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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-five 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.

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July 2008

 

In 1907, after Hermann Minkowski's mathematical work on one of his most famous papers, Albert Einstein joked, "Since the mathematicians have grabbed hold of the theory of relativity, I myself no longer understand it." 

 

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING AND MONTANA

 

 

GEYSERLAND AND WONDERLAND, 1898

 

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A VIEW AND GUIDE BOOK OF THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

By. W.F. Hatfield, St. Anthony, Idaho

Containing forty-three superb views and all information relating to roads, modes of travel, accommodations and costs of the same.

Press of the Hicks-Judd Company, 23 First Street, San Francisco, California, 1898

Book description: original tan cloth, black printed covers, with decorative tie-string binding; square-bound; 89 pages. Covers show some light wear and dusting; pages are clean and bright. Overall condition: very good. Dimensions: 9-1/4 inches by 6 inches.

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All half-tone photographs were taken by W.F. Hatfield. Text written by W.F. Hatfield.

From PREFACE: “In preparing the ‘GEYSERLAND WONDERLAND’ View and Guide Book of the Yellowstone National Park for use of tourists, the author has endeavored to furnish such reliable up-to-date information as will enable them to act intelligently in selecting their route of travel to the Park, their mode of transportation through it, and living during the trip – hotel or camping accommodations. The cost of the trip by the several transportation companies and routes, also the rates charged by the hotels and the Wylie Camping Company for accommodations at their several locations in the Park is given. The chief objects to be seen at the several points are described, and a choice selection consisting of Forty-Four (sic) Half-Tone Engravings of the most notable places and objects is furnished for reference, and a souvenir for the trip through ‘GEYSERLAND AND WONDERLAND.’”

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Price: $150.00

 

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FORT LARAMIE AND THE FORTY-NINERS

by Merrill J. Mattes

Published by Rocky Mountain Nature Association Estes Park, Colorado, 1949.  Original illustrated cream wrappers; 36 pages; illustrated with half-tones.  Condition: near fine.

"One of the most historic spots in the Trans-Mississippi West lies on the tongue of land formed by the junction of the Laramie and North Platte rivers, in eastern Wyoming ...."

Price: $25.00

 

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Fort Caspar by Mokler.jpg (27192 bytes)Mokler, Alfred James.  FORT CASPAR (PLATTE BRIDGE STATION), comprising a Description of the Killing of Lieutenant Caspar W. Collins and the Massacre of Sergeant Amos J. Custard and Twenty-Four of Their Comrades, July 26, 1865.  Casper , Wyoming : The Prairie Publishing Company, 1939.  Original gray printed and illustrated wrappers; illustrated text, with maps; 75 pages; near fine condition.  A scarce history of Fort Casper.   $175.00

 

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Prairie Sketches.jpg (25263 bytes)PRAIRIE SKETCHES, or Fugitive Recollections of an Army Girl of 1889.  Privately printed, circa 1899.  Inscribed by author, Mary Katherine Jackson English.  Publication is in its original green wrappers; square-bound; 76 pages. Privately printed.  Memories of Sweetwater, the Wind River Basin, Medicine Bow, Rawlins, Fort Washakie, and other locales in western Wyoming; Red Cloud, Shoshone and Arapaho Indians; and, Indian reservations.  Author's father was Major Allan H. Jackson of the 7th Infantry.  Author's inscription and signature on front flyleaf.  Two small chips at head and toe of spine; otherwise, book is in very good plus condition.  Spine is tight; pages are clean and bright. Price:  $650.00

 

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