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"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." from The Great Gatsby, 1925, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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"... But never again as during that all too short period when he and I were one person, when the fulfilled future and the wistful past were mingled in a single gorgeous moment -- when life was literally a dream...."  F. Scott Fitzgerald, from 'Early Success,' The Crack Up, October 1937

WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO PURCHASE SIGNED, INSCRIBED, AND DUST-JACKETED FIRST EDITIONS OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD'S WORKS.

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We are MT. GOTHIC TOMES AND RELIQUARY, Rare Books, Western Americana, First Edition Literature.  We have been in the business of "re-discovering" scarce Western Americana and First Edition Literature for over twenty-six years.  During that time, we have taken pride in helping public institutions and private collectors alike improve and expand their specialized archives.  We can do the same for you.

Brian Levine, P.O. Box 3048, Crested Butte, Colorado 81224-3048  USA

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Albert Einstein joked,"Since the mathematicians have grabbed hold of the theory of relativity,I myself no longer understand it."

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THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED

Inscribed by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Click on the following link:

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Page 8

 

We're always interested in purchasing signed, inscribed, and/or dust-jacketed first editions of

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

 

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An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi and through the Western Parts of Louisiana, to the Sources of the Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Juan, Rivers

By ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE.  

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Published in 1810, first edition complete with all maps and charts.

Interested in this book!  Please click on the following linke

Zebulon Pike

 

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EARLY WESTERN TRAVELS, 1748 - 1846, Volume 25

      

 

Edited with Notes, Introductions, Index, etc., by

Reuben Gold Thwaites, LL.D.

1906

Click on the following link: Americana

 

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HENRY BECK whiskey jug, Aspen, Colorado

Circa 1900

Collect historical Aspen artifacts.  Click on the following link: Aspen, Colorado

 

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A FAREWELL TO ARMS

 

by

Ernest Hemingway

First edition, first state in original first issue dust jacket

1929

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ERNEST HEMINGWAY

 

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G. LEWIS LIQUOR CO., SILVER STATE, VICTOR, COLO.

Original hand-blown, coffin pint whiskey flask.  We offer this and other wonderful artifacts from the Cripple Creek Gold Mining District of Colorado.  Start by clicking on the following link: Cripple Creek/ Victor bottles

 

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COLORADO BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND ANNUAL REGISTER FOR 1876

We specialize in old Colorado business directories: Colorado Business Directories

 

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CRIPPLE CREEK FIRE, 1896

Original cabinet card photographs by Edgar Yelton, with pen-and-ink embellishments by George Foott.

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CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO Bird's - Eye - View, original 1896 map

If you would like excellent, original maps, please click on: MAPS 4

 

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BROKEN NECKS

by

Ben Hecht

First edition, first state in first state dust jacket

1926

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WE PURCHASE HISTORICAL MATERIALS - books, maps, photographs, first editions, etc. --  FROM SINGLE ITEMS TO ENTIRE COLLECTIONS!  Email or call us with the details of your treasures.

 

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