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WESTERN AMERICANA
Rare Books and First Editions
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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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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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"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." The Great Gatsby, 1925, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Krause, Herbert and Olson, Gary D.
PRELUDE TO GLORY: A Newspaper
accounting of Custer’s 1874 Expedition to the Kushner, Ervan F. A
GUIDE TO MINERAL COLLECTING AT La Farge, Christopher.
La Font, Don. RUGGED
LIFE IN THE LaFont, John. THE
HOMESTEADERS OF THE Large, Dorothy, selected and edited by.
AS WE WERE: Life in Early Longmont, 1871 – 1900, as Reflected in the Newspapers of the Day.
Printed by Sharer Books: Longmont, Large, Dorothy. OLD
Leaverton, Ernest. IN
THE VALLEY OF THE GRAND. Privately
published, 1917, 1st edition. Dedicated
to the Homemakers in the Lecompte, Janet. PUEBLO
– HARDSCRABBLE – GREENHORN: the Leete, Harley M., Jr. SKETCHES
OF THE GOLD COUNTRY. Illustrations
by Clifford L. Warner. Original
illustrated wrappers; 37 pages. Leonard, Stephen J. TRIALS
AND TRIUMPHS: A Colorado
Portrait of the Great Depression with FSA Photographs.
University Press of Lewis, Oscar. LIFE
IN Llewellyn, K.N. and Hoebel, E. Adamson.
THE CHEYENNE WAY: Conflict and Case Law in Primitive Jurisprudence.
Lifton, Amy S. FOOLS
RUSH IN: Early Days in Colorado. Harlo Press:
Detroit, Lindblad, Mary Alice. A
WALK THROUGH WINDSOR, 1940 – 1980. History of Linderman, Frank Bird.
RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLEY
RUSSELL. Edited by H.G.
Merriam. With drawings by charley
Russell. Long, Margaret. THE
Long, Margaret. THE
SANTA FE TRAIL: Following the Old Historic Pioneer Trails on the Modern Highways.
The W.H. Kistler Stationery Company: Long, Margaret. THE
Look, Al. HARALD
BRYANT: Colorado’s Maverick with a Paint Brush. Golden
Look, Al. UNFORGETTABLE
CHARACTERS OF Luther, Tal. CUSTER
HIGH SPOTS. Introduction by
Don Russell. Illustrations by Byron
Wolfe. The Old Army Press: Fort Collins, Marshall, Helen Lowrie.
CLOSE TO THE HEART.
The Helvern Press: Denver, Marshall, Muriel. UNCOMPAHGRE.
The Caxton Printers, Ltd.: Caldwell, Martin, Cy. WHISKEY AND WILD WOMEN: An Amusing Account of the Saloons and Bawds of the Old West. Hart Publishing Company, Inc.: New York City, 1974, 1st edition. Original purple boards and red cloth binding; gold print on front cover and spine; 304 pages; illustrated. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Price: $35.00 McAdow, Beryl. FROM
CRESTED PEAKS: The Story of McAdow, Beryl. McElfresh, Beth. CHUCKWAGON
COOKBOOK. Sage Books: Denver, McQueary, Lela. WIDENING
TRAILS: Narratives of Pioneer Days in McKeehan, Irene Pettit.
SELECTED POEMS.
Illustrated by Muriel Sibell Wolle. Published
by The University of Colorado: Boulder, McKinstry, Bruce L. THE
CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH OVERLAND DIARY OF BYRON N. MCKINSTRY, 1850 – 1852,
with a biographical sketch and comment on a modern tracing of his overland
travel. THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY:
Miller, Nellie Burget, foreword.
Miller, Nellie Burget.
PICTURES FROM THE PLAINS AND
OTHER POEMS. Poet Laureate
of Colorado. The Poets Press:
Minor, Will C. FOOTPRINTS
IN THE TRAIL: Stories of Wild Life in the Mintz, Lannon W. THE
TRAIL: A Bibliography of the Travelers on the Oregon Trail to California,
Oregon, Salt Lake City, and Montana during the Years 1841 – 1864.
Moody, Ralph. THE DRY DIVIDE. Illustrated by Tran Mawicke. W.W. Norton & Company: New York, 1963, 1st edition. Original yellow cloth binding; 230 pages. Fine in very good plus dust jacket. Novel of the early West. Price: $150.00 Moody, Ralph. THE
HOME RANCH. Illustrated by
Edward Shenton. W.W. Norton &
Company, Inc.: New York, 1956, 1st edition. Original
cloth binding; 280 pages. Fine in
very good plus binding. Novel with Moody, Ralph. HORSE
OF A DIFFERENT COLOR: Reminiscences of a Moody, Ralph. LITTLE BRITCHES: Father and I were Ranchers. Illustrated by Edward Shenton. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.: New York, 1st edition. Original binding; 260 pages. Novel set in the ranchlands of Colorado. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Price: $200.00 Moody, Ralph. MAN
OF THE FAMILY. Illustrated
by Edward Shenton. W.W. Norton &
Company, Inc.: New York, 1951, later printing. Original
cloth binding; 272 pages; dust jacket. Novel
set in Littleton, Moomaw, Jack C. RECOLLECTIONS
OF A ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGER. Times-Call
Publishing Company: Longmont, Moore, Anon. JOHN HARVEY: A Tale of the Twentieth Century.
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1897, 1st edition.
Original green cloth binding with gold print on cover and spine; 407
pages. Historical backdrop of Moore, Clarence Culver.
THE STORY OF Morgan, Dale L., editor.
CALIFORNIA AS I SAW IT.
Pencillings by the Way of Its Gold and Gold Diggers! And Incidents of
Travel by Land and Water by William M’Collum, A returned Adventurer.
With Five Letters from the Isthmus by W.H. Hecox.
The Talisman Press: Morgan, Dale L. JEDEDIAH
SMITH And the Opening of the West. The
Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.: Morgan, Dale L., editor.
THE OVERLAND DIARY OF JAMES A.
PRITCHARD from Morgan, Dale, introduction. TRAVELERS’ GUIDE ACROSS THE PLAINS UPON THE OVERLAND ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA. By P.L. Platt and N. Slater. Showing distances from point to point, accurately measured by roadometer, and describing the springs, streams of water, hills, mountains, camping-places and other notable objects along the route. Reprinted from the 1852 edition. Published by John Howell – Books: San Francisco, 1963, 1st thus. Original illustrated black boards with red cloth binding; 59 pages; map in rear; facsimile of original title page. Fine condition, no dust jacket. Price: $50.00 SOLD Morgan, Jesse R. A
Morin, Major General Martin J.
9TH INFANTRY
DIVISION, Fort Carson, Colorado. Carl Wiese, Field Editor.
B. Kapelke and Chester Dietz, photographers. Morrison, W.M., compiler.
Myers, John Myers. DOC
HOLLIDAY. Little, Brown and
Company: Myres, Sandra L. CAVALRY
WIFE: The Diary of Eveline M. Alexander, 1866 – 1867.
Being a Record of Her Journey from Nickson, Charles A. JUST
REMINISCING. Thomas
Printing: Kalispell, Montana, 1964, 1st printing. Original
brown hardback binding with print on cover; 66 pages with 10-page postscript;
illustrated. Early O’Neal, Bill. ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF WESTERN GUN-FIGHTERS. Osteen, Ike. Otis, James. SETH
OF Palmer, E. Robert. NEITHER
DO I CONDEMN: A Novel. Johnson
Publishing Company: Boulder, Parker, James. THE OLD ARMY: Memories, 1872 – 1918. With an Introduction by Major General Robert Lee Bullard. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1929, 1st edition. Original blue cloth binding with gold print on front cover and spine; 454 pages; illustrated. Very good plus to near fine condition: light flaking of gold print on spine; bright front cover; clean, fresh pages; small previous owner’s bookplate removed from front endpaper. Price: $225.00 Parkhill, Forbes. THE
LAW GOES WEST. Sage Books: Parkhill, Forbes. MISTER
BARNEY FORD: A Portrait in Bistre. Sage
Books: Parkhill, Forbes. THE
WILDEST OF THE WEST: A Bold and Lusty Gallery of Colorado’s Most Famous
Characters in the Nineties. Pauly, Nell. THE
DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. Privately
published: Grand Lake, Peabody, George F. WILLIAM
JACKSON PALMER: Pathfinder and Builder.
A Compilation of Addresses at Presentations of Bronze Bas Reliefs and
Equestrian Statue Commemorating His Life and Work.
Privately printed: Pearl, Richard M. COLORADO
GEM TRAILS. Sketch Maps by
Mignon W. Pearl. Sage Books, Inc.: Denver, Peterson, Ellen Z. THE
SPELL OF THE TABEGUACHE. Sage
Books:
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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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