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Wyoming List Established in 1937 Clarence Wolf Rare and Important Books · Americana · English and American Literary First Editions 12 Water Street · Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 tel 610-520-7273 · fax 610-520-7272 · e-mail [email protected] Member: Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America Wyoming List 1. (ALBANY CO.). Resources of Albany County, Wyoming. Laramie, WY: Laramie Chamber of Commerce, 1913. 1st ed. 104pp. Illus. Orig. printed wrappers. Spine lightly sunned, else near fine. Promotional booklet to encourage both tourism and investment in the county. $150.00 2. ALLEN, Marion V. Snap: A Special Horse during Early Homesteading. [N.P.: n.p., 1984]. 1st ed. xv,136pp. Illus., map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. Account of homesteading in Lincoln County, Wyoming. $15.00 3. ANDERSON, William Marshall. Adventures in the Rocky Mountains in 1834. [N.P.: Edward Eberstadt & Sons, 1951]. 21pp. Plates. Orig.. printed wrappers. Removed, else very good. Bookplate of noted collector of Americana William Robertson Coe. One of 100 copies. Reprints an article from 1837 about incidents during a journey west. $25.00 4. BARTLETT, I. S., ed. History of Wyoming. The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1918-1919. 1st ed. 4 Vols. 4tos. Frontises., illus., portraits. Orig. armorial cloth, all edges marbled. A Very good set. $850.00 Volume One covers early settlers, military history, natural resources, financial history, printing history, pioneers, etc. The other volumes are biographies of prominent citizens. 5. BEARD, Frances Birhead, ed. Wyoming from Territorial Days to the Present. Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1933. 1st ed. 3 Vols. 4tos. xxvi;512;523pp. Illus., portraits, maps. Orig. cloth, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Near fine. $600.00 Volume One covers the history of Wyoming from the earliest exploration through the pioneers to the 1930s. The other volumes are biographies of prominent citizens. 6. BEELER, Henry C. A Brief Review of the South Pass Gold District, Fremont County, Wyoming. [N.P.: n.p.], 1908. 3rd ed. 23pp. Illus., map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. A very good copy. On the mines and mining opportunities. $50.00 7. BEELER, Henry C. Wyoming Mines, 1907: A Summary of the Conditions and Progress in the Copper, Gold, Placer, Iron, Asbestos, Sulphur, Stone, Plastic Minerals, Gravel, Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal Industries. Laramie, WY: Laramie Republican Company Printers-Binders, [1908]. 1st ed. [46]pp. Frontis., illus. Orig. printed wrappers. Library stamp on front wrapper, else near fine. A review of the year’s progress in Wyoming mining by the State Geologist.. $100.00 8. BONAR, John “Ace”. Pride, Power, Progress: Wyoming’s First 100 Years. A Collection of Stories about People, Places and Events that Have Contributed to the History and Tradition of Wyoming. Casper, WY: Wyoming Historical Press, 1987. 1st ed. 101pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. Presentation inscription from the author on title page. $10.00 9. BRATT, John. Trails of Yesterday. Chicago: The University Publishing Company, 1921. 1st ed. xi,302pp.Portrait frontis., illus., portraits, plates. Orig. gilt-pictorial cloth, T.e.g. Fine. HOWES B-725. Adams, Rampaging Herd, 310. Dobie, p.97. Reese, Six Score, 13. “A cow-puncher’s experiences in the Platte valley”--Howes. Bratt was a well-known cattleman in the early days. $225.00 10. BROOKS, Bryant B. Memoirs of...Cowboy, Trapper, Lumberman, Stockman, Oilman, Banker, and Governor of Wyoming. Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1939. 1st ed. Illus. 370pp. Orig. cloth. Very good. Howes B-814. According to Howes, only 150 copies were printed. $250.00 11. BROWN, Mabel E. and THORPE, Elizabeth J. And Then There Was One: The Story of Cambria, Tubb Town, and Newcastle. [N.P.: n.p., 1962]. 1st ed. 16pp. Illus., portrait, map. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. Signed by the author on verso of front wrapper. $15.00 12. CARRUTH, Hayden. The Voyage of the Rattletrap. 12mo. Orig. pictorial cloth. Illustrated. N.Y.: Harpers, 1897. First edition. $65.00 Wright III, 923 (“Nebraska, Wyoming and the Black Hills”). Peter Parley to Penrod p. 146. Small stain on rear cover, else a very good copy. 13. (CASPER). Casper Chronicles. Casper, WY: Casper Zonta Club, 1964. 1st ed. 107pp. Illus., portraits, map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. Reminiscences of early days in Casper, Wyoming. $15.00 14. CHITTENDEN, Hiram Martin. H.M. Chittenden: A Western Epic Being a Selection from His Unpublished Journals, Diaries and Reports. Edited with Notes and Introduction by Bruce Le Roy. Tacoma, WA: Washington State Historical Society, 1961. 1st ed. viii,136pp. Portrait frontis., illus. Orig. leather- backed pictorial boards, publisher’s slipcase. Fine. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the editor. Chittenden conducted several survey explorations of the West for Geographical Survey. Includes Chittenden’s journals of trips to Pacific Coasts, Wyoming and Colorado, and Jackson Hole and Idaho. $250.00 15. COUTANT, C.G. The History of Wyoming from the Earliest Known Discoveries... Volume I [all published]. Laramie, 1899. Thick octavo. 712pp. plus frontispiece and plates. Original 3/4 morocco and gilt cloth. Expertly rebacked in matching leather. Very good. $650.00 Howes C-810. Flake C2543. Although the title page reads “in three volumes,” this is as far as the author got. Covers the period to 1869, with material on the Mormons there, the Mormon trail and colonization, French Canadian and other early exploration, Astoria, Indians, and Yellowstone. 16. CROFUTT, George S. Crofutt’s New Overland Tourist, and Pacific Coast Guide, Containing a Condensed and Authentic Description of Over One Thousand Two Hundred Cities, Towns, Villages, Stations, Government Fort and Camps, Mountains, Lakes, Rivers, Sulphur, Soda and Hot Springs, Scenery, Watering Places, and Summer Resorts; Where To Look for and Hunt the Buffalo, Antelope, Deer and Other Game; Trout Fishing, etc., etc. In Fact, To Tell You What Is Worth Seeing--Where To See It--Where To Go--How To Go-and Whom To Stop with while Passing over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, Their Branches and Connections, by Rail, Water and Stage, from Sunrise to Sunset, and Part the Way Back; through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona. Vol. I--1878-9. Chicago: The Overland Publishing Company, 1878. [8],[25],322,[1]pp. Frontis., illus., double-page plates, maps. Orig. decorated cloth. Spine ends and corners slightly rubbed, faint speckling to spine, else very good or better. $400.00 Flake 2593. The first of this series of western guides. “Crofutt launched a series of western railroad guides which appeared, generally with annual revisions and in various other formats, into the 1890s. The Crofutt series was by far the best available to the early transcontinental traveler. This series marked the beginnings of guides for recreational travel such as hiking in the West”-Reese, Best of the West, 178. 17. CROFUTT, George S. Crofutt’s New Overland Tourist, and Pacific Coast Guide, Containing a Condensed and Authentic Description of Over One Thousand Two Hundred Cities, Towns, Villages, Stations, Government Fort and Camps, Mountains, Lakes, Rivers, Sulphur, Soda and Hot Springs, Scenery, Watering Places, and Summer Resorts; Where To Look for and Hunt the Buffalo, Antelope, Deer and Other Game; Trout Fishing, etc., etc. In Fact, To Tell You What Is Worth Seeing--Where To See It--Where To Go--How To Go-and Whom To Stop with while Passing over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, Their Branches and Connections, by Rail, Water and Stage, from Sunrise to Sunset, and Part the Way Back; through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona. Vol. I--1878-9. Chicago: The Overland Publishing Company, 1878. [8],[25],322,[1]pp. Frontis., illus., double-page plates, maps. Orig. flexible cloth. Some speckling to front board, ex-library, else very good or better. Flake 2593. The first of this series of western guides. “Crofutt launched a series of western railroad guides which appeared, generally with annual revisions and in various other formats, into the 1890s. The Crofutt series was by far the best available to the early transcontinental traveler. This series marked the beginnings of guides for recreational travel such as hiking in the West”-Reese, Best of the West, 178. With the ownership signature of prominent Sand Francisco businessman and sportsman Orestes Pierce. $250.00 18. CROWE, Douglas M. The First Century: A Hundred Years of Wildlife Conservation in Wyoming. Cheyenne, WY: Wyoming Game and Fish Department, 1990. 1st ed. Oblong folio. [Unpaged]. Illus. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Near fine. One of 1000 copies signed by the author. Many color photographs of Wyoming wildlife. $175.00 19. DELLENBAUGH, Frederick S. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872. New Haven, 1926. 1st of this ed. Illus. xxviii, 277pp. Fine in d/j. $150.00 20. DOWNEY, Stephen W. The Immortals. Autograph manuscript poem. 11 leaves, recto only. On House of Representatives stationary. Fine. On 13 April 1880, Downey, who represented Wyoming Territory in Congress, read a very long poem--the only such ever delivered--as his argument for a bill providing certain paintings on the wall of the Capitol. $150.00 21. DOWNEY, Stephen. The Immortals. Argument of Hon. Stephen W. Downey, of Wyoming Territory, in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, April 13, 1880, on a Bill Providing for Certain Paintings on the Walls of the National Capitol. Washington: [n.p.], 1880. 1st ed. 60pp. Orig. printed wrappers, custom cloth slipcase with inner chemise. Spine lightly sunned, folded, else a near fine copy. Downey was a representative of Wyoming Territory in Congress. He introduced a bill in 1880 to spend $500,000 of federal funds on a mural of the life and works of Jesus.
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