2007 Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Fair

Featured items that Ken Sanders plans to bring to RMBPF 2007. Click on thumbnails to view full-size images.
	Abbey, Edward. The Brave Cowboy: An Old Tale in a New Time. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956. First edition. 277pp. Octavo [21.5 cm.] 1/2 black cloth over tan boards.Very good/Very good. Small loss to head of spine and stain to real panel, few edge tears. Housed in a custom green cloth clamshell. Second published work from the literary icon. The story of Jack Burns and his fight with modern society (a theme Abbey would revisit). The character of Jack Burns would turn up in later Abbey novels; Monkey Wrench Gang, Good News and Hayduke Lives! Basis for the film starring Kirk Douglas titled "Lonely are the Brave" (1814) $5000.00
	Fremont, J[ohn] C[harles]. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1845. First edition. 693 pp. Octavo. Brown cloth with title gilt on backstrip and decorative blind stamping to boards. Illustrated. Volume has been rebacked with original backstrip laid over. Gentle overall rubbing. Large fold-out map present and in great condition, a few corners have been expertly repaired. John Fremont's expeditions of 1842 and 1843-44 were the most spectacular reconnaissance of the American West since Lewis and Clark. Performed under the auspices of the Army Bureau of Topographical Engineers, the expedition's published reports and maps brought a factor of dependability and trustworthiness that would aid American settlement of the West. Important work on the exploration of the west, with the hard-to-find map. Fremont's report and the accompanying Preuss map were the most detailed observations and maps of the western territories at the time. The country covered by the report was previously terra incognita--Brigham Young is said to have used both the report and the map as a guide in bringing the Mormon people West. Utah was then part of Mexico and would first become Deseret and then Utah territory. One of the seminal works for any western or Utah collector. Howes F372. Wagner/Camp 115:1. Sabin 25845. Scallawagiana 29. Wheat 497. (11197) $3500.00
	Ginsberg, Allen. Howl and Other Poems. San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1956. First edition. 44 pp. Duodecimo. Printed black and white wrappers. Minor wear; a few small stains on the front cover and title page. Internally very good. Signed by the author on the title page. One of the principle works of the Beat Generation. Originally performed at the legendary Gallery Six reading. The Pocket Poets Series Number Four. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. Dowden pgs. 4-7. Cook pgs. 21-21. (5653) $7500.00
	Stegner, Wallace. Big Rock Candy Mountain. New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1943. First edition. 515pp. Octavo [22 cm.] Red cloth. Near fine/Near fine. Light rubbing to corners with small losses. Faint rubbing to corners of cloth. Minor spotting to head of textblock. Bookplate on front pastedown. Name stamped on front free endsheet. Inscribed by the author on the half title. Although Stegner was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Angle of Repose, many feel Big Rock to be his finest novel. Major work by twentieth century giant. Colberg A7 (10924) $1500.00
	Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1937. First Edition, first state. 186 pp. Octavo [19 cm]. Tan cloth with printed titles on front board and backstrip. Near fine/Very good. Spine of jacket lightly faded. Gentle nicking to corners of jacket. Print run of this first printing was a minuscule 2,500 copies. One of the great American novels. "Clinging to each other in their loneliness and alienation, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie dream, as drifters will, of a place to call their own. But after they come to work on a ranch in the Salinas Valley their hopes, like "the best laid schemes o' mice an' men," begin to go awry." Hayashi 9 (11008) $3000.00