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St Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Pr, 1966. 289pp/illusd/maps with end-paper maps. Between 1862 and 1867, eight wagon trains carrying at least 1,400 people set out from Minnesota for the gold fields of Montana. These carefully edited letters and diaries trace their progress, revealing their day-to-day experiences, their success—or lack of it—in finding gold, and their lives in bustling mining settlements. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1953. 430pp/illus. His famous quote was: "I never killed a man that didn't need killing. I never shot an animal except for the meat." He met them all from John Wesley Hardin to Bronco Bill Walters. From his four years with the Texas Rangers to becoming a Deputy Marshall to his capturing and shooting outlaws with John Slaughter. Clean no marks.. 3rd Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.: University of Arizona Press, 1987. Book has 242 pages. DJ has tiny bit of wear to edge. Price is clipped on dj flyleaf. Ringo. The very name has come to represent the archetypal Western gunfighter and has spawned any number of ficticious characters laying claim to authenticity. John Ringo's place in Western lore is not without basis: he rode with outlaw gangs for thireteen of his thirty-two years, participated in Texas's Hoodoo War, and was part of the faction that opposed the Earp brothers in Tombstone, Arizona. The author challenges popular views of Ringo.. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

New York: Press Of The Pioneers, Inc, 1935. 2 vols, 996pp/illus. one of 1, 000 copies trade edition green cloth with gilt lettering ."This book is without doubt the best of the many works that have appeared on that famous scout and trapper. There is little known material that has not been used by Sabin." Title page indicates "autographed edition" however, no autograph present. Minimal markings. Tesxt clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1984. 293pp/illus. Clean like new.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1998. 356pp/illus/maps. Inscribed by author on ffep. Richly illustrated with more than 130 photographs and maps, the book combines the authentic detail of an insider's view (Starrs spent six years working cattle on the high desert Great Basin range) with a scholar's keen eye for objective analysis. Clean. Inscribed by the Author. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Holiday House, 1996. 166pp/illus. This latest biography from a master of the genre draws on first-hand accounts of the life and personality of the great Lakota warrior Crazy Horse, Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (folio).

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Book has "A" on copyright page. Book has 431 pages. Light wear to edge of cover. Slight discoloration of the green cloth cover by side. Cloth on binding is sun-faded. Small chip to edge of frontispiece page. Binding is nice and tight.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by James, Will. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Bonanza Books, 1960. 316pp/illus Numerous chapters andillustrations on the American West. DJhas light edge-wear. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Illus. by Curro, Evelyn. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

New York: Doubleday & Co, 1956. 459pp/end-paper maps. DJ has small piece missing. Text clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Barnes & Nobel, 1997. 191pp/illus. A wonderful compendium with explanatory captions of vintage prints and photos which document the opening of the American West. Includes maps and text which covers the first pioneers, the Santa Fe Trail and the Southwest, the Oregon Trail and the Northwest, the California Gold Rush, crossing the plains, the transcontinental railroad, the western bonanza. a solder's life in Indian country and cowboys and cattle drives. Clean. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. Oblong Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall.

Austin, TX: Von Boeckmann Jones, 1966. 309 Pgs/illus/folding map. The materials presented in this book are from family records, military records, old scrapbooks, old histories, personal interviews, the Spanish-Mexican and Texas Archives at the University of Texas Austin and other previously published works. Illustrated with black and white photographs, maps and drawings. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.: Arden Pr, 1995. 193pp/illus. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1973. 274pp/illus. A brilliant picture of western outlawry and an accurate portrayal of the West itself--the rowdy mining camps, the vast untouched wilderness, the highroads and trails that were safe neither for travelers nor gold shipments. Covers Joaquin Murrieta, Rattlesnake Dick, Tiburcio Vasquez, Black Bart, Milton Sharp, the James brothers, the Daltons and Youngers, among others. Clean. 3rd Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

American Fork, Utah : Covenant Communications, 2006. 136pp/illus. Dramatic true story of the trek across the plains to Utah and rescue of nearly 1,000 converts in 1856, Clean, Corners bumped.. 1st Printing. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong).

New York: H. N. Abrams, 1974. 290pp profusely illustrated in color and black & white, some folding plates; in original brown cloth decorated in gilt,This book celebrates four aspects of America's western heritage: the Indian and his culture, the era of western expansion, the mystique of the cowboy, and the romantic life of the nature-loving artist. DJ has light edgewear. Text clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good (+). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong).

Chicago, IL, 1947. Book has 165 pages with a few illustrations plus index. Index page is uncut. Book has light wear to edge of cover. Inside spotless and tight. Includes: Celestial Brides: The Rise and Fall of King James I, The Truth About Buffalo Bill, Mississippi Yarns and Ballads: with a few branches from the Missouri, Calamity Jane: Man? Woman? or Both?, The Custer Campaign Diary of Mark Kellogg, etc... Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1962. 376 pages illustrated by photographs and maps. Several chapters on "the bad men of Brown's Park and Robber's Roost, such as the Wild Bunch, the Ketchums, Matt Warner" From the title page: "The Remarkable History of Brown's Park Told for the First Time, Together with an Account of the Rise and Fall of the Range-Cattle Business in Northwestern Colorado and Southwestern Wyoming, and much about Cattle Barons, Sheep and Sheepmen, Forest Rangers, Range Wars, Long Riders, Paid Killers and other Bad Men. " Light edge-wear to dj. Text clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good (+). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Kansas, 1996. 276pp/illus. Excavating the reality behind the myth, Joseph Rosa delves into the exploits and ego that defined Hickok and shows how the man was overtaken by his own legend. Rosa exposes a controversial and charismatic man--army and Indian scout, wagon master, courier, frontiersman, gunfighter, lawman, prospector, addicted gambler, and short-time actor-who was elevated from regional fame to national notoriety by inadvertently being in the right place at the right time. Clean - As New . 2nd Printing. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, DC: Combat Forces Press, 1952. 494pp/Illustrations. Index. A comprehensive work on the Winchester gun - its history and development and ithe place of the manufacturer in the financial picture of a growing industry. Clean Scarce.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.