BACK OF BEYOND BOOKS RARE BOOK CATALOGUE NO. 21 WESTERN AMERICANA • PART THREE 1 RARE BOOK CATALOGUE NO. 21 Dear Friends and Colleagues, Part three • Fall 2019 Thank you for taking the time to view Back of Beyond Books’ Rare Book Catalogue 21. Unlike past issues, catalogue 21 is e-format only, much to my sadness. I love traditionally printed catalogues but costs continue to rise and given that this catalogue features only material of the American West, our audience may be smaller than for past more varied catalogues. Because it is digital, we’re splitting its release over three weeks so you can easily absorb the content. We’ve pared the catalogue to around 176 items. I also insisted that the catalogue be ‘published’ before Sophie Tomkiewicz left our fair town for the forests and hills of North Carolina. All of us at Back of Beyond Books will miss Sophie’s good cheer and attitude. I selfishly mourn that my best-ever 83 North Main Street • Moab, UT 84532 cataloguer is leaving. Good luck Sophie in your new adventure! (435) 259-5154 • (800) 700-2859 Items in this catalogue range from $20 promotionals to a backofbeyondbooks.com spectacular limited edition set of photographic prints by Adam [email protected] Clark Vroman (item 154).Highlights include two stunning photo albums of Zane Grey’s hunting and fishing trips (items 76 and 77), a massive 19th century political broadside for L. Bradford Prince who would later become New Mexico’s governor (item 121), a set of Dakota Territory albumen prints with fabulous content and detail (item 55), an original oil painting by one of the best-known 19th century Utah artists, George M. Ottinger (item 116), and an exceptional lithograph of San Francisco by African American artist, G. T. Brown (item 20). Happy scouting! On the cover: Andy Nettell Item 122. L. (Lebaron) Bradford Prince. For Delegate in Congress—L Bradford Prince Massive Broadside. 2 INCLUDES SCARCE MAP AND PROFILE 120. Prince, L. Bradford. Report of SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND the Governor of New Mexico to ILLUSTRATOR 119. Powell, John Wesley. Exploration of the the Secretary of the Interior 1892. Colorado River of the West and its Tributaries. 121. Proulx, Annie. Close Range: Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, Under the Washington, Government Printing Wyoming Stories. Direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Office, 1892. 8vo 8” - 9” tall. 43pp. Institution. Pamphlet. Good. Tan wraps with stapled New York, NY, Scribner, 1999. First binding. Light chipping to spine and Edition. Large 8vo 9” - 10” tall. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1875. 4to 11” light soiling and toning. Light crease to 283pp. Hardcover. Fine. White cloth - 13” tall. 291pp. Hardcover. Good. Green half leather pamphlet top to bottom. boards with pastedown watercolor by binding with gilt title and raised bands on spine, all edges William Matthews on the front board. marbled. Includes numerous illustrations along with the Annual report of the general conditions Debossed title on the spine. Light tan scarce map and profile, laid in. Boards have moderate of the Territory in 1892, including a cloth slip case. rubbing to spine and at corners, rear board is starting to mention of a new industry in New This book is a limited edition of 150 detach from spine; dampstain affecting first few endpapers, Mexico, the harvesting of Canaigre for and is signed by the author Annie otherwise text block has light foxing and soiling. Map and tanning use. 017404. Proulx and the illustrator William profile are in very good condition, each with light foxing $150 Matthews. Not numbered. A lovely and soiling at folds. collection of short stories with vibrant This is Powell’s definitive record of his exploration of watercolor illustrations. 019115. the Green and Colorado Rivers; curiously, he almost $125 entirely ignores his second expedition of 1871-1872, and chose to rewrite the report and publish “Canyons of the Colorado” in 1895. Farquhar 42A. Howes P528. Flake 6429. 018516. $975 3 IMPRESSIVE 19TH CENTURY POLITICAL BROADSIDE 122. Prince, L. (Lebaron) Bradford. For Delegate in Congress--L Bradford Prince Massive Broadside. 1884. Broadside. Good. Massive political broadside for future governor which this broadside originated. He was Governor of New Mexico of New Mexico, L. Bradford Prince from his run as territorial delegate Territory from 1889 to 1893 and continued to be active in business to Congress in 1884. Measuring 27 3/4” x 42”, this broadside had been and politics for the next 20 years. Prince, a staunch Republican, stated folded with three vertical folds and three horizontal folds. Extensive his platform on the broadside, “For the Progress and Development restoration has repaired separations at the folds, but the broadside of New Mexico. Her Mining, Pastoral, Agricultural, and Industrial presents well. Not linen backed. Ink appears to be both blue and black Interests Must Be Encouraged And Protected”. Considering overall pigments with blue to the edges and black towards the middle of the size and design, we’ve never handled such a dramatic item of print. The eagle woodblock measures 9” x 30”. The woodblock letters Americana. As best as we can determine, this broadside is unrecorded. forming Prince’s name stand 8 1/4”. Ink saturation is uneven but 017428. overall this is an impressive late 19th century woodblock broadside. $5,000 No printer marks. LeBaron Bradford Prince began his political career in New York state, serving in the state legislature from 1870 to 1875. He turned down the appointment as governor of Idaho territory 1878. Prince was named Chief Justice of New Mexico in 1878 and served until May 1882. In 1883, he became president of the New Mexico Historical Society. A year later Prince was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress from New Mexico; the campaign from Shown on the cover 4 NO COPIES FROM THIS YEAR BEAUTIFUL COLOR PANORAMA ON OCLC 124. [RAILROAD][VIEWBOOK] Panoramic Views Along the Line of the Denver & Rio 123. [RAILROAD] Fred Harvey Grande Railroad - The Scenic Line of the World [cover title]. Meal Service. 8vo 8” - 9” tall. Pamphlet. Very Good. Folded of this pamphlet describes the “Scenic Line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, pamphlet on one sheet; color illustration World,” the color illustration depicting Manitou, 1923. 8vo 8” - 9” tall. 48pp. Pamphlet. spanning the length of the sheet (51 inches), Garden of the Gods, Marshall Pass, Canon of the Very Good. Pictorial wraps, staple on verso. [1893]. Unpaginated. Pamphlet has Grand River, Glenwood Springs, Toltec Gorge, bound; pamphlet is intended to be moderate soiling and light wear to edges and at Cathedral Spire and Castle Gate. Nine copies folded in half and has title on both folds; color illustration is still bright. The content found on OCLC as of March 2019. 018267. panels; each column is paginated $175 separately. Date on rear wrap “Nov., 1923 - 25M.” Pamphlet has light soiling and wear to edges; text block is clean. This railway promotional discusses the history of the Santa Fe Railway, dining, and Fred Harvey. No copies from this year found on OCLC as of June 2019. RAILROAD HISTORY OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY 018852. 125. Rasmussen, Stephen. The Rio Grande’s La Veta Pass $225 Route: Gateway to the San Luis Valley. Burlington, VT, Evergreen Press, 2000. First Edition. 11” x 8.75”. 250pp. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Dark blue boards with title in gilt on spine. Original yellow pictorial dust jacket, protected in polyester sleeve. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket is crisp and clean. Boards are clean and sharp. Interior bright, clean and unmarked. Spine is tight. A well-illustrated history of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway. Maps printed on pastedowns. 017089. $45 5 LIMITED EDITION JOURNEY TO THE MORMON LAND IN 1855 126. Rather, Lois. West is West-- 128. Remy, Jules; Brenchley, Julius. Journey to Great-Salt- Rudyard Kipling in San Francisco. Lake City, by Jules Remy and Julius Brenchley, M. A. ; with a Sketch of the History, Religion, and Customs of the Oakland, CA, Rather Press, 1976. Limited Mormons, and an Introduction on the Religious Movement Edition. 8vo 9” - 10” tall. 80pp. Very in the United States. By Jules Remy. In Two Volumes... Good. Pea green decorative boards with 1/2 green cloth binding with gilt imprint. London, W. Jeffs, 1861. Tight binding and clean interior. Top edge Large 8vo 9” - 10” tall. slightly soiled. Previous owners bookplate Hardcover. Very Good. on FFEP. Two volume set of the Kipling arrived in San Francisco in 1889. first edition in English; This book relays his recollections of his it was first published stay in the city. 17/151 copies researched, in Paris in 1860. Early written, designed, printed and bound by 20th century binding, Clif and Lois Rather. 018475. quarter leather over textured blue cloth $20 with gilt title on spine. Collated and complete 127. Rensch, H. E. Mount Rainier - Its Human History with 10 steel engravings Associations. (includes frontispieces) and a folding map. Two Berkeley, CA, U.S. Department of the volumes paginated Interior, National Park Service, Field separately: cxxxi, 508pp; Division of Education, 1935. Small vii, 605pp. Boards have 4to 9” - 11” tall. 46pp. Softcover. Very light wear to edges and Good. Tan wraps with light green book spine; two 1/8” tears along top edge of folding map (not affecting tape on spine; staple bound. Wraps content), and plates have very light foxing; text block has light foxing. have light wear to edges; previous owner’s bookplate on inside of front “Remy and his companion Julius Lucius Brenchley traveled from San wrap; text block is clean. Francisco to Salt Lake City in the summer of 1855…the Frenchmen were fascinated by the Mormons, and much of this book is devoted to The purpose of this publication was to the new American religion” (Wagner-Camp 364:2).