1. Roosevelt, Theodore

Winning of the West.
Publisher: G.P. Putnam & Sons in 1903.

50/100     SOLD: $46.00

2. Gleason, Frederick (proprietor), and Maturin M. Ballou (editor)

Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, Vol. 4
Publisher: Frederick Gleason, January - June 1853.
1/2 black cloth with brown cloth, label with previous owner's name on front, raised bands, and gilt edges.

150/300     SOLD: $69.00

3. The Desert Magazine

Desert Magazine.
Publisher: Henderson & McKenney, 1937-1938.
12 issues, November 1937 through October 1938 (vol. 1, #1 through 12).Bound in original publishers case retaining covers and format. Among the articles in this volume are John Stewart MacClary's "Graveyard of the Mammoths," which discusses the important finds at Utah's Dinosaur National Monument, including the 80 foot-long Brontosaurus excavated by Dr. Earl Douglas of the Carnegie Museum; an article on Boulder Dam, two articles discussing various methods of air conditioning one's desert home, and several biographies of key Indian traders of the 1930s.

200/400     SOLD: $110.00

4. Hollister, U.S.

Navajo and His Blanket.
Publisher: U.S. Hollister1903.
Red cloth, gilt lettering, square paste-on cover illustration, marbled boards. An important source for anyone interested in the history of the Navajo and Navajo textiles. The 140-page volume traces the history of the Navajo and contains, in addition to numerous black and white photograph, eight full-page color reproductions of Navajo blankets from the author's own collection. In the highly personal 1903 introduction to the text, Hollister writes: "My interest in these really wonderful products of the simple looms of the Navajo dates from the first year of my residence in the Rocky Mountain country, and has remained unabated through the twenty years or more that have elapsed since. During this period I have had many opportunities to learn something about the aboriginal people of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona, having frequently visited the wigwams and wickyups of the Utes and of the Apaches, the adobe villages of the Pueblos, and the hogans of the Navajos. Though my boyhood years were spent on the pioneer line, and among my earlier recollections are those of Chippewa Indians calling in bands at my father's house in southern Wisconsin when that part of the country was practically a wilderness, I have never been in sympathy with those who think "the only good Indians are dead ones." There are many good Indians, and also many bad ones. But it might be worth while to remember that not all white men are good." This quotation will give an indication of the period flavor of the account.

200/400     SOLD: $115.00

5. Bunyan, John

Life and Death of Mr. Badman Presented to the World in a Familiar Dialogue between Mr. Wiseman and Mr. Attentive.
Publisher: R.H. Russell 1900 First Edition.
Light blue paper-covered boards decorated with floral pattern, TEG, and deckled edges.

75/150     SOLD: $34.00

6. Sage, Rufus

Rocky Mountain Life; or, Startling Scenes and Perilous Adventures in the Far West during an Expedition of Three Years.
Publisher: Wentworth & Company, 1857.
Blue cloth, spine embossed in gilt, and front stamped with image of pioneer framed in floral garland.

50/100     SOLD: $92.00

7. Berlin, E.A. [Eliza Annie]

Earth Angels and Hidden Oppression; or the Life of Little Annie.
Publisher: Nevins & Myers 1868.
Brown embossed cloth. Early feminist tract delivered in the form of biographical novel. It traces her life from poor beginnings in Ireland, to her immigration to America and settlement in Ohio.

150/300     

8. Parkman, Francis

Oregon Trail.Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 1892. First Illustrated Edition.
Full calf embossed with gilt image of rising son and native figures. Top edge gilt. Profusely illustrated exclusively by well-known Western artist Frederic Remington, with 10 full-page illustrations (including frontispiece), and 67 smaller-scale drawings in the text. This is the most prized of all the illustrated editions of this classic of Western Americana. Parkman notes in his preface: "The Wild West is tamed, and its savage charms have withered. If this book can help to keep their memory alive, it will have done its part. It found a powerful helper in the pencil of Mr. Remington, whose pictures are as full of truth as of spirit, for they are the work of one who knew the prairies and the mountains before irresistible commonplace had subdued them."

300/600     SOLD: $644.00

9. Barenholtz, Edith F.

George Brown Toy Sketchbook.
Publisher: Pyne Press, 1971 Facsimile.

75/150     SOLD: $40.00

10. Neal, Daniel

History of New-England, Containing an Impartial Account of the Civil and Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Country to..1700.
Publisher: printed for J. Clark 1720 First Edition.
Contemporary full calf with red Morocco labels and raised ruled. bands Howes N26. An extremely ambitious, early 18th-century history of colonial America which, according to the author's preface, is based upon the work of the most distinguished historians to date. Neal singles out as the greatest of these, "the Reverend and Learned Dr. Cotton Mather, who with great Diligence and Industry has collected a Variety of useful Materials..." The chronologically-arranged 14 chapters begin with "the first peopling of America" and conclude with the current state of the country. Far from being a dry account, Neal's history presents a lively story of everything from political intrigues, to stories of witchcraft, to numerous anecdotes about Indian religion, diet, and medical practices. (He was particularly fascinated with the Native Americans.) To wit: "Nature has given them a tollerable Complexion, but they have spoilt it by daubing themselves with certain Oils and Juices, which have made them Tawny. Their women are strong and masculine, and support the pains of Childbearing without the least Groan; they are swift of Foot and capable of enduring a great deal of Fatigue and Hardship." An appendix includes the Charter granted by William and Mary. Vol. 1 includes a handsome fold-out map of New England (1720) based upon recent surveys.

700/1400     SOLD: $943.00