. 5 No.12). Overall in very good condition. Binders have light wear and chipping to edges, and moderate soiling. Most magazine issues are in very good condition with only light wear to edges; a few issues have moderate toning throughout.
Desert Magazine began publication in 1937 and ran until 1985, and was edited by Randall Henderson. Containing animated, intelligent writing about the Desert Southwest it also boasted excellent photography, uncommonly nice maps by Norton Allen, and great advertisements from around El Centro, California and the southwest. One subject of continual interest was the story of the youthful poet, artist and vagabond Everett Ruess. Most issues from 1939 published letters written by Ruess to his friends and family while he explored the wilds of the southwest. Some letters are titled “Letter from War God Springs” (January 1939 issue), “With Archaeologists at Basketmaker Cave” (June 1939), “I have really lived” (October 1939), and “I have not tired of the Wilderness” (November 1939) which was written in November of 1934 before Ruess departed on his final journey. This classic southwest magazine is rarely seen in such good condition. 017368.
$900
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GORGEOUS LITHOGRAPHS OF PUEBLO INDIAN PAINTINGS83. Highwater, Jamake; Dr. Hartley Burr Alexander. Pueblo Indian Painting - 50 Reproductions of Watercolor Paintings by Indian Artists of the New Mexican Pueblos of San Ildefonso and Sia.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, Bell Editions, 1979. Folio 13” - 23” tall. Fine. A beautiful facsimile edition of “Pueblo Indian Painting” which includes 50 richly-colored reproductions of watercolor paintings and a monograph about the artists and their work. The items are housed in a portfolio with a color plate on the front board. The portfolio measures 16” x 20”. 1/750 copies. This copy is out-of-series and is unnumbered and unsigned. Fine condition with no wear or soiling present.
From the colophon: “This is a facsimile of the 1932 edition of ‘Pueblo Indian Painting’ published by C. Szwedzicki in Rue de France, Nice, France, and is reproduced from copy number 93 of that printing. The new text is set in clearface bold. The color separations are made by Colorgraphics of Arizona, Phoenix. The plates are printed by six-color offset lithography. Text and plates are printed on Rising Art Print by Land O’ Sun Printers, Scottsdale, Arizona. The portfolio cases are made by Roswell Bookbinding, Phoenix, Arizona. This edition is limited to 750 numbered and signed copies.” The monograph contains an introductory essay written by Jamake Highwater titled “Rediscovering America Through Indian Art” which was created for this edition, and an introduction and notes (in English and French) from the 1932 edition by Dr. Hartley Burr Alexander. Each plate and artist is described in detail, and a general history of the rich and ancient iconography of the Southwest is provided. The artists of these gorgeous paintings are Julian Martinez, Encarnacion Peña, Abel Sanchez, Romando Vigil, Louis Gonzalez, Richard Martinez, Awa Tsireh, Miguel Martinez, and Velino Herrera. 018926ros.
$425
SCARCE PUBLICATION ON THE BEAUTY OF THE SOUTHWEST 84. Holmes, Daniel Mitchell. God’s Country.
Cincinnati, OH, Ebbert & Richardson, 1910. First Edition. 4to 11” - 13” tall. 233pp. Hardcover. Good. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on front board, all edges gilt. Ex-library with remnants of rear pocket on rear pastedown, library bookplates, catalog written in blue ink on title page, label with catalog number removed from spine. Boards have light soiling and wear to all edges; text block has light soiling. Inscribed by someone who likely knew the author: “To my dear friends the Robertsons, in loving memory of the sweet spirit who wrote this. From G. H. T 24th August, 1910.”
This book was published in memoriam of its author who died in 1909 at the age of 27. Daniel Mitchell Holmes was enamored with the Southwest, exploring the area, taking photographs and writing about the Santa Fe Trail, the Zuni, Hopi, Navajo and the Anasazi. Scarce. 018237.
$250
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COLLOTYPES OF L. A. HUFFMAN85. Huffman, L. A. Buffalo Grazing the Big Open North Montana 1880 (A) - Edition 2.
Very Good. Sepia-toned collotype measuring 7” x 14”; white “107” written on the plate; no content on verso. Very light wear to corners and light soiling on verso.
The title was taken from the volume “The Collotypes of L. A. Huffman - Montana Frontier Photographer” by Gene & Bev Allen, whose extensive collection of Huffman’s work shows the collotype variants of this specific photograph. In this collotype Hoffman has altered the background of the image in the negative. Here it depicts typical eastern Montana prairie and buttes, whereas the original negative depicts a prominent mountain range in the background. Huffman photographed Montana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, documenting a time of great change. 018907.
$325
86. Huffman, L. A. Buffalo Grazing the Big Open North Montana 1880 (B).
Very Good. Sepia-toned collotype measuring 7 ½” x 10”; no notation on plate; no content on verso. Captioned in black ink on the print “Buffalo on Big Dry North Montana 1883 - L. A. Huffman Photo”; caption is not in Huffman’s hand but is contemporary. Very light wear to corners and light soiling on verso.
The title was taken from the volume “The Collotypes of L. A. Huffman - Montana Frontier Photographer” by Gene & Bev Allen, whose extensive collections of Huffman’s work show the collotype variants of this specific photograph. This is the smallest version of this collotype. Hoffman has altered the background of the image in the negative and “in addition to a painted background, the tiny buffalo in the distance have also been added” (Allen, Gene & Bev, p. 158). 018909.
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87. Huffman, L. A. Huffman Post Cards, Series No. 1 with Original Envelope.
Miles City, Montana, L. A. Huffman, 1926. Very Good. This is Huffman Post Card Series No. 1, including 15 printed postcards with their original unlined envelope. The postcards were printed using the halftone process and published in 1926. Envelope measures 9 ½” x 4”; postcards measure 3 ½” x 5 ½” and have divided back. Overall very good. Envelope has moderate toning and was at one time folded in half, minor tear to envelope flap; postcard no. 1 has moderate toning, all others have little to no toning; postcards are unused.
A total of 1,000 sets are believed to have been printed and only 100 envelopes. All of the original envelopes had a statement printed near the top edge concerning the publication of more postcard series like this one. Most envelopes had this statement lined out, the envelope included in this set has not. “Envelopes in their original, unaltered condition are much scarcer than those with the new series statement lined out” (“The Postcards of L.A. Huffman,” Gene & Bev Allen, p.55). The images seen in this set are quite interesting. The set was compiled in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn and “most of the cards have images that relate to the 1876 Custer Command March and subsequent battle.” Images depict General Godfrey (a member of Custer’s command), Custer scholar Walter Camp, historian George Bird Grinnell, Sioux Chief Rain-in-the-Face, and Cheyenne Chief Two Moon (both participated in the battle). 019177.
$400
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR88. Hunt, Aurora. Army of the Pacific - Its Operations in California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Plains Region, Mexico etc. 1860-1866.
Glendale, California, Arthur H. Clark Company, 1951. First Edition. Large 8vo 9” - 10” tall. 455pp. Hardcover. Very Good. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine; top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges deckled; includes a few sepia toned illustrations and a fold-out map. Signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper; previous owner’s bookplate on front pastedown. Boards have light soiling and light wear to edges; text block is clean.
This monograph contains a history of the Army of the Pacific and their role in the West during the American Civil War. 018545.
$175
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W. H. JACKSON ALBUMENS OF THE SOUTHWEST89. Jackson, William Henry. U. S. Geological Survey of the Territories - Set of 5 Albumen Prints.
Very Good. Set of five mounted albumen prints taken by William Henry Jackson during the U. S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories under F. V. Hayden between 1870 and 1878. All albumen prints are on original USGS mounts; mounts measure 14” x 11”, prints measure 7 ¼” x 4 ¼” (without mount). All except one are titled in the negative. No content on verso. Overall in very good condition. Mounts have light toning and soiling; images have light yellowing and some have light soiling.
The images included in this set depict archaeological sites within the four corners area, with the site and surrounding scenery, and usually a man in the photo for scale. One is untitled in the negative but other views are titled: 161 Ancient Ruined City at Aztec Spring. The Outer Wall; 162, Ancient Ruined City at Aztec Springs; 166, Cave Dwellings Near the Fortified Rock of the McElmo; 170, Ruined Fortress on the Hovvenweep[sic]; 172, Ruined Fortress on the Hovvenweep[sic]. Utah. In 1870
Professor Ferdinand V. Hayden invited Jackson to join the U. S. Geological and Geographical Survey. For the next 8 years, Jackson took thousands of photographs and many stereograph images of the West, particularly in Utah, Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado (University of Chicago Library). The images taken by W. H. Jackson called attention to the west, depicting the beauty and history found there. 017486.
$3,000
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90. Jackson, William Henry. Cameron’s Cone from “Tunnel 4,” Colorado Midland Ry.
Denver, Col. W. H. Jackson & Co. Very Good. Mammoth albumen photographic print by William Henry Jackson depicting a scene along the Colorado Midland Railway. Title and photographer’s information in the negative and reads, “1203. Cameron’s Cone from ‘Tunnel 4,’ Colorado Midland Ry. W.H. Jackson & Co. Phot. Denver, Col.” Published circa 1879. Photo print measures 20 ¼” x 16 ¼”, and was mounted on stiff board and shrink-wrapped. Photo has not been examined out of shrink wrap. Very good condition. 1 ½” closed tear near left edge, and a 2” x ¾” closed tear near right edge, both affect content but have been repaired; otherwise photo has only minor chipping to edges. Overall very good contrast, background (Cameron’s Cone) has only good contrast and light yellowing.
This nicely composed image depicts a group of well-dressed travelers in front of a railcar with the rocky entrance of tunnel framing the shot and a backdrop of Cameron’s Cone. After the Hayden Surveys were completed in 1879, Jackson set up a studio in Denver, Colorado and began working for railway companies and hotels (Mautz p. 384). Jackson’s matchless glass-plate railroad photography is exemplified in this amazing image. One copy found at J. Paul Getty Museum which measures slightly larger (21” × 17 5/16”). 018628.
$850
RARE W. H. JACKSON IMPRINT91. Jackson, William Henry. Castle Rock Tower Stereoview.
Omaha, Nebraska , Jackson Bros. 6 ¾” x 3 ¼”. Very Good. An early William Henry Jackson stereoview of Castle Rock Tower in Utah. Stereoview is on a yellow card with title in manuscript and is numbered “127”. The card has photographer’s imprint in elaborate text and a detailed illustration on verso, and reads: “Scenery of the Union Pacific R. R. - Photographed by Jackson Bros. , Omaha, Nebraska.” Published between 1867-1871. Very good with light soiling and light wear to edges of card.
W. H. Jackson began Jackson Brothers studio with his brother Edward in 1867 in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1871 he sold his Omaha studio to Parker & Johnson so he could work on the Hayden Survey publications, and in 1879 opened another studio in Denver, Colorado (Mautz p. 384). We have never before handled W. H. Jackson stereoviews with this imprint. 018519.
$40
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LETTERS FROM COLONEL PRACTICING LAW IN TERRITORIAL WYOMING92. Kingman, Col. John W. Col. John W. Kingman Autograph Letter Signed Archive of Three Territorial Wyoming Letters. Wyoming Territory. Manuscript Letters. Three autograph letters signed from Col. John W. Kingman, 2 of which are to his son Daniel C. Kingman and the third to his daughter Gracie Kingman. Written on lined bi-fold white paper generally 8” x 10” or slightly smaller; all three letters folded for envelope. Two letters show mild separation at folds. Written in a very legible hand in dark brown or black ink. Two letters on commercial letter stock from the Congress Paper Company (embossed logos in upper left corner on all three letters) and the third from the Juanita Mills Paper Company.
Fun and insightful content from Col. John W. Kingman to his kids. John Kingman was a Colonel in the 15th New Hampshire Infantry. After the war he made his way west where he put out his shingle to practice law in Wyoming Territory. In due time Kingman was appointed associate justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court, supported women’s suffrage and appointed the first woman ever to be a Justice of the Peace, Esther Hobart Morris in 1870. Kingman’s son, Daniel C. Kingman apparently buckled down under his dad’s advice (see excerpts of letters below), entered the United States Military Academy, graduating second in the class of 1875 and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers. He served as an instructor at the Military Academy and as the engineer officer of the Army’s Department of the Platte based at Fort Omaha. In 1883, he began the construction of roads and bridges in Yellowstone National Park. Kingman Pass on the Grand Loop Road between Mammoth Hot
Springs and Norris is named for him (Wikipedia). But in 1869, dad disapproved of son Dan’s activities, “I have had hinted to me that there are some young ladies in the way. I certainly hope that is not so! You may find it pleasant and agreeable to dally and flirt with them; but you are sure to find in the end, that like all kinds of dissipation,
it is a terribly expensive pleasure!” The next letter finds young Dan enrolled at Dartmouth but cannot attend classes yet. Dad cautions not to spend time with “idlers, loafers, bummers, they will be sure to seek your acquaintance and society, will rob you of your time, will distract your attention, will tempt you to idle and lax habits and will familiarize you with the ways of fashion and folly and extravagance to your lasting injury.” Col. Kingman also advises his son to read Plutarch’s Lives, Homer and Virgil. The third letter to daughter Gracie turns to legal news and Kingman’s growing law practice. “I have been retained in some very heavy mining cases, where there are very large sums at stake and where there will be very hard fighting.” Later politics are mentioned. “I am very glad however, to know that the President (Grant) and all the cabinet are satisfied of my integrity & that they have been in the wrong and not I.” Hmm--a good
nugget for research. The first letter is dated September 11, 1869 from South Pass City. Letter number two from Cheyenne, January 23, 1871 and the third from Laramie City, June 4th, 1873. 017681.
$1,000
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93. Kneeland, Samuel. Wonders of Yosemite Valley, and of California.
Boston, Alexander Moore, 1872. Third Edition, First Printing. Small 4to 9” - 11” tall. 98pp. Hardcover. Good. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering on front board; all edges gilt; all 10 photos present. Boards have moderate chipping to head and foot of spine, and moderate sunning to lower third; front gutter is cracked; leaves have light toning and foxing; photos are clean.
“This is a very attractive book and is made more interesting by the additional matter incorporated in each successive edition…the third edition, [Farquhar]c, has further additions: besides an expansion of the 1872 material, with an account of the author’s second visit to Yosemite, there are some pages on Yosemite in winter and an essay on ‘The Yosemite Glaciers’” (Farquhar 10c). The author, Samuel Kneeland, was a Boston physician who took up zoology, physiology, and the earth sciences after the Civil War. Farquhar 10c. 019174.
$750
SOUTHWEST COLORADO RAILROAD HISTORY94. Lampert, Lyndon J.; Robert W. McLeod. Little Book Cliff Railway - The Life and Times of a Colorado Narrow Gauge.
Boulder, Colorado, Pruett Publishing Company. First Edition. 4to 11” - 13” tall. 191pp. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. Buff dust jacket over brown boards with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket has light sunning to spine.
“This narrow gauge traversed an eleven mile stretch of high desert between Grand Junction, Colorado and the Book Cliff coal mine, and now takes its place in the literature of Colorado’s rich rail heritage” (from the dust jacket). 018375.
$25
95. LeMassena, Robert A. Denver and Rio Grande Western - Superpower Railroad of the Rockies.
Lynchburg, VA, TLC Publishing,1999. 4to 11” - 13” tall. 103pp. Hardcover. Fine. Pictorial boards; decorative endpapers and pastedowns.
This volume provides a concise, brief overview on the motive power of this interesting and highly regarded Western railroad. 018791.
$25
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LARGE-FORMAT VIEWBOOK96. Magill, H. B. Motoring Thru the Yosemite.
San Francisco, Yosemite Publishing Co. Oblong 4to 11” - 13” tall. Hardcover. Very Good. A beautiful large-format viewbook with approximately 35 sepia-toned images of Yosemite National Park in the 1920s. Copyrighted to 1926. Blue cloth boards with gilt title on front board; unpaginated but around 50pp of illustrations and text. Text block is loosening from boards; boards and title page have light soiling.
Images depict some of the spectacular scenery of Yosemite such as Half Dome, Mirror Lake and Yosemite Falls, and views of Camp Curry, the Tioga road and some famous advocates of the Park. 018517.
$150
INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO FRANCIS FARQUHAR97. McArthur, Harriet Nesmith. Recollections of the Rickreall.
Portland, Oregon, 1930. First Edition. 8vo 8” - 9” tall. 24pp. Hardcover. Very Good. Buff paper over green quarter cloth binding; title label on front board; fore edge deckled. Signed and inscribed by author to Francis P. Farquhar on front endpaper: “Francis P. Farquhar from Harriet N. McArthur 30 Nov. 1930.” Boards have moderate toning and light wear to all edges; pastedowns and endpapers have light toning.
A description of the author’s life with her family in the Rickreall Valley west of Monmouth, Oregon, beginning in 1855 when she was child. Howes M-14. 018563.
$175
98. McGovern, George S.; Leonard F. Guttridge. The Great Coalfield War.
Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972. First Edition. 9.25” x 6.25”. 383pp. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Black boards with title stamped in white on cover and spine. Illustrated dust jacket, protected in mylar. Jacket shows some light rubbing around edges and some soiling and rubbing on back panel. Book boards are clean and sharp. Interior is clean and unmarked. Spine is tight. Signed by McGovern on half-title page. 017005.
$75
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WATER RIGHTS IN THE WEST99. Mead, Elwood. The Ownership of Water. Address by Professor Mead before the Farmers at Fort Collins.
Denver, Times Printing Works, 1897. First Edition. 9” x 6”. 8pp. Softcover. Very Good. Printed pink wrapper. Wrapper is clean, sharp, faded at top edge. Interior is clean and unmarked. Very well-kept. An address on irrigation making the case for shared ownership. Ten copies in OCLC, none in Utah. 017691.
$85
MINING COMPANY IN MONTANA AND IDAHO100. [MINING] Bitter Root Copper Mining Co. (Incorporated under the Laws of Arizona). Minneapolis, Minn., Bitter Root Copper Mining Company. 8vo 8” - 9” tall. Pamphlet. Good. Grey wraps with dark blue lettering. [20pp]. Published circa 1901. Wraps have light soiling and wear, and minor pencil marginalia; title page has two 3” tears that have been repaired with archival tape; most leaves have light chipping to fore edge and light soiling.
The Bitter Root Copper Company had mines in located in Montana and Idaho, this pamphlet encouraging readers to invest in what promised to be “one of the great mining bonanzas.” One copy at Wisconsin Historical Society Library as of December 2018. 017435.
$150
THE DRUMLUMMON, MONTANA’S RICHEST GOLD MINE101. [MONTANA][MINING] Montana Company, Limited - Directors’ Report, Balance Sheet and Statement of Accounts, for Half Year Ending 30th June, 1889 -To Be Presented At the Eleventh Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders, At Winchester House, Old Broad Street, London.
London, The Montana Company, Limited, 1889. Large 8vo 9” - 10” tall. 25pp. Good. A 19th century mining report for Montana’s richest gold mine, the Drumlummon. Includes a folding map titled “Longitudinal Section of the Drumlummon Mine, Owned by The Montana Company, Limited.” This was the copy of Professor Thomas Egleston of Columbia University. His name is written in blue pencil on front wrap “Prof. Thomas Egleston, Columbia College, New York City.” Egleston (1832-1900) was founder and professor of Columbia’s School of Mines. Buff wraps have moderate chipping to all edges, front wrap is detached; at one time pamphlet was folded in half vertically; text block has light soiling; folding map is clean.
The Drumlummon Mine in Marysville, Montana was found by Thomas Cruse in 1876. He spent the next four years driving a 500-foot tunnel. In 1882 “Cruse transformed his small claim into a return of $1,500,000 by selling the Drumlummon to British investors. The Drumlummon would become Montana’s richest gold mine, delivering over $16,000,000 in bullion over time. In 1883 the British syndicate organized the Montana Mining Company, Limited, to repurchase and operate the property” (University of Montana, Missoula, Archives and Special Collections). One copy found at the Huntington as of June 2019. 018895.
$95
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CENTRAL MONTANA PROMOTIONAL102. [MONTANA][PROMOTIONAL] Sweet Grass Covnty [sic], Montana [cover title].
Big Timber, Montana, RM & GL Cobban. 8vo 8” - 9” tall. 27pp. Pamphlet. Very Good. White wraps with b&w illustrations of agricultural highlights in Sweet Grass County, Montana; staple bound. Published circa 1911. Wraps have very light wear to corners; otherwise clean.
This pamphlet promotes the beautiful timber and agricultural lands found in south-central Montana. Five copies in OCLC as of December 2018. 017438.
$175
19TH CENTURY PUBLICATION ON MORMON RIGHTS103. [MORMON] Constitutional and Governmental Rights of Mormons, as Defined by Congress and the Supreme Court of the United States…To Which is Appended a Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States Applicable to “Mormon” Cases.
Salt Lake City, J. H. Parry, 1890.12mo 7” - 7½” tall. 116pp. Softcover. Good. Pink wraps with black lettering; publisher’s advertisements on insides of wraps. Wraps have moderate toning, light soiling and minor chipping to all edges; text block has light toning.
Text includes the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, Washington’s Farewell Address, the Organic Act of Utah Territory, the Anti-Polygamy Law of 1862, the Poland Law of 1874, the Edmunds Law of 1882, the Edmunds-Tucker Law of 1887, the US Senate Statute of Limitations, the Poor Convict Release Act, the Idaho Test Oath Law, and a digest of Supreme Court decisions. Seven copies in OCLC as of February 2019. 018017.
$575
COLORADO’S MILITARY HISTORY104. Nankivell, Maj. John H. History of the Military Organizations of the State of Colorado, 1860-1935.
Denver, CO, W. H. Kistler Stationery Co., 1935. 11” x 8.5”. 533pp. Hardcover. Fine. Blue cloth with fine, blind checker pattern over boards. Crest for the National Guard Regiments of Colorado in gilt on cover. Title in gilt on spine. No dust jacket as issued. Boards are clean and sharp. Interior is bright, clean, and unmarked, with exception of paste browning in gutter of front pastedown, bleeding through to first two FFEPs, not apparent past title page. Some light toning of both paste-downs.
A thoroughly researched history of Colorado’s military organizations, illustrated with archival photographs. 017093.
$275
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SPECULATIVE MATERIALS FROM GOLDFIELD, NEVADA105. [NEVADA][MINING] D. Mackenzie & Co., Goldfield, Nevada Archive.
Very Good. Rare archive from the opportunistic D. Mackenzie & Co. of Goldfield, Nevada dated to 1906. Archive includes 32 items total: 5 pre-written telegraphs by D. Mackenzie & Co. on Western Union telegraphs; 6 blank “installment and cash subscription” for the Combination Extension Mines Company; 8 typed notices advertising stock sales; 13 periodicals titled “Nevada Mining and Market Review” pertaining to Goldfield mining news and stocks. Overall very good. Some items have light to moderate toning, light chipping to edges and minor tears along folds.
The town of Goldfield was established in 1903, and from 1906 to 1910 was Nevada’s largest city boasting a population of about 20,000 (Goldfield Historical Society). A leading economic and political power in Nevada, it produced around $90,000,000 (mostly in gold) between the years 1901 and 1940. David Mackenzie was a successful stock broker owning Francis Mohawk Mine, one of the most profitable mines in Goldfield. This archive documents a time of enormous growth, providing numerous examples of “golden opportunities” pitched to consumers. But the most extraordinary aspect of this archive is that D. Mackenzie & Co. used the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and its aftermath as a selling tool for stock. For example, on a notice dated to April 30, 1906 and titled “Warning - Preliminary Notice of Advance or Withdrawal, Goldfield Madonna Mining Company’s Stock,” D. Mackenzie & Co. states “the recent disaster in San Francisco has made available to quick and shrewd investors some exceptional opportunities for, large rapid profits and safe investment…” And one publication, dating to just days after the quake, reads “since the appalling disaster which almost completely obliterated the beautiful city of San Francisco, the mining security market has been rather quiet …as the Goldfield Mining Stock Exchange has been closed for the past four days out of sympathy and respect for our brother brokers in San Francisco” closely following
with “Nevada’s mines are built upon a foundation solid as the everlasting hills. The intrinsic value of the stock which represents them is great as ever and no superficial cause like the present can affect them. Our advice to our clients is ‘stand pat’ on every share of stock you have.” Yale holds around 10 items found in the archive; otherwise items are not recorded in OCLC as of January 2019. A rare collection of speculative materials from the once booming city of Goldfield, Nevada. 017771.
$575
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106. Nichols, Tad and Gary Ladd. Glen Canyon: Images of a Lost World.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, Museum of New Mexico Pr, 1999. Large 8vo 9” - 10” tall. 157pp. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Pale green boards have title in gilt on front board and spine. Boards are in fine condition, clean interior. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket is in fine condition.
Now out-of-print. Images and words of Glen Canyon from a student of Ansel Adams and Brett Weston. Tad Nichols, along with Katie Lee and Frank Wright, was part of several trips to document Glen Canyon in the impending time before the construction of the dam. 017338.
$100
107. Niebur, Jay E. Arthur Redman Wilfley: Miner, Inventor, and Entrepreneur.
Western Business History Research Center & Colorado Historical Society, 1941. 8vo 8” - 9” tall. 245pp. Softcover. Good. Wrap is in good condition. Wear on back and front of wraps, as well as spine.
“This is the exciting story of Arthur Redman Wilfley, portraying his rise from penniless miner to affluent inventor. This biography follows Wilfley’s remarkable career, depicting the heyday and hardship of mining in the Rocky Mountains and the travail of a man contending with low-grade ore, complex ore, and what must have seemed like insuperable economic problems.” 017345.
$24
MINIATURE BOOK ON A CONSIDERABLE ARCHIVIST 108. Nunis, Doyce B. Francis J. Weber: The Monsignor of the Archives.
Los Angeles, CA, Dawson’s Book Shop, 1983. Limited Edition. 32pp. Hardcover. Fine. Quarter bound rust and sand colored boards with designs on front and back boards. Signed by subject. 2 1/4” x 2”. This book is in fine condition.
A salute honoring twenty years as archivist for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Bradbury - Dawson’s Book Shop 71. 018987.
$32
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T. H. O’SULLIVAN STEREOVIEWS FROM WHEELER EXPEDITIONS
109. O’Sullivan, T. H. View Down Black Canon, from Mirror Bar. The Walls Repeated by Reflection.
War Department, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. Very Good. Stereoview from Lieutenant George M. Wheeler’s Expedition of 1871. Part of the series “Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian” this being No. 3. Stereoview is on yellow mount with black lettering on recto, red lettering on verso; card measures 7” x 4”; number “126” written in the negative. In very good condition with light soiling on card and to photograph.
Lieutenant George M. Wheeler’s surveys ran from 1869-1879, Timothy H. O’Sullivan joining the expedition in 1871 as a photographer. Wheeler captioned O’Sullivan’s photographs providing geological, geographical and cultural information, hoping to emphasize that the West was a hospitable place for settlers (Smithsonian Institution). Mautz p. 61. 017762.
$225
110. O’Sullivan, T. H. View of Grand Canon walls, Near mouth of Diamond River. From Water Line to First Shelf 1500 feet; From Shelf to Top of Table 3500 feet. Distance from Point of View to Top of Walls 3 Miles. War Department, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. Very Good. Stereoview from Lieutenant George M. Wheeler’s Expedition of 1871. Part of the series “Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian” this being No. 6. Stereoview is on yellow mount with black lettering on recto, red lettering on verso; card measures 7” x 4”; number “143” written in the negative. In very good condition with light soiling on card and to photograph. Mautz p. 61. 017764.
$175
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T. H. O’SULLIVAN STEREOVIEWS FROM WHEELER EXPEDITIONS
111. O’Sullivan, T. H. Central Portion of Canon de Chelle, New Mexico. This Canon is One of the Most Remarkable in the West, and is Noted its Beauty. The Walls are of Red Sand-stone, Nearly Perpendicular, and at this Point are 1,200 feet in Height.
War Department, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. Very Good. Stereoview from Lieutenant George M. Wheeler’s Expedition of 1873. Part of the series “Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian” this being No. 24. Stereoview is on yellow mount with black lettering on recto, red lettering on verso; card measures 7” x 4”; number “12” written in the negative. In very good condition with moderate soiling on photo, photo has fair contrast. Mautz p. 61. 017761.
$95
112. O’Sullivan, T. H. Group of Zuni Indian “Braves,” at their Pueblo, N.M. War Department, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. Very Good. Stereoview from Lieutenant George M. Wheeler’s Expedition of 1873. Part of the series “Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian” this being No. 19. Stereoview is on yellow mount with black lettering on recto, red lettering on verso; card measures 7” x 4”; number “53” written in the negative. In very good condition with light soiling on both sides, photo has good exposure. Mautz p. 61. 017759.
$275
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ELECTRIC RAILWAY PHOTO ALBUM FROM INDIAN TERRITORY 113. [OKLAHOMA][RAILROAD] Views on the Lines of Indian Territory Traction Company, South McAlester, McAlester, Krebs and Alderson.
[Indian Territory Traction Company]. Hardcover. Very Good. Incredible photo album depicting scenes along the electric railway line of Indian Territory Traction Company, taken between 1903 and 1906. Three-quarter leather album contains 25 silver gel photographs tipped onto stiff grey cardstock; each page has “Crockett, South McAlester, I.T.” blindstamp underneath photograph and printed caption is pasted onto left side; album measures 11 ¾” x 7 ¼”, photos measure 7” x 5”. Overall very good. Boards have moderate soiling, wear and chipping; one binding post is missing (text block still intact); most photos are in very good condition with light silvering and yellowing; a few photos have moderate silvering, yellowing and light soiling; photos have very good contrast overall.
This album provides views of Indian Territory towns and scenery along the electric railway line of Indian Territory Traction Company. The rich coal fields and fertile farmland that surrounded the town of what is now McAlester, Oklahoma drew miners, farmers, businessmen, and railroad companies alike. Railroads were first constructed in the area in the early 1870s, and continued to develop with the rapid growth of the coal industry. The Indian Territory Traction Company built an electric railway that connected South McAlester, Haileyville, Krebs and surrounding mining towns, construction finishing in 1903 (Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior, 1902, 94pp). The Company was the first electric railway to come to Indian Territory (The Electrical World and Engineer, Volume 42, 625pp). Photographs in this album depict the towns of South McAlester, McAlester, Krebs and Alderson; detailed street scenes depict storefronts, residents, carriages and homes; scenes along the electric railway depict powerhouses, a reservoir, the railway (with railcar) coming into town, and the railway crossing with the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway (Katy). A few caption titles include: “Looking Northwest from Southeast Hill - Busby- No. 5 Coal Mine on Right and McAlester in distance on left”; “Looking North - Krebs”; “Looking East on Choctaw Ave. showing car turning corner on Choctaw Ave. from First St.”; “Power House showing North Portion of Reservoir and Dam.” A fantastic album illustrating developing towns in pre-statehood Oklahoma. 019173.
$3,750
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NICE ASSOCIATION COPY 114. Olson, Reuel Leslie. Colorado River Compact, The.
Published by the Author, 1926. Large 8vo 9” - 10” tall. 527pp. Hardcover. Good. Dark blue-green boards with faded gilt lettering on spine; includes a leather label on spine reading “James S. Bennett.” Association copy; this being the book of James S. Bennett, Los Angeles lawyer specializing in water law. Bennett’s signature is on the front pastedown, and a previous owner has tipped in Bennett’s obituary to the front pastedown and endpaper. Previous owner, Harry Landon Heffner, also has a bookplate on front endpaper. Boards have light wear and light soiling to all edges; newsprint with obituary has caused heavy offsetting to front pastedown and endpaper; text block is clean.
Published by the author originally as a PhD thesis. 019093.
$45
FANTASTICAL TALE FROM GOLD RUSH ERA115. Orton, A. R.; Richard H. Dillon (Introduction). Artful Deeds in the Life of the Felon, Grovenor Layton...A Tale of the California Gold Rush with Prospectus and Slipcase.
San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1998. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to 9” - 11” tall. 71pp. Hardcover. Fine. Pictorial map boards with silk spine with pastedown label on spine. Book and prospectus in fine condition. 1 of 350 copies printed by Peter Koch, bound by Cardoza-James Bookbinding Company; slipcase constructed by Arnold Martinez.
Publication 208 of the Book Club of California. Also laid in is a color photo of book and slipcase. The colorful story of the life, crimes and lynching of Grovenor Layton--most likely a totally fictional story. 018436.
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ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING BY GEORGE M. OTTINGER116. Ottinger, George Martin. Cliff Dwellers Daughter, an Indian Girl at Natural Bridge, Southern Utah. Painting. Fine. Original oil painting on academy board, mounted to board, measuring 12 1/8 x 19 1/4 inches. Painting in fine condition, initialed GMO as typical of the artist. Inscribed on the reverse (likely not in artist’s hand) “Original sketch for The Cliff Dwellers Daughter, G. M. Ottinger. Painter.” Also on verso are two labels from the Kennedy Galleries, Inc in New York City with the alternative painting title of “An Indian Girl at Natural Bridge-Southern Utah.” Comes with carved gilt frame with painting title noted inside linen liner. Painting no longer attached to frame. Provenance: From the collection of Edwin Eberstadt & Sons, through the David Spinney Collection.
George M. Ottinger was perhaps the best-known 19th century Utah artist. The landmark monograph, “100 Years of Utah Painters” calls Ottinger, the “most protean and complex of all Utah painters”. Ottinger moved to Utah after a Quaker upbringing, migrating west with the Milo Andrus Company in 1862, having converted to Mormonism. He found work in the nascent Utah arts scene creating scenery for local theater companies and quickly formed a partnership with a relative unknown photographer named Charles R. Savage. Savage would go on to become Utah’s best-known photographer. Soon Ottinger began to devote time to his fine art. According to art historian William H. Gerdts, in “Art Across America”, Ottinger’s art created, “effective figures and portrait subjects, as well as imaginative and historic works...with intense vision.” Ottinger became an important citizen of Salt Lake City displaying talent as a Shakespearean actor,
served as an adjutant general in the Utah National Guard and served as the Fire Chief of Salt Lake City for twenty-four years. He also was founder and first president of the University of Deseret (now University of Utah) and was their first art instructor. Not only did George Ottinger document Mormon culture, including large murals in several Mormon Temples, he also documented historical and allegorical scenes of Native American culture in pre-Spanish North and South America. Our painting, with its several varying titles, implies the Ottinger was very aware of the remnants of the Ancestral Puebloan culture prevalent throughout the four-corners region, although little had been documented until the great surveys of the west occurred in the late 1860’s through the late 1870’s. Later 19th century artists and photographers created both popular and scientific studies of these left behind cultures, giving us a glimpse into the past. In the landmark 2009 book,
“Painters of Utah’s Canyons and Deserts”, authors Donna Poulton and Vern Swanson show an oil painting of exact dimensions using the same model and similar scene for a documented Ottinger painting dated 1864. Clearly Ottinger did not visit southern Utah in 1864 so undoubtedly used a model in Salt Lake City for our painting. The small stone-laid dwelling in the background is typical of dwellings throughout the canyon country. More artistic license was used by Ottinger in this painting of the woman balancing a typical decorated pot, but with an arrow shaft at her feet. The arrow shaft confounds us. Nonetheless, Ottinger’s art remains highly collectible showing in Utah’s Museum of Art in Springville, UT, Arizona Historical Society in Tucson, BYU and the Museum of Church History and Art in Salt Lake City, plus in many private collections. 017436.
$7,500
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ICONIC PHOTOS OF A POPULAR NATIONAL MONUMENT117. Palmer-Mitchell, Virginia and Thomas. Muir Woods Photo Album.
1909. 14pp. Very Good. Photo album with 25 silver-gel photographic prints of Muir Woods, California taken in 1909. Album covers are brown burlap with title label on front; covers measures 11 ½” x 7 ¼”; black leaves, all have been used. Photos measure between 3 ½” x 3 ½” and 6 ½” x 4 ¼”; a few have captions on the photograph or underneath it in pencil; most have good contrast and detail, but a few have poor contrast and focus. Album covers have light wear to edges; photos have light silvering and yellowing. Overall very good.
Album belonged to Virginia and Thomas Palmer-Mitchell. Most of the images depict a group of young men and women posing in Muir Woods, all looking carefree and happy among the iconic Redwood trees. One image depicts the party on the “Gravity Train” up Mount Tamalpais, and one depicts a cabin in the woods. The log cabin was built in 1905 and was located near the north end of the redwood forest. Although the photo is captioned “A cabin, Muir Woods - John Muir’s” the nicely situated cabin was likely built for William Kent, who donated the land to make Muir Woods National Monument. It is said that John Muir stayed at the cabin at one time (Historic Resource Study for Muir Woods National Monument). A nice grouping of early photographs of the popular national monument. 018493.
$475
NICE REFERENCE ON 19TH CENTURY MILL CONSTRUCTION IN NEVADA118. Powell, John J. Nevada: The Land of Silver.
San Francisco, Bacon & Company, 1876. 8vo 8” - 9” tall. 305pp. Hardcover. Good. Brown cloth boards with title on spine and front board; includes illustrations throughout and 6pp of advertisements from San Francisco businesses at rear of book. Book has a musty smell; boards have moderate wear and soiling; text block has light soiling, dampstaining and toning.
Paher states this book is “one of the best reference works on early Nevada mill construction” (Paher, Stanley “Nevada, An Annotated Bibliography”). B&W plates depict technical drawings of gold and silver mills, smelting furnaces and other mining machinery. Content mainly focuses on mining, mineral deposits and mill construction but also covers land laws, cities, railroads, and important figures found within the state. 018195.
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