Search Results: Western History from Old Algonquin Books

Denver: Thomas Tonge, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. 112 pages, map, photos, index. Beige pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Boards are darkened around edges. Neat white binders tape 1/2" wide at gutter of front and rear pastedowns--not sure if this is part of original binding.

Palo Alto: American West Publishing, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The Great West Series. 544 pages, 8-1/2 x 11". History with numerous color and b/w illustrations. Dust jacket has both pre-publication and later prices intact on the front flap. Slight wear on bottom board edges, in dust jacket with light edgewear. Very heavy book -- extra charges for priority mail.

Fort Collins: Old Army Press, 1979. Hardcover. Near fine. 79-page hardcover book lists the battles compiled by the War Department. List shows the exact dates, places, number of troops killed and wounded and number of Indians killed and wounded, etc. Sturdily bound in brown leatherette with gold title on front. Light erasure on front free endpaper.

Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Narrative and 250 b/w photographs of the people and places. 266 pp, index. First printing.

NY: Henry Holt, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Mormons, Miners, Padres, Mountain Men, and the Opening of the Great Basin, 1772-1869". 336 pages, index, bibliography.

Caldwell: Caxton, 1969. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 401 pp, map endpapers, numerous b&w photos. Price clipped dust jacket has light wear at corners.

Austin: U of Texas, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 234 pp with index & 6 pp photos. Story of Jackson's attempts to promote rights of Native Americans until her death in 1885. Light rubbing & wear at edges of dust jacket.

Niwot: Univ. Press of Colorado, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Biography of civic leader who helped shape Colorado's economy. 184 pp., index, photos. Tan dust jacket very slightly faded at spine.

NY: Archer House, 1958. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Small erasure/abrasion on rear endpaper pastedown. Bright red dust jacket has some rubs and edgewear. Reprint of an 1886 work covering 60 years of merciless bloody conflict, "every major engagement ever fought in the West between white men and Indians." Bibliography (list of authorities) and index, with reproductions of the dozens of black-and-white illustrations from the original. Clean and unmarked.

Chicago: Lakeside Press/ Donnelley, 1994. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Lakeside Classics; edited by Martin Ridge. 417 pp, photos, index, list of Lakeside Classics published. Brown cloth with gold lettering & gilt top edges. Without dust jacket as issued. Autobiography of western silent film star.

NY: Harper & Row, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dust jacket has 1" tear, light wear at corners. History of the Rocky Mountain region, the explorers, the 1859 gold rush, and growth of towns. Index, bibliography, maps. Book is near fine, clean and unmarked. Original price intact on dust jacket.

Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. History & socio-economic study of New Mexico. 195 pp. Index, bibliography. Black leatherette binding. No price on dust jacket but not clipped. Dust jacket has two 1/4" tears at edges.

None: Brinkerhoff, 1973. Hardcover. VG+/Very Good. Very good+ in white pictorial boards with matching jacket. A self-published book on the struggles of the American Indian. Photos.