Brockton, Mass: Harold C. Keith, April, 1931. First edition. ONLY COPY. Well written and nicely illustrated privately printed account of an Alaska hunting expedition. The party of four, organized by H. Wendell Endicott, comprised Endicott, George Perry, Latham Reed, and Harold C. Keith, whose diary for 14 August to 7..... Read More about Being the Diary of a Hunting Trip in the Interior of Alaska in the Summer of 1930. Printed...

New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1923. Wyeth, N.C. Later printing. Western Artist John Edward Borein's Copy, Inscribed to Him by His Mother. Inscribed to the artist Edward Borein, "1872 / 1924 To Ed. from his loving Mother, Annie B. Boreim" John Edward Borein (1872-1945), son of a California deputy sheriff..... Read More about An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody

Philadelphia: 1850. Original Sample of California Gold. Included as illustrative material is a sample of genuine gold from the California mines, as well as an inserted leaf illustrating California and Mormon coins, in gilt. The authors were the official assayers for the Philadelphia Mint at the time of this work's..... Read More about New Varieties of Gold and Silver Coins, Counterfeit Coins, and Bullion; With Mint Values

New York; San Francisco: C.M. Saxton, Barker & Co.; H.H. Bancroft and Co, 1860. First Edition. With a Signature. First publication in book form of letters written by Greeley to the New York Tribune during his journey through Kansas, Utah, and California. “Whoever visits California a few years hence, will..... Read More about An Overland Journey, from New York to San Francisco, in the Summer of 1859

Jefferson City: Regan & Carter, 1877. Scarce Missouri Emigration and Railroad Pamphlet. "My aim has been to present, as concisely as possible, those characteristics of soil, climate, undeveloped resources, etc. in regard to each county, best calculated to inform and direct the inquiring capitalist and immigrant seeking our hospitable State..... Read More about Resources of the State of Missouri

New Rochelle, NY: September 22, [1892]. Remington to His Publishers about Parkman's Oregon Trail. Remington writes his publishers, Little, Brown, expressing his pleasure and thanks for their fine job in presenting his illustrated edition of Parkman’s The Oregon Trail. Reading in part: “I am delighted with it [The Oregon Trail]..... Read More about Autograph Letter, signed (“Frederic Remington”), to his publishers, Little, Brown

Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Company, 1928. From a limited edition, signed and numbered by the author. This is copy no. 260. Narrative of the author's experiences in the Kansas Volunteer Calvalry, printing the diary he kept during the Wichita Campaign. With a complete list of the men in the regiment..... Read More about Campaigning with Custer and the Nineteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry on the Wichita Campaign,...

[N.p., Minneapolis? n.d., 1907]. Privately printed account of a Texas hunt, in late December 1906 and early January 1907, out of Houston, organized by oilman John S. Bonner, dedicatee of the book; J.D. Fry, B. & O. railroad; J.C. Weaver, Dallas engineer & “machinery man”; J.F. McDonough, Murray Manufacturing, Dallas;..... Read More about Sketch of the Events of a Hunt in Southwestern Texas

New York: Charles Scribner, 1859. The author took off for California under the influence of Gold Fever, and actually spent some time in San Francisco and the mines.  Evidently life there was too rough, he fell ill and headed for home - the longest way possible.  "Warren was in California..... Read More about Dust and Foam; or, Three Oceans and Two Continents; Being Ten Years' Wanderings in Mexico, South...

Denver: Times Steam Printing House & Blank Book Manufactory, 1882. First edition. Read More about Tourist's Guide Book to Denver

[Salt Lake City]: 1849. The Earliest Utah Printing: A Great Salt Lake Valley Note Signed by Brigham Young. This small piece of paper money printed by the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City is an example of the earliest recorded printing done in Utah.  Called a "Valley Note" by Alvin..... Read More about Printed "Valley Note" Currency in Denomination of $2.00, with Printed Heading:...