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Society of Montana Pioneers: Constitution, Members, and Officers, with Portraits and Maps: Volume 1, Register by Sanders, James U. (Ed.) - 1899
by Sanders, James U. (Ed.)
Society of Montana Pioneers: Constitution, Members, and Officers, with Portraits and Maps: Volume 1, Register
by Sanders, James U. (Ed.)
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Society of Montana Pioneers, n.p, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book VG- hardcover with no Dust Jacket (as issued?). 262 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 27 cm. Early historical material and maps for Montana. The maps include a large fold-out map on thin paper at the front that is a reproduction of W. W. DeLacy's 1865 map of Montana and colored maps for each of the 24 counties scattered throughout. There are four full-page "views" of Fort Benton, Bison, Worden and Company (Hell Gate Ronde) and Fort Owen. The bulk of the text is a listing of the Society's members, listed by county. There are also 14 pages of portraits, each featuring the Society's presidents from 1884 to 1898 Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Green cloth over boards with bright gilt seal of the society on the front cover and bright gilt title on spine. Binding is tight but the cloth is worn through to the boards at the corners. There is an area along the bottom of the front and rear covers that is lightened as the result of some water damage. The line is no more than 3/4" high on the front panel and 2/8" high on the back. However, the cloth was weakened and is fraying. On the front panel, the left-most 3" has worn through along the bottom edge, exposing the board. The text block is unaffected. Spine has Dewey Decimal number on the spine and is stamped "Free Library of Philadelphia" at the top page edge, but there are no other library marks anywhere in the book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 15 oz. Category: Genealogy & Local History; United States / State & Local / West; 19th century; History. Library of Congress No: F726 .S7. Dewey Code: 978.6. Main Picture: James U. Sanders (Ed.), Society of Montana Pioneers, Vol. 1, Register (First Edition, 1899) - Front cover and spine. Picture 2: James U. Sanders (Ed.), Society of Montana Pioneers, Vol. 1, Register (First Edition, 1899) - Wear at the bottom edges of the boards. Picture 3: James U. Sanders (Ed.), Society of Montana Pioneers, Vol. 1, Register (First Edition, 1899) - Fold-out map of the Montana Territory. Picture 4: James U. Sanders (Ed.), Society of Montana Pioneers, Vol. 1, Register (First Edition, 1899) - Legend for the fold-out map of the Montana Territory. Picture 5: James U. Sanders (Ed.), Society of Montana Pioneers, Vol. 1, Register (First Edition, 1899) - Sample photo: Fort Benton. Picture 6: James U. Sanders (Ed.), Society of Montana Pioneers, Vol. 1, Register (First Edition, 1899) - List of Portraits of members of the Society. Picture 7: James U. Sanders (Ed.), Society of Montana Pioneers, Vol. 1, Register (First Edition, 1899) - List of 25 maps, including an 1865 map of the territory and 24 maps of its counties. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1058. .
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Report of The Exploring Expedition To The Rocky Mountains In the Year 1842 and To Oregon and North California in the Year 1843-'44. House Doc. No. 166. (1845)(1st edition)
by J. C. Fremont (John Charles); Sheffield Oil Company
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First House edition of this famous report. 1845. Complete in original binding except for the gigantic map which is available in full size color thick glossy paper professional reproduction ($25 extra if desired). Pagination: 583 pages, 22 plates, 4 maps, all blanks present. Includes fascinating pencil diagram of oil rig on back of map. Oil rig drawing titled "Sheffield Oil Company. Warren(?), Co., Pa." That pencil drawing is the only interior writing or ownership marking anywhere in the book. Condition is a mixed bag. Original half leather marbled boards show heavy wear and looks like they were professionally rehinged in the distant past. Binding is sound. Pages show moderate to heavy toning and foxing. Some plates have weird 'dot' foxing I have never seen elsewhere (see scan). Marbled endpapers. A nice well maintained copy suitable for reading and research with a cool drawing. Howes F372; Wagner-Camp 115:2; Graff 1436. House Doc. No. 166. Feel free to inquire. Please see scans of the book you will…
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South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana. “The New Constellation” “Stars of the First Magnitude: Added to the Galaxy of States.
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[Montana][Railroad] South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana. "The New Constellation" "Stars of the First Magnitude: Added to the Galaxy of States. N.p.: St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company. [1890?] Pictorial wraps. Map. 8.5 x 11 in. Illustrated. 4 pp. Full page map St. Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway and Connections is by Matthews, Northrup & Co., Art-Printing Works, Buffalo, New York. Has been folded. Agent rubber stamp on rear cover. Very good.OCLC shows no holdings. The St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway was the creation of James J. Hill. Hill and three other investors purchased the nearly bankrupt St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in 1878, renaming it the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company the following year. In 1890 all properties and operations were leased to the Great Northern Railway Company and the Great Northern purchased all of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company's investments, including stocks, bonds, and other miscellaneous… Read More
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Map of the Erie Railway. Extending from New York to Newburgh ... with its principal connections.: West & North-west, South & South-west via the Erie Railway
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[Railroad] Map of the Erie Railway. Extending from New York to Newburgh ... with its principal connections. [New York]: National Railway Publication Company. 1874. Map ; 24 x 61 cm, on sheet 37 x 63 cm, folded to 19 x 9 cm. Panel title: West & North-west, South & South-west via the Erie Railway ... Above the map: "The Best Equipped and Most Comfortable Route to the WEST!!" Fold splits, edge wear. Good.OCLC show one holding (SMU). Shows most of the United States except south Texas and Florida. Relief shown by hachures. Three illustrations below map. Timetables for May 1874 and "First class rates of fare from New York via Erie Railway" on verso. Mentioned destinations include Denison, Texas and San Francisco.
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Three Forks Country Montana
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[Montana] [Railroad] Three Forks Country Montana. [Chicago, Ill.]: [Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company], 1913. Color pictorial wraps. Illustrated. 23 cm. Issued folded. Caption title The Three Forks Country. 23 pp. Very good.OCLC shows no holdings for this 1913 edition. There are two copies of a 1911 edition (Yale & Wis. Hist. Soc.) and three copies of the 1912 edition (SMU, Mont. Hist. Soc. & Wis. Hist. Soc.) Nice four-page map. Good photographs.
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SIGNED CHECK by Zane Grey Drawn on Security First National Bank of Los Angeles written for $12.00 dated October 13, 1934, 10/13/34
by SIGNED CHECK by Zane Grey
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1934. VG-, SIGNED CHECK by Zane Grey , light wear SLIGHT FADE, SIGNED CHECK by Zane Grey Drawn on Security First National Bank of Los Angeles written for $12.00 dated October 13, 1934, 10/13/34. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Unbound.
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Report of The Exploring Expedition To The Rocky Mountains In the Year 1842 and To Oregon and North California in the Year 1843-'44. House Doc. No. 166. (1845)(1st edition)
by J. C. Fremont (John Charles); Sheffield Oil Company
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First House edition of this famous report. 1845. Complete in original binding except for the gigantic map which is available in full size color thick glossy paper professional reproduction ($25 extra if desired). Pagination: 583 pages, 22 plates, 4 maps, all blanks present. Includes fascinating pencil diagram of oil rig on back of map. Oil rig drawing titled "Sheffield Oil Company. Warren(?), Co., Pa." That pencil drawing is the only interior writing or ownership marking anywhere in the book. Condition is a mixed bag. Original half leather marbled boards show heavy wear and looks like they were professionally rehinged in the distant past. Binding is sound. Pages show moderate to heavy toning and foxing. Some plates have weird 'dot' foxing I have never seen elsewhere (see scan). Marbled endpapers. A nice well maintained copy suitable for reading and research with a cool drawing. Howes F372; Wagner-Camp 115:2; Graff 1436. House Doc. No. 166. Feel free to inquire. Please see scans of the book you will…
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South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana. “The New Constellation” “Stars of the First Magnitude: Added to the Galaxy of States.
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[Montana][Railroad] South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana. "The New Constellation" "Stars of the First Magnitude: Added to the Galaxy of States. N.p.: St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company. [1890?] Pictorial wraps. Map. 8.5 x 11 in. Illustrated. 4 pp. Full page map St. Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway and Connections is by Matthews, Northrup & Co., Art-Printing Works, Buffalo, New York. Has been folded. Agent rubber stamp on rear cover. Very good.OCLC shows no holdings. The St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway was the creation of James J. Hill. Hill and three other investors purchased the nearly bankrupt St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in 1878, renaming it the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company the following year. In 1890 all properties and operations were leased to the Great Northern Railway Company and the Great Northern purchased all of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company's investments, including stocks, bonds, and other miscellaneous… Read More
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Map of the Erie Railway. Extending from New York to Newburgh ... with its principal connections.: West & North-west, South & South-west via the Erie Railway
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[Railroad] Map of the Erie Railway. Extending from New York to Newburgh ... with its principal connections. [New York]: National Railway Publication Company. 1874. Map ; 24 x 61 cm, on sheet 37 x 63 cm, folded to 19 x 9 cm. Panel title: West & North-west, South & South-west via the Erie Railway ... Above the map: "The Best Equipped and Most Comfortable Route to the WEST!!" Fold splits, edge wear. Good.OCLC show one holding (SMU). Shows most of the United States except south Texas and Florida. Relief shown by hachures. Three illustrations below map. Timetables for May 1874 and "First class rates of fare from New York via Erie Railway" on verso. Mentioned destinations include Denison, Texas and San Francisco.
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Three Forks Country Montana
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[Montana] [Railroad] Three Forks Country Montana. [Chicago, Ill.]: [Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company], 1913. Color pictorial wraps. Illustrated. 23 cm. Issued folded. Caption title The Three Forks Country. 23 pp. Very good.OCLC shows no holdings for this 1913 edition. There are two copies of a 1911 edition (Yale & Wis. Hist. Soc.) and three copies of the 1912 edition (SMU, Mont. Hist. Soc. & Wis. Hist. Soc.) Nice four-page map. Good photographs.
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Memoirs on the military resources of the Valley of the Ohio, as applicable to operations on the Gulf of Mexico; and on a system for the common defence of the United States ... with a review of the same, concisely exhibiting the proper functions and true relations of forts and ships, their mutual dependence and harmonious action, when properly combined. By James L. Mason
by Sanders, John, Capt. Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, & James L. Mason, Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers
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Washington: C. Alexander, printer, 1845. Second edition, with additions, following the first edition printed earlier the same year in Pittsburgh; 8vo, pp. 24; removed from binding; corner torn from the title page not affecting any letterpress. Published by authority of the War Department. American Imprints 45-5716; Howes S-86; Sabin 76388.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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In the Big Horn Mountains: Deer Haven Lodge Tensleep, Wyoming on Highway No. 16
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Sheridan: Clouds Peak Printery, 1950. Single sheet brochure, 17 x 36cm, folded to 17 x 9cm, four panels on each side. Halftone photographs, cover illustration, map. Some light toning and wear, else fine. Small advertisement for the Deer Haven Lodge, member of the Dude Ranchers Association. Nice map of the Bighorn National Forest, showing the location of the Lodge. Pictures include Paint Rock Creek and Lake Solitude. "Some of the finest fishing available is to be had in the lakes and streams....accessible only by 'packing in.' Ca. 1948-1950. Worldcat locates a single copy, at Yale.
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THE HELMET OF MAMBRINO
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San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1938. First Thus. Vellum-backed marbled boards. Near Fine. (xx), 1, 21, 1 pages. First Edition Thus. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Vellum-backed marbled boards. Gilt spine-titling. 5 1/4" x 8". Slipcase. Limited to 350 copies printed by The University of California Press. Per the Introduction, "'The Helmet of Mambrino' well supports the claim of (Clarence) King's friends that his casual conversation often equalled the best literature of his day, for this letter to a friend was undoubtedly produced spontaneously without thought of publication." A beautifully produced small book. Neat pictorial bookplate at front pastedown; small bookseller's stamp removal scar to rear pastedown, but a Near Fine copy in a Very Good Plus (slight abrasions at opening ends) slipcase. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.
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THE GATHERING OF ZION. THE STORY OF THE MORMON TRAIL
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New York: The McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. (15) 331 (1) pp. Illustrated dust jacket, with $6.95 price. Illustrated, including maps of The Moromon Trail. Index. Purple cloth.6 1/4" x 9 1/4". One of The American Trail Series, edited by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. Per the jacket blurb: "Close to the heart of Mormondom is the almost stylized memory of the Trail. For every early Saint, crossing the plains to Zion was not merely a journey, but a rite, the final devoted and enduring act that brought one into the Kingdom." A Fine copy in a Very Good Plus or better dust jacket (pencil numbering to rear cover, spine toning; edgewear, especially to spine-ends). ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.
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Yellowstone Park Lodges and Camps
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Livingston, Montana; Yellowstone Park, Wyoming: Yellowstone Park Lodges and Camps Company, 1925. Brochure, 22.5 x 10cm folded, 11pp. Black and white photographic illustrations, map, printed in red and black throughout. Illustrated, stapled wraps show light wear and rubbing with a few bent corners, else fine. Beautiful brochure advertising stays at the park, with photos of lodges, sights, wildlife, maps, and pricing. "Any railroad agent can tell you about Yellowstone National Park, or address Yellowstone Park Lodge and Camps Co." Vernon Goodwin is listed as president, taking over from Howard Hays in 1924.
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Philo White's Narrative Of A Cruize In The Pacific To South America And California On The U.S. Sloop-Of-War Dale 1841-1843; Edited by Charles L. Camp
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Denver: Old West Publishing, 1965. Hardcover. Orig. decorated green clean. Fine in nicked and chipped plain paper wrapper. 84 pages. 33 x 24.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 1000 copies. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Illustrated in color and black and white. Handsomely printed, bright, very clean copy.
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Will Rogers Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom (Salesman's Dummy)
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O'Brien, P.J. Will Rogers Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom. With an appreciation by Lowell Thomas. Copyright 1935, P.J. O'Brien. Published by George A. Parker Company, Philadelphia. Illustrated. RARE SALESMAN'S DUMMY WITH SUBSCRIPTION BLANKS. Includes excerpts from 296 page complete book. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8. BIOGRAPHY OF WILL ROGERS. USED. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ AS ISSUED.
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Los Fundadores
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"Herein are listed the first families of California and also other persons with family names that were in California 1769-1785 except those who died at San Diego in 1769."
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Abstract of the Official Record of Proceeding of the Reno Court of Inquiry
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Harrisburg, PA; (1954): Stackpole Co. First Edition. Octavo. Convened at Chicago, Illinios, 13 January 1879. xxx, 303 p. illus., port., maps (part fold.) Vital and revealing testimony of participants in the Battle of the ittle Big Horn. Battlefield map endpapers. Bound in gray cloth lettered in blue, spine lettering blue, in clipped dust jacket with some cipping to head and edge wear.
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Recollections of a Young Desert Rat; Impressions of Nevada and Death Valley
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Verdi, NV: The Sagebrush Press, 1972. First Edition. Very Good/Near Fine. #734, limited to 777 copies [9.75x6.5in]; [10] 102 [4] pp., 11 black and white images; Olive green cloth covers with embossed brown lettering on spine, dust wrapper with reddish toned pictorial of desert mountains and black lettering; Minor shelf wear, faint dark spots on top front cover, dust jacket price clipped.
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