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ROBERT WILBUR STEELE: Defender of Liberty
By Walter Lawson Wilder
Original black cloth binding with gold embossing on spine; 327
pages, with index.
Published by Carson - Harper Co., Denver, Colorado, 1913,
first edition, illustrated.
Inscribed by Anna T. Steele, wife of Robert.
Condition: near fine; tight binding; clean, bright pages.
"It would not be possible to trace within reasonable
limits of time and space all the minor incidents and movements necessary to a
complete understanding of the importance of Judge Steele's career in the Supreme
Court ... Enough has been said to indicate that his work there bore a very
intimate relation to the great public events of that period, and that in his
official opinions he contributed a powerful, and in some measure a decisive
influence for the happy settlement of those most serious and most dangerous
controversies ...."
Price:
$450.00
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NAMAQUA
By Pierce Egan
Original burgundy cloth binding with gold print on front cover
and spine; 197 pages.
The Torch Press: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1925, 1st edition,
illustrated.
"May of the characters of this story are alive today
[1925] and reside in the vicinity of Loveland, Colorado ... The purpose in
writing this story is an attempt to keep alive some of the beautiful romance of
early days [in and around Loveland and Estes Park, Colorado], which has been
more or less forgotten by the advancing civilization ...."
A story of Loveland and Estes Park, Colorado.
Condition: near fine; bright, clean pages; no dust jacket.
$150.00
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Devinny,
V. STORY OF A PIONEER: An Historical Sketch in
which is depicted some of the Struggles and Exciting Incidents Pertaining to the
Early Settlement of Colorado. Denver, Colorado: The Reed Publishing
Company, 1904, first edition. Original illustrated cream cloth covers with
red and brown print on front cover and black print on spine; 164 pages; several
half-tone illustrations. Introduction by W.F. "Buffalo Bill"
Cody with a half-tone photograph of Cody. Frontispiece: half-tone
photograph of author. Condition: very good plus; one quarter-sized coffee
stain on front cover; indentation of another book impressed into back-cover;
pages are bright and clean. An "across-the-plains" account to
Colorado in 1860, along with the rigors of pioneer life. $250.00
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Hill,
Emma Shepard. A DANGEROUS CROSSING AND WHAT HAPPENED ON
THE OTHER SIDE: Seven Lean Years. Privately published: Denver,
Colorado, 1924, second edition. Press of The Bradford-Robinson Printing
Co., Denver, Colorado. First printing was in 1914, and it, too, was
privately published. Book is in its original green cloth covers with gold
embossing on front; illustrated endpapers; 206 pages; pen-and-ink illustrations;
half-tone photograph illustrations of author as frontispiece. Condition:
fine in very good plus dust jacket; jacket has some wear along edges and flecks
of chipping on toe and head of spine; spine of book is tight and strong.
This is a personal account of a journey over the plains in 1863; Indian
hostilities; and mining in the Clear Creek District of the Colorado
Territory. $1,750.00
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Hill,
Emma Shepard, compiler and editor. FOUNDATION STONES.
Privately published: 1926; The Bradford-Robinson Printing Co., Denver, Colorado;
first edition. Original green cloth covers; gold embossing on front; 243
pages; numerous pen-and-ink illustrations; halftone photograph of editor as
frontispiece. Condition: near fine; lower corners bumped; interior pages
bright and clean; spine is tight and strong. Book is a compilation of
stories of various Colorado pioneers, including: Nathan A. Baker; William Brush;
Frank S. Byers; William Crowley; Peter Daly; Joseph Doze; Elisha Duncan; U.A.
Elliott; Robert Hauck; George King; W.H. Lafrenz; F.G. Reithman; J.W. Robb;
Adolph Schinner; L.H. Shepard; Henry A. Smith; Eugene H. Teats; M.R. Wade; and,
John E. Washburn. Personal accounts of the journeys and struggles of some
of Colorado's lesser known pioneers. $1,850.00
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Shelton,
M.B. ROCKY MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES.
Christopher Publishing House: Boston, Massachusetts, 1920; first edition.
Original green cloth covers with gold embossing on front and spine; 192 pages;
half-tone illustration of author as frontispiece. Condition: very good
plus; covers clean and bright; front flyleaf has two pinholes, otherwise it is
in fresh condition; spine is strong and tight; pages are bright and clean.
This is the story of Shelton's adventures in Colorado after the end of the Civil
War; his travels through the "Great American Desert"; learning to mine
in Georgetown, Colorado Territory; work on the Terrible Mine; investment into
the King David Mine; possibilities with the Dives Mine; lease on the Summit
Mine; work on the Pulaska Mine and in the Shelton Tunnel; discovery of the R.E.
Lee Mine and others; and, his prospecting in the San Juan Country and Gunnison
County. $950.00
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Williams,
Mrs. Ellen. THREE YEARS AND A HALF
IN THE ARMY; OR, HISTORY OF THE SECOND COLORADOS. New York:
Published for the Author by Fowler & Wells Company, 1885, first
edition. Original illustrated and embossed red cloth covers; gold and red
print on front cover and spine; 178 pages; plus, 8 pages of publisher's
advertisements; steel-engraved fronispiece of author. Original green
floral endpapers: front endpapers slightly marred; corner of back flyleaf torn
and a triangle section of two inches by 3 inches missing. Interior pages
are bright and clean. Top of spine frayed and one-fourth of an inch of
cloth missing; bottom of spine also frayed with an eighth of inch of cloth
missing. Overall condition of book: good plus to very good. From
Preface: "In placing this work before the public the author has but
one aim; that is, to give to the Soldiers of Colorado a record which shall
impart pleasure to themselves, their families and friends; the reading of it
will take them over the same ground again, through the same hardships, showing
their powers of endurance, of bravery and valor ...." Accounts of
battles with Confederate forces, Texans, and Native American Indians; also,
experiences with Major Chivington. Book includes a roster of the
regiment. $3,000.00
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