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Back of Beyond Books RARE BOOK CATALOGUE VOL. XXII SUMMER 2020 Americana Trans-Mississippi and the West Civil War Texana Arthur H. Clark 83 North83 N. MainMain StreeSt. t Moab, Utah 84532 CopyrightCopyright 20202020 AllAll RightsRights ReservedReserved 1 From the cover: Item 267 on Page 95 1903 Sunset Magazine featuring art by Maynard Dixon, titled Navajo Indian From Life. Back of Beyond Books’ Homage to Sunset Magazine and Maynard Dixon This catalogue’s cover is inspired by the design of an iconic Sunset Magazine cover from February 1903. The image to the left was our design model. Although we used one digital font for our own cover design, the artists at Sunset hand lettered all the cover text in our inspiration piece. RARE BOOK CATALOGUE NO. 22 SUMMER 2020 83 North Main Street • Moab, UT 84532 (435) 259-5154 • (800) 700-2859 [email protected] 1 BACK OF BEYOND BOOKS You are reading the 22nd Rare Book Catalogue published by Back of Beyond Books! IN yoUr haNd IS CaTalogUe #22 from Back of Beyond Books in Moab, Utah, published in the midst of one of the more tumultuous times of history in these United States. As we go to press a pandemic is raging and civil unrest has swept the country. Traditional Book Fairs have been cancelled world-wide and “Virtual Book Fairs” are the new normal. So why not!? We go old-school and publish our Twenty-Second rare Book Catalogue. This catalogue features a wider geographic array of material than is normal for us. We’ve acquired a nice selection of early 19th century Americana along with some Civil War books and pamphlets. In addition to our usual mix of Western americana we’ve added the great state of Texas to our mix. and finally Catalogue 22 features a variety of early imprints from the arthur h. Clark Company. Certainly there are some high-points mixed in the catalogue but what struck me as I compiled the listings is that most of these books are standards within their genre. Most are found within the standard bibliographies, be it howes, Wagner-Camp or Basic Texas Books. And we’ve tried very hard to make the items affordable to the average collector. The gems are here and so are the affordable treasures. enjoy!! Andy Nettell ColleCTorS oF WeSTerN aMerICaNa will greatly benefit from this catalogue. It’s a gem. It was nice working with these “standards” (as andy so aptly described them), and my working knowledge of how the West came to be has considerably expanded. Fascinating accounts of exploration, pioneering, and cattle drives, groundbreaking maps and regimental histories were my companions during this impromptu time at home. I feel fortunate that I had access to all this information. Some highlights include: Northern California and Southern oregon Stock directory by Frank C. dean (no. 74), history of Texas, 1673-1779 (no. 202), Scraps of early Texas history by Mary S. helm (no. 136), two massive county histories of Texas (nos. 279 and 280), early days of a Cowboy on the Pecos by James F. hinkle (no. 141), and Commerce of the Prairies by Josiah gregg (no. 110). although most of the items I catalogued this spring were books, there are a few exceptional photographs, maps and artwork included too: a photo album of early flights of hydrogen balloons and biplanes in Albuquerque (no. 209), an african-american photograph of Pullman Saloon by herbert T. Shaw (no. 255), an oil painting of the Utah Territorial Penitentiary by Frank Treseder (no. 289), and a pretty blue-line map of Kitsap County, Washington (no. 296). We also have a last minute acquisition that is sure to please all collectors of exploration. See the last item in the catalogue, number 312. Thanks for looking at our catalogue – I hope you enjoy it! Sophie Tomkiewicz 2 RARE BOOK CATALOGUE 22 1. Abel, Annie Heloise (editor); Rose Abel 3. Alter, J. Cecil; Grenville M. Dodge. James Wright (translator). Tabeau’s Narrative on Bridger - Trapper, Frontiersman, Scout and Loisel’s Expedition to the Upper Missouri. Guide - A Historical Narrative (Illustrated). With which is Incorporated a Verbatim Copy, Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, Annotated of James Bridger, a Biographical 1939. First Edition. Sketch (Illustrated) by Maj. Gen. Grenville M. Large 8vo 9”-10” tall. Dodge. 272pp. Hardcover. Salt Lake City, Utah, Shepard Book Very Good in Very Company, [1925]. First Edition. Good Dust Jacket. Numbered 931 out of 1000 copies. Pictorial dust jacket Signed by Author. Large 8vo over green cloth boards 9” - 10” tall. 546pp. Hardcover. with gilt lettering on Very Good. Brown cloth with gilt spine; b&w plates and lettering; top edge gilt; signed by illustrations. Dust Alter on limitation page; includes jacket has mylar cover frontis and plates. Boards have and has light wear light wear, else very good. and soiling; boards have light wear to edges; pastedowns and endpapers have light A thorough biographical sketch toning. of one of the Old West’s most important characters. howes a-191. Flake 55. 021206. This publication provides the first translation from the original French of Pierre-antoine Tabeau’s journal. $75 Tabeau, a French-Canadian voyageur, was hired by St. louis merchant, regis loisel, to develop the fur trade 4. Alvord, Clarence Walworth. Mississippi with Native americans of the upper Missouri. his Valley in British Politics - A Study of the journal spans the years of 1803 and 1804, and details the Trade, Land Speculation, and Experiments difficulties of the fur trade, the hazardous navigation of in Imperialism Culminating in the American the Missouri, and mostly importantly, the daily life of Revolution. [Volumes I & II]. Native americans that he encountered. 021046. Two volume set. Cleveland, The $95 Arthur H. Clark Company, 1917. First Edition. Large 8vo 9” - 10” 2. Adams, Ramon F. Horse Wrangler & His tall. 358pp; 396pp. Hardcover. Very Remuda. Good. Blue cloth with top edge gilt; includes plates and illustrations. Austin, Encino Press, 1971. Boards have moderate shelfwear and First Edition. 454/850. Signed text block has light toning. by Author. Large 8vo 9” -10” tall. 51pp. Hardcover. Fine. From Clark/Brunet: “This Brown paper boards with title highly regarded work was a label on front and gilt lettering continuation of Alvord’s work on spine; illustrated endpapers; on the trans-allegheny area in signed by Adams on a front the colonial era. Alvord’s thesis endpaper. was that the British failure to promulgate a coherent policy to A monograph on horses develop and settle the western and horse wranglers written regions was a major economic by western author and cause of the revolution.” Clark/ bibliographer ramon F. Brunet 6. howes a-195. 021217. adams. 021181. $35 $150 backofbeyondbooks.com • 800-700-2859 3 BACK OF BEYOND BOOKS a FIRST COMPREHENSIVE ATLAS OF THE DAKOTA TERRITORY 5. Andreas, A. T. Andreas’ Historical Atlas of Dakota. Chicago, A. T. Andreas, 1884. First Edition. Folio 13” - 23” tall. 232pp. Hardcover. Good. Original 3/4 leather over brown cloth with re-backed leather spine. Gilt title on front. Boards are moderately soiled with evidence of moisture damage, however no evidence of moisture damage within the atlas. Interior remains relatively clean with sporadic light soiling and foxing. Title page shows two repairs near spine. One moisture splat on back of title page. Edge wear to first three pages not affecting content. The folding 1884 Dakota Territory Rand McNally Map (28 x 20 1/2 inches) is in remarkably good condition. This atlas represents the first comprehensive atlas of Dakota Territory. andreas completed his well- known and rare Iowa atlas in 1875. he also published other mid-west atlases including Minnesota and Indiana. These projects were very expensive, needing surveyors, biographers, historians and of course a sales team. The Dakota atlas was completed five years before the Dakotas split into north and south. Pages 13-84 are composed of county maps mostly with red border delineations. remainder of atlas offers a territorial history plus individual county histories followed by biographical sketches of prominent citizens. While not uncommon in institutions, this atlas is rarely found in commerce, especially in this better than usual condition for a period atlas. Printed by r. r. donnelley & sons, The lakeside Press. atlas protected by custom maroon clamshell box. 020487. $4,500 4 RARE BOOK CATALOGUE 22 NO COPIES FOUND ON OCLC OR IN COMMERCE 8. Atwater, Caleb. Remarks Made on a Tour to Prairie Du 6. [ARIZONA]. First Annual Fair of the Arizona Industrial Chien; Thence to Washington Exposition to be Held at Phoenix, Arizona; November 10, 11, 12, City, In 1829. 13, 14 and 15, 1884. Columbus, (O.), Published by Isaac N. Arizona Gazette, 1884. Newspaper. Very Good. Whiting, 1831. First Edition. 16mo. Territorial broadsheet advertising the first annual 296pp. Hardcover. Good. Quarter Arizona Industrial Exposition. Supplement to the leather over green paper boards, gilt title Arizona Gazette, October 1884. Broadsheet measures on spine; housed in modern clamshell 10 ¼” x 15 ¾” and has content on both sides. At box. Boards have moderate chipping to one time bound into a volume with glue residue and corners and spine is cracked; previous minor chipping along left edge; newsprint is fragile as owner’s bookplate on front pastedown; expected. text block has moderate toning and light foxing. Quite a show, the Industrial exposition would present the varied resources of Arizona in attractive exhibits and prizes would be awarded to the best of the best. The resources to be evaluated were divided into categories including minerals, cattle, horses and mules, sheep, goats, swine and poultry, agricultural products, horticultural products, household products and domestic manufactures, floriculture and fine arts, and mechanic arts.