Rare books from WILLIAM ALLISON BOOKS

[Brand Book] The Nebraska Brand Book Containing every official horse and cattle brand on record May 1, 1908, at the Secretary of State's office, Lincoln, Nebraska, a description of the same and the name and postoffice address of the owner.. Lincoln, Nebraska: Jacob North & Company. 1908. Light green cloth with printed ads on the cover. 24 cm. Illustrated by cattle brands. Index. 131 [1 ad.] pp. Cover title: The Nebraska Brand Book of Cattle and Horses. Very good.
Not in Adams, Herd . Rare. OCLC shows eight holdings. (Baylor; TAMU-CC, UT-Austin, Nat. Ag. Lib., Newberry, Denver Pub. Lib., Lincoln City Lib., Princeton [2]) Also includes many great illustrated advertisements for saddles, commission merchants, etc.

Brand Book of the Montana Stock Growers' Association for 1910. Helena, Montana: Independent Publishing Co. 1910. Red cloth. 20 cm. Illustrated. 315 pp. Spine worn, front hinge broken. Covers scuffed & stained. Interior very good. Wear indicates it was a working document used in cattle round-ups. With owners name.
Graff 5159. Not in Adams, Herd. OCLC shows eight holdings (Arz. Mus. Nat.; Newberry; Billings Pub. Lib.; Mont. Hist. Soc.; MSU; Princeton; SMU & Vir. Tech.) Great illustrations of cattle and horses showing brands.

Wister, Owen. The Virginian. A Horseman of the Plains. N.Y.: The MacMillan Company. 1911. Limited edition. Printed on Japan vellum, bound in brown boards, vellum parchment back, gilt top. Illustrated by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell. 506 [6 ads] pp. Cover wear and stains. Corners bumped and rubbed. Pages have edge toning and small stains. Good copy of a difficult book.
One of 100 copies, signed by the author. Dykes, Russell Rarity #37. Remington Rarity #26. Yost & Renner I 26a. Yost 32a. This edition not in Graff. In a half leather clamshell box. Color frontis and 42 line engravings by Russell, for which captions have been supplied taken from Russell's own work copy of the book, in which he made notes of suitable incidents for illustrations. Ten plates by Remington. "Although a novel, this book probably created more impressions of what a cowboy was like - even among cowboys - than any other work, fact or fiction." - Reese.. Dykes lists this book as the second hardest to… Read More

Russell, Charles M. Studies of Western Life. By Charles Russell, the Cowboy Artist. N.Y.: The Albertype Co. 1890. Blue cloth with three-hole silk tie. First edition, second issue with descriptions by Granville Stuart. The second issue of this edition differs from the first only in adding commentary text to the first plate, "War." 23.5 x 17.5 cm. [48] pp. Gift inscription dated 1895 on title page. Edge and corner wear, spot on cover, else very good
Adams, Herd
1974: "Rare." Yost & Renner 1a. Merrill Aristocrat. Reese 120 # 94. Howes R531. Russell Rarities 20. The best edition due to the text by Granville Stuart. Twelve Albertype plates by Russell. "Said to be the first book of illustrations on cowboys and range cattle; also the first book illustrated by Russell." - Adams. Author's first book. An important work in the formation of the mythical status of the American West. Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926), known as "The Cowboy Artist" is, along with Frederick Remington, one of the great artists of… Read More

[Texas Revolution] Vicente Filisola. Memorias para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas, por el General de Division, D. Vicente Filisola, actual Presidente del Supremo Tribunal de Guerra y Marina de la Republica. Mexico: Tipografía de R. Rafael, 1848-49. Patterned boards with tan leather spines and gilt printing. 19 cm. Two volumes. 601, [3]; 625 pages. A small amount of light spotting. In Vol. one there is a small tear to the title page, stains and a small edge tear. Page 12 has a small hole and two small edge tears. Page 171 has a small edge tear. Page 179 has a tear at the top of the page with loss of a few letters. In Vol. Two page 327 has a trim to the top of the page. Page 347-350 have small corner tears without loss of text. The binding shows light wear and edge rubbing. Both volumes are bound with all pages right-side up and in order, unlike many copies. Overall very good.
OCLC shows 56 holdings. Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 62. Howes F125 ("b"). "The best account by a Mexican contemporary of… Read More

[Civil War] [Lincoln] Ohio Union Presidential Ticket. (Election November 8, 1864.) For president, Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. For vice president, Andrew Johnson of Tennessee. Electors. ... [Ohio]: [No publication information] 1864. Printed sample ballot. 7.5 x 20 cm. Written on verso Drake County and J. S. Vanderburgh. Light staining. Very good.
OCLC shows 3 holdings (Cornell; Brown Univ.; & Lincoln Mem. Univ.) Ticket listing the Republican candidates Abraham Lincoln for President, and Andrew Johnson for Vice President, followed by a list of electors. Illustrated with a wood engraving of "Miss Liberty," whose statue stands at the top of the dome of the United States Capitol building. This copy has Galla County crossed out and Drake written in at head.

[Hate][KKK][Texas] Ku Klux Klan -- Exposed. [Albany, N.Y.]: [Ku Klux Klan], 1930. White pictorial wraps. 25 cm. One folded sheet [8 pages] One inch tear to bottom margin, else very good.
OCLC shows three holdings (Indiana Hist. Soc.; Harvard & Mich. St. Univ.) Pro-Klan tract under the guide of an exposure. Cover shows a hooded Klansman on horseback holding a fiery cross.

Wheeler, Homer W. Buffalo Days, Forty Years in the Old West: The Personal Narrative of a Cattleman, Indian Fighter and Army Officer, by Wheeler Homer, with introduction by Major General James G. Harbord. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill. 1925. Second edition. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Illustrated. frontis, photos, 369 pp. Book and jacket are very good. Minor chipping at top of jacket spine. Howes W322, Rader 3627, Six Guns 2375, Herd 2499. Wheeler served also as a post trader and Indian agent and was in command of Fort Reno in Oklahoma Territory. Excellent on Indians and Indian government scouts. A chapter on Wild Bill Hickok and one entitled "Western Badmen."

[Women] Bird, Isabella L A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains. New York: Putnam's. 1894. Later edition. Brown cloth with gilt illustration. 20 cm. Plates. 296 pp. Two library stickers on front endpaper and front free endpaper. No spine markings. Light foxing. Very good. Isabella Bird began travelling while in her early twenties to help alleviate illness. She was a single woman in her early forties when she made her trek through the Rocky Mountains. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains details this fascinating account of her travels through a series of letters written to her sister, Henrietta. These letters are filled with beautiful, vivid descriptions of the scenery, the people she encountered, the way of life, and a mountain man named Jim Nugent, that was as rough as they come, but a complete gentleman with Ms. Bird. She has the distinction of being the first woman to become a member of the Royal Geographical Society in 1892.

Union Pacific Railroad. The Great National Highway Between the Missouri River and California. The Direct Route to Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Nevada and California. Open From Omaha to the Mountains. Chicago: Horton & Leonard Book & Job Printers. 1868. Printed yellow wraps. Map on rear cover. 23 cm. Cover title: Omaha to the Mountains. 13 [2 ads] [1blank] pp. Covers worn, split at spine. Repaired with archival tape. In a four-point case with slip case with leather label. Good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this issue. There is a listing for a microform copy but no holdings are indicated. Not to be confused with the more common 12 page issue with the cover title Omaha to California. General promotion for the UPRR in 1868, the line apparently having reached Denver and Laramie. Emphasizes the efficiency of the company and the booming prospects for the Nebraska land its lines traverse. Ends with a two page list of stops for the UP and Wells Fargo & Company's overland mail and stage line. In a custom… Read More

Pawnee Bill's Wild West and Great Far East. Maj. Gordon W. Lilly Pawnee Bill. The White Chief of the Pawnees. The Hero of Oklahoma. [No publication information.] [Circa 1907.] 26.5 x 34.8 cm. [14] pp. Has been folded. Small split at center of spine, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. This is the first copy of this elaborate promotional that I have ever seen. "Lillie made his way into Indian Territory while working as a trapper …. He served as a teacher at the Pawnee agency …. During this time he became known as "Pawnee Bill." In 1883 he was recruited to help coordinate the efforts of the Pawnee troupe in the first-ever Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show. … In 1888 he began touring the country with "Pawnee Bill's Wild West." … which traveled the United States and Europe, starring May Lillie as the Champion Horseback Shot of the West. In 1908 he joined forces with Buffalo Bill Cody, forming 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East,' a Wild West show that had no equal at… Read More

W C Riley; Carl von Frey. Yellowstone National Park: The World's Wonderland. St. Paul, Minn.: W.C. Riley, [Portland, ME: Chisholm Bro., agents for Chas. Frey's Souvenir Albums]. 1889. Green boards with gilt decoration. 14 x 19 cm. Illustrated. One folded sheet, accordion style, (24 pages). Spine is split apart, corner wear. Photo sheet partially split at front board and separated page 15; partially split at p. 19. One plate has been bent. Fair.
OCLC shows 13 holdings. Souvenir book of 24 folding plates, many with multiple images, depicting the land and scenery in Yellowstone. Engraved by Chas Frey, Frankfurt, Germany. From Photographs by Ingersoll and Haynes. Fabulous images of the park: Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel; Mammoth Hot Springs; Falls west of Garner River; Excelsior Geyser; Norris Geysers; Fishing at Gibbon Falls; Fountain Geyser; Mammoth Paint Pots; Hell's Half Acre; Grand Geyser; Grotto Geyser; Giant Geyser; Old Faithful Geyser; Castle Geyser; Monarch Geyser; Old Faithfull at Sunrise; Lone… Read More

[Lincoln][Ohio] Memorial Badge worn by Ohio Veterans. [Marietta, Ohio?]: [Washington County Veteran Association] [Circa 1915?] Medal. 9 cm total. Hanger is of a brass type metal with a celluloid "Member" plaque. A red, white, and blue ribbon is attached to a celluloid disk (4.5 cm) with the likeness of President Abraham Lincoln. Written around Lincoln's likeness is "Washington County, Ohio, Veterans Association - 1861 - 1865". Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. A badge worn by Union veterans who were members of the Washington County, Ohio, Veterans Association. The was a documented reunion of the Washington County Veteran Association held in Marietta, Ohio, October 13, 14, 15, 1915. Washington County sent some 4,000 soldiers to fight in the Civil War.

[Texas] [Houston] Jerome H Farbar. Houston. "Where Seventeen Railroads Meet the Sea."
A descriptive view book in colors. Denver, Col.: H.H. Tammen Company. 1913. Light brown pictorial wraps. 15 x 21 cm. Illustrated. Map [28] pp. One small abrasion to spine of front cover, back cover corner bend else very good.
OCLC shows 17 holdings (Columbia Univ.; Yale; Autry Mus.; LOC; Duke; Univ. Okla.; Dallas Pub. Lib.; TAMU; TAMU-CC; Univ. of Houston; UT-Austin; UT-Arlington; & Texas Tech. Univ.) Photomechanical reproductions of color photographs of Houston, Texas, accompanied by a brief descriptive text by Jerome H. Farber. Many great photographs, including of the ship channel; Galveston causeway; Main Street; City Hall; Main Street from Bell Avenue; Harris County Court House; Preston Street; City Park; Rossonion Apartments; Union Station; Chronicle Building; First National Bank Building; Cotton Barge; City Auditorium; Rice Hotel; Bristol Hotel; Union National Bank; Causeway with train; Grand Central Station;… Read More

[Maine] Pictorial Letter Sheet. New York: C. Magrms(?) [Circa 1860?] 13.4 x 21.6 cm. Lined paper with color vignettes of Bird's Eye View of Bangor from the Harbor and Woman with a Trident. Light staining along top edge, not affecting color vignettes, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. This was with a number of Civil War letter sheets, so I am assuming it may be contemporary with them. The harbor shows three paddle wheel steamers in addition to a number of sailing vessels. The figure is perhaps meant to be Amphitrite, goddess of the sea.