Western Americana from Brass DolphinBooks

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover and jacket are crisp and newish. No marking, no reminder marks.Subtitle, "Jack Dempsey, Doc Kearns and the shakedown of a Montana boomtown".

Albuquerque: Universiy Of New Mexico Press, 1998. 5th or later Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Subtitle "childhood on the western frontier." Trade paperback is newish and unmarked.

NY: Archer House, 1959. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good-. Long before ebook/pdf and POD there was this, a facsimile reprint of the original 1877 book by Dodge. Thick, 452 page gray cloth hardcover with the grace of the old typefaces and illustrations. Unmarked but for neat prior owner name stamped FEP. Handsome, sturdy copy. Jacket… Read more about this item

Reno: U. Of Nevada, 1981. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. Straight sharp old hardcover, clean and unmarked. Jacket has a good bit of wear a few short tears in new mylar wrapper.

Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1944. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair-. An unusual hardcover. Description will be lengthy. From the title page "Apaurak in Alaska-Social Pioneering Among The Eskimos- translated and compiled from the records of Rev. Brevig, pioneer missionary to the Eskimos of Alaska from 1894 to 1917." Big, solid book, a few pages micro dogeared upper and while zero… Read more about this item

Prairie City, IL: Thomas Decker, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Handsome hardcover, no notable flaws. This book was stored for many decades and may have a hint of mustiness. No actual H2O damage or cocking are noted. Crisp, clean, bright copy. Jacket has a good bit of upper edge wear, in new mylar wrapper. Price pencilled… Read more about this item

Caldwell: Caxton, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A Bicentennial project, unpriced we assume is 1st. Minor book wear, jacket has the odd scar/mark, no long tears. Likely a promo for the city.

NY: St. Martins, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. OK this is a little complicated...There was a slipcased small press version of this done prior to this with a Latin title. This one does not match SMs 1st id according to my reference. HOWEVER it does not match for later printing either. . .Let us say this,… Read more about this item

SLC: Wasatch, 1994. 4th Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket. An odd paiiring but 2 trade paperbacks, at the listed price with one-bool priced shipping. The Escalante book is fresh (owner name 1st endsheet), else unmarked, newish. The C. River is beautiful Dover Facs. reprint of Powell's journey 1869ish(he missed the mouth of the Esc.) unmarked, newish.… Read more about this item

Missoula: Mountain Press, 1999. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Apparently first of this trade paperback no addl prs. noted here, not that it matters in this case. Sturdy copy, unmarked, bit of cover edge wear. A complex, thorough 420+ pager. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books… Read more about this item

NY: Macmillan, 1932. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Excuse a long description for a lesser item, but, I think this one merits it on a couple of subjects. IE 'fair' is a very low grade and there is no dust jkt. In this case, while the book is sound it has a bit of h2o damage inside and… Read more about this item

Pullman: WSU Press, 1988. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. A clean, sturdy trade paperback, very small drop bump spine bottom. Text bright and unmarked. 9 articles by WSUs Pettyjohn lecturers.

Boise, ID: Not stated, 2001. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Unusual oblong format trade paperback black and white foto study and text summarizing the architectural history, structure by structure of the region. 166 pages, many fotos, very mild wear. Agricultural, residential, commercial, all are addressed, dated and shown here. Just trace of cover/endsheet use showing,… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Fair-/No Jacket. Rough old book, not falling to pieces, but worn and used in all ways. Should be thought of as a copy for reading or reference. From series "American Commonwealth" by Henry E. Scudder. Boards dark, bumped, frayed. TEG. Text edges over and under cut but text is complete… Read more about this item

Portland: Metropolitan Publishing, 1942. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. One of the oddest pieces of self-published Western Americana I've encountered. Poems/illustrations and old fotos on sepia tone text in rust cloth hardcover. Limitation note by Sweet, gift inscription, paper note by Sweet at the books last pages. First and last sheets (fixed inside the boards) have… Read more about this item

Caldwell: Caxton, 1944. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good. Nick Villenueve. What a book. Lightly x-library (stamped withdrawn) but the wrapper did splendid job of protecting the dust jacket. Typically sturdy, handsome work by Caxton. Seussesque illustrations are gloriously rendered in the text, jacket front cover/board stamping/endsheets. The reds and yellows of the jacket read like new to… Read more about this item

Caldwell: Caxton, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Very Good. The book is clean and solid, bright text, binding sound. As with many, perhaps all, of the copies I've seen over the years, it is quite cocked (spine slant) causing me to suspect Caxtons work.They customarily make a handsome book, sturdy and this one is decent in other respects.… Read more about this item

NY: Bonanza, 1967. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. This listing is for 2 books sold as a pair at the listed price with one-book priced media mail shipping. The 'Tales' is hardcover reprint, reasonably clean and straight, jacket has several short tears and wear, will be in new mylar wrapper as are all our jacketed… Read more about this item

Springdale: Zion Natural History Assoc., 1981. Large Paper Bound. Very Good/No Jacket. A large format, saddle stitch (staple bound), thick paper cover item. Richly footnoted and profuse photographs. Some minor indications of use, clean, straight. A logging transport mechanism of massive design. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Mitchell, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good-. Interesting book, sound but should be thought of as a reading copy. Jacket back panel has odd rippling, and the back board has a minor crease perhaps from improper storage. No additional printings are referenced and I have no first ID info for this house but (unpriced jkt.) it does… Read more about this item