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LIST 67: NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS
1. [ADAMS, ANSEL]. Wright, Peter and John Armor, eds. THE MURAL PROJECT: PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANSEL ADAMS. Santa Barbara: Reverie Press, 1989. First edition. 112 pp. 109 plates. 4to. Small dent to front cover and DJ, else fine. Photo-murals by Adams taken for the National Park Services in 1941-42. $25.00
2. [ALASKA]. Wardman, George. A TRIP TO ALASKA. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1884. 237 pp. Pict. cloth. Slight wear to ends of spine and edges. Visits to Sitka, Wrangel, and Kodiak, with much on the fur trade, whaling, dog teams, Indians and Aleuts. The author was U.S. Treasury agent at the Seal Islands. RICKS, p. 249. SMITH 10721. HOWES W 102. $80.00
3. [ARIZONA]. King, Dale S., ed. ARIZONA'S NATIONAL MONUMENTS. Santa Fe: Southwestern Monuments Assoc., 1945. First edition. viii, (110) pp. Plus 8 color plates. Map. Cloth. Large 4to. (12 x 9 inches). Covers worn at edges, endpapers worn and soiled, else very good. 22 articles on the different National Monuments and National Parks in Arizona. Authors include Jonreed Lauritzen, Esther Henderson, Natt N. Dodge, Louis Caywood, et al. Photographs by Josef Muench, Esther Henderson, Chuck Abbott, et al. Includes Grand Canyon, Navajo National Monument, Pipe Springs, Casa Grande, Tucumcacori, Petrified Forest, Canyon de Chelly, etc. $40.00
4. [AZTEC RUINS].Morris, Earl H. NOTES ON EXCAVATIONS IN THE AZTEC RUIN. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1928. (Anthropological Papers, Vol. XXVI, Part V). Pp. 259 - 420. 27 figures from photographs, drawings and plans. Original wrappers. 9 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches. Some wear to covers, contents near fine and mostly uncut. Excavations beginning in 1916 of the site, now Aztec Ruins National Monument, in northwest New Mexico. $50.00
5. [BANDELIER]. Hewett, Edgar L. THE EXCAVATIONS AT EL RITO DE LOS FRIJOLES IN 1909. Santa Fe: Archaeological Institute of America, 1909. (Reprinted from the American Anthropologist, Vol. 11, No. 4, 1909.) Pp. 651- 673. Illus., some from photographs. Wrappers. In Bandelier National Monument. $25.00
6. [BANDELIER]. IN THE LAND OF THE ANCIENT CLIFF DWELLERS: THE BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT, SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST, NEW MEXICO. Washington, 1925. Revised edition. 17 pp. Illus. from photographs. Wraps. Covers soiled. Early touristic brochure, pub. by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. $25.00
7. [BANDELIER] [POSTCARDS] 10 SELECTED VIEWS. IN THE LAND OF THE ANCIENT CLIFF DWELLER: BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT, NEW MEXICO. IN THE CANYON OF THE RITO DE LOS FRIJOLES. Santa Fe: Frijoles Canyon Ranch, ca. 1920s. 10 post cards, printed in photogravure by the Albertype Co. In original printed envelope, with title and publisher on front. Slight wear to envelope, cards are fine. The cards show the different ruins in Frijoles Canyon, and one of the Frijoles Canyon Ranch. $90.00
8. [BANDELIER]. Prince, L. Bradford. THE STONE LIONS OF COCHITI. Santa Fe: New Mexican Printing Company, 1903. First edition. 21 pp. 2 illus. Wrappers. 8vo. Near fine with very slight fading to cover. A Pueblo Indian sacred site, now in Bandelier National Monument. Scarce. $75.00
9. [BIBLIOGRAPHY]. Voth, Hazel Hunt and Dr. Carl P. Russell, eds. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. n. p. [Berkeley]: National Park Service, 1940. Revised and enlarged edition. xxvi, 200 pp. Wraps. 4to. Compiled at the Western Museum Laboratories of the National Park Service in Berkeley, California, with assistance provided by the Work Projects Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps. Intro. by Russell is: A Concise History of Scientists and Scientific Investigation in Yellowstone National Park. Includes sections on Indians, history and travel, geology, flora, fauna, etc. Printed from typewritten copy and very scarce. $100.00
10. [CHACO AND EL MORRO]. Johnston, J. E., et al. REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, WITH RECONNAISSANCES OF ROUTES FROM SAN ANTONIO TO EL PASO... ALSO, THE REPORT OF CAPT. R.B. MARCY'S ROUTE FROM FORT SMITH TO SANTA FE; AND THE REPORT OF LIEUT. J. H. SIMPSON OF AN EXPEDITION INTO THE NAVAJO COUNTRY; AND THE REPORT OF LIEUTENANT W. J. C. WHITING'S RECONNAISSANCES OF THE WESTERN FRONTIER. Washington, July 24, 1850. Senate Executive Document 64. First edition. 250 pp. Plus 72 lithographed plates, 27 of them in color, 3 of them folding, 2 folding maps. A near fine copy, with very slight browning, a few short tears to maps. Nicely bound in gilt pebbled faux leather. The maps are: "Reconnaissances of Routes from San Antonio de Bexar to El Paso del Norte..." and "Map of the Route Pursued in 1849 by the U.S. Troops under the Command of Bvt. Lieut. Col. Jno. M. Washington, Governor of New Mexico, in an Expedition against the Navajos Indians...." Lt. Simpson's report is one of the earliest detailed accounts of New Mexico. The plates are by Edward and Richard Kern, with many of Pueblo and Navajo leaders, and ceremonies. Plus some of the earliest images of preHispanic ruins at Chaco Canyon. And valuable detailed images of the early Spanish explorers' inscriptions at Inscription Rock, now El Morro National Monument. The plates are numbered 1-75, but plate numbers 2, 21, and 39 were not issued. A compilation of great importance for the exploration of west Texas and New Mexico, one of the first to be illustrated with color plates. HOWES J 170. GRAFF 2228. RAINES p.128. SABIN 36377. WAGNER-CAMP 184. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 677. BASIC TEXAS BOOKS 111. Bennett, AMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOR PLATE BOOKS, p. 63. $1250.00
No. 10. Chaco Canyon: Fajada Butte and Una Vida
11. [DEATH VALLEY]. Adams, Ansel. DEATH VALLEY. San Francisco: 5 Associates, 1963. Third edition. 55 pp. 23 plates (some color). 4to. Wraps. Very good. Text by Nancy Newhall. $25.00
12. [DEATH VALLEY]. DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL MONUMENT CALIFORNIA. Washington: National Park Service, 1937. Illus. from photographs. Maps. Wraps. $17.50
13. [DEATH VALLEY]. Nusbaumer, Louis. VALLEY OF SALT, MEMORIES OF WINE. A JOURNAL OF DEATH VALLEY, 1849. Berkeley, CA: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1967. First edition. No. 15 in series of keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library for its members. xvii, 68 pp. Illus. from photographs by Ansel Adams. Plus 1 map of route taken by Louis Nusbaumer from Independence, Missouri to Los Angeles by way of Death Valley, 1849- 1850. 10 x 13 1/2 inches. Gilt cloth. Fine copy. $50.00
14. [DEATH VALLEY]. Putnam, George P. DEATH VALLEY HANDBOOK. N.Y.: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1947. First edition. viii, 84 pp. Maps on e.p.s. Slightly worn DJ. EDWARDS, p. 205. $30.00
15. [DEVILS TOWER]. Robinson, Charles S. GEOLOGY OF DEVILS TOWER NATIONAL MONUMENT, WYOMING. Washington, 1956. (Geological Survey Bull. 1021-I). Pp. 289-302. Folding colored map in rear pocket. Wrappers. Very good. $25.00
16. Dorsey, George. INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST. n. p.: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, 1903. First edition (styled ‘15th thousand’). 223 pp. Illus. from photographs and from drawings by A. S. Covey. Biblio. Color pictorial wrappers. 8vo. 2 maps in text (Oklahoma and south central California) and double-page tipped-in map of Arizona and new Mexico with Indian reservations in colors. A thorough account by the noted curator at the Field Museum, profusely illustrated. Includes National Parks and Monuments: Bandelier (Pajarito Canyon), Mesa Verde, Walnut Canyon, and Yosemite. $50.00
17. [GLACIER BAY]. Bohn, Dave. THE WONDROUS SCENE: EARLY ENGRAVINGS, DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS, & PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE LANDSCAPE NOW KNOWN AS GLACIER BAY NATIONAL MONUMENT, ALASKA. Berkeley, CA: Goose Cove Press,1973. First edition. Unpag. Illus. 4to. Wraps. Handsome design and typography by Graham MacIntosh. Near fine. $20.00
18. [GLACIER NATIONAL PARK] [PRINTS] [BLACKFEET INDIANS]. Five prints from paintings. 4 by W. Langdon Kihn and 1 by Winold Reiss. Published by Great Northern Railway, St. Paul, ca. 1930's. 10 x 7 1/2 inches plus margins. Attractively mounted on heavy black paper with gold paper backing. These are vibrant portraits of Blackfoot Indians: Mountain Chief, Chief Short Man, Little Plume, Night Shoots, and Blackfeet Mother, all from Glacier National Park. $125.00
19. [GLACIER NATIONAL PARK]. Linderman, Frank B. OUT OF THE NORTH: A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE BLACKFEET TRIBE. n. p.: Great Northern Railway, ca. 1940s. 12 pp. Pictorial self-wrappers. 11 x 8 1.2 inches. Unobtrusive blindstamp on front, else near fine. Booklet to accompany a portfolio of prints by Winold Reiss, with biographies of Reiss and Linderman on last page. $20.00
20. [GRAND CANYON].THE GRAND CANYON OF ARIZONA: BEING A BOOK OF WORDS FROM MANY PENS, ABOUT THE GRAND CANYON OF THE COLORADO RIVER IN ARIZONA. Santa Fe: The Passenger Dept. of Santa Fe, 1906. 129 pp. Illus. from photographs. Color map. Pictorial boards. Edges of boards worn, small abrasion on front. Writings about the Grand Canyon by J. W. Powell, C. F. Lummis, Joaquin Miller, Harriet Monroe, Thomas Moran, et al. Photographs by H. G. Peabody, G. L. Rose, G. Wharton James, Putnam & Valentine, et al. $45.00
21. [GRAND CANYON]. Darton, N. H. STORY OF THE GRAND CANYON OF ARIZONA: A POPULAR ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF ITS ROCKS AND ORIGINS. Kansas City: Fred Harvey, 1917. First edition. 81 pp. Illus. from photographs. 2 maps. Section plans. Wrappers. 8vo. Slight cover wear, else near fine. Thorough account, with emphasis on geology. Printed by La Rue Printing, Kansas City. Scarce first printing. $45.00
22. [GRAND CANYON]. Elmendorf, Dwight L. GRAND CANYON OF ARIZONA. The Mentor , Oct., 1915. 12 pp. Illus. & 6 color plates laid in, as issued. Wraps. $25.00
23. [GRAND CANYON] [POSTER]. GRAND CANYON. SANTA FE IS THE ONLY RAILROAD ENTERING THIS NATIONAL PARK. Poster 24 x 18 inches, by Oscar Bryn, ca. 1949. Minor tears and pinholes to blank margins, else near fine. Original printing of this iconic poster. Depicts Navajo Indian couple in foreground, viewing the brightly colored Grand Canyon. $550.00
No. 23. Grand Canyon poster by Oscar Bryn - Santa Fe Railroad (detail)
24. [GRAND CANYON]. Suran, William C. THE KOLB BROTHERS OF GRAND CANYON. Grand Canyon: Grand Canyon Natural History Assoc., 1991. First edition. 60 pp. Illus. from photographs. Oblong 8vo. Wraps. with plate on front. Fine. Grand Canyon photographers. $17.50
25. [GRAND TETONS]. Fryxell, Fritiof. THE TETONS: INTERPRETATIONS OF A MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1946. Second printing. xiv, 77 pp. plus plates from photographs. Fldg. map. $35.00
26. [HAWAII]. Newman, E. M. AN APPRECIATION OF THE HAWAII NATIONAL PARK. N.Y.: United States Railroad Administration, 1919. 16 pp. Illus. from photographs. 2 maps. Color pict. wraps. Large 8vo. Has been folded, else very good $20.00
27. [HIDATSA AND MANDAN INDIANS]. Thiessen, Thomas D., ed. THE PHASE I ARCHEOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR THE KNIFE RIVER INDIAN VILLAGES NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. Parts I, II, III and IV. Lincoln, Nebraska: National Park Service Midwest Archeological Center, 1993. (second printing, 2000). Four volumes. vii, 186 pp.; v, 153 pp.; x, 340 pp.; v, 124 pp. Illus. Maps. Charts. Biblio. Pictorial wrappers. 4tos. Fine copies, with “dup” written on top of each front cover. In-depth historical, ethnohistorical, and archeological studies of the Hidatsa and Mandan villages of Knife River in North Dakota which existed from circa 1600 to 1837, now a National Historical Site of the National Park Service. Sacagawea, the guide of Lewis and Clark, lived in one of the villages. $100.00
28. Higgins, C. A. TO CALIFORNIA AND BACK. Chicago: Passenger Department, The Santa Fe, March, 1902. 175 pp. Illustrations by John T. McCutcheon. Color pictorial wrappers. Map on last page. 8vo. Near fine, with slight cover wear. Laid in is separately printed "Announcement" about the book, with list of Santa Fe Railroad ticket offices on back. Guide book to New Mexico, Arizona, Southern and Northern California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. Includes visits to the Petrified Forest, Walnut Canyon, and Grand Canyon. Highly detailed drawings by McCutcheon, who was one of the earliest illustrators to draw in the Southwest, making his first trip to New Mexico and Colorado in 1892. $40.00
29. Higgins, C. A. TO CALIFORNIA OVER THE SANTA FE TRAIL. Chicago: Passenger Department, Santa Fe, 1912. (printed 2-5-1913). 231 pp. Illustrations by John T. McCutcheon, Carl N. Werntz, and John W. Norton . Color pictorial wrappers. Map on last page. 8vo. Very good, with wear and small loss to ends of backstrip. With separately printed tipped-in "Announcement" about the book, with list of Santa Fe Railroad ticket offices on back. Guide book to New Mexico, Arizona, Southern and Northern California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. This is an updated and expanded version of Higgins’ To California and Back, with more information about today’s National Parks and Monuments: Bandelier (Frijoles Canyon), Petrified Forest, Walnut Canyon, Grand Canyon, and Yosemite. Also includes information on the upcoming Panama-California and Panama-Pacific expositions in California. $35.00
30. [HOVENWEEP]. Olsen, Nancy H. HOVENWEEP ROCK ART: AN ANASAZI VISUAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. Los Angeles: Institute of Archeology, UCLA, 1987. Occasional Paper 14. Second printing. xvi, 153 pp. 76 figures from photographs and drawings. 9 tables. Biblio. Pictorial wrappers. 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Fine condition. Detailed study of rock art at Hovenweep National Monument. Scarce. $45.00
31. [ISLE ROYALE]. George R. Fox, “The Ancient Copper Workings on Isle Royale” (pp. 73-100, plus illus.). Milwaukee: Wisconsin Archeological Society, 1911. In Wisconsin Archeologist Vol. 10, no. 1 Illus. Bound with Vol. 10, no. 2 and no. 3 (whole volume 188 pp.). Leather and buckram. 8vo. Ex-lib. Backstrip gone, front cover detached, contents very good. Other papers include Geo. A. West, “Uses of Tobacco and the Calumet by Wisconsin Indians” (pp. 5-64); Charles E. Brown, “The Banner Stone Ceremonials of Wisconsin” (pp. 145-164, plus illus.). $100.00
32. [KATMAI]. Griggs, Robert F. OUR GREATEST NATIONAL MONUMENT: THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY COMPLETES ITS EXPLORATIONS IN THE VALLEY OF TEN THOUSAND SMOKES. In _The National Geographic Magazine_, Sept., 1921. Pp. 219-292. 91 illus. from photographs including 16 in color. $25.00
33. Lamson, J[oseph]. ROUND CAPE HORN. VOYAGE OF THE PASSENGER- SHIP JAMES W. PAIGE FROM MAINE TO CALIFORNIA IN THE YEAR 1852. Bangor: Press of O. F. & W. H. Knowles, 1878. First edition. 156 pp. Illus. Marbled boards and cloth. Rubbed, back cover chipped, contents very good. Lamson's journal of a trip from Frankfort, Maine to San Francisco in 1852, a voyage of 158 days. Interesting observations on life in Rio de Janeiro and Chile where they stopped on the way. The last section consists of Lamson's journal entries in California in the early 1850s: scenes in Sacramento, cattle stealing in Contra Costa, felling trees in the Redwoods, description of home life of a wealthy Spanish rancher, Indians and their costumes, Yosemite, etc. COWAN, p. 341. HOWES L 48. HOWELL 50:574. HILL PACIFIC VOYAGES, p. 170. $125.00
34. [MAP] [YELLOWSTONE]. MONTANA TERRITORY. (Washington): Department of the Interior, General Land Office, 1887. Folding map, 29 x 42 inches. Very detailed map showing Indian reservations and water sources in color and counties outlined in color. Large area, nearly one-quarter of the Territory, along the northern border is “Gros Ventre, Piegan Blood Blackfeet and River Crow Indian Reservations” with Assinnibone Military Reserve in center. Yellowstone National Park is on southern border. Also shows location of “Custer Battlefield 1876,” now a National Monument. Tears along 2 folds and small openings at fold junctions, slight soiling, else very good. Printed by Julius Bien & Co., New York. $300.00
35. [MAP]. SOUTHWESTERN NATIONAL MONUMENTS. n.p.: U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, ca. 1941, Folding brochure, with map surrounded by drawings of 27 National Monuments in the Southwest, all located on the map which includes Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. 21 3/4 by 26 inches (folding to 8 3/4 x 4 3/8). Verso includes descriptions of each monument and road maps showing routes to take to reach them. Fine condition. $40.00 36. [MESA VERDE]. Erdman, James A. et al. ENVIRONMENT OF MESA VERDE, COLORADO. Washington: National Park Service, 1969. First edition. 72 pp. Illus. from photographs. Text figs. Maps. Biblio. 4to. Gilt cloth. Anthro. department stamp on front & rear fly. $35.00
37. [MESA VERDE]. Fewkes, Jesse Walter. ANTIQUITIES OF THE MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK: CLIFF PALACE. Washington, 1911. (B.A.E. bull. 51). 82 pp. plus 35 plates. Fldg. map. Gilt cloth. $45.00
38. [MESA VERDE]. La Farge, Christopher. MESA VERDE. n.p.: New Directions Books, 1945. First edition, ltd. to 1000 copies. 111 pp. Flap from DJ laid in. Verse play set in Mesa Verde in prehistoric times. $40.00
39. [MESA VERDE]. Lancaster, James A. et al. ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK. COLORADO. 1950. Washington: National Park Service, 1954. First edition. x, 118 pp. Illus. Biblio. Index. Wraps. 4to. Very good. $30.00
40. [MESA VERDE]. MESA VERDE. Mesa Verde National Park: Mesa Verde Company, n.d. (1940s). Unpag. 16 plates from photographs on rectos of pp. Boards, spiral bound. Oblong 4to. Map inside front cover. Slight surface loss to first page, else very good. View book. $25.00
41. [MISSISSIPPI]. Cotter, John L. and John M. Corbett, et al. ARCHEOLOGY OF THE BYNUM MOUNDS MISSISSIPPI. Washington: National Park Service, 1951. First edition. vi, 112 pp. Index. Illus., most from photographs. Wraps. Large 4to. Light browning to covers and spotting to first and last pp., else very good. This prehistoric site also contained Chickasaw Indian graves from the 1820s-30s. $60.00
42. [MOUNTAINEERING]. THE MOUNTAINEER. VOL. 26, NO 1 (1933), VOL. 28, NO. 1 (1935) AND VOL. 29, NO. 1 (1936). 3 issues plus a 6 pp. Prospectus for outing to Glacier National Park. Covers slightly soiled. Articles on mountain- climbing in the Northwest and Alaska, pub. by the Mountaineers in Seattle. $27.50
43. [MOUNTAINEERING]. MAZAMA: A RECORD OF MOUNTAINEERING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Vol. 4, no. 3 (1914). 136 pp. Illus. from photographs. Wrappers. Wraps. chipped at ends of spine, worn, some light marginal staining & 1 page of advertisement partly missing at end. Mts. Rainer, Lassen, Sluiskin, Fay Peak, Crater Lake, etc. $45.00
44. [NATIONAL PARKS]. Wright, George M., Joseph S. Dixon and Ben H. Thompson. FAUNA OF THE NATIONAL PARKS OF THE UNITED STATES. A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF FAUNAL RELATIONS IN NATIONAL PARKS. Washington: National Park Service, 1933. First edition. 157 pp. 56 illus. from photographs by Joseph S. Dixon and others. Index. Wrappers. 8vo. Covers chipped at ends of backstrip, else very good. Former owner's namestamp. Wild animals, from grizzly bears to small vertebrates, in National Parks all over the country, including many in the West, such as Yosemite, Zion, Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, et al. $35.00
45. [NATIONAL PARKS]. Wright, George M. and Ben H. Thompson. FAUNA OF THE NATIONAL PARKS OF THE UNITED STATES. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT IN THE NATIONAL PARKS. FAUNAL SERIES NO. 2. Washington: National Park Service, 1935. First edition. 142 pp. Illus. from photographs. Index. Wrappers. 8vo. Very good. Former owner's namestamp. Wild animals and birds, from grizzly bears to small vertebrates, in National Parks all over the country, including many in the West, such as Yosemite, Zion, Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, et al. $35.00
46. [NATIONAL PARKS]. Effinger, William L. A REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. Berkeley: National Park Service Field Division of Education, 1935. 52 pp. Biblio. 4to. Wraps. Slight dampstaining. Scarce mimeographed publication, prepared under the CWA, predecessor of the WPA. $35.00
47. [OREGON] [TIMBERLINE LODGE]. THE BUILDERS OF TIMBERLINE LODGE. Portland: Works Progress Administration, 1937. First edition. Unpag. (32 pp.) Illustrated. Pictorial wrappers. 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Near fine, with small surface loss at bottom of front cover. Documents the building of this famous lodge on Mt. Hood. Illustrated throughout with bold woodcuts by WPA artists Martina Gangle (1906 - 1994), Virginia Darcé (1910 - 1985), and H. S. Sewall (1899-1975) including six full-page woodcuts and many smaller ones. Plus pictorial map of Mt. Hood and the Lodge by Littleton Dryden. The Lodge was designed by National Park architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood (1890–1960) and was made a National Historic Landmark in 1973. $75.00
48. [PETRIFIED FOREST]. Pictorial calendar from The First National Bank, Gallup, New Mexico, 1929. 7 1/4 x 14 inches. With color reproduction of panoramic photograph of the Petrified Forest by J. R. Willis, Gallup, N.M. (3 1/2 x 11). Plus brief text about the Petrified Forest. Silk cord tie at top. Near fine condition (2 small spots in left margin). Calendar month pad complete. $90.00
No. 47. Petrified Forest - from photograph by J. R. Willis, Gallop. New Mexico (detail) 49. [PHOTOGRAPH]. [MESA VERDE]. Brierley, W. A. “Cliff Palace - Mesa Verde Nat'l Park, Colo. 1911 -- W. A. Brierley.” 1911. Original sepia-toned photograph. 3 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches. Fine condition. Panoramic view of Cliff Palace, with title, credit and date in negative. W. A. Brierley, a Denver dentist, was also a skilled photographer. $50.00
50. [PHOTOGRAPH] [YELLOWSTONE] [CABINET CARD]. Imperial cabinet card of Mammoth Hot Springs area. Hotel in background and pillar in foreground, with 2 men at base. Penciled caption on verso: Liberty Cap and Mammoth Hotel at Yellowstone Park. 5 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches. Ca. 1880s. Slightly faded, crease across lower right corner, with small losses. No photographer's credit, but may be by Haynes. $40.00
51. [PHOTOGRAPHS] [YELLOWSTONE] [HAYNES, F. JAY]. 8 photographs of Yellowstone National Park by F. Jay Haynes, St. Paul. Ca. early 1900s. 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 or opposite. Near fine. Includes Old Faithful Inn, Silvan Lake, Great Fall, Black Bear in Tree, Morning Glory Spring, etc. $100.00
No. 51. Yellowstone: “Black Bear in Tree”
52. [PHOTOGRAPHS] [YELLOWSTONE] [STEREO CARDS] [HAYNES, F. JAY]. Two stereo cards of Yellowstone Park by F. Jay Haynes, St. Paul. Ca. 1880s. Both views of entrance roads to the park. One of Golden Gate and Pillar. The other of man on horseback on road with penciled title “Entrance to Park.” Small paper adhesion in top edge of sky of second, else both very good. $95.00
53. [PHOTOGRAPHY]. Coburn, Alvin Langdon (Gernsheim, Helmut & Alison, eds.). ALVIN LANGDON COBURN, PHOTOGRAPHER: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London: Faber & Faber,1966. First edition. 143 pp. 64 illus. Biblio. Index. Boards 4to. Fine copy in nearly fine DJ. Includes a chapter on his American Photographs and Experiences -- Yosemite, Grand Canyon, and elsewhere in the U. S. $90.00
54. [RAINBOW BRIDGE]. Crotty, Helen K., ed. HONORING THE DEAD: ANASAZI CERAMICS FROM THE RAINBOW BRIDGE MONUMENT VALLEY EXPEDITION. Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History, 1983. First edition. 91 pages. 57 illus., most from photographs. Map. Biblio. 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Very fine in original cloth binding. Documents the Ansel Hall expeditions of the 1930s to Rainbow Bridge Monument Valley. Scarce in cloth. $50.00
55. [RAINBOW BRIDGE]. Hall, Edward T.,Jr. REPORT ON ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF MAIN TSEGI. n.p.: Rainbow Bridge Monument Valley Expedition, 1935. First edition. 8 pp. Mimeographed. 4to. Stapled. Dampstained at edges. Hall later famous for The Silent Language, and other works. Scarce. $20.00
56. Sayle, W. D. A TRIP TO RAINBOW ARCH. n. p.: Privately printed by the author, 1920. First edition. Unpag. (60 pp.). 42 illustrations from photographs. Gilt cloth. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: “Compliments of W. D. Sayle. Nov. 1920.” Slight bowing to flexible covers, binding starting to loosen, but intact. Former owners’ bookplate and blindstamp on front blank. Text and pictures clean and bright. A very good copy of a fragile book. A well-documented trip made in June 1920 by the author and his friends W.W. Rankin, W. F. Swift, and T. Herberton Doan, travelling by train from Cleveland to Adamana, Arizona (now a ghost town), then by car to Petrified Forest, the Grand Canyon, Walnut Canyon, Kayenta Trading Post, Sage Canyon, Betatakin Ruins, Keet-Seel, Piute Canyon, Navajo Mountain, Surprise Valley, Rainbow Arch (now Rainbow Bridge), and Monument Valley. This the extremely rare first edition, printed in a small edition for the author and his companions. $800.00
57. [SCOTTS BLUFF]. SCOTT'S BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT: SCOTTS BLUFF, ON US 26, NEBRASKA. Unpag. (14 pp.). Illus. from photographs. Map on back cover. Shaped oblong 12mo, diecut in shape of skyline of Scotts Bluff. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. Attractive promotional for Scotts Bluff and western Nebraska. $30.00
58. [SCOTTS BLUFF]. Brand, Donald D. THE HISTORY OF SCOTTS BLUFF, NEBRASKA. Berkeley: National Park Service, 1934. First edition. 83 pp. Heavy wraps. Mimeographed. Much on the fur trade, Oregon Trail, Indian wars, etc. Scarce. $65.00
59. Sherman, Christopher E. A JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF KINGDOM COME AND OTHER JOURNEYS IN PROSE AND VERSE. Columbus, OH: Published by the author, 1936. First edition. 152 pp. Illus. Plus 14 plates. Map. Wraps. 12mo. Covers soiled, overlapping edges chipped, else very good. Reminiscences of a civil engineer: surveying in Yellowstone National Park in 1905, vinagaroons in Arizona, coal mine surveys in Kentucky and more. $40.00
60. [TUMACACORI]. Rensch, H. E. CHRONOLOGY FOR TUMACACORI NATIONAL MONUMENT. Berkeley, CA: National Park Service, 1934. First edition. 47 pp. plus 37 pp. bibliography. Wrappers. 4to. Mimeographed. Wear to top of backstrip, else very good. Lengthy excerpts from historical sources on the Spanish colonial mission at Tumacacori, Arizona. Scarce. $50.00
61. Wilson, Rex L. CLAY TOBACCO PIPES FROM FORT LARAMIE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE AND RELATED LOCATIONS. [Washington]: Division of Archeology and Anthropology, National Park Service,1971. First edition. 80 pp. 40 figures from photographs illustrating many pipes. References cited. Wraps. 4to. Near fine. Commercially-made clay pipes found at Ft. Laramie and other forts in the Plains and Rocky Mountains, with information on styles and manufacturers. Printed from typewritten copy and scarce. $65.00
62. [YELLOWSTONE]. Bailey, Vernon. ANIMAL LIFE OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1930. First edition. 241 pp. plus color plates. Illus. Index. Gilt pict. cloth. Very good in slightly worn and soiled DJ. $65.00
63. [YOSEMITE] [ADAMS, ANSEL]. Matthes, Francois E. THE INCOMPARABLE VALLEY: A GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION OF THE YOSEMITE. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1950. First edition. 160 pp. 49 photographs, 23 by Ansel Adams. Wrappers. 8vo. Very good. $25.00
64. [YOSEMITE ]. Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford. MIWOK MATERIAL CULTURE: INDIAN LIFE OF THE REGION. Milwaukee Public Museum Bull. Vol. 2, #4 (1933). Reprinted by Yosemite Natural History Association, n.d. Pp. 119-377. Illus. Wraps. $25.00
65. [YOSEMITE]. Godfrey, Elizabeth H. YOSEMITE INDIANS YESTERDAY AND TODAY. Special issue of _Yosemite Nature Notes_, vol. 20, no. 7 (1941). (Reprinted 1946, 1947). 28 pp. Illus. from photographs. Biblio. Wraps. $20.00
66. [YOSEMITE]. Matthes, Francois E. GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF THE YOSEMITE VALLEY. Washington: US Dept. of the Interior, 1930. Geological Survey Paper 160. First edition. vi, 137 pp. 52 plates from photographs by J. K. Hillers, F. C. Calkins, A. C. Pillsbury, et al. 38 text figures. 5 folding topographical maps (including 3 in rear pocket). Biblio. Index. Original wrappers. 4to. Corners bumped, repair to back wrapper, else very good. Comprehensive work on Yosemite's geology. $85.00
67. [YOSEMITE]. Russell, Carl Parcher. ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN YOSEMITE: THE STORY OF A GREAT PARK AND ITS FRIENDS. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1952. xviii, 226 pp. Frontis. Illus. mostly from photographs. Fldg. map. Forward by Newton B. Drury. Index. Biblio. Fine in slightly worn DJ. History of Yosemite. $27.50
68. [YOSEMITE]. Sargent, Shirley. PIONEERS IN PETTICOATS: YOSEMITE'S EARLY WOMEN 1856-1900. Yosemite, CA: Flying Spur Press, 1966. First edition. 80 pp. Illus. from photographs. Index. Pict. wraps. 4to. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author. Very good copy, former owner's name on cover and first text page. History of role of women and women travelers in Yosemite National Park, with many photographs. $40.00
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