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Aiken, Charles E.H. and Warren, Edward R.
THE BIRDS OF EL PASO COUNTY,
COLORADO, Volumes I and II.
Colorado
College
Publication. General Series No. 74.
Science Series, Volume XII, No. 13, pages 455 – 496 and 497 – 603.
Colorado Springs
,
Colorado
, May 1914 and June-September 1914. Both
publications in original gray printed wrappers.
From the library of Ralph E. Twitchell, New Mexican historian.
Volume I: map and numerous half-tone illustrations, near fine condition.
Volume II: numerous half-tone illustrations, near fine condition.
PRICE: $75.00
Anderson, George G. SOME
ASPECTS OF IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT IN
COLORADO. Proceedings of The
Colorado Scientific Society, Volume IX, separate printing, pages 273 – 314.
Denver
: Published by the Society, December 1909. Original
printed wrappers; near fine condition. PRICE:
$25.00
(Bankers’ Directory)
THE BANKERS’ DIRECTORY AND
LIST OF BANK ATTORNEYS: containing a List of Banks and Bankers; also the
Names of Reliable Commercial Lawyers recommended by the Banks.
January, 1883.
Chicago
: Rand, McNally & Company, 1883. Original
blue cloth covers; gold print on front cover and spine; 487 pages; color maps of
states; steel-engraved advertising. Thoroughly
detailed lists of bankers and attorneys state-by-state.
Fine condition. $300.00
Barker, Emerson N. EARLY
COLORADO
MAILS. Original illustrated
covers; 20 pages; territorial map on inside back cover.
No printer nor publisher. Ca.
1949. Near fine condition.
PRICE: $20.00
Barry, Louise, editor.
ALBERT D. RICHARDSON’S
LETTERS ON THE PIKE’S PEAK GOLD REGIONS, Written to the Editor of the
Lawrence Republican, May 22 – August 25, 1860.
Compiled and reprinted in The Kansas Historical Quarterly, Volume XII,
Number 1, February 1943. Printed by
Kansas
State
Printing Plant, W.C. Austin, State Printer,
Topeka
, 1943. Original tan wrappers;
tipped on printed label; pages 14 – 58. Very
good plus condition. PRICE:
$45.00
Beckman, William C. GUIDE
TO THE FISHES OF
COLORADO. Distributed by Colorado
Game & Fish Department.
University
of
Colorado
Museum,
Boulder
,
Colorado
. Leaflet No. 11, December 1952.
Reprinted with corrections, June 1953.
Printed by Johnson Publishing Company,
Boulder
,
Colorado
. Original illustrated green
wrappers; 110 pages; illustrations. Very
good plus condition. PRICE: $25.00
Blakely, George J., Managing Editor.
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN MAGAZINE,
PUBLISHED MONTHLY, April, 1889, Volume I, No. 4.
Pueblo
,
Colo.
: W.J. Jackson Printing Company, 1889. Original
engraved wrappers; pages 151 – 198; 8 pages of advertisements; engravings;
articles of local interest. Condition:
very good. PRICE: $40.00
Blakeney, Clara C. HISTORY
OF THE TUESDAY MORNING CLASS, 1895 – 1968.
Original manuscript written 1954; reviewed and printed in 1968.
Notes by Anne Byrd Kennon. Original
tan printed wrappers; 16 pages; half-tone illustrations.
PRICE: $15.00
Bradford, Mary C.C. A
BOOK OF HOLIDAYS, Volume I, State of Colorado, 1920 – 1921. Issued by
Department of Public Instruction. Eames
Brothers, State Printers,
Denver,
Colorado, 1921. Original blue stiff printed
wrappers; 222 pages; illustrated with half-tones; descriptive; poetry; and,
song. Near fine condition.
PRICE: $25.00
Butler, B.S. and Vanderwilt, John W. THE
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT OF
COLORADO
. Presented before the
Colorado Scientific Society, June 28, 1930, along with a paper presented by
Charles W. Henderson, WITH SECTION ON HISTORY, PRODUCTION, METALLURGY AND
DEVELOPMENT. Printed separately,
pages 311 – 353; illustrations and foldout map.
Very good condition. PRICE: $30.00
Butler, G. Montague. SOME RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS IN LEADVILLE. Quarterly
of the
Colorado
School
of Mines, Volume 8, Number 1, April 1913. Golden,
Colorado. Original brown printed wrappers;
21 pages; illustrated; near fine condition.
PRICE: $20.00
Canfield, John G. THE
DENVER
REAL ESTATE AND STOCK EXCHANGE ANNUAL REPORT: A Glance at the Business
Condition, Architectural Features and Material Progress of “The
Queen
City
of the Plains.” Published for the
Exchange by Jno. G. Canfield. Press
of Carson, Hurst & Harper, Art Printers,
Denver
,
Colorado
. Original illustrated covers; 60
pages; numerous half-tone illustrations, engravings, and advertisements.
Contents include: President’s Report, by P.D. Grommon; Is Denver
Another Chicago? By John E. Leet;
Denver
as Railroad Centre by Richard Linthicum;
Denver
as
Manufacturing
City
by Edward B. Light; Real Estate Operations for 1891 by Frank E. Hartman; The
Banks of Denver, by R.W. Woodbury; Some Early History of a Surprise by W.G.M.
Stone; The Agriculture of Colorado by Lute Wilcox; The Sanitary Condition of
Denver by H.K. Steel; and more. Dimensions:
9” by 12”; 60 pages. Condition:
good plus to very good; some chipping to covers and spine.
PRICE: $550.00
Chaffee, Hon. Jerome B.
PACIFIC RAILROAD LINES: SPEECH
OF HON. J.B. CHAFFEE OF
COLORADO
IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, NOVEMBER 13, 1877.
Washington, 1877. Original printed wrappers;
25 pages; near fine condition. PRICE:
$150.00
Collier, A.J. COAL
SOUTH OF MANCOS, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO. United States Geological
Survey, Bulletin 691 – K.
Washington
: Government Printing Office, 1919. Original
printed wrappers; separate printing; pages 293 – 310; plates and maps.
Condition: near fine. PRICE:
$20.00
(Colorado
cemetery) FAIRMOUNT MAUSOLEUM. Denver,
Colorado. The Far-Reaching Foundation Toward Safer Civilization.
Records for Future Ages. Daughters
of Colorado. 1932: no publisher nor printer.
In conjunction with
Crown
Hill
Cemetery
, a
Colorado
organization organized to “broaden social outlook and preservation ….” of
history for our future. “Proposed
dedication and explanation to be printed in the ‘introduction’ to the books
published under Component II; and to be placed with the books sent to the World
in 2131 A.D.” Original black
wrappers with gold print; 16 pages; several illustrations.
Fine condition. PRICE:
$25.00
(Colorado
Legislature) AN ACT TO REGULATE THE BUSINESS OF MILLING, SAMPLING, CONCENTRATING,
REDUCING, PURCHASING AND RECEIVING FOR SALE ORES, CONCENTRATES, AND AMALGAMS,
BEARING GOLD AND SILVER BULLION, NUGGETS, AND SPECIMENS.
Passed by the Twentieth General of the State of
Colorado, 1915. Original printed wrappers;
The Smith-Brooks Press,
Denver
,
Colorado, 1915; 6 pages. Very good plus
condition. PRICE:
$25.00
(Colorado
military) THE
COLORADO
SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ HOME AT MONTE
VISTA. Dedication Exercies at
Monte
Vista
, July 14, 1912. Erection of a
monument at the Colorado Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, in memory of those who
died at the Home. Illustrated 4-page
fold-over format; very good condition. PRICE:
$15.00
(Colorado
Minerals)
COLORADO
MINERALS.
Classified to Accord with the Sixth Edition of Dana’s “System of
Mineralogy.” Circa 1900.
Original printed wrappers; 23 pages; very good plus condition.
PRICE: $30.00
(Colorado
School
of Mines) QUARTERLY
OF THE
COLORADO
SCHOOL
OF MINES, April 1912. BOOK OF VIEWS.
Volume 7, Number 1. Issued
Quarterly by the
Colorado
School
of Mines, Golden, Colorado. Original brown printed wrappers;
32 pages; illustrated with half-tones and captions.
Very good plus condition. PRICE:
$25.00
Cooke, W.W. THE
BIRDS OF COLORADO. Bulletin No. 37, Technical
Series No. 2. The State Agricultural
College: The Agricultural Experiment Station;
Fort Collins,
Colorado
, March 1897. Approved by the
Station Council, Alston Ellis, President. The
Smith-Brooks Printing Company,
Denver, Colorado. Original pink printed wrappers;
143 pages; no illustrations. Very
good plus condition: some light discoloration and light fraying of covers;
internal pages are in fine condition. PRICE: $100.00
Crawford, R.D. A
CONTRIBUTION TO THE IGNEOUS GEOLOGY OF
CENTRAL COLORADO. [From The American Journal
of Science Vol. VII, May 1924]. Original
green printed wrappers; no illustrations; pages 365 – 388.
Near fine condition. PRICE:
$15.00.
Cross, Whitman. THE
SAN MIGUEL FORMATION. IGNEOUS ROCKS
OF THE TELLURIDE DISTRICT,
COLORADO
. [Read Before the
Colorado
Scientific Society, in
Denver, September 7, 1896]. Original tan
printed wrappers; 18 pages; no illustrations.
Condition: near fine. PRICE:
$15.00
(Denver Hotel) THE
ALBANY HOTEL. No printer nor
publisher. Circa 1930.
Original brown and silver cloth binding with silver print on front cover;
63 pages, near fine condition. History
of hotel; description of services and amenities; nearby attractions; local
advertising. PRICE: $45.00
(Denver
Music) OFFICIAL PROGRAM:
DENVER
MUNICIPAL BAND,
CITY
PARK, 1916. Program for summer
season of the Denver Municipal Band. Original
illustrated wrappers; 32 pages; local advertisements; illustrations.
Near fine condition. PRICE:
$25.00
(Denver Theater) THIRD
ANNUAL BENEFIT, THEATRICAL MECHANICAL ASSOCIATION.
Denver
Lodge Number 22, Broadway Theatre, Sunday April 26, 1908.
Broadway Theatre was owned by Peter McCourt (Baby Doe Tabor’s brother);
premises donated for benefit. Original
illustrated wrappers; 16 pages; program and local advertisements.
Denver Engraving Co., Printer. Condition:
near fine. PRICE:
$25.00
Dressler, Albert. CALIFORNIA’S
PIONEER ARTIST: ERNEST NARJOT, A Brief Resume of the Career of a Versatile
Genius. Albert Dressler:
San Francisco
, 1936. Original orange printed
wrappers; 12 pages; tipped in illustrations of paintings; introduction by Louise
Narjot Howard. Inscribed by author.
Condition: near fine. PRICE:
$35.00
Ferril, Thomas Hornsby.
THE CHALLENGE OF THE PIONEER
SPIRIT. Reprinted from
Colorado Quarterly, Volume V, Number 3, Winter, 1957; pages 229 – 241.
Original printing; no covers; near fine condition.
PRICE: $15.00
Fleck, Herman. RARE
METALS (in
Colorado). Quarterly of the
Colorado
School
of Mines, Volume 3, Number 3, January 1909.
Issued Quarterly by the
Colorado
School
of Mines, Golden,
Colorado
. The W.F. Robinson Printing Co., Denver,
Colorado. Original brown printed wrappers;
49 pages; illustrated. PRICE: $25.00
Goodykoontz, Colin B.
COLORADO: Short Studies of Its Past and
Present – The Exploration and Settlement of
Colorado. Separate printing, 1927;
pages 42 – 90. Original printed
cream wrappers. No publisher or
printer. Chapters include: The
Spanish Advance; The American Approach: Pike; Trappers and Traders; Explorers
and Travelers; The Gold Rush; Colonies and Town Companies; and more.
Fine condition. PRICE:
$30.00
Greene, J.S. ACQUIREMENT OF WATER RIGHTS IN THE
ARKANSAS VALLEY IN COLORADO. Washington: Government Printing Office,
1903. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations -
Bulletin No. 140. A.C. True, Director. Original printed wrappers; 83
pages; fold-out map Condition: very good plus. Centered on water
districts numbers 10 - 19; numbers 49 and 66; and number 67. From
introduction: "There are differences of opinion as to the comparative
importance of the several kinds of irrigation investigation work now being
prosecuted ...." Price:
$65.00
Greenleaf, Lawrence N.
CENTENNIAL POEM.
Delivered at the Centennial Celebration, in the
Centennial
State
, at
Denver
,
Colorado
, July 4, 1876. Reprinted in
“Square and Compass,”
Denver
,
Colo.
August, 1906. First separate
printing; illustrated gray wrappers; 8 pages; near fine condition.
PRICE: $15.00
Hewes, Charles Edwin. SONGS
OF THE
ROCKIES
. The Egerton – Palmer
Press,
Estes Park
,
Colorado
, 1914. Decorations by Dean Babcock.
Original illustrated gray stiff boards; 129 pages.
Poetry. Inscribed by the
author. Near fine condition.
PRICE: $45.00
Hillebrand, W.F. and Ransome, F. Leslie.
ON CARNOTITE AND ASSOCIATED
VANADIFEROUS MINERALS IN
WESTERN COLORADO
. [From The American Journal
of Science, Vol. X, August, 1900] Original
tan printed wrappers; pages 120 – 144; no illustrations.
Condition: near fine. PRICE: $15.00
Hills, Elijah Clarence.
THE
PIKE’S PEAK
REGION IN SONG AND MYTH.
Colorado
College
Publication. General Series No. 66.
Language Series Volume II, No. 29, pages 165 – 220.
Colorado Springs
,
Colorado
, January 1913. First separate
printing; original gray printed wrappers; near fine condition.
PRICE: $20.00
Humfleet, Betty.
COLORADO
CURIOS.
The Pantry Press, 1965. Illustrated
by Humfleet; 16 pages; original illustrated yellow wrappers.
Near fine condition. PRICE: $12.50
Jarrett, David L.
COLORADO
TERRITORIAL AND PRE-TERRITORIAL
POSTMARKS. Collectors Club
of
Chicago, 1976. No printer or publisher.
Original light blue cloth binding with silver print; 207 pages; foldout
map; in original blue cloth slipcase. Numerous
illustrations. Fine condition in
fine slipcase. $100.00
Johnson, Forrest H. HORSES,
CATTLE, GUNS AND SADDLE. Old
Time and Modern Ranch-Lore, Gathered for the Benefit of Man. Or HOW TO BE A RANCHER, With
Glimpses of Lazy Heart Ranch. The
Gem Publishing Company,
Denver, Colorado, 1967. Bill Lay, Litho., Printers, Denver, Colorado.
Inscribed by author tp Fred & Jo Mazzulla.
Half-tone illustrations. History
and lore of the Lazy Heart Ranch near Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. Near fine condition.
PRICE: $25.00
Kohl, Edith Eudora.
DENVER’S FIRST CHRISTMAS: An Offering of
Our Pioneers to the People of Today.
The A.B. Hirschfeld Press, Denver, Colorado; circa 1960; 19 pages; several illustrations.
Fine condition. PRICE: $15.00
Koschmann, A.H. THE
COLORADO
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY: Its History and Objectives.
1949: no printer nor publisher. Original
white printed wrappers; 18 pages; no illustrations.
Also contains articles of constitution.
Near fine condition. PRICE:
$20.00
Koschmann, A.H. NEW
LIGHT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT, COLORADO
, and its Practical Significance. Address
Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the
Colorado
Mining Association,
Denver
,
Colorado
, January 25, 1941. Original white
printed wrappers; 28 pages; no illustrations.
The Bradford-Robinson Printing Co., Denver,
Colorado. Fine condition.
$25.00
Matthews, Albert. THE
PURGATORY
RIVER
OF
COLORADO.
Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, University Press, 1902.
Reprinted from The Publications of The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume VI. Original printed
wrappers; 11 pages. Fine condition;
uncut pages. PRICE:
$25.00
McFarlane, Frederick.
GILPIN
COUNTY
: A Paper read before the Teknik Club, in
Denver
, September 9, 1924; no publisher nor printer; 7 pages; near fine condition.
A paper on early gold mining in
Gilpin County
,
Colorado
. PRICE:
$15.00
McKelvey, S. Robert.
THE DINOSAURIA with Special Reference to the Dinosaur of
Colorado. Published by the Research
Company,
Denver,
Colorado, 1920. Welch-Haffner Printing Co.,
Denver,
Colorado. Original printed wrappers; 20
pages; illustrations. Very good plus
condition. PRICE: $25.00
(Mining Machinery) Hendrie
& Bolthoff. EIGHTY
YEARS OF PROGRESS, 1861 – 1941, Anniversary Number.
Original stiff tan printed wrappers; 32 pages; descriptive and numerous
illustrations, including half-tone of original H&B foundry in Central City,
Colorado Territory, 1861. Condition:
very good. PRICE:
$30.00
Pearce, Richard. SOME
NOTES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF URANITE IN
COLORADO. Read before the
Colorado
Scientific Society, in
Denver, September 9, 1895. First separate
printing; original green printed wrappers; 3 pages.
The App-Stott Printing Co.,
Denver
,
Colorado
Near fine condition.
PRICE: $15.00
Post, John L.
IDLE HOURS BEHIND THE WALLS: Poems from Prison Composed by John L. Post,
13769. Privately published,
1937. “Through the coutesy and
cooperation of Roy Best, Warden, this volume of verse, composed by an inmate of
the Colorado State Penitentiary, comes to the reader with the sincer wish it may
bring a better understanding of the mental reactions of those confined behind
these grim, gray stone walls.” Original,
hand-drawn illustrated covers; 67 pages. No
publisher nor printer. This
publication appears to have been done completely within the Colorado State
Penitentiary. Very good plus
condition. PRICE:
$50.00
Rathmell, Ruth D. RUSH
TO THE
ROCKIES
: RHYMES. No publisher nor
printer; circa 1965. Signed by author. Small
format; 12 pages; fine condition. PRICE:
$12.50
Rockwell, Robert B. THE
SQUIRRELS, CHIPMUNKS AND GOPHERS OF
COLORADO: How to Know Them and what to Know about Them, Illustrated.
Published by The
Colorado
Mountain
Club. Publication No. 5, dated
1916. Original illustrated wrappers;
16 pages; folded, otherwise very good plus condition.
PRICE: $20.00
Rockwell, Robert B. TRIALS
AND TRIBULATIONS OF A NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER.
Reprinted from Natural History, Volume XX, No. 2, 1920.
Original tan printed wrappers; pages 180 – 192; half-tone
illustrations. Very good condition.
PRICE: $20.00
Smith, Reginald
Herber, Registrar, Publication Committee. YEAR BOOK OF THE
COLORADO
SOCIETY OF SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, Instituted February 22, 1892.
Denver,
Colorado: November 1, 1896. The Merchant Publishing Co.: Printers and Binders;
Denver, Colo.
Book is in its original ornate blue and tan cloth binding with gold
illustration and print on front cover and blue print on spine; original
endpapers, 56 pages. Condition: near fine; excellent bond of paper.
Contents include: Officers of the General Society, 1896; Officers of the
Colorado Society, 1896 – 1897; Officers of the Society from its Organization,
February 22, 1892; Constitution of the General Society; By-Laws; Instructions to
Applicants; Register of Members (each with brief genealogical description);
Ancestors and Descendants; and Chronological List.
$100.00
Spalding,
William Marvin. EARLY
REMINISCENCES OF
DENVER. Original gray printed
wrappers; 20 pages; ca. 1955; no illustrations.
Fine condition. PRICE: $12.00
(State Historical Society of Colorado) HISTORICAL SKETCH OF COLORADO
AND MAP OF HISTORIC SITES. Bradford-Robinson
Printing Co., Denver,
Colorado. Circa 1935.
Small-format; 8 pages; illustrations, with map.
Near fine condition. PRICE:
$12.50
Taylor, Hon. Edward T.
EULOGY OF THE LATE SENATOR
CHARLES JAMES HUGHES, JR. of
Colorado in the House of Representatives, Sunday, February 12, 1911.
Washington, 1911. Original printed wrappers;
15 pages; very good plus. PRICE:
$30.00
Thomas, Charles S. (Colorado Governor)
MR. JUSTICE JOHN CAMPBELL of
the Supreme Court of Colorado. Addresses of 35th
Annual Meeting of The
Colorado
Bar Association, September, 1932. Original
black stiff wrappers with silver print on front cover; 31 pages; one half-tone
illustration. Near fine condition.
PRICE: $30.00
Van Wagenen, H.R. TUNGSTEN
IN
COLORADO. Quarterly of the
Colorado
School
of Mines, Volume 3, Number 4, April 1909. Golden,
Colorado
. Original brown printed wrappers;
36 pages; illustrated; near fine condition.
The W.F. Robinson Printing Co.,
Denver
,
Colorado. PRICE:
$20.00
Underhill,
James. AREAL
GEOLOGY OF LOWER CLEAR CREEK (Colorado). Proceedings of the Colorado
Scientific Society, Volume III, pages 103 – 122.
Denver: Published by the Society, 1906. Original
printed tan wrappers; two maps and one mine plat; near fine condition.
PRICE: $15.00
(University
of
Denver) SONGS
OF THE
UNIVERSITY
OF
DENVER. Published by The Evans
Literary Club, 1917. Original brown
cloth binding with gold embossing on front cover; 67 pages.
Music and words related to the
University
of
Denver
. Near fine condition.
PRICE: $50.00
Van Diest, E.C. and P.H.
NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE
WESTERN SLOPE OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE IN
COSTILLO COUNTY
,
COLORADO. Read before the
Colorado
Scientific Society, in Denver, November 5, 1894. Original green
printed wrappers; 5 pages and 1 plate. Very
good plus condition. PRICE: $15.00
Warren, Edward R. THE
MAMMALS OF COLORADO. Colorado
College
Publications, General Series No. 19, Science Series No. 46, Volume XI, pages
225-274.
Colorado Springs, Colorado, January 1906. Original green
printed wrappers; no illustrations; very good plus condition: several ex-library
marks. PRICE: $35.00
Warren, Edward Royal. THE
SMALL MAMMALS OF COLORADO. Published by The
Colorado
Mountain
Club, June 1921. Publication No. 7,
illustrated. Original illustrated
cream wrappers; 31 pages; numerous half-tone images; near fine condition.
PRICE: $20.00
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