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Edition Literature for over twenty-five years. During that time, we have taken pride in helping
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We are always interested in purchasing, whether you have a single item for sale or an entire collection. August 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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Galvin, John, editor. A
RECORD OF TRAVELS IN Galvin, John, editor. THROUGH
THE COUNTRY OF THE COMMANCHE INDIANS IN THE FALL OF THE YEAR 1845.
The Journal of a U.S. Army Expedition ledy by Lieutenant James W. Abert
of the Topographical Engineers. Artist
Extraordinary who paintings of Indians and Their Wild West illustrate this book.
John Howell Books: San Francisco, Galvin, John, editor. Gardiner, Dorothy. THE
GREAT BETRAYAL. Garden City,
Giese, Dale F., editor.
MY LIFE WITH THE ARMY IN THE
WEST: The Memoirs of James E. Farmer, 1858 – 1898.
Stagecoach Press: Giffen, Helen S. TRAIL-BLAZING
PIONEER: Colonel Joseph Ballinger Chiles. Published by John Howell
– Books: San Francisco, 1969, 1st edition. Designed
and printed by Gilliland, Mary Ellen.
FRISCO!: a Colorful Gilliland, Mary Ellen.
Goff, Richard and McCaffree, Robert H.
CENTURY IN THE SADDLE: 1867 -
1967. Illustrated by William
J. Culbertson, and with reproduction of drawings by Frederic Remington from
Century Magazine. Published by the
Colorado Cattlemen’s Centennial Commission,
Gordon, A. Anna. CAMPING IN COLORADO with Suggestions to Gold-Seekers, Tourists and Invalids. New York: W.B. Smith & Co., 1882, 2nd edition. Original black and gold printed green cloth binding; 201 pages, plus advertisements. Very good plus to near fine condition. Price: $200.00 Graham, Colonel W.A. THE
CUSTER MYTH: A Source Book of Custeriana.
To Which is Added Important Items of Custeriana and A Complete and
Comprehensive Bibliography by Fred Dustin. Stackpole
Company: Harrisburg, Gray, Margaret, creator and editor.
THE PRAIRIE – FRIEND AND FOE:
A Story of Tructon in Colorado. By the Tructon Ladies
Club. Illustrated by Betty Lou Allen
Freeman. Printed by Kwik-Copy
Printing, Colorado Springs, Gregory, Joseph W. GREGORY’S
GUIDE FOR CALIFORNIA TRAVELLERS via the Grenfell, Edwin I. A
BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF HELEN THATCHER LORING GRENFELL.
Printed by the Smith-Brooks Printing Co., Grieder, Calvin and Ballou, Stephen V.
Gunn, Ruth. TORCHBEARERS:
Biographical Sketches of Hafen, Ann Woodbury. SILVER
SOUVENIR: the Poetry Society of Colorado, 1921 – 1946. Sage Books,
Inc.: Hafen, Leroy and Ann W.
Hafen, Leroy and Ann W.
HANDCARTS TO ZION: The Story of a Unique Western Migration, 1856 – 1860, with
contemporary journals, accounts, reports; and rosters of members of the ten
Handcart Companies. Pioneers
Edition. The Arthur H. Clark
Company: Glendale, Hagen, Mary, editor. Haley, J. Evetts, edited with Notes and Historical Introduction. THE DIARY OF MICHAEL ERSKINE, describing His Cattle Drive from Texas to California, together with Correspondence from the Gold Fields, 1854 – 1859. The Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library. 1979. 1 of 975 copies. Designed by William R. Holman and printed letterpress by David Holman. Original cloth binding with brown print on front cover and spine; 173 pages; illustrated. Signed by editor. Fine condition. Price: $100.00 Hall, Hamil, Harold.
COLORADO
WITHOUT MOUNTAINS: A High Plains
Memoir. Illustrated by James
R. Hamil. The Hamilton, Franklin Robert.
PICTORIAL POEMS OF THE SCENIC
WEST. Illustrated with
Photographic Studies from the best artists.
Printing Company of Miles and Dryer, Hammond, George P., editor.
DIGGING FOR GOLD WITHOUT A
SHOVEL: The Letters of Daniel Wadsworth Coit from Hanna, Archibald, preface. RACHAEL PLUMMER’S NARRATIVE of Twenty-One Months Servitude as Prisoner among the Commanchee Indians. An Introduction by William S. Reese. Austin: Jenkins Publishing Company, 1977. #166 of 400 copies. The Stinehour Press. Printed by The Meriden Gravure Company. Original brown cloth binding with tan boards; gold print on cover and spine; fine condition. Signed by Hanna and Reese. Price: $100.00 Harrison, Louise C. EMPIRE
AND THE BERTHOUD
Heizer, David Newton. MIRAGES
OF THE PLAINS: A Personal History. Published
by Century One Press: Colorado Springs, Hine, Robert V. and Lottinville, Savoie, editors.
SOLDIER IN THE WEST: Letters of
Theodore Talbot during His Services in California, (Hirschfeld Press) IN THE BEGINNING: The A.B. Hirschfeld Press, Golden Anniversary in Denver, 1907 – 1957. Original gold hardbound binding; 50 pages; text and illustrations. Condition: good plus, some flaking on spine; original box, also good plus. Price: $50.00 Hochmuth, H.R. and Franklin, Earl R.
SHEEP MIGRATION IN THE
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION. Circular
No. 624. January 1942.
Washington, Hoffman, Kathrine Carylon.
THE CHRIST CHURCH STORY.
Prepared by the Historical Committee of Hogan, Marion A., and contributors.
KIT CARSON, Holmes, Oliver W. THE
ARKANSAS
LIFELINE OF EMPIRE. The
Great Holmes, W.H., Chief. BULLETINS,
Nos. 48 – 51. Smithsonian
Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Homsher, Lola M., introduction and editor.
SOUTH Hughel, Avvon Chew. THE
CHEW BUNCH IN BROWNS
Huntley, Paul L. BLACK
MOUNTAIN COWBOYS and other Stories.
Published by Master Printers, Canon City, Huntley, Paul. A
COWBOY AND HIS HORSES. Privately
printed. Published by Master
Printers, Canon City, Jackson, Clarence S. PAGEANT
OF THE PIONEERS: The Veritable Art of William H. Jackson, “Picture Maker of
the Old West.” The James, George Wharton.
INDIAN BASKETRY, And How To
make Indian and other Baskets. With
nearly 600 Illustrations. Third
Edited, revised and enlarged. Reprint
of the 1903 edition by The Rio Grande Press, Inc.: James, George Wharton.
INDIAN BLANKETS AND THEIR
MAKERS. With Numerous
Illustrations and Colored Plates. Reprint
of the 1927 edition by The Rio Grande Press, Inc.: Glorietta, Jensen, Margaret. LOOKING
BACK. Assisted by Leila
Williams. Big Mountain Press: Denver, Jarvis, Marion. I’M
IN THE FAMILY WAY, MR. KERLEE! Vantage
Press: Johnson, Kenneth, introduction.
THE GOLD RUSH LETTERS OF J.D.B.
STILLMAN. Lewis Osborne: Johnson, Samuel Wallace.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SAMUEL WALLACE
JOHNSON. Lawyer, Politician,
District Attorney for six years; Judge of the District Court of First Judicial
District of Colorado for twenty-four years.
Big Mountain Press: Denver, Johnson, Jones, William C. and Elizabeth B., compilers. WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON’S COLORADO. Foreword by Marshall Sprague. Pruett Publishing Company: Boulder, Colorado, 1975, 1st printing. Original white cloth binding, red print on spine; 172 pages; illustrated. Fine in fine dust jacket. Price: $60.00 Jones, William C. and Winoma C.
THE PRAIRIE PIONEERS OF WESTERN
Judd, Neil M. THE
BUREAU OF AMERICAN EHTNOLOGY: A Partial History.
Judd, Neil M. MEN
MET ALONG THE TRAIL: Adventures in Archaeology.
Kane, Lucile M.; Holmquist, June D.; and, Gilman, Carolyn,
editors. THE NORTHERN EXPEDITIONS OF STEPHEN H. LONG: the Journals of
1817 and 1823 and Related Documents.
Keating, Edward. THE
GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO: A Memoir. Sage Books: Kelly, Charles. SALT
DESERT TRAILS: A History of the Hastings Cutoff and other early trails
which crossed the Kenehan, Katherine. Kilgore, Hermina Gertrude.
ROUGH ROAD IN THE Kinder, Francis S. and Spencer, F. Clarence, compilers and
editors. EVENINGS WITH King, General Charles.
A DAUGHTER OF THE SIOUX: A Tale
of the Indian Frontier. Illustrations
by Frederic Remington and Edwin Willard Deming.
Kings, John. IN SEARCH OF CENTENNIAL: A Journey with James A. Michener. Introduction by James A. Michener. With Photographs by Tessa Dalton, James A. Michener, and John Kings. Random House: New York, 1978, 1st edition. Original brown cloth hardback with gold print on spine; 144 pages; illustrated. Fine in very good plus dust jacket. Price: $60.00 Kissell, Mary Lois. BASKETRY
OF THE PAPAGO AND PIMA INDIANS. Reprint
of the 1916 edition by The Rio Grande Press, Inc.: Glorietta, Kohl, Edith Eudora. DENVER’S
HISTORIC MANSIONS: Citadels to the Empire Builders.
Sage Books: Krakel, Dean F. SOUTH
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mtgothictomes319@crestedbutte.net We are always interested in purchasing, whether you have a single item for sale or an entire collection. © 2008 Mt. Gothic Tomes and Reliquary, LLC
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