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Prescott, AZ: Gosham A. Bray Treasurer Tonto Basin Wagon Road, 1883. The check is issued to one Henry Burns under the authority of Gorham A. Bray, who was the Treasurer for the Tonto Basin Wagon Road Commissioners. Henry Burns worked nine days for $10. From an oral history by five of the living Arizona Rangers made at Northern Arizona University, we learn of the initial roads that were built around the Grand Canyon to haul lumber from which were built ferry boats on the Colorado River. A ferry operated until 1882, then the Babbitt family hired Indian help and built a road for people coming from Nevada and Utah. This Tonto Basin Road was being built in 1883. Eventually, these roads connected Prescott, Kingman and went all the way to Flagstaff as well as Strawberry and Pine. The Sharlot Hall Museum has a nice picture of Gorham Bray, the Treasurer for the Tonto Basin Road operation who later became Mayor of Flagstaff. Though the Soldier Tanks are not in Bryd Howell Granger or Will C. Barnes, they were… Leer más

Prescott, [AZ], 1864. Slight variations in text from the printed published the next year (1865). Possibly W. Claude Jones copy. The printed version adds: "shall take effect and be in force from and after the passage of this act." Two page document signed by Governor John Goodwin, President of the Legislative Council, Coles Bashford and W. Claude-Jones who was Speaker of the House of Representatives. Page one measures 9 1/2" x 15; Page two measures 10 1/2" x 15". Included is the original bill number (46) signed by James Anderson who was the official clerk of the House. It measures 4" x 5 1/4". This remarkable document is important for several reasons. First, it can be compared for minute differences with the actual printed forms of both the Journals of the First Legislative Assembly as well as the Acts, Memorials and Resolutions which were published the following year (1865). The goal was to both exclude minors (under age 21) from losing their hard earned money as well as helping each county to… Leer más

Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1964. Later printing, 385pp. Revised and enlarged edition of a classic treatise on frontier history of Arizona. Illustrated. Chapter notes. Index. Biographical sketches of the principal characters. Bound in red cloth lettered in black, ruled in gilt, spine black and gilt, map endpapers. A fine bright copy in a fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket.

Tempe, AZ: Arizona Historical Foundation, 1970. First Edition. Octavo. 69pp. With an iIntroduction by Barry S. Goldwater. Frontispiece of Duffield. Biographical sketch of Arizona's first U.S. Marshall. A rich swath across territorial history, with letters and documents, and facsimiles of hand written letters. Bound in pictorial papr wraps. A fine copy.

Patagonia, Az, 1915. Original Wraps. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. pictorial cover of stage coach and horses. Frontier and pioneer life in Southeast Arizona along the Sonoita River by a resident of Patagonia, Arizona. Much on the Apaches; Camp Lowell, Tubac, and the region. 127p ill., ports. Herd #391.

Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University, 2000. First Edition. Orginal Wraps. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 88pp. Personal stories in Phoenix through the 20th century. Illustrated with personal photographs. Bound in yellow and brown paper wraps. Scarce. Near Fine.

Phoenix, AZ (1994): Pine Rim Publishing. First Edition. Quarto. First printing, limited to 300 copies signed by the author. The present copy is #31. 141 pages. Illustrated with photographic images. While Daniel Herman's Hell on the Range remains the single most important book on the conflictt known as "the Pleasant Valley War", Hatchett, like Dedera and Forrest, is a frequent source of this important work. The publishers write: "Pleasant Valley, Arizona in the 1880's was no place for the faint of heat. In less than one hundred days, thirteen men lose their lives. These were not Hollywood style, face to face shootouts. The attacks were almost always surprise or from ambush." The maps are very important, and the book's layout allows the reader to see the overall picture better than any of its predecessors. A fine copy bound in brown leather like cloth, spine lettering gilt, in a fine pictorial dust jacket.

Prescott, AZ: Prescott Courier, Inc, 1958. Re-issue. Stapled Wrap. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 16mo., 15pp. A keepsake chapbook issued to support the maintenance of the Old Governor's Mansion in the first terrirorial capitol, Prescott, AZ. Illustrated with photos of buildings and property, and includes a poem by Sharlot M. Hall, who works tirelessly for the mansion and its museum of Arizoniana. In light tan wraps, with brown lettering. ASU Library discard stamps.

Arizona: Self Published, 1915. Reprint. 12mo. 127pp. Frontispiece of John Cady. Illustrated with photographs. In brown wrappers (slight wear, small rips, and coffee ring). The interior is clean and tight, without marks. previous owner's bookplate. Herd 351; Howes C16.

A letter addressed to Friend Clark, dated February 15, 1901 (in answer to letter to a check for $50.00 that was due the previous November). H.W. Adams arrived from Maine and became the superintendent of William H. Bartlett's Sahuaro Ranch. Adams was with the Glendale (Az) Livestock Association which soon ended and Adams who served as President donated the $1,000 to the library to purchase books. It was the completion of the Arizona Canal in 1885 that led to the development of the Glendale area and by 1897 there were several large cattle ranches located there. Adams Cattle Company eventually merged with Herbert W. Hamilton to form the Hamilton and Adams Cattle Company. Adams became an officer of the Maricopa Loan and Trust Company and developed many kinds of produce as the 1904-1905 report of the American Pomological Society reveals. Curiously, Kaila White of the Arizona Republic wrote an article on the Paranormal that exists at Glendale's Historic Sahuaro Ranch Park where a woman in a white gown… Leer más

While there are articles in the Arizona Republican on February 9, 1910 about the aviation event at the Territorial Fairgrounds, there are no photographs of the event. Card #1 postmarked Phoenix Feb 13, 1910 is a cyanotype photo of Louis Paulman "Making his record breaking flight for altitude 4600 feet" showing the crowd below, on the verso of the card the writer notes: "saw the airship today, Phoenix 2-11-10. Card No. 2 shows "Glenn Curtiss on his great Flight at [place scratched out] Arizona. Verso of Card states it was at the Ball Park, Douglas, Ariz, 2-27-10; Item #3 is an original photograph with verso noting view of an areoplane ? in Douglas Arizona to fly over the desert. signed Aloysius Coll. the later was a publisher and writer for the Weekly Journal Miner and involved with the Douglas Chamber of Commerce [top edge trimmed about 1/16" after removal from an original photo album].. These items are rare and in remarkable condition.

Phoenix: , 1991. Soft Cover. Very Good. Signed by Author. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Red pictorial wraps. Illustrated. Stories of author's various experiences on a cattle ranch in a humorous vein. 145pp.Writer in the monthy magazine Arizona Cattlelog and writer of children's stories. Bio page of author laid-in.

(Flagstaff: 1988): Northland Publishing Company. First Edition. Small Folio. 206pp. index. Color photographs by Jerry Jacka with an introduction by Clara Lee Tanner. One of the first books to collect in one volume the artistic extensions of Native American culture as well as contemporary fine art created by people from a wide variety of native cultures: Hopi, Navajo, Apache, Zuni and several others. The evolution and inspiration for these art forms are clearly discussed, as are the works of individual artist. A handsome copy bound in pictorial black cloth lettered and decorated in copper, spine lettering copper, near fine in a very good pictorial dust jacket with closed edge tear to rear panel and creases to spine near head.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1890. Octavo. 15p. A good copy disbound with very light wear but no loss of text. A scarce item (OCLC shows only the Senate version at the University of Arizona). H.R. 3933 introduced by Marcus Aurelius Smith. Arizona's difficulty in becoming recognized first as a territory is well known but as a state here was their first rejection, followed by others in 1896, 1903 and the 1909-1910 vote which passed both Houses of Congress but was vetoed by President Taft because the Arizona Constitution allowed for the recall of judges. Once statehood was approved in 1912, the legislature quietly reinstated that provision. Marcus Smith who introduced the mail moved his San Francisco practice of law in 1881 to Tombstone where he served as a Democrat in Congress and once the state was admitted to the Union he was elected again only now as a Senator. A disbound copy.

Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1942. First Edition. Quarto. 233p Billy King was a bar keeper and intrepid deputy tells his first hand account of Tombstone with Wyatt Earp and the OK Corral--Both narrator and writer have produced a book that shows the town's historic personalities have as much vitality as they had in real life. A very nice copy with only light fading to spine of jacket. [6-Guns 2065].

Tucson, AZ: Westernlore Press, 1983. First Edition. Quarto. 159 pages, index. maps, and over 100 photographs. An essential work on Bisbee from the discovery of rich ore in 1877 to the end of its major mining in the early 1970's. A fine copy bound in red cloth, spine lettering gilt, in a near fine blue pictorial dust jacket lettered in white with a short, closed edge tear to upper edge of front panel, head rubbed.

Tucson; (1992): The University of Arizona Press. First Edition. Quarto. 145(1)pp., illustrated with photographic images. Situated near the Mexican border in the southeastern Arizona, you iwll find the city of Bisbee. It gained prominence as a mining center around the turn of the century and by 1981 has produced almost eight billion pounds of copper. Bisbee is also a living museum that preserves its old majestic buildings and Lavender Pit mine, once an extensive copper kingdom. This work features one hundred historic photographs focusing on the boom years of 1880-1920,A fine bright copy bound in light brown cloth, spine lettering gilt,in a fine pictorial dust acket.

Tempe AZ; (1963): Aztec Press. First Edition. Octavo. 174 pages, bibliography, index, notes, illustrated by Larry Toschik. Poston (1825-1902) not only was involved in silver mining but lobbied for President Lincoln for the creation of Arizona Territory. In 1863 President Lincoln appointed him Superintendent of Indian affairs for the new territory and he became the first territorial delegate to Congress. An important firsthand account originally published in 1894 issues of Overland Monthly. Included are two letters from the author's great grandnephew to Bonita Porter, a Phoenix bookseller in the late 20th century pertaining to books he wishes to have. A fine copy bound in red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, spine lettering gilt, red endpapers, in a fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket.

Boston: W. A. Wilde Co, 1928. Decorated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 256pp. Illustrated with photographs. A thoughtful journey through the West, with colorful sidetrips for the curious. In original decorated red cloth boards (minimal wear to corners). Very scarce.

Kansas City, Mo.; (1948): Burton Publishing Co. First Edition. Quarto. 487 pages, special signed limited edition. #109 of 200 copies. Lambert was a pioneer of Cimarron, New Mexico where he was a deputy sheriff, a mounted policeman, and member of the U.S. Indian Service. The book has more than 700 pen and ink drawings, pages 470-485 have a glossary of ranch terms, many of which are not in Ramon Adams book. He has double signed this book also with a long hand-written poem to Gil Traveller, the Methodist preacher who became the expert in Arizona on horses and fine saddles. He was featured in Who's Who in Rodeo Land (1938). After his death, he was honored with an annual horse show in Phoenix. Additionally, signed by him and his wife Katie. "Fred Lambert of the Cimarron". Bound in black pictorial cloth depicting a cowboy on a horse in brown, lettering silver, pictorial spine lettered and decorated in brown and silver, A near fine copy housed within publisher's slipcase.