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Dear Fellow Bibliophiles,
    
          Hey gang of book-hounds!

     Well, we certainly hope you're well armed with an arsenal of good books to distract you from all the tumultuous news these days. If not, well, that's where we come in!

     Just a short note this time around. We decided to feature some of our higher end stuff that we've listed online these past few years, for your perusal.

          Thanks again for your ongoing support and keep reading! An investment in your local independent booksellers is an investment in our collective, sustainable, informed future.

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ANTIQUARIAN & WESTERN AMERICANA BOOKS

Please e-mail us if you would like pictures of any additional books, or have any further questions. Thanks & Enjoy these gems! If you were curious about the strange prices, it's because all these amazing books are 5% off their normal price if you purchase them straight off our site.


 
 
  1 . The Boys of Springdale; Or, The Strength of Patience; William Oliphant & Co. 1875 Hardcover

Fair 

1875, 16mo, Red cloth over boards, front cover decorated in color with a picture of a young boy sitting on a park bench reading a book, another color plate opposite title page is bright and beautiful featuring the boy and his mother sitting over an elderly woman in a bed, endpapers discolored with dark splotches (from the glue under the endpapers perhaps?), gift inscription on FFEP, moderate wear to edges, corners and exterior in general, few markings to pages themselves, text clean and bright, quite scarce in this old edition.  
Price: 250.00 USD 

 
  2 . The Four Seasons and Other Books for Young Children; American Tract Society N.D. Hardcover

Fair 

No date, but the originals were printed as magazine format publications in the early 1830s, and judging by the binding I would place this in the later half of the 19th century. 32mo, Raised embossed decorated covers, beautiful black and white illustrations and woodcuts throughout, clean text, tight binding, chunk taken out of spine, light to moderate wear to exterior, corners and edges, light pencil inscription on FFEP, few scuff marks and stains to the endpapers and pages. 
Price: 120.00 USD 

 
 
  3 . Heroic Virtue, Comic Infidelity: Reassessing Marguerite De Navarre's Heptameron; Hestia Pr 1878417061 / 9781878417060 Hardcover

Very Good 

1878417061 ~Very Good. No DJ. Hardcover. Light shelf wear to boards; satisfaction guaranteed. Association Copy: Signed by previous owner Pat Henry on FFEP. The new Cushing Eells Professor of Philosophy and Literature, Patrick Henry, teaches French literature with the goal of giving students an understanding of that country's culture through the ages. Along the way he shares his expertise in literary genres of the 16th and 18th centuries and in such writers as Voltaire, Rousseau, and Montaigne. A member of the faculty since 1976, Henry earned his Ph.D. at Rice University. He is the author of two books, Voltaire and Camus and Montaigne in Dialogue, and editor of two others, An Inimitable Example: The Case for the Princesse de Cleves and Approaches to Teaching Montaigne's "Essays" He is working on a new book on Montaigne in addition to continuing to produce articles, chapters, reviews, and papers on subjects ranging from the Holocaust to baseball. Coeditor of the journal Philosophy and Literature, Henry has taught NEH seminars for high school teachers, and serves on the executive committee of the Division of 16th-Century French Literature of the Modern Language Association. In 1996 he was selected to participate in the Washington Commission for the Humanities Inquiring Mind Series. His lectures told the story of a French village where 5, 000 refugees were sheltered from the Holocaust. We have more of his books available upon request. A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of this book benefit Penrose Memorial Library at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, Earthlight Books across the street, and the local Walla Walla economy!  
Price: 250.00 USD 

 
  4 . Young ArchimedesAldous Huxley George H. Doran and Company B000RB4SLE Hardcover

Good 

B000RB4SLE Yellow cloth over boards, paper label on spine faded, book a bit dusty from years on the shelf, still clean and bright inside with a tight binding, 1st edition, 'A' on copyright page, George H. Doran 1924, no DJ. 
Price: 150.00 USD 

 
 
  5 . Kaleidoscope: Essays from "Drinkers of Infinity" and the "Heel of Achilles" and Later Pieces and Stories (The Danube edition)Arthur Koestler Hutchinson 1981 0091459508 / 9780091459505 Hardcover

Very Good 

0091459508 Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. clean text, tight binding, few small knicks to dj, dusty top edge of pages, beautiful addition to the collector's shelves! signed on 1/2 title page "To Deborah, affectionately-Arthur 10.12.1981" 386 p. Audience: General/trade. We have one other signed Koestler if yer interested!  
Price: 118.75 USD 

 
  6 . A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs Association CopyBurroughs, Edgar Rice A. C. McClurg Hardcover

Fair 

Brown cloth over boards with orange text to cover and spine, moderate wear to spine, pages may have been reglued at one point, moderate wear to exterior, covers, corners and edges, Vance Orchard's label inside front cover. Vance Orchard, 88, long-time Sasquatch researcher and author of Bigfoot of the Blues, died in Walla Walla on March 7, 2006. He was a longtime friend and customer of my father, David Cosby, at our shop there. We inherited most of his library upon his death and acquired some additional choice titles from Penrose Memorial Library signed to Mr. Orchard by the authors. 
Price: 500.00 USD 

 
 
  7 . 12 Chinks and a WomanChase, James Hadley Avon 1948 PAPERBACK

Good 

Clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior, Avon Monthly Novel #7, digest size, 126 pages with ads at rear, 1948.  
Price: 125.00 USD 

 
  8 . The Butterfield Overland Mail 1857-1869Conkling, Roscoe P. & Margaret B. The Arthur H. Clark Company 1947 Hardcover

Very Good 

Three volumes. 412; 446pp. and atlas volume of seventy-seven plates and three maps. Clean text, tight bindings, red cloth over boards, deckled edges, light wear to exteriors, corners and edges, spines lightly sun-faded, light discoloration/stain along bottom edge of volumes. "Its organization and operation over the Southern Route to 1861; subsequently over the Central Route to 1866; and under Wells, Fargo and Company in 1869." Hand-drawn maps and diagrams of stations by authors. One of the more highly sought-after Arthur H. Clark Company collections. American Trail Series III. 
Price: 1187.50 USD 

 
 
  9 . The Voyage of the Racoon: a 'Secret' Journal of a Visit to Oregon, California and Hawaii, 1813-1814Ed. W/ Intro And Notes By John A. Hussey The Book Club of California 1958 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good. No dust jacket as issued. very minor shelf wear, clean text, faint traces of an old bookplate on FFEP, couple knicks to top edge of pages, 36 pages plus long introduction, beautiful untrimmed edge of pages, marbled covers, black spine with gold gilt lettering, in gorgeous blue paper over boards custom slipcase, a fine addition to the collector's library!  
Price: 128.25 USD 

 
  10 . Habington's Castara, With a Preface and NotesElton, Charles A. J.M. Gutch 1812 Hardcover

Fair 

Fair. No dust jacket. clean text, tight binding except for one single signature that's come halfway loose, light to moderate wear to exterior but in good shape for age, no date but assume it is 1812 edition, as none other is listed by publisher, some... 387 p. Includes index. deckled edges, green decorated cloth over boards FFEP missing, some black marker inside front cover 
Price: 142.50 USD 

 
 
  11 . Horse Conformation as to Soundness and Performance: As to Soundness and PerformanceGreen, Ben K 1963 Hardcover

Good 

Good in good dust jacket. Black faux-leather over boards, yellow text to cover and spine, privately printed for the author, Pioneer Stock Farm, Cumby, Texas. Clean text, tight binding, some tears and rubbing to edges and corners of dj, 1st edition, no publisher listed, 1963, Association copy: Signed and inscribed by author on FFEP to Bill Gulick, a prominent Pacific Northwest novelist and historian. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 80 p. Audience: General/trade. Bill Gulick s writing career, spanning more than six decades, is truly remarkable. He has written twenty-seven novels, eight nonfiction books and several plays. He was a regular contributor to The Saturday Evening Post and other national magazines. His stories have become major motion pictures starring screen legends Burt Lancaster and Jimmy Stewart. A list of his literary friends reads like a Whose Who of Western Writing Elmer Kelton, A. B. Guthrie, Max Evans, Don Coldsmith, Norman Fox, Tommy Thompson, William McCleod Raine, Nelson Nye and his mentor, Walter Stanley Vestal Campbell. Gulick is considered one of the foremost authorities on Pacific Northwest history. He is friends with my father David Cosby and a loyal customer of ours at our store in Walla Walla.  
Price: 595.00 USD 

 
  12 . L'echapppement libre a ancreGrossmann, Moritz 1867 

Fair 

Fair. No dust jacket as issued. clean text, tight binding, extensive shelf wear, dinged corners, torn front and back covers, slight discoloration of front cover, help support Pacific Northwest Independent Booksellers! Includes diagrams, though it apppears a few may be missing, plate # I is present but then it jumps to IX-XX, with the missing plates listed in the index, though it doesn't appear to be missing any pages. 
Price: 475.00 USD 

 
 
  13 . Complete Science of Wrestling Illustrated with Seventy PhotographsHackenschmidt, George Health & Strength, Ltd. 1909 Hardcover

Good 

Red cloth over boards with white and black lettering to front cover and black lettering to spine, hinges cracking, light crayon marks inside rear cover, even lighter markings inside front cover, light wear to exterior, slight bumping to corners, light rubbing to covers. Health & Strength, Ltd. 1909.  
Price: 100.00 USD 

 
  14 . Far West and Rockies Series Fifteen (15) VolumesHafen, LeRoy R. & Ann W. Arthur H. Clark Hardcover

Very Good 

Fifteen volumes bound in green cloth with deckled edges and gold gilt lettering to spines. All in very good condition with light wear to exteriors and slight fading to lettering on spines on a couple volumes. Volume 8 is a reprint, all others are original editions. A wonderful addition to the collector's shelves. Support Independent Pacific Northwest Booksellers! Priority or international orders will require additional shipping. 
Price: 1187.50 USD 

 
 
  15 . Little Stories of Our CountryHazeldon, John The Reilly & Britton Co. 1907 Hardcover

Fair 

1907, clean text, tight binding, entire book has a hole punched through the upper corner of the cover, along with 12 other holes that merely pierce the covers, like someone turned it into a child's threading game or something, truly a shame but book is still in surprisingly good shape for its age, covers are faded a bit, and creased, interior is mostly clean and bright except for some wear to the edges of pages, along with a couple tiny smudges, chunk missing from bottom of spine, moderate wear to spine.  
Price: 400.00 USD 

 
  16 . Brave New WorldHuxley, Aldous Harper & Brothers Hardcover

Good 

Orange cloth over boards, gold gilt lettering on cover and spine, Harper & Brothers 1946 2nd edition, DJ has $2.50 price, top edge of pages dirty, deckled foredge, light wear to corners and edges of DJ, few small tears and minor creases, No. 6032 on bottom of front DJ flap, 6032a on rear flap. Brave New World is a novel by Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Set in London of AD 2540 (632 A.F. in the book), the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology and sleep-learning that combine to change society. The future society is an embodiment of the ideals that form the basis of futurism. In 1999, the Modern Library ranked Brave New World fifth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. 
Price: 125.00 USD 

 
 
  17 . You Asked For It (Casino Royale)Ian Fleming Popular Library 660 B002K9KD1K PAPERBACK

Good 

B002K9KD1K Good to acceptable, covers heavily scratched, moderate wear to exterior, clean text, hinges weak but holding, quite hard-to-come-by. The first paperback edition of Casino Royale in the United States was re-titled by publisher American Popular Library in 1955 (this followed a hardcover edition with the original title). Fleming's suggestions for a new title, The Double-O Agent andThe Deadly Gamble, were disregarded in favour of You Asked For It. The novel was subtitled "Casino Royale" and made reference to secret agent 007 as "Jimmy Bond" on the back cover. After 1960, the original title Casino Royale replaced You Asked For It for all further paperback editions in the United States.  
Price: 500.00 USD 

 
  18 . DR. FELL DETECTIVE AND OTHER STORIES.John Dickson. Carr New York The American Mercury/Lawrence Spivak B003F2WI8W PAPERBACK

Good 

B003F2WI8W Clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior, corners and edges, Mercury Mystery #110, quite hard-to-come-by and the only edition ever published of this title, 25 cent cover price. 
Price: 150.00 USD 

 
 
  19 . Signed Robert Jordan Nine Volume Limited Edition SetJordan, Robert TOR Hardcover

Very Good 

Lord of Chaos; Crossroads of Twilight; A Crown of Swords; The Path of Daggers; New Spring; The Shadow Rising; Knife of Dreams; The Fires of Heaven; Winter Heart. Very good in very good slipcases. All volumes signed by Robert Jordan. All volumes pristine, one with glassine wrapper, all leatherbound in slipcases, signed and numbered by Robert Jordan 9 volume set. Nine leatherbound, slipcased, limited editions, all of which are signed and individually numbered by Robert Jordan. Most likely you will never again see a set of these available for sale! These books are part of Jack Love's personal library. Mr. Love started reading and collecting sci-fi in the 1950's and went on to become one of the earliest and premier software writers on the planet, working first for Control Data, Boeing, and Space Labs before become the lead on Microsoft's SQL server program. With a group of friends he helped developed the bar code system that now moves the US Mail. Mr. Love passed away in 2006 and we are aiding his family in the sale of his library ranging from science fiction and fantasy to cryptography to chess to martial arts. We have more of his personal library available and a portion of the sales go directly to his family. Robert Jordan was his favorite author and we have several signed, un-limited editions of his books available for a more modest price. Oddly enough, Mr. Love died of cardiac amyloidosis, the same rare heart disease that claimed the life of his favorite author one year later. Serious offers will be considered.  
Price: 9499.99 USD 

 
  20 . The Ink Truck.Kennedy, William Dial Press 1969 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good in very good dust jacket. clean text, tight binding, DJ under mylar, light wear to corners and edges of DJ and book, beautiful copy of this hard-to-find edition 278 p.; 22 cm. 
Price: 142.50 USD 

 
 
  21 . The StandKing, Stephen Doubleday & Company, Inc. Hardcover

Good 

3/4 brown paper and 1/4 black cloth over boards, deckled foredge, Clean text, tight binding, stated 1st edition, requisite code T-39 in gutter of last page of text, DJ Fair to Good, moderate wear to edges and corners of DJ, DJ under mylar, tape to DJ in a few spots, some scuffing to rear of book and DJ, few creases to DJ, DJ NOT price clipped and w/ original price of $12.95, previous owner's bookplate inside front cover, previous owner's signature opposite title page, text on spine of book fading a bit, overall a good solid copy of this epic King novel. The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror/fantasy novel by American author Stephen King. It demonstrates the scenario in his earlier short story,Night Surf. The novel was originally published in 1978 and was later re-released in 1990 as The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition; King restored some text originally cut for brevity, added and revised sections, changed the setting of the story from 1980 (which in turn was changed to 1985 for the original paperback release in 1980) to 1990, and updated a few pop culture references accordingly. The Stand was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1979, and was adapted into both a television miniseries for ABC and a graphic novel published byMarvel Comics.  
Price: 375.00 USD 

 
  22 . The Magic of Jewels and CharmsKunz, George Frederick J. B. Lippincott Company 1915 Hardcover

Good 

Good. No dust jacket as issued. very minor shelf wear, corners of cover and spine bumped a bit, cloth on top and bottom ege of spine slightly worn 80 illustrations in color, doubletone and line, custom slipcase, decorated blue cloth over boards, gold gilt on cover and spine, beautiful uncut edge of pages. 
Price: 190.00 USD 

 
 
  23 . DANCING WITH MULES: A history of northern Walla Walla County, Washington, 1858-2000Linda Flathers Parsley Alpensee Publishing 2001 0970723601 / 9780970723604 Hardcover

Good 

0970723601 Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author. signed by Parsley on dedication page, clean text, tight binding, few tiny scratches on cover, couple smudges and dings, o/w fine. 439 p.  
Price: 332.50 USD 

 
  24 . The Mystical Christ: Religion As a Personal Spiritual ExperienceManly P. Hall Philosophical Research Society 1951 0893145149 / 9780893145149 PAPERBACK

Very Good 

0893145149 Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. inscribed by Hall on FFEP, clean text, tight binding, moderately worn DJ under mylar with wear to edges and corners and a few creases 
Price: 142.50 USD 

 
 
  25 . Four Years in the Rockies: Or, the Adventures of Isaac P. Rose, of Shenango TOwnship, Lawrence County, PennsylvaniaMarsh, James B W.B. Thomas 1884 Hardcover

Fair 

Poor. No dust jacket. spine cocked, moderate to heavy wear to exterior, cloth rippled, spine, edges and corners worn, front hinge cracking, few stamps inside front cover, previous owner's name scrawled in crayon inside cover and on rear of frontispiece... 262 pages child's markings in a few places throughout book, lacking clamshell case  
Price: 475.00 USD 

 
  26 . Sneak It Through: Smuggling Made EasierMichael Connor Paladin Press 1983 0873642821 / 9780873642828 PAPERBACK

New 

0873642821 New. No dust jacket as issued. Brand New! Support Pacific Northwest Independent Booksellers! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 102 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. This book covers the concealment places he couldn't fit into Duty Free. In here, he explains how to improvise large and small stash areas where no one will look. It includes instructions for transforming ordinary items into secure, made-to-order hiding places, info on security evasion and airdrop techniques and improvised landing strips. With these tips you can use almost anything as a hiding place from medicine to the Bible to fruit. For academic study only. 
Price: 118.75 USD 

 
 
  27 . Creede: the History of a Colorado Silver Mining TownMumey, Nolie Artcraft Press 1949 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good in very good dust jacket. clean text, tight binding, dj has minor wear to edges and corners, few tiny tears along top edge of dj, tiny pen mark on back cover, incredibly rare, a beautiful addition to the collector's shelves, especially with... 185 p. Includes: illustrations, maps. #207 of 500 copies from the limited edition, fold-out maps at rear, custom slipcase, dj in mylar cover, beautiful photos, uncut edge of pages.  
Price: 380.00 USD 

 
  28 . Pioneer Denver, Including Scenes of Central City, Colorado City and Nevada CityMumey, Nolie, And Dillingham, John E. The Artcraft Press 1948 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by author. very minor shelf wear, clean text, very minor pencil notation inside front cover, signed by Mumey on page facing half-title, 44 pages, Beautiful black and white Dillingham lithograph illustrations, fold out map of Black Hawk Point, untrimmed edge of pages, gorgeous marbled covers, tan cloth spine, #173 of 240 copies printed. A beautiful addition to the collector's shelves! 
Price: 270.75 USD 

 
 
  29 . Genealogy of the Nye FamilyNye, David Fisher (ed. ) THe Nye Family of America Association 1907 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good. No dust jacket. clean text, tight binding, minor wear to extremeties at corners and edges, incredibly hard-to-come-by in this early edition 704 p. Includes: illustrations, index. green cloth over boards, flowered endpapers, gold gilt lettering on spine, birth, marriage and death pages at rear, beautiful black and white plates throughout. NOT A REPRINT OR A FACSIMILE EDITION. Limited edition, #236 of 500.  
Price: 180.50 USD 

 
  30 . Charlie and the Great Glass ElevatorRoald Dahl Knopf Books for Young Readers 1972 0394824725 / 9780394824727 Hardcover

Very Good 

0394824725 Very good in very good dust jacket. clean text, tight binding, DJ under mylar, light wear to corners and edges of DJ and book, beautiful copy of this hard-to-find edition 164 pages 
Price: 142.50 USD 

 

 

 

 
  31 . Myron Eells and the Puget Sound IndiansRobert H Ruby Superior Pub. Co 1976 087564337X / 9780875643373 Hardcover

Very Good 

087564337X Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. signed by both authors to Bill Gulick and his wife, clean text, tight binding, dj under mylar, one-of-a-kind! Bill Gulick s writing career, spanning more than six decades, is truly remarkable. He has written twenty-seven novels, eight nonfiction books and several plays. He was a regular contributor to The Saturday Evening Post and other national magazines. His stories have become major motion pictures starring screen legends Burt Lancaster and Jimmy Stewart. A list of his literary friends reads like a Whose Who of Western Writing Elmer Kelton, A. B. Guthrie, Max Evans, Don Coldsmith, Norman Fox, Tommy Thompson, William McCleod Raine, Nelson Nye and his mentor, Walter Stanley Vestal Campbell. Gulick is considered one of the foremost authorities on Pacific Northwest history. He is friends with my father David Cosby and a loyal customer of ours at our store in Walla Walla.  
Price: 285.00 USD 

 
  32 . History of the Oregon Country in Six VolumesScott, Harvey W. The Riverside Press 1924 Hardcover

Very Good 

Six Volume Set. Clean text, tight bindings, red cloth over decorated boards, gold gilt lettering and decoration to front covers, Territory of Oregon seals on rear covers, deckled edges, few minor imperfections, knicks and scratches to covers, light wear to corners and edges, a handsome set of books. #456 of 500 limited edition sets, volume one signed by the author. 
Price: 760.00 USD 

 
 
  33 . On Tai Chi ChuanT. Y. Pang Tai Chi School of Philosophy & Art 1988 0961207019 / 9780961207014 PAPERBACK

Very Good 

0961207019 Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. clean text, tight binding, dj under mylar, very minor wear to exterior, signed by author on bookplate, numbered 48 of 300, Association copy: signed inside front cover by previous owner Deborah Du Nann Winter. Winter came to Whitman College in 1974, fresh from graduate school at the University of New Hampshire. Having grown up in LA, she was glad to return to the West, and discover the Brigadoon of the 1950s, Walla Walla, where time seems to stand still. She teaches Social Psych, Counseling Psych, Historical and Contemporary Issues, Peace Psychology, and like everyone in the department, the Principles course. We have more of her library available.  
Price: 332.50 USD 

 
  34 . The hobbit; or, There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien 1st EditionTolkien, J. R. R. Houghton Mifflin 1938 Hardcover

Good 

Good. No dust jacket. There is wear to the edges and corners of the covers and the cloth edges of the spine are worn down. Pencil marks, stains on front and rear inside cover spreading from the top of the hinge and moving outward 3cm and downward 7cm. 1st edition with all points of issue. 310 p. col. front., illus., plates (part col. ) 21 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Plates. Audience: Children/juvenile. P. 118 is labeled "Chapter VI" when it should be "Chapter VII. " There is a red bowing hobbit emblazened on the cover, and black line drawing printed on the title page. Said hobbit's hat is on the spine in red. The Wilderland map, which should be the rear inside cover, is in the front and vice versa for Thror's Map. Illustrated lining-papers. 
Price: 2375.00 USD 

 
 
  35 . Four Seasons by Andrew Wyeth Signed Numbered Ltd EdWyeth, Andrew & Goodrich, Lloyd (foreword) Art in America 1962 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good. few minor markings to title plate on front cover, light wear to exterior and edges, book bowed slightly due to its enormous size, o/w a quite nice copy signed by Wyeth on the title page and hand-numbered 244 out of 500 12 p. cloth over boards folding cover containing 12 beautiful color plates inside the title page folder w/ Wyeth's signature, lacking the original box, but not the standard ex-library copy of this scarce book. In 1962 the editors of Art in America proposed to Wyeth a portfolio of reproductions of his recent dry-bush drawings. The artist and his wife suggested the theme, "The Four Seasons, " because of the essential role played in his work by the cycle of the seasons. The drawings were selected by Andrew and Betsy Wyeth from works in the house and studio at Chadds Ford, supplemented by some owned by friends. With a few exceptions they had never been exhibited or reproduced. The plates were made directly from the originals. International and expedited orders will require additional shipping.  
Price: 2374.99 USD 

 

 
 
  1 . Big Skookum: A Story Of 100 Logging Years In Mason County, 1853-1953; Everett Pulp And Paper Company 1953 

Very Good 

Very good. No dust jacket. ~clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior 15 p. A Pictoral History Of Mason Country, WA. Staple-bound 8 1/2 x 11 pamphlet  
Price: 47.50 USD 

 
  2 . Railroading In Mason County, 1884 to 1959; 1959 

Very Good 

Very good. No dust jacket. ~clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior 7 p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams. Staple-bound pamphlet on railroading in Mason County, WA 
Price: 33.25 USD 

 
 
  3 . La Hacienda: An Official Bicentennial Publication; The Whitehead Memorial Museum TRADE PAPERBACK

Good 

Good. No dust jacket. ~clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior, some scuffing on sides of pages, curling edges on front cover 556 p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams, maps. A collection of histories and pictures of old western towns  
Price: 76.00 USD 

 
  4 . Forts of the Upper MissouriAthearn, Robert G. Prentice-Hall 1967 Hardcover

Good 

Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Signed by author. ~clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior, academic library markings xi, 339 p. map (on lining papers) 24 cm. Includes Maps. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 297-325) 
Price: 25.60 USD 

 
 
  5 . Tom BondBaird, Josie Self Published-(printers) Watson-Focht Co. 1960 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good in good dust jacket. Wear to edges and corners of dj, slightly scuffed and faded, cover unmarred, clean text, tight binding, price notation in pencil on FFEP, ballpoint pen mark on FFEP 135 p. Includes: illustrations, index. Blue cloth cover. Gold embossed lettering on cover and spine.  
Price: 41.75 USD 

 
  6 . Keith Old Master of CaliforniaBrother Cornelius G. P. Putnam's Sons 1942 Hardcover

Good 

Two volume set in custom slipcase, clean text, tight bindings, very light wear to exterior, corners, edges and covers. We have a rather large collection of Western Americana that we acquired from one John Brunt of Walla Walla, Washington. Brunt owned and operated a bookstore in Glendale, CA for many years, crafting beautiful custom slipcases for many of the books in his Western Americana collection numbering nearly a thousand titles. We have more of his books available for avid collectors! 
Price: 237.50 USD 

 
 
  7 . Down Went McGinty: El Paso In The Wonderful NinetiesBryson, Conrey Texas Western Press Hardcover

Good 

~Good. Good DJ. Light to moderate shelf wear to boards/DJ; satisfaction guaranteed. Signed to Bill Gulick. Bill Gulick s writing career, spanning more than six decades, is truly remarkable. He has written twenty-seven novels, eight nonfiction books and several plays. He was a regular contributor to The Saturday Evening Post and other national magazines. His stories have become major motion pictures starring screen legends Burt Lancaster and Jimmy Stewart. A list of his literary friends reads like a Whose Who of Western Writing Elmer Kelton, A. B. Guthrie, Max Evans, Don Coldsmith, Norman Fox, Tommy Thompson, William McCleod Raine, Nelson Nye and his mentor, Walter Stanley Vestal Campbell. Gulick is considered one of the foremost authorities on Pacific Northwest history. Gulick, a University of Oklahoma graduate, began his career writing for the Saturday Evening Post with a story about the Oregon Trail. He later went on to turn the story into the novel, Hallelujah Trail. The story was picked up by Hollywood along with two more of his stories, Bend of the River and Road to Denver. After nine months in Greenwich Village ( 43-44), he married Jeanne Abbot and began writing for Liberty, Colliers, and Esquire along with The Saturday Evening Post. It was shortly after the success of Bend of the River that Jeanne and Bill moved to Walla Walla, WA, where Bill still lives, though Jeanne passed on in 2001. After 64 years as a writer, Bill has 35 books to his credit; 28 of which are novels. Almost the entirety of his work encompasses the Northwest. He is a close friend of my father, David Cosby, owner of Earthlight Books in Walla Walla. We have inherited a large amount of his personal library and are making it available online, including books signed by and to Mr. Gulick.  
Price: 28.45 USD 

 
  8 . California and overland diaries of Count Leonetto Cipriani from 1853 through 1871: containing the account of his cattle drive from Missouri to California in 1853; a visit with Brigham Young in the Mormon settlement of Salt Lake City; the assembling of...Cipriani, Leonetto, conte, and Falbo, Ernest, and Goodman, John B. The Champoeg Press 1962 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good in very good dust jacket. custom slipcase, clean text, tight binding, ltd. to 750 copies, beautiful addition to the collector's shelves! [7], 148, [5] p. : port.; 27 cm. Includes Portraits. 750 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy, San Francisco. Translation of a part of the author's Avventure della mia vita Includes index 
Price: 61.70 USD 

 
 
  9 . Encyclopedia of Frontier BiographyDan L. Thrapp Arthur H Clark 0870621912 / 9780870621918 Hardcover

Good 

0870621912 ~Good. Good DJ. Light to moderate shelf wear to boards/DJ; satisfaction guaranteed. With clean white dust jackets, 3 volumes. Light water damage.  
Price: 133.00 USD 

 
  10 . Death Valley's Victims: A Descriptive Chronology 1849-1966Daniel Cronkhite Sagebursh Press 1968 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good in very good dust jacket. ~clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior, #68 of limited 750 print run. A beautiful, rare book. 
Price: 85.50 USD 

 
 
  11 . A governor's wife on the mining frontier: the letters of Mary Edgerton from Montana, 1863-1865Edgerton, Mary Wright, and Thane, James L. Tanner Trust Fund, University of Utah Library 1976 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good in very good dust jacket. clean text, tight binding, dj under mylar wraps, beautiful copy, limited to 1, 250 copies 148 p. : ill., map (on lining paper); 25 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. Support Independent Pacific Northwest Booksellers!  
Price: 42.75 USD 

 
  12 . Horse Wrangler: Sixty Years In The Saddle In Wyoming And MontanaFloyd C. Bard University of Oklahoma Press 1960 Hardcover

Good 

Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. ~clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior, discoloration on top edge of pages, ripped DJ, library stamps 296 p. 
Price: 37.00 USD 

 
 
  13 . The Martyr Of IdahoFrank Steunberg, Jr. Color Press 1974 TRADE PAPERBACK

Good 

Good. No dust jacket. Signed by author. ~clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior, bottom corner of pages and cover slightly folded and dented 173 p. Includes illustrations. trade paperback w/ photos, signed by author  
Price: 104.50 USD 

 
  14 . Oscar E. Berninghaus, Taos, New Mexico: Master Painter of American Indians and the Frontier WestGordon E. Sanders Taos Heritage Publishing Company 0961517719 / 9780961517717 Hardcover

Good 

0961517719 ~Good. No DJ. Light to moderate shelf wear to boards; satisfaction guaranteed. Medium tear on front of DJ. Chipping and rubbing to DJ. Association copy: inscribed by Berningham's daughter Dorothy to friends of the family. 
Price: 90.25 USD 

 
 
  15 . The XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the llano EstacadoHaley, J. Evetts The Lakeside Press 1929 Hardcover

Very Good 

Clean text, tight binding, very light wear to edges and corners, gold gilt lettering on cover and spine is bright, small crease and wear to spine, custom slipcase. Decorated cloth, xvi, 261 pp., gilt top, frontis., acknowledgment, introduction, illustrated, plates, portraits, maps, appendix, bibliography, index. Introduction by John V. Farwell. "One of the best books about a Texas ranch. Because of a lawsuit most of the edition was recalled and suppressed, making it one of the rarest and most sought after books on cattle." Association copy: We have a rather large collection of Western Americana that we acquired from one John Brunt of Walla Walla, Washington. Brunt owned and operated a bookstore in Glendale, CA for many years, crafting beautiful custom slipcases for many of the books in his Western Americana collection numbering nearly a thousand titles. We have more of his books available for avid collectors!  
Price: 1140.00 USD 

 
  16 . By Path and TrailHarris, Dean Chicago Newspaper Union Hardcover

Good 

Clean text, tight binding, gold gilt lettering to spine present for title but has worn away for author, light wear to edges and corners, few little scuffs and discolorations. We have a rather large collection of Western Americana that we acquired from one John Brunt of Walla Walla, Washington. Brunt owned and operated a bookstore in Glendale, CA for many years, crafting beautiful custom slipcases for many of the books in his Western Americana collection numbering nearly a thousand titles. We have more of his books available for avid collectors! 
Price: 71.25 USD 

 
 
  17 . Cattle Brands And Cow HidesHortense Warner Ward The Story Book Press 1953 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good. No dust jacket. ~clean text, loose binding, light wear to exterior 218 p.  
Price: 39.85 USD 

 
  18 . He Was Singin' This SongJim Bob Tinsley University Press of Florida 081300683X / 9780813006833 Hardcover

Good 

081300683X ~Good. Good DJ. Light to moderate shelf wear to boards/DJ; satisfaction guaranteed. Signed to Bill Gulick. Bill Gulick s writing career, spanning more than six decades, is truly remarkable. He has written twenty-seven novels, eight nonfiction books and several plays. He was a regular contributor to The Saturday Evening Post and other national magazines. His stories have become major motion pictures starring screen legends Burt Lancaster and Jimmy Stewart. A list of his literary friends reads like a Whose Who of Western Writing Elmer Kelton, A. B. Guthrie, Max Evans, Don Coldsmith, Norman Fox, Tommy Thompson, William McCleod Raine, Nelson Nye and his mentor, Walter Stanley Vestal Campbell. Gulick is considered one of the foremost authorities on Pacific Northwest history. Gulick, a University of Oklahoma graduate, began his career writing for the Saturday Evening Post with a story about the Oregon Trail. He later went on to turn the story into the novel, Hallelujah Trail. The story was picked up by Hollywood along with two more of his stories, Bend of the River and Road to Denver. After nine months in Greenwich Village ( 43-44), he married Jeanne Abbot and began writing for Liberty, Colliers, and Esquire along with The Saturday Evening Post. It was shortly after the success of Bend of the River that Jeanne and Bill moved to Walla Walla, WA, where Bill still lives, though Jeanne passed on in 2001. After 64 years as a writer, Bill has 35 books to his credit; 28 of which are novels. Almost the entirety of his work encompasses the Northwest. He is a close friend of my father, David Cosby, owner of Earthlight Books in Walla Walla. We have inherited a large amount of his personal library and are making it available online, including books signed by and to Mr. Gulick. 
Price: 71.25 USD 

 
 
  19 . Hank Vaughan (1849-1893): A Hell-Raising Horse Trader of the Bunchgrass TerritoryJon M; Donna McDaniel Skovlin Reflections Pub Co 1996 0964944901 / 9780964944909 Hardcover

Fine 

0964944901 Description: As New in As New jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) 1st edition ltd to 490 hardbound copies, this is #389 of 490. 219pp. Illust. Maps. Bibliography, Index. Signed by both authors. Excellent work on this little known outlaw in the Pacific Northwest. Vaughan was Tom McCarty' s brother-in-law, & the relationship of the two of them, previous to McCarty's association with Butch Cassidy, extended "over Oregon, Idaho and Washington Territories" & "included everything from stealing horses to robbing banks." The out-of-print hardcover edition. Fine, as new in dj.  
Price: 52.25 USD 

 
  20 . The West of Wild Bill HickokJoseph G. Rosa University of Oklahoma Press 1994 0806126809 / 9780806126807 PAPERBACK

Good 

0806126809 Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Signed by author. ~clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior, academic library markings Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. 
Price: 47.50 USD 

 
 
  21 . The Desert People: A Study of the Papago IndiansJoseph, Alice Chicago U.P.; Cambridge U. P 1949 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good in very good dust jacket. collectible volume in beautiful custom slipcase, few knicks to edges and corners of DJ, which is under the original(? ) plastic DJ cover, price-clipped, clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior, Support... 288p., ill., 24 cm.  
Price: 80.75 USD 

 
  22 . Mines Of Death ValleyL. Burr Belden La Siesta Press 1966 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good. No dust jacket. ~clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior 71 p. Old book detailing the mines of Death Valley, with photos. 
Price: 42.70 USD 

 
 
  23 . John Williams Gunnison (1812-1853), the last of the western explorers; a history of the survey through Colorado and Utah, with a biography and details of his massacre.Mumey, Nolie Artcraft Press 1955 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. signed by Mumey, clean text, tight binding, beautiful book, very light wear to extremeties of book and slipcase but a fine collector's copy xvii, 189 p. illus., ports. (1 mounted col. ) fold. map (mounted on lining paper) 28 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps, Portraits. clear dustwrapper, gold gilt decorated cover, deckeled edges, Edition limited to five hundred numbered and signed copies, of which this is no. 168. "Journey through the Rocky Mountains and the Humboldt Mountains to the Pacific Ocean; a sketch by Dr. J. Schiel [translated from the German by Maria Williams]": p...Bibliographical footnotes. We have more of Mumey's exquisite books available.  
Price: 275.00 USD 

 
  24 . The West As I Knew ITNesmith Ankeny R.G. Bailey Printing Company 1953 Hardcover

Good 

Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author. ~clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior, previous owners signature 148 p. Includes illustrations. 
Price: 26.55 USD 

 
 
  25 . Old Forts And Trading Posts Of The WestNolie Mumey Artcraft Press 1956 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good. No dust jacket. ~clean text, tight binding 239 p. A History Of Old Trading Posts And Forts During The Colonizing Of The West, w/ custom slipcase, no dust jacket  
Price: 213.75 USD 

 
  26 . EARLY SETTLEMENTS OF DENVER 1599-1860Nolie, 1891-1984 [Signed] Mumey Arthur H. Clark Company B000IUG28G Hardcover

Very Good 

B000IUG28G Custom slipcase. Hardback, white cloth spine with light brown paper over boards, paper label on front board, gilt lettering to spine, fore edge deckled. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations, portraits; bibliography, index. signed by author with original Clark Co. prospectus laid in, published in Glendale, California by The Arthur Clark Co. in 1942. 1st ed. Folding maps, facsimiles, ports. 213pp. Association copy: We have a rather large collection of Western Americana that we acquired from one John Brunt of Walla Walla, Washington. Brunt owned and operated a bookstore in Glendale, CA for many years, crafting beautiful custom slipcases for many of the books in his Western Americana collection numbering nearly a thousand titles. We have more of his books available for avid collectors! #37 of 500 limited, signed copies. Small stain to slipcase, very light wear to exterior of book, slipcase and glassine dust wrapper. 
Price: 250.00 USD 

 
 
  27 . TracesRick Steber, Don Gray, Jerry Gildemeister The Bear Wallow Publishing Company 1980 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by author. ~clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior 212 p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams, maps. limited eiditon, picture book about orgeon trail, very beautiful! signed by all 3 authors  
Price: 47.45 USD 

 
  28 . The Cowboy: an Unconventional History Of Civilization On The Old-Time Cattle RangeRollins, Philip Ashton Charles Scribner Hardcover

Good 

~Good. Fair DJ. Light to moderate shelf wear to boards/DJ; satisfaction guaranteed. DJ under mylar. 1936 edition with saddle drawing on cover. 
Price: 71.25 USD 

 
 
  29 . Three Roads to Chihuahua: The Great Wagon Roads That Opened the Southwest, 1823-1883Roy L. Swift; Jr. Leavitt Corning Eakin Press 1988 0890156409 / 9780890156407 Hardcover

Very Good 

0890156409 Very good in very good dust jacket. ~clean text, tight binding, DJ under mylar Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 398 p. Audience: General/trade.  
Price: 45.55 USD 

 
  30 . The Books and Photos of Elsa Spear: Fort Phil Kearny, Dakota Territory 1866-1868...Spear, Elsa The Fort Phil Kearny/ Boezman Trail Association 1987 TRADE PAPERBACK

Very Good 

Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author. Quite hard to come by, clean text, tight binding, multiple gift inscriptions, light wear to exterior. Support Pacific Northwest Independent Booksellers! 83 p. Includes illustrations. 
Price: 33.25 USD 

 







 
 
  31 . RendezvousSteber, Rick, and Gray, Don, and Gildemeister, Jerry Bear Wallow Pub. Co. 1978 Hardcover

Very Good 

Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by all three contributors [178] p. : ill.; 24 x 32 cm. Includes Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. Writing: R. Steber, artwork: D. Grey, photography: J. Gildemeister.  
Price: 47.45 USD 

 
  32 . The Inside Passage to Alaska 1792-1920Woollen, William Watson The Arthur H. Clark Company 1924 Hardcover

Good 

Two volumes, 342 & 318 pages. Volume 1 has 8 illustrations; volume 2 has 11 illustrations including a frontispiece in color. Subtitle reads: "with an account of the North Pacific Coast from Cape Mendocino to Cook Inlet, from the accounts left by Vancouver and other early explorers and from the author"s journals of exploration and travel in that region." Green cloth over boards, deckled edges, top edge gilt, light wear to edges and corners, light scuffing to covers, previous owner's bookplate inside front cover of each volume. 
Price: 807.50 USD