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MT. GOTHIC TOMES AND RELIQUARY is an intriguing mixture of 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. We are always interested in purchasing excellent books, F. Scott Fitzgerald first editions, literary and scientific first editions; maps, original photographs, documents and Western Americana. We are also willing to travel, so do not hesitate contacting us first. Superb items are always worth the effort. How to purchase: mtgothic69@rocketmail.com or call (970) 349-7079 and reserve what you'd like to add to your collection.
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TITAN OF CHASMS: The Grand Canyon of Arizona 1903, Articles by J.W. Powell and Charles F. Lummis, The Santa Fe Railroad. Price: $50.00 _________________________________ Browne, J. Ross. ADVENTURES IN THE APACHE COUNTRY; A Tour through Arizona and Sonora, with Notes on the Silver Regions of Nevada. Illustrated by Author. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1869. Original embossed brown cloth binding with gold print on spine; 535 pages with 4 pages of publishers advertisements; many steel-engraved illustrations. Contents include: Gadsen Purchase; On Way to Arizona; The Colorado Desert; Fort Yuma; Travelling Up the Gila; The Oatman Family; Crucified Apaches; Pimo Villages; Casa Grandes; Across the Ninety-Mile Desert; Tucson; San Xavier Del Bac; Pueblo of Tubac; Cocospera Canon; Magdalena; Dona Inez; Ton of Santa Cruz; Massacre of Mills and Stevens; Mowry Mine; Santa Rita; The Cerro Colroado; The Arivaca Ranch; Papgoria; Washoe Revisited; Bodie Bluff; Dead Sea of the West; Walker River Country; and, The Reese River Country. Book is in very good plus condition: some very light fraying to head and toe of spine; spine is tight and strong; pages are clean and fresh. $175.00 ___________
Hinton, Richard J. THE HAND-BOOK TO ARIZONA: Its Resources, History, Towns, Mines, Ruins and Scenery. Amply Illustrated. Accompanied with a New Map of the Territory. Payot, Upham & Co., San Francisco. American News Co., New York. 1878. First edition. Lithography by Britton, Rey & Co., San Francisco. This copy has been rebound in a modern black binding with gold print on spine. 431 pages; plus, an Appendix of 101 pages; as well as 43 pages of advertisements. Book contains 24 original plates, plus one foldout map. Of the 24 plates, the following are maps: 1) Plan of the Aztec Mining District, Pima County, Arizona; 2) Globe District; and, 3) Jesuit Map of Arizona 1698. There is also a foldout map: Township Map of the Santa Rita, including the Aztec and Tyndall Mining Districts. Book is missing the following maps: 1) foldout map: 1878 reproduction of Petrus's 1777 map; 2) Plan of Loop, Tehachapi Pass, on line of Southern Pacific R.R., supposed to be opposite Appendix Page C; and, 3) the large foldout map "New Map of the Territory," which is rarely present when book surfaces. Other faults with this tome: missing half-title page; and, one-eighth of Page 429 missing, mostly the lower right-hand corner portion (however, copy of this page and Page 430 supplied for information); modern binding and new endpapers. List of steel-engraved plates present in this volume: Prescott (frontispiece); Loop Line, Tehachapi Pass; San Fernando Tunnel, South Portral; Santa Monica Harbor and surroundings; The Grand Canon of the Colorado; Grand Canon of the Colorado - Mouth of Kanab Wash, looking east; Coronnacion Peak; Tubac & The Santa Rita Mountains, from the southeast side; Ruins of the Mission of Tumacacori, destroyed by Apache Indians; Toltec Camp, Aztec District; Arivaca; Mount Wrightson, from Calabaza, Santa Cruz Valley; Valley of Santa Cruz, from Santa Ritas; Tucson; Fort Yuma; The Saguara; Casa Grande, Gila Valley; Ancient Cliff House; W.T. Rickard;s Oxidizing Furance - Exterior view; W.T. Rickard;s Oxidizing Furance - Interior view; Silver & Copper Leaching & Amalgamating Works; plus numerous page illustrations. Overall, book is in good condition with some pencil marks and frayed edges on various pages, as well as damp-staining and some foxing. There is a great deal of mining information in this volume, including lists of mines, development work, production and ownership. There are also details on former explorers, towns and settlements, mining camps, Toltecs and Aztecs, Globe and Summit Districts, water resources, Camps Bowie and Grant, Santa Cruz, birds, animals, and plant life, and much, much more. An excellent reference of the Arizona Territory in the mid-1870s. $150.00 ___________
Hodge, Hiram C. ARIZONA AS IT IS; or, THE COMING COUNTRY. Compiled from Notes of Travel During the Years 1874, 1875, and 1876. New York: Published by Hurd and Houghton. Boston: H.O. Houghton and Company. Cambridge: The Riverside Press. 1877. First edition. Original green cloth binding with emboss black print on front cover and gold-embossed print on spine; 273 pages, with index; original brown endpapers. Frontispiece: steel-engraving of Overland Mail Coach. Two-page map between Page xii and Page 1. Plus other steel-engraved illustrations. Contents include: History of Arizona; Early Settlement; Climate, Rainy Seasons, Health, etc.; Mountains; Rivers; Grazing Lands; Wood, Timber, etc.; Mineral lands: Mines and Mining; Principal Mineral Belts; Counties and Towns; Indian Tribes; Prehistoric Ruins; Schools and Education; Railroads, Stage and Post Routes; Newspapers; Telegraphs; Military and Military Posts; Wild Animals, Birds, Fish, etc.; Reptiles and Venomous Insects; natural Curiosities; Flora; and more. Condition: very good plus; some fraying to head and toe of spine; spine tight and strong; pages clean and bright. $150.00 ______________________________________________ Interested in more historical Arizona material, see the following web pages:
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How to purchase: mtgothic69@rocketmail.com at or call (970) 349-7079 and reserve what you'd like to add to your collection. The books and artifacts listed in this website represent only a small fraction of our inventory. Please email or call us with your specific interests. mtgothic69@rocketmail.com Payment: we accept cashier's checks, money orders, personal checks, or wire transfers. We do accommodate international clients. We must apologize that we do not as yet accept credit cards. Our preferred method of mailing: USPS first class priority with full insurance and delivery confirmation. For orders over $500.00, we use USPS Registered Mail with full insurance. All items are guaranteed to be authentic and as described, or you can notify us of any discrepancy within 24 hours of receipt and arrange to have your purchase price refunded. WE PURCHASE HISTORICAL MATERIALS - books, maps, photographs, first editions, etc. -- FROM SINGLE ITEMS TO FULL LIBRARIES! Email or call us with the details of your treasures. We are more than willing to travel for an excellent collection. "... 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
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