New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - The Gila Trail stretched from Texas to San Diego, and linked the newly acquired California territory to the rest of the country. Over this route came the Overland Mail, the gold-seekers of '49, cattle drives, wagon trains, Civil War armies, and eventually the Southern Pacific railroad. Illustrated with maps and vintage photos. Notes, bibliography, index. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-195017102.

Tucson, Arizona: Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society, 1967. Hardcover first edition - El Estado Libre de Occidente - the Free State of the West - was created by the Mexican Federation in 1824 and it consisted of what is now Sinaloa, Sonora and southern Arizona - although the Constitution contained in it the seeds of the destruction of this new state. Introduction by Faulk. A limited edition of 500 copies. Maps, footnotes. 53 pp.

Portland, Oregon: Metropolitan Press, Publishers, 1935. Hardcover first edition - A book of cowboy poetry by this Oregon author, perhaps best known for his biography of Chief Joseph - while Fee acknowledges that these poems might not be his best writing, he is publishing them because of the interest in 'the Great West and its fine inheritance.' 78 pp plus 1 pp with an interesting offer if a reader is willing to rate the poems. Recently reissued in paperback, this remains rather uncommon in the hardcover first edition.

Berkeley, CA: Privately Printed, 1927. First edition - Introduction by J. C. Rowell, university archivist at Berkeley which states "This little book corrects serious errors in California histories.. . Although merely a comment on another book [The Presbyterian Church in California, 1849-1927 by E. A. Wicher], this book has been so written as not only to correct those mistakes but also to give a large amount of valuable information." Chapters include the Protestant Church Beginnings in San Francisco, Working Relations of Congregationalists and Presbyterians, Church Work Situation in San Francisco in 1848 and 1849, The College Idea Pioneers, The College of California and the Presbyterian Relation Thereto, Mills College and The First Public Schools, etc. 89 pp

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (2001). First edition - A book which asserts that "Western Environmental history cannot be explained by examining place, culture, or policy alone, but should be understood within the context a universal human nature." Photographs and illustrations throughout book. Notes , bibliography, 272 pp.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1993.). SIGNED - An award-winning study of this major battle in war between Native Americans and the US military. "'Custer's Last Stand' was neither the last of the fighting nor a stand. Using innovative and standard archaeological techniques, combined with historical documents and Indian eyewitness accounts, ..Fox vividly replays this battle in astonishing detail. Through bullets, spent cartridges, and other material data, [he] identifies combat positions and tracks soldiers and Indians across the battlefield. Guided by the history beneath our feet, and listening to the previously ignored Indian testimony, Fox reveals stories of panic and collapse." SIGNED by the author on the title page. Illustrated with maps, photographs, and drawings. Extensive notes, references, index. 411 pp. ISBN: 0-806129980.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which "clarifies the economic, political, social and environmental issues and gives the reader a realistic picture of this unifyiing source of life in the West." Fradkin explored most of the 1700 miles of the Colorado River by foot, boat and by car from its headwaters in the Wind River range of Wyoming, through the Grand Canyon to the Mexican desert which was once its outlet to the sea. Illustrated with maps and 45 black and white photographs by the author. SIGNED on the front free endpaper. Bibliography, index. xviii, 360 pp. ISBN: 0-394415795.

College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, (1976.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first essay in on Yellowstone National Park, the second looks at the 'Western Impact on the Nation', and the third, one of Frantz's most controversial, is called 'The American West: Child of Federal Subsidy' and was originally presented in 1963. Foreword by W. Eugene Holton. The first book to be published in the series 'Essays on the American West.' sponsored by the Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation. 82 pp. ISBN: 0-89096-0232.

Park City, UT: Benchmark Publishing, (1993). SIGNED first edition - A collection of cowboy poetry, illustrated with art work by western artist Tim Cox and photographs by Kay Wooster Anderson and Linda Yorke. 75 pp. INSCRIBED by the author on the final blank page "Dear ---- Sit tall and shoot straight. Hope you like my book. Fred.". ISBN: 0-963770527.

Seattle: Mountaineers Books, (1996). First edition - A collection of essays on the environmental past and future of the Western United States. Like Abbey and Wallace Stegner and other both established and younger writers, Frome refused to quit pointing fingers and naming names until he felt that important environmental concerns were no longer being sloughed off as second-rate issues. This collection offers environmental criticism at its best. These essays, spanning 30 years, are as relevant today as when they were first published. Included are essays on clearcutting, on destruction in the Bitterroots, on loving our National Parks to death, and "Who's Managing the Managers While They Manage the Wolves?" and much more. Reading list, index. 239 pp. ISBN: 0-898864755.

New York: Penguin, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a young man who grew up in Wyoming, a cowboy at heart, who worked - and died - on an oil rig there - a life which dramatizes the greed and carelessness behind this latest oil rush. 202 pp. ISBN: 978-1-594201837.

Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1993. Hardcover first edition - Previously unpublished letters and journals of the Glasgow brothers , merchants from St. Louis, who were hauling several wagon loads of goods to Mexico when war broke out. Their letters include details of trail life, encounters with historical figures like Stephen Watts Kearny and firsthand accounts of the battles of Sacramento and Santa Cruz de Rosales. Edited and annotated by Gardner, foreword by Marc Simmons. Illustrated. 229 pgs including notes, bibliography & index.

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2013). First edition - "It was the most famous bank robbery of all time, involving the Wild West's most celebrated gang of outlaws and their iconic leader, Jesse James." A detailed account of their last robbery and the two-week chase that followed. Illustrations, extensive notes, resources. 290 pp.

Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 2006. Hardcover first edition - Written for older children, this is a brief biography and look at the legend of Phoebe Ann Moses, born in Ohio in 1860, who became known as Annie Oakley, a tiny woman who became one of the best sharpshooters of all time. Large format, illustrated throughout with vintage photographs. References, index. 48 pp. ISBN: 1583413340.

Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 2006. Hardcover first edition - Written for older children, this is a brief biography and look at the legend of Martha Jane Cannary, who became known as Calamity Jane, including her experiences as a scout for General Custer and her years with Bufffalo Bill. Large format, illustrated throughout with vintage photographs. Reference, index. 48 pp. ISBN: 1583413375.

Silverthorne, Colorado: Alpenrose Press, (1980) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Stories of Breckenridge, Montezuma, Dillon, Frisco and other mining towns. Illustrated with photographs and small drawings throughout. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page. Index, 334 pp. ISBN: 0-96036241X.

Walnut Creek, CA: Preservation Press, (1983). First edition - Striking black and white photographs of the landscape, buildings and people of California taken during the 1950s and 1960s by Challiss Gore, arranged topically. Included are groupings on trees, the Gold Country, Death Valley, architecture, missions and more. Hand numbered #214 (no limitation stated) 68 pp. ISBN: 0-961101601.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - An authorative book on this battle - one which uses a totally different focus to interpret the events: "Starting with the shadowy Mitch Boyer, a mixed-blood heretofore known only as the sole army scout to follow Custer into battle and die with him, Gray devotes Part I of the book to filling in the details of Boyer's thirty-nine years preceding the Sioux campaign of 1876 . . . Part II cover the two weeks (June 11-25) during which Boyer served as Custer's key guide and scount." Foreword by Robert M. Utley. Illustrated with photographs, charts and maps. Bibliography, index. xvii, 446 pp. ISBN: 0-80322138X.

New York & London: Century Co, (1928). Hardcover first edition - A collection of ten essays, including an account of her childhood in England in the 1880s, others on animals (one of taking their cat on the train with her daughter). Perhaps most noteworthy are two essays on Yosemite (one on sketching there and the other on Clouds Rest) and another called "Attempting Yellowstone." Ironically, considering the fact that several of these essays are about her life as an artist, this is illustrated with small drawings - decorations - by Katharine E Gray and not Greene herself. 274 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. dj. Hardcover first edition - "The stocks-and-bonds, Havana-cigar, mahogany-and-leather side of the cowboy era. - Politics, investors and operators from 1870-1900." No gunslingers in this book, but instead it focuses on the Eastern capitalists who financed the business of raising capital and arrived in Pullman trains, rather than on horseback - men like Marshall Field, William Rockefeller, E. C. Converse and Nathan Thayer. Photographs, bibliography and index. xix, 319, vii pp.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923. Hardcover first edition - Frontispiece and 2 other plates.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. Hardcover first edition - Synopsis from dj flap pasted on front endpaper. Illustrated endpapers. 365 pp.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (2009). First edition - "Author of The Big Sky series, The Way West, and the screenplay for the classic Shane, among many other timeless stories of frontier mountain men, icon of Western literature A. B. Bud Guthrie Jr. brought a blazing realism to the story of the West. . .. [this biography] details the life and work of this true giant on the Western literary landscape." Notes and documentation, index. xii, 316 pp.

New York: The Lyons Press, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of sixteen interlinked essays about growing up a woman on the grasslands of North Dakota. 233 pp. ISBN: 1558218874.

Denver: Centennial School Supply Co., 1905. Hardcover - Updated to include the legislative changes enacted by the 15th General Assembly, A brief sketch of the history of Colorado and the prinicipal facts of the operation of the state government.