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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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STAR OF BLOOD

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By Silver Dollar Tabor

Privately published: Denver, Colorado, circa 1909

Original smoky gray wrappers with red print on front cover; 74 pages.

Condition: near fine; some light browning around cover edges, otherwise spine is tight and pages are clean and fresh.

"The final chapter is not finished.  Perhaps it has not yet begun in the eventful life of the most daring, heartless yet resoluble desperado that ever struck the hidden vein of terror in the bold heart of the heroic west ...."

Price: $200.00

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A Popular Flora Denver Eastwood.jpg (36119 bytes) Eastwood, Alice.  A POPULAR FLORA OF DENVER, COLORADO.  San Francisco: Zoe Publishing Company, May 1893; first edition.  Original stiff tan covers with black print on front cover; 57 pages, plus one-page advertisement for publishing company at back; no illustrations; 3-page January 14, 1895 "Additions and Corrections" supplment laid in.  Condition: near fine.  "With the author's compliments" written on front flyleaf, along with small bookplate.  There are 487 entries, classified, described, and located.  Additions and Corrections were submitted by Professor George L. Cannon of East Denver High School, Professor E. Bethel of West Denver High School, and, Miss Evangeline Eaton of East Denver Schools.  $250.00

 

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Trail & Timberline 1916.jpg (25745 bytes)Rogers, James Grafton; and, Rockwell, Robert B.  TRAIL AND TIMBERLINE: An Annual Mountaineering Review in Picture.  The Colorado Mountain Club: Denver, 1916.  Original illustrated cream wrappers; tie-binding; 22 pages; illustrated with numerous half-tone photographs.   Every other page is decorated with a Colorado mountain photograph; opposite page has description.  Some of the photographs include: Fred V.H. Braun; John King Sherman; W.I. Hutchinson; George H. Harvey, Jr., and others.  Scenes include: Loch Vale; "Snow Sports in the Rocky Mountain National Park" (skiing); Uncompahgre Peak; Arapaho Glacier; and others.  Condition: fine.  $100.00

 

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Biennial Report of Superintendent of Schools 1879.jpg (21157 bytes)Shattuck, Jos. C., Superintendent of Public Instruction.  FIRST BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, for the two years ending August 31, 1878.  Denver, Colorado: Daily Times Printing and Book Manufactory, 1879.  Original yellow printed wrappers; 59 pages; no illustrations, but there are several tables of statistics.  Condition: very good plus; some remnants of an ex-library mark on front cover, however, there are no others throughout publication.  Report to Governor John L. Routt.  Details on teachers, school libraries, school funds, land grants, state examinations, secondary education, school law, Mexican population, and compulsory education.  There is also a report by the State Librarian, and on the State University (University of Colorado).  $250.00

 

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5th & 6th Annual Exhibitions Ag Society CT.jpg (24960 bytes)Stanton, Fred J., editor and compiler,  Acting Secretary.  TRANSACTIONS OF THE FIFTH AND SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITIONS OF THE COLORADO AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, Held at Denver, September 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th, 1870 and Sept. 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd, 1871.  Denver, Col.:  The Denver Tribune Association Print, 1872.  Original wrappers are missing; 130 pages; no illustrations.  From Introductory:  "The Colorado Agricultural Fair Grounds cover a square area of forty acres, surrounded by a grout wall eight feet high, eighteen inches thick at the base and twelve inches at the top.  They are located on the eastern side of the City of Denver.  On the north side are the machine shops and the Junction Railway Depot of three railroads -- the Denver Pacific, the Kansas Pacific and the Colorado Central Railway ...."  This book details the Colorado Territorial laws that incorporated the Colorado Territorial Agricultural Society; the Constitution of this institution; and, the history.  Report concerns itself with agriculture around the Colorado Territory; details exhibitions; regulations; awards; attendees; and other aspects of the organization.  $250.00

 

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STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE publications

 

State Ag College 14th Annual Ft. Collins.jpg (20659 bytes)REGISTER OF THE OFFICERS AND STUDENTS OF THE STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Fort Collins, Colorado.  Courses of Study and General Information, 1892 - 1893.  Fort Collins, Colo.: The Courier Printing & Publishing Co., 1893.  Original printed cream wrappers; 74 pages; numerous half-tone photograph illustrations.  Condition: very good plus, with some edge-wear and fraying at square-bound spine.  Half-tone photographs of campus, buildings, and interior classrooms, as well as agriculture scenes.  Details on courses, professors, and degrees.  $250.00

 

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State Ag College 18th Annual.jpg (38908 bytes)REGISTER OF THE OFFICERS AND STUDENTS OF THE STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Fort Collins, Colorado.  Courses of Study and General Information, 1896 - 1897.  Published by The State Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1897.  Original printed aqua wrappers; 115 pages, plus 21 half-tone plates at rear of publication.  Condition: very good; square-bound binding and covers a bit frayed; however, interior pages clean and bright.  Descriptions of courses, degrees, classrooms, equipment, buildings, experimental stations, and more.  Also, lists of students, teachers, and graduates.  Half-tone photographs detail campus, buildings, classrooms, library, auditorium, laboratories, military companies, museum, machine rooms, and more.  $250.00

 

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Colorado Ag College Handbook 1900.jpg (27954 bytes)COLORADO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE HAND BOOK, 1900.  Express Print, Fort Collins, Colo.  Original dark green, gold-printed wrappers; 84 pages; profusely illustrated with half-tone photographs.  Condition: very good; some chipping along edges and spine, along with some wrinkling of cover.  Descriptions of courses, degrees, classrooms, equipment, buildings, experimental stations, and more.  Also, lists of students, teachers, and graduates.  Half-tone photographs detail campus, buildings, classrooms, library, auditorium, laboratories, military companies, museum, machine rooms, and more.  $225.00

 

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THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONDITION OF COLORADO

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Published by Authority of the State by The Bureau of Immigration and Statistics.

Denver, Colorado, 1889

The Collier & Cleaveland Lith. Co., State Printers

120 pages.

Very good condition: some light chipping and discoloration around edges of covers.

Agricultural, livestock, and mineral resources; general categories, as well as county-by-county.

Price: $350.00

 

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