Western History

Used and Rare Western History Book Selection.

Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico (2 volume set)

Editor: Hodge, Frederick Webb (1864-1956) Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Pub Date: 1912 (both volumes) Binding: Hardcover Condition: Part 1: Fair to Good. Binding tight (see Notes). No tears. Gift inscription and previous owner’s stamp on ffep, along with bookstore label. Without dust jacket, as issued. Lower corner from ffep to about page 50 has a 1/4″…

Homol’ovi: A Cultural Crossroads (Pamphlet)

Author: Walker, William H. Publisher: Arizona Archaeological Society Pub Date: 1996 Binding: Paperback Condition: Good. Binding tight. No marks, tears, bends or folds. Light edge and corner wear. Notes: Pamphlet. Homol’ovi is actually a collection of seven ancestral Hopi Pueblos, occupied between A.D. 1260-1400, though there is evidence of occupation as early as A.D. 620. …

The Influence of the Horse in the Development of Plains Culture (Pamphlet)

Author: Wissler, Clark (1870-1947) Publisher: American Anthropology (offprint) Pub Date: 1914 Binding: Paperback Condition: Fair to Good. Stapled binding tight. No tears, bends or folds. Previous owner’s name in pencil on upper front cover corner. One blue pencil mark on rear cover. Notes: Pamphlet. Reprinted from the American Anthropologist (Vol. 16, No.1, January-March, 1914). …

A Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Western American Literature, Second Edition

Editors: Etulain, Richard W. and Howard, N. Jill Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub Date: 1995 Binding: Hardcover Condition: Very Good. Binding tight. No marks, tears, bends of folds. Without dust jacket, as issued. As new. Notes: Not just western fiction, but “Popular Western Literature”, film, Indians and Indian literature, Chicanos, women, the Beats,…

The Indians of Colorado (Pamphlet)

Author: Hafen, LeRoy R. (1893-1985) Publisher: The State Historical Society of Colorado Pub Date: 1952 Binding: Paprback Condition: Good. Stapled binding tight. No marks, tears, bends or folds. Very light edge and corner wear. Notes: Pamphlet. Hafen studied under Herbert Bolton at the University of California, Berkeley, spent 30 years as the Colorado State Historian,…

Rebel of the Rockies: A History of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

Author: Athearn, Robrt G. (1914-1983) Publisher: Yale University Press Pub Date: 1962 (First edition) Binding: Hardcover Condition: Good. Binding tight. No marks, tears, bends or folds. Without dust jacket. Lower corners slightly bumped, rear corner has slight wear. Smudging to bottom text block. Some foxing to upper text block. Notes: The D&RG began operations on…

Preserving Western History

Editor: Gulliford, Andrew Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub Date: 2005 Binding: Paperback Condition: Good. Binding tight. No tears, bends or folds. Gift inscription on title page. Very light edge and corner wear. Notes: Textbook. Undergraduate level history, or “Public History” as the editor calls it. “Public history is history for an out-of-school audience,…include…

The Southwestern Journals of Adolph F. Bandelier, 1880-1882

Editors: Lange, Charles H. (1917-2003) and Riley, Carroll L. (1923-2017) Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub Date: 1966 Binding: Hardcover (First edition) Condition: Good. Binding tight. No tears, bends or folds. Without dust jacket. Signed by one of the editors on half-title page. Bumping to corners, especially bottom front corner. Light edge wear. One…

The Southwestern Journals of Adolph F. Bandelier, 1885-1888

Editors: Lange, Charles H. (1917-2003); Riley, Carroll L. (1923-2017); and Lange, Elizabeth M. Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub Date: 1970 Binding: Hardcover (First edition) Condition: Good. Binding tight. No marks, tears, bends or folds. Without dust jacket. Slight bumping to corners. Light edge wear. One small smudge on bottom text block. Notes: Volume…