MT. GOTHIC TOMES AND RELIQUARY is an intriguing mixture of 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-six 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.

We are always interested in purchasing excellent books, F. Scott Fitzgerald first editions, literary and scientific first editions; maps, original photographs, documents and Western Americana.  We are also willing to travel, so do not hesitate contacting us first.  Superb items are always worth the effort.

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Coors Brewery Lithograph 1900

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Cripple Creek checks 

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Cripple Creek, Colorado mining stock certificates

Custer County, Colorado

Custeriana, General George Armstrong Custer

Denver and Rio Grande Railroad

Denver, Colorado

Enos Mills publications

First Editions, Literary

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

John Gardner

George Foott, Art of

Gilpin County, Colorado

Gunnison County, Colorado, including Crested Butte

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U.S. Military in the Old American West

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WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON

Photographs and books

Original William Henry Jackson Mammoth photograph

COLORADO MIDLAND RY.  PIKE'S PEAK ROUTE, Circa 1890

Photo # 1200.  Pike's peak from near Manitou Park

On original matt with Colorado Midland Railway logo.

Dimensions of image: 21 inches across by 15-3/4 in height; matt, 19 inches by 24 inches

Condition: near fine; a small blemish on upper right-hand edge of image

Price: sold

OURAY, COLORADO

ANIMAS CANON AND NEEDLE MOUNTAINS, COLORADO

on the

DENVER AND RIO GRANDE RAILROAD

Detroit Photographic company, 1899

Original mammoth chromolithograph

#59013

Original chromolithograph in original frame, matting and glass, with Denver & Rio Grande Railway logo.  Condition: excellent.  Stamp on original backing paper: Clsler & Dorehen, Picture Framers, 828 - 14th Street, Denver, Colorado.  Dimensions of photographic image: 20-1/2 inches by 16-1/2 inches; Dimensions with frame: 35-1/2 inches by 32 inches

Price: $5,000.00

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MARSHALL PASS, COLORADO

Jackson Chromolithograph, #50207, Detroit Photographic Company

Dimensions of photographic image: 21 inches by 7-1/2 inches; Dimensions of original frame: 23 inches by 10 inches.  Very good plus condition

Price: $1,250.00

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PIKES PEAK FROM THE GARDEN OF THE GODS

#1078, Original mammoth print in original frame, with original velvet and mat

Detail images

Hand-tinted

Fine tones

Circa 1900, Photograph, velvet, and mat in near fine to fine condition

Price: $4,250.00

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REPORT ON THE ANCIENT RUINS

Examined in 1875 and 1877, By William H. Jackson

Ruins of Southwestern Colorado and Adjacent Territory

[Extracted from the Tenth Annual Report of the Survey for the Year 1876]

Significant amount on Mesa Verde area.  Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey.  F.V. Hayden, U.S. Geologist-In-Charge.  Washington: Government Printing Office, 1879.  Pages 411 - 448, original printed wrappers; numerous plates and maps; complete.  Very good plus to near fine condition

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TIME EXPOSURE

The Autobiography of William Henry Jackson.  Profusely illustrated with photographs, paintings, and drawings by the author.  G.P. Putnam's Sons: New York, 1940, 1st edition.  Original blue cloth binding with black and white print; 341 pages.  Book in near fine condition; strong spine; tight binding; clean, bright pages.  Dust jacket is in good plus to very good condition: several chips; some fraying; $3.50" price in front inner flap

SOLD

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PICTURE MAKER OF THE OLD WEST:

WILLIAM H. JACKSON

By Clarence S. Jackson.  Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.  Charles Scriber's Sons, Ltd., London, 1947, First Edition.  Inscribed by Clarence S. Jackson.  Original brown cloth binding with gray and green print; 308 pages; maps on endpapers.  393 photographs, sketches and paintings.  Fine in very good plus dust jacket

Price: $350.00

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THE PONY EXPRESS GOES THROUGH

AN AMERICAN SAGA TOLD BY ITS HEROES

by Howard R. Driggs.  Illustrated in color and black-and-white by WILLIAM H. JACKSON.  Inscribed by William Henry Jackson in 1935.  Frederick A. Stokes Company: New York, 1935, 1st edition.  Original green cloth binding with gold print; 208 pages; maps on endpapers.  Book is in near condition; tight spine; bright and clean pages.  Dust jacket is very good to very good plus condition; "$2.50" price on inner front flap

Price: $475.00

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WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON'S COLORADO

Compiled by Wiliam C. Jones and Elizabeth B. Jones.  Foreword by Marshall Sprague.  Pruett Publishing Company: Boulder, Colorado, 1975, 1st edition.  Original white cloth binding with red print on spine; 172 pages; illustrated.  Fine in fine dust jacket

Price: $65.00

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THE DIARIES OF WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON, Frontier Photographer

to California and return, 1866 - 67; and with the Hayden Surveys to the Central Rockies, 1873, and to the Utes and Cliff Dwellings, 1874.  Edited, with Introduction and Notes by LeRoy R. Hafen and Ann W. Hafen.  The Far West and the Rockies Historical Series, 1820 - 1875, Volume X.  The Arthur H. Clark Company: Glendale, California, 1959, 1st edition.  Original green cloth binding; gold print on spine; 345 pages.  Fine condition: strong, tight spine; bright, clean pages.  Price: $250.00

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THE OLD WEST SPEAKS

By Howard R. Driggs

Water-Color Paintings by William Henry Jackson

Prentice-Hall, Inc.: Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1956, 1st edition.  Original two-tone cloth binding; gold print on spine; 220 pages.  Book is in fine condition: tight spine; clean, bright pages.  Previous owner inscription on front endpaper, signed by Kit Carson III.  Very good plus to near fine dust jacket; "10.00" price on inner front flap.  

Price: $100.00

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCENERY

A Brief Description of Prominent Places of Interest Along the Line of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, with numerous illustrations.  The Scenic Route Across the Continent, and the Only Line passing through Salt Lake City en route to or from San Francisco and the Pacific Coast.  Press of the American Bank Note Co., New York, 1885; 80 pages

Twelve Forbes Co., Boston, prints of W.H. Jackson photographs

Numerous advertisements, illustrations, and maps.  Original hardcover black cloth binding with gold print.  Condition: near fine

$2,750.00

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WE PURCHASE HISTORICAL MATERIALS - books, maps, photographs, first editions, etc. --  FROM SINGLE ITEMS TO FULL LIBRARIES!  Email or call us with the details of your treasures.  We are more than willing to travel for an excellent collection.

"... But never again as during that all too short period when he and I were one person, when the fulfilled future and the wistful past were mingled in a single gorgeous moment -- when life was literally a dream...."  F. Scott Fitzgerald, from 'Early Success,' The Crack Up, October 1937