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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth boards with title in black lettering; fore edge deckled. Signed and inscribed to Horace Albright by author: "To Horace Albright whose name is a tradition in the land of Bob Flame - Dorr Yeager." Dust jacket has light chipping to top and bottom edges and light toning; boards have light wear to edges; text block is remarkably clean. An entertaining, informative look at the life of park ranger Bob Flame at Yellowstone National Park with excellent association to early Superintendent of Yellowstone and the Director of the National Park Service, Horace Albright. ; B&W Plates ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 295 pp; Signed by Author .

Salt Lake City. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1861. Document. This is a title transfer of a partial lot of land owned by Brigham Young to William Bond, containing several prominent Utah men's signatures as witnesses and notary. "Be it known by these Presents: That I Brigham Young, Trustee in Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of Great Salt Lake City, in the County of Great Salt Lake and Territory of Utah, the rightful claim[ant and owner of] the east half of lot five (5) in Block (13) as platted in plat A. Great Salt Lake City survey; do for the sum of One Hundred Dollars paid by William Bond of the city, county and territory aforesaid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged sell, release, quit claim and transfer all my right of claim interest and possession of and to the aforesaid premises, together with all the rights, privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to the said William Bond his heirs or assigns. Dated this 10th day of May, A. D. 1861… Read More

Pennsylvania: S. A. Mitchell. Very Good. 1852. Map. Single sheet map, likely removed from atlas. Measures approximately 11.5 x 8.5 inches. Please note that we have not examined this item outside of the shrink wrap and foam mount that was added by the previous dealer. Map appears to be in very good condition with a few light spots of toning. This 19th century map of Texas was engraved by J. H. Young to illustrate Mitchell's School and Family Geography. Texas is shown in yellow with various cities, rivers, springs, and other landmarks in black. It includes two insets, one showing northern Texas and the other showing Galveston. .

Portland, OR: Wells and Company. Good. 1915. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Green marbled paper boards with brown cloth spine. Rubbed and bumped edges and corners, light soil. Spine cocked. Soil on edges, light soil on a few pages. Bookplate of San Francisco's Olympic Club on front pastedown endpaper and partial sticker removal on rear pastedown. The first free endpaper is inscribed by the author for the Olympic Club members, dated 1916. All plates present as called for, including one sketch "The author scalping a dead Sioux Indian, 1876." A memoir of life in the Plains and Black Hills, in which the author gets a lot of important things wrong. Howes Y 92. Six Guns 2466.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 242 pp; Signed by Author .

Washington: Government Printing Office. Good. 1912. First Edition. Softcover. Stapled softcover pamphlet issued without wraps. Pages toned. Light creasing and chipping to edges. Speech stating that immigrants must be "Americanized" or else the nation will "become foreignized." Young served as a Democrat for four terms in the House of Representatives. 4 copies in OCLC. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 14 pp .

New York, NY: M. Witmark & Sons. Good. 1930. Sheet music. Sheet music is in good condition. Spine separated. Pages toned. Previous owner signature and stamp on front of wrapper. ; 12" x 9"; 5 pp .

New York: M. Witmark & Sons. Fair. 1910. Sheet music. Sheet music is in fair condition. Binding separated, though contains all contents. Small chips and closed tears on edges. Toning to wraps and spine. Contains previous owners signature on front. ; 10.25" x 13.5"; 5 pp .

Phoenix, AZ: Phoenix Indian Schoole. Very Good. N.D.. First Edition. Softcover. Date unknown, possibly 1940s. White paper wrap, minimal wear. Tight binding, clean interior. A teaching aid on the linguistic distinctions between English and Navajo language, by focusing on particle forms in Navajo. ; 4to 6" - 9" tall; 32 pp .

Very Good. N.D.. First Edition. Portfolio. In very good condition with a stiff protective folder envelope with some sunning. Circa 1960s. One page designed and with text "The world of Webb Young" by Merle Armitage. 5 color prints by New Mexico painter Webb Young, with one possibly missing (six mentioned in text). ; Color Illustrations; 17" x 12"; 8 pp .

Denver: Denver Art Museum. Very Good. 2013. Softcover. 0914738828 . Black wrappers with title on front and spine. Wrappers have light shelfwear; text block is clean and binding is tight. Includes six essays on Pre-Columbian art and archaeology along with many illustrations. ; Color and B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 141 pp .