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Dallas, Sandra. GOLD AND GOTHIC: Story
of Larimer Square (Denver, Colorado). Published by Lick
Skillet Press: Denver, Colorado, 1967, 1st printing. Printed by The
Smith-Brooks Printing Company. Original illustrated wrappers; 24 pages;
illustrated. Near fine condition. Price:
$17.50
Dawson, J. Frank. PLACE NAMES IN
COLORADO: Why 700 Communities Were So named; 150 of Spanish or Indian Origin.
Printed by The Jefferson Record: Lakewood, Colorado, 1954, 1st printing.
Printed yellow wrappers; 54 pages; illustrated. Good only condition.
PRICE: $5.00
(Denver Chamber of Commerce) DISTINCTIVE
DENVER: The Romance of an American Capital. Published by The
Denver Chamber of Commerce, 1925, 1st edition. Publishers Press, Denver,
Colorado. Illustrated covers; 64 pages; illustrated. Very good plus
condition. PRICE: $12.50
(Denver Club) OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF
THE DENVER CLUB, 1931. Club House: Corner Seventeenth and
Glenarm Streets, Denver, Colorado, 1931. Original printed red wrappers; 59
pages; no illustrations. Damp-staining to cover that has bled onto some
pages; good condition only. PRICE:
$15.00
(Denver, Colorado) COLORADO CAPITOL
BUILDINGS. This Historical Sketch of the Colorado Capitol and
Associated Group of Buildings is dedicated to Our Welcome Visitors from all over
the World by the People of the State of Colorado. The Colorado Advertising
and Publicity Committee, Capitol Building, Denver, circa 1940. Illustrated
wrappers; 16 pages; illustrations. Fine condition. PRICE:
$10.00
(Denver, Colorado) COME TO DENVER:
Capital City of Colorado. C. Wunder and D.L. Hopwood,
photographs. Photographic soft covers; 36 pages; photographic
illustrations and description. Circa 1949. Near fine
condition. PRICE: $10.00
(Denver, Colorado) DENVER DAILY DOINGS:
Where to Go; What To See; How to Get There -- in Colorado. Volume III, No.
24, December 6-13, 1924. Published by Denver Daily Doings Incorporated,
Denver, Colorado. Illustrated wrappers; 32 pages; illustrated with
photographs and maps. Near fine condition. PRICE:
$30.00
(Denver, Colorado) DENVER MUNICIPAL YEAR
BOOK FOR 1946, Told in Story and Picture. Benjamin F.
Stapleton, Mayor. Original covers; square bound; 112 pages; advertisers
indexed; photographs and articles. Near fine condition. Price:
$35.00
(Denver, Colorado) GEMS FROM DENVER'S
TREASURE CHEST OF HISTORY, from the Vaults of the Title Guaranty
Company, The Landon Abstract Company, 1858 - 1951. Illustrated tan
wrappers; 28 pages; illustrated. History, documents, and photographs from
early Denver. Near fine condition. PRICE:
$20.00
(Denver, Colorado Municipal Water System) YOUR
DENVER MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM: Where the City's Water Comes From; How
It Is Purified; How It Gets Into Your House. May 1, 1934. City and
County of Denver, Colorado, 1934. Illustrated wrappers; 31 pages;
illustrated. Near fine condition. PRICE:
$25.00
(Denver Public Library) NOTHING IS LONG
AGO: A Documentary History of Colorado, 1776/1976. A Catalogue
of the Exhibit in the Denver Public Library, Commemorating the 100th Anniversary
of Colorado's Statehood and the 200th Anniversary of the Republic's
Independence. Published by the Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado:
1976, first printing. Original white covers; 141 pages; illustrations and
descriptive. Near fine condition. Price:
$25.00
(Denver Public Schools) DAVID GOES TO
KINDERGARTEN. Printed by The Denver School Press: 1954, 1st
printing. Booklet for parents preparing to send their children to Denver
Public Schools. Fine condition. PRICE:
$10.00
(Denver Theatre) THE OPEN DOOR
Magazine, June 1939. Volume III, No. 9. A Monthly Magazine published
by The Industrial Federal Savings and Loan Association: Denver, Colorado.
William Earl Martin, editor. Original illustrated wrappers; 22 pages;
articles, illustrations and local advertisements. Near fine
condition. PRICE: $20.00
(Denver Theatre) THE THOMAS WILKES
PLAYERS, Denham Theatre, Denver, Colorado. The Wahlgreen
Publishing Company, Denver, Colorado: week beginning Sunday, March 15,
1925. Illustrated wrappers; 32 pages; theatre program; advertisements;
illustrations. Near fine condition. PRICE:
$35.00
(Denver Women's Clubs) WOMEN'S CLUBS OF
DENVER. Essays in Colorado History. Number 13.
Colorado Historical Society: Denver, Colorado, 1993, 1st printing. David
N. Wetzel, editor. Original illustrated soft covers; square bound; 108
pages; illustrated. Fine condition. PRICE:
$10.00
Draper, Benjamin. GEORGETOWN PICTORIAL:
An Illustrated Story of a Colorado Mining Town. Original
illustrated wrappers; 32 pages; photographic illustrations. Old West
Publishing Company: Denver, Colorado, 1964, 1st printing. Fine
condition. Price: $10.00
Durning, Mabel Downer. HISTORICAL
REMINISCING IN THE ALLENSPARK MOUNTAIN AREA (Colorado). Printed
by Sharer Books: Longmont, Colorado, 1975, first edition. Signed by author
on front cover. Illustrated covers; 40 pages; tie-binding;
illustrations. Fine condition. PRICE:
$20.00
(Elitch Gardens, Denver, Colorado) ELITCH'S
GARDENS: Golden Anniversary Souvenir, 1891 - 1941. Elitch
Garden Company. No publisher: 1941. Original green wrappers;
unpaginated; photographs and other illustrations. Chronological history of
Elitch Gardens; also 1941 program. Local advertisements. Printed
letter from Governor Ralph L. Carr and Mayor Ben F. Stapleton. Near fine
condition. Price: $45.00
Ellis, Amanda M. BONANZA TOWNS:
Leadville and Cripple Creek. The Dentan Printing Co.: Colorado
Springs, Colorado, 1954, first edition. Signed by author. Printed
silver covers; 48 pages; illustrated. Near fine condition. PRICE:
$10.00
Ellis, Amanda M. THE COLORADO SPRINGS STORY.
The Dentan Printing Co.: Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1954, 1st edition.
Printed wrappers; 48 pages; illustrated. Near fine condition. PRICE:
$10.00
Emore, Anna. DILLON: The Blue River
Wonderland. A Summit Historical Society Publication:
1983. Original silver printed blue wrappers; 43 pages; illustrated.
Fine condition. Price: $22.00
(Estes Park, Colorado) THE STANLEY HOTEL.
No publisher. No printer. Published in 1977 in connection with the
Hotel becoming a National Historic Landmark. Illustrated stiff wrappers;
24 pages; historical photographs and descriptive. Inscribed by the
contemporary general manager and owner of the Stanley Hotel. Near fine
condition. PRICE: $20.00
Euser, Barbara J., editor. A CLIMBER'S
CLIMBER: On the Trail with Carl Blaurock. With a Foreword by
David Lavender. Cordillera Press, Inc.: 1984, first edition. Oblong:
illustrated soft covers; 83 pages; photographs and descriptions. Fine
condition. PRICE: $25.00
Evans, Dannette. SPOTLIGHT ON PUEBLO,
PAST AND PRESENT. Statistics, Early History, Pioneers,
Builders, Railroads, Industries, Great Flood, Aerial Map, Points of Interest,
Civic Leaders, Sidelights. Pen and Ink Drawings by Allan Lewis
Evans. Golden Press: Denver, Colorado, 1952, 1st printing. Inscribed
by author. Blue wrappers; 48 pages; illustrations. Fine
condition. PRICE: $20.00
Evans, Luther H., Librarian of Congress. COLORADO:
the Diamond Jubilee of Statehood. An Exhibition in the Library
of Congress, Washington, D.C. November 14, 1951, to February 14,
1952. United States Government Printing Office: Washington, 1951.
Original illustrated covers; 75 pages; illustrated. Near fine
condition. Price: $20.00
Ewing, Clark C.; Berube, Pamela; and, Ewing, Margaret C.,
compilers and authors. EARLY McCOY: A Hundred Year
Perspective. Raymond's Printing: Glenwood Springs, Colorado,
1976, 1st printing. Illustrated wrappers; illustrations; maps; 52
pages. History of Routt, Grand, and Eagle counties, Colorado. Fine
condition. PRICE: $17.50
Fetchenhier, Scott. GHOSTS AND GOLD: The
History of the Old Hundred Mine. Privately published: 1999, 1st
edition, signed by author. Original illustrated soft covers; 143 pages;
illustrated. Old Hundred Mine is located near Silverton, Colorado.
Fine condition. PRICE: $15.00
Filipak, Jack D. A TEACHER'S RESOURCE
BOOK FOR OUR STATE: Colorado, A History of Progress. The Old
West Publishing Company: Denver, Colorado, 1966, 1st printing. Illustrated
gray wrappers; 64 pages. Fine condition. PRICE:
$20.00
(Fleming, Colorado) MEMORIES OF OUR
PIONEERS. Fleming Historical Society: Fleming, Colorado, 1971,
1st edition. Printed and bound by General Publishing and Binding, Iowa
Falls, Iowa, 1971. Original illustrated green soft covers; 258 pages;
spiral-bound; photographs; index. Fine condition. PRICE:
$95.00
(Fort Collins, Colorado) THE FORT
COLLINS AREA. Volume One: the Graphic Past, #433; Volume Two:
At the Centennial, #433. Photographs and descriptive. Sponsored by
Columbia Savings and Loan Association, Colorado's Great Statewide Savings
Institution. Fort Collins Area Centennial Association, 1976. Both
publications in fine condition. Sold as a set, price:
$45.00
(Fort Collins, Colorado) ST. LUKE'S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH: 80th Anniversary, St. Luke's Day. Ft.
Collins, Colorado, 1955. Original illustrated wrappers; 12 pages;
illustrated. History: 1875 - 1955. Near fine condition. PRICE:
$15.00
Frear, Hugo and Virginia, compilers. OUR
RUSH TO THE ROCKIES: The National Editorial Association Visits Colorful Colorado
During Its Great Centennial Year. These articles are reprinted
from the column, "Old Man on the Monument," which appeared in various
issues of the Bedford Daily Gazette, Bedford, Pennsylvania, 1976, 1st
printing. Original illustrated wrappers; 44 pages; illustrated.
Condition: very good, with some light glue stains on the inner wrap; otherwise,
near fine condition. PRICE: $18.50
Frink, Maurice. THE BOULDER STORY:
Historical Portrait of a Colorado Town. Photographic
illustrations by Rocky Mountain Joe and Many others. Pruett Press:
Boulder, Colorado, 1965, 1st edition. Original illustrated covers;
square-bound; 90 pages; illustrated. Very good plus condition. Price:
$12.00
Fry, Norman Walter. CACHE LA POUDRE:
"The River." As Seen from 1889 by Norman Walter
Fry. Photographs courtesy of Norman W. Fry, Earl F. Olmstead, Stella M.
Christiansen, Elvan McClenahan. Privately published: 1954, second
printing. Illustrated wrappers; 52 pages; illustrated. Near fine
condition. PRICE: $10.00
Gates, Zethyl. MARIANO MEDINA: Colorado
Mountain Man. Johnson Publishing Company: Boulder, Colorado,
1981, first edition. Illustrated covers; square-bound; 110 pages;
illustrated. Fine condition. PRICE:
$25.00
Geiger, Helen M. THE ZOO ON THE
MOUNTAIN: A History of The Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Park.
Cheyenne Mountain Museum and Zoological Society: Colorado Springs, Colorado,
1968, 1st printing. Lithographed by Smith-Brooks Printing Company.
Foreword by Russell T. Tutt. Original illustrated wrappers; 39 pages;
illustrated. Near fine condition. PRICE:
$20.00
(Georgetown, Colorado) HISTORIC
GEORGETOWN: Centennial Gazette, 1868 - 1968. Original
illustrated covers; 48 pages; photographs, illustrations, history,
advertisements. The A.B. Hirschfeld Press, Denver, Colorado, 1968.
Near fine condition. Price: $10.00
(Georgetown, Colorado) HOTEL DE PARIS
AND LOUIS DUPUY IN GEORGETOWN, COLORADO: A fragment of Old France
widely known Everywhere in the West. Published by The State Historical
Society of Colorado in collaboration with The National Society of the Colonial
Dames of America in the State of Colorado. Printed by Johnson Publishing
Company: Boulder, Colorado, 1954, 1st printing. Illustrated stiff
wrappers; 14 pages; illustrations and description. Near fine
condition. PRICE: $12.50
(Georgetown, Colorado) SCENIC BEAUTIES
OF THE ROCKIES: Georgetown, Colorado. Compliments of Board of
Mines and Commerce of Georgetown, Colorado. The Smith-Carson Press:
Denver, Colorado, circa 1900. Gray wrappers with tipped on photograph; 48
pages; photographs and descriptions. Very good plus condition.
tie-binding. PRICE: $75.00
(Golden City, Colorado) THE ASTOR HOUSE:
A Continuing Community Project. No publisher. No
printer. No author. Circa 1970. Eighteen printed pages; no
illustrations. Near fine condition. PRICE:
$10.00
(Golden, Colorado church) FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH: Centennial, August 1, 1863 - August 1, 1963. Golden,
Colorado. Pastor Thompson. Original illustrated wrappers; 12 pages;
illustrated. Historical sketch of church. Near fine condition.
PRICE: $6.00
(Grand Junction, Colorado) SOUVENIR OF
GRAND JUNCTIONS DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATION AND EXTRAVAGANZA,
September 14-21, 1957. Printed and Distributed by The Daily Sentinel for
the Edification of Residents and Visitors Alike. Dedication of Grand
Junction's Original Parks, Public Lands and Streets by The Town Company. 4
pages. Plat of the Town of Grand Junction, Gunnison County, Colorado,
April 1882 on back. Very good condition. Price:
$20.00
Grant, William W. A QUARTER CENTURY OF
THE ARAPAHOE HUNT. Privately published, 1950, 1st
printing. Original printed red wrappers; 43 pages; foldout map in back of
publication. Fine condition. PRICE:
$45.00
Gregory, Doris H. HISTORY OF THE WRIGHT
OPERA HOUSE, Ouray, Colorado. Cascade Publications: Long Beach,
California, 1983, 1st edition. Illustrated wrappers; 58 pages;
illustrated. Fine condition. PRICE:
$30.00
Gregory, Doris H. HOUSES ON OAK STREET:
THE McINTYRE CABIN, Ouray, Colorado. Cascade Publications: Long
Beach, California, 1981, 1st printing. Original illustrated wrappers; 50
pages; illustrated. Fine condition. Price:
$17.50
Gregory, Doris H. HOUSES ON OAK STREET,
OURAY, COLORADO: A Walk into History. Cascade Publications:
Long Beach, California, 1982, 1st printing. Original illustrated tan
wrappers; 22 pages; illustrated, with maps. Fine condition. Price:
$12.00 SOLD
Gregory, Doris H. OURAY'S BOX CANYON
FALLS & PARK: Guidebook & History. Illustrated with
photographs. Cascade Publications: Long Beach, California, 1984m, 1st
printing. Illustrated covers; 46 pages. Fine condition. PRICE:
$10.00 SOLD
Gregory, Doris H. OURAY'S ERA OF BARS
AND BROTHELS: The Story of Vanoli's Gold Belt Theatre and Dance Halls.
Cascade Publications: Long Beach, California, 1982, 1st edition. Original
illustrated red covers; 73 pages, illustrated. Fine condition. Price:
$45.00
Grout, William, text and photographs. COLORADO
ADVENTURES: 40 Trips in the Rockies. Golden Bell Press: Denver,
Colorado, September 1975, second printing. Illustrated stiff wrappers; 174
pages; illustrations. Near fine condition. PRICE:
$7.50
Gurtler, Jack and Hunt, Corinne. THE
ELITCH GARDENS STORY: Memories of Jack Gurtler. Editorial and
Production Coordination, O.J. Seiden. A Rocky Mountain Writers Guild
Publication: Boulder, Colorado, 1982, 1st printing. Illustrated covers;
101 pages; illustrated. Fine condition. PRICE:
$10.00
(H.H. Tammen Curio Company) SCENIC
WONDERS OF THE ROCKIES. A Scenic Guide Book of the Rocky
Mountains. Published by The H.H. Tammen Curio Company: Denver, Colorado,
1904. For Sale by The Van Noy Railroad News Co., Denver, Colorado.
Original illustrated brown wrappers with chromolithograph tipped onto front
cover; 52 pages: every other page exhibits a tipped on illustration; and every
other page has a descriptive. Very good plus condition. PRICE:
$30.00
Haley, Glen. SPARKS FLY UPWARD: Growing
Up in the Rockies. Wayfinder Press: Ouray, Colorado, 1988, 1st
printing. Original illustrated covers; 262 pages; illustrated.
Colorado life from Ridgway to Crawford to Paonia. Near fine
condition. Price: $22.00
Haney, Harold L. COLORADO CAPITOL
BUILDING. Colorado Department of Public Relations: Capitol
Building, Denver, circa 1960. Illustrated wrappers; 20 pages;
illustrations. Near fine condition. PRICE:
$10.00
Hanson, Eloise Sagel. FROM THE STEPPES
TO THE PRAIRIES: A Brief History of the German People from Russia in Fort
Morgan, Colorado. Original illustrated orange stiff wrappers;
34 pages; illustrations and maps. Fine condition. PRICE:
$20.00
Harbour, Midge. THE TARRYALL MOUNTAINS
AND THE PUMA HILLS: A History. Century One Press: Colorado
Springs, Colorado, 1982, 1st edition. Illustrated soft covers;
square-bound; 112 pages; illustrated, with fold-out map in the back. Near
fine condition. PRICE: $15.00
Harper, Frank, compiler and editor. JUST
OUTSIDE OF MANILA: Letters from Members of the First Colorado Regiment in the
Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars. Monograph 7,
Colorado Historical Society, Denver, Colorado, 1992. David N. Wetzel,
editor. Original illustrated covers; 110 pages; illustrated. Fine
condition. PRICE: $10.00
Harrison, Louise C., introduction and editor. THE
SNOW STORY (Why the Hot Sulphur Mail Was Late) by Chauncey
Thomas. Privately printed by Hotel Splendide, Empire, Colorado, 1969, 1st
printing. Illustrated green wrappers; 28 pages; illustrated. The
Dingerson Press; Denver, Colorado. Fine condition. PRICE:
$20.00
Hassrick, Royal B., curator, Western Art. BUILDING
THE WEST. Denver Art Museum. Fall Quarterly, October
1955. Original wrappers; 32 pages; illustrated with art from the Denver
Art Museum. Near fine condition. Price:
$15.00
Hoerlein, Mary Ann. WHO IS J.D. FORNEY?
No publisher. No printer. Circa 1970. Original illustrated
covers; 30 pages; illustrated. Fine condition. Forney Museum;
antique cars. Denver museum. Price:
$7.50
Hogan, Marion A. KIT CARSON, COLORADO:
Home of the Famous Scout, Friendly People and Land of Prime Beef Cattle.
Kit Carson Historical Society, 1974, 1st printing. (Volume 1).
Original illustrated covers; 90 pages; illustrated. Near fine
condition. No printer; no publisher. Price:
$12.50
Hornby, William H. VOICE OF EMPIRE: A
Centennial Sketch of The Denver Post. Colorado Historical
Society: Denver, Colorado, 1992, 1st printing. Illustrated covers; 92
pages; illustrated. Fine condition. PRICE:
$10.00
Hubbard, George U. CARRY NATION AND HER
DENVER CRUSADE OF 1906. Published by Leland Feitz, Cripple
Creek, Colorado, 1972, 1st printing. Printed by Out West Commercial and
County Printers, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado. Original illustrated
wrappers; 20 pages; illustrated. Fine condition. Price:
$10.00
Hubbard, Richard L. and Wyatt, Danny J. GEOLOGY
OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION, COLORADO. In cooperation with El Paso
Community College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1976, 1st printing. Printed
by Century One Press, Colorado Springs. Illustrated wrappers; 41 pages;
illustrated. Near fine condition. PRICE:
$10.00
Hughes, David R. A BRIEF HISTORY
REVIVING OLD COLORADO CITY. Old Colorado City District:
Colorado Springs, 1978. Inscribed by author. Original illustrated
wrappers; 12 pages; illustrated; fold-out map in back of pamphlet. Fine
condition: $12.50
Humbeutel, Lacy. NUGGETS FROM CHALK
CREEK. Century One Press: Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1975, 1st
edition. Illustrated soft covers; square-bound; 96 pages; fine condition;
illustrated. Chalk Creek Gulch; St. Elmo; Nathrop; Mary Murphy Mine; Chalk
Creek, Chaffee County, Colorado. PRICE:
$25.00
Hunter, Jerry. A HISTORICAL
INVESTIGATION OF THE EIGHTH AND HARRISON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BUILDING AND LOTS
4, 5, 6, 7, AND 8, BLOCK 12, IN LEADVILLE IMPROVEMENT COMPANY'S ADDITION TO
LEADVILLE, COLORADO, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE PERIOD FROM 1889 THROUGH 1930.
Lake County Civic Center Association, September 1972. Resources
Development Internship Program, Western Interstate Commission for Higher
Education. Illustrated blue wrappers; 25 pages; illustrations. Near
fine condition. PRICE: $30.00
Huntley, Paul L. 100 YEARS ON THE
SWITZER RANCH. Privately published. Ranch on Wilson
Creek, Fremont County, between Canon City and Cripple Creek, Colorado.
Illustrated green stiff wrappers; 37 pages; illustrated. Master Printers:
Canon City, Colorado. Fine condition. Circa 1976. Signed by
author. PRICE: $45.00
Ingersoll, Ernest. SILVER SAN JUAN: The
Mines and High Scenery in Colorado's Southwest Mountains, in 1882.
With illustrations by Thomas Moran and others. Silverton, Rico, Animas
Canyon, Capitol City, Lake City. William R. Jones, editor. Outbooks:
Olympic Valley, California, 1977, 1st separate printing. Fine
condition. PRICE: $10.00 SOLD
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