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Featured items that Old West Books plans to bring to RMBPF 2011.
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Old West Books
Tim & Terrie Phelps
P.O. Box 51172 Colorado Springs CO 80949
719-260-6030
www.oldwestbooks.com
oldwestbooks@earthlink.net
Western Americana
Booth Number: 37
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Larimer, William H. H. Reminiscences of
General William Larimer and of His Son William H.
H. Larimer Two of the Founders of Denver City
Compiled From Letters and From Notes Written by
the Late William H. H. Larimer, of Kansas City,
Missouri, by Herman S. Davis PH. D. The New Era
Printing Company Lancaster PA. 1918 1st
ed. "One of the best accounts of an overland
journey across the plains and perhaps the best
account of the founding of Denver and of life for
the first few years that we have. TWS. Graff
2400, Howes L102, Larimer was among the earliest
Pikes Peak adventurers, and one of the founders
of Denver. Rittenhouse 354, Larimer went over
the Santa Fe Trail in 1858 to Bents Fort. He
knew Alexander Majors and other prominent
figures. Some data on mail lines, Cheyenne
Indians, prospecting, mining, ranching, etc. The
work was printed for private distribution.
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Langford, Nathaniel Pitt Vigilante Days and
Ways The Pioneers of the Rockies The Makers and
Making of Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and
Wyoming 2 volumes J. G. Cupples Co. Publishers
Boston 1890 1st ed. Original publishers deluxe
¾ leather binding, marbled boards with matching
end-papers, all edges gilt, minor edge wear,
Believed to be limited to 25 copies, Graff 2390,
Howes L78, Adams One-Fifty 94, One of the
standard works on the Montana Vigilantes and the
Plummer gang of road agents. Six-Guns 1280
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Strahorn, Carrie Adell Fifteen Thousand Miles
by Stage A Woman's Unique Experience During
Thirty Years of Path Finding and Pioneering from
Missouri to the Pacific and From Alaska to Mexico
G. P. Putnam's Sons N.Y. 1911 1st ed. VERY RARE
in jacket. In 1877 Strahorn was hired by the
Union Pacific Railroad to explore and publicize
the West. His wife accompanied him and for the
next thirty years they lived mainly in the coach,
the saddle, and the railroad car. This is Adell's
account of her roving life with her "Pard". Howes S1054, Graff 3999, Herd 2180.
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Phelps, Tim A Photographic Reference for the
Western Americana Collector A Supplement to the
Major References in the Field Including Many
Titles Not Listed, Containing 1,550 Photos of
Western Americana Items Focusing on Custer,
Outlaws and Lawmen, the Cattle Industry, Overland
Travel, Fur Trade, and Western Military
Including Information About Book Collecting and
Advice to Collectors, Introduction by Bruce
Liddic, Foreword by Larry E. Myers. Old West
Books, Colorado Springs CO. 2011 1st ed. limited
to 100 copies. All items listed were checked
against 15 references. Will be useful not only to
the collector, but dealers as
well.
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