Almagre Books 651 Camino de la Luz Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 USA 505-989-9462 [email protected] 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].