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  • Lewis, Faye Cashatt.
    NOTHING TO MAKE A SHADOW

    Edition: Family Bookshelf edition.

    Ames: Iowa State Univ. Press, 1971. dj. Hardcover - Memoir of early homesteading experiences in South Dakota; in 1909, when she was 13 years old, the author's family moved from Iowa to South Dakota. Illustrated with drawings by Lois Shelton. 155 pp. ISBN: 0-8138-07751.

    Condition: Very good in a good dustjacket (tears with associated creasing to upper edge of dj).

    Book ID: 27558
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  • Mark, Joan.
    A STRANGER IN HER NATIVE LAND: Alice Fletcher and the American Indians.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1988. First edition - The story of the foremost woman anthropologist in the US in the 19th century. 428 pgs including notes, bibliography and index.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (rem line.)

    Book ID: 12992
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  • Mason, Theresa Wattle.
    TRAIL OF THE PIONEERS.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    San Francisco: By the author, nd. (ca 1967.). First edition - An account of her family homesteading in the desert country of Eastern Washington around 1900. Illustrated with photographs and drawings by the author. SIGNED and dated 1967 by the author.

    Condition: Very good in stiff tan illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 16826
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  • SARAH ELIZABETH: A Tale of Old Colorado. by Masters, J. G.
    Masters, J. G.
    SARAH ELIZABETH: A Tale of Old Colorado.

    Edition: First printing.

    Fredericksburg, Texas: Shearer Publishing, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - After years of an empty marriage, a 43 year old woman walks away from the wagon train heading to Pike's Peak with her gold-seeking husband and begins to make plans for her own life. Historical afterword, bibliography. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-940672294.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (gift inscription, price-clipped, edgewear to dj)

    Book ID: 61564
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  • (Megquier, Mary Jane.) Cleland, Robert Glass, editor.
    APRON FULL OF GOLD: The Letters of Mary Jane Megquier from San Francisco, 1949-1856.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1949. dj. Hardcover first edition - According to family tradition, Mary Jane Megquier was the first white woman to cross the Isthmus of Panama during the Gold Rush, She left her home in Winthrop, Maine to accompany her husband, a physician, to San Francisco. Illustrations. 99 pages. Printed at the Ward Ritchie Press.

    Condition: Very good+ in a good+ dustjacket (prev owner's name stamp on front endpaper, peeled spot on spine on dj, chip on front.)

    Book ID: 18331
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  • Nagel, Gunther W.
    IRON WILL, THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF JANE STANFORD

    Edition: Revised edition.

    Stanford, CA: Stanford Alumni Association, 1985. dj. Hardcover - Stanford's life and work in founding the University named after her only son, as revealed through her letters. This revised edition contains many more photographs, interspersed throughout the text, than the original edition - oblong format, 224 pgs. ISBN: 0-916318-168.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 4860
    Keywords: Women in the West
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  • JANE STANFORD, HER LIFE AND LETTERS by Nagel, Gunther W.
    Nagel, Gunther W.
    JANE STANFORD, HER LIFE AND LETTERS

    Edition: First printing.

    Stanford, CA: Stanford Alumni Association, 1975. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The life of a remarkable woman, as revealed through her letters - one who came into her own after the death of her husband and struggled to ensure the survival of Stanford University. SIGNED by Nagel on the dedication page. Includes a bibliography, notes on the sources, and a section of photographs, x, 179 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket. (bookplate on front pastedown, inscription on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 87496
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  • IRON WILL, THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF JANE STANFORD by Nagel, Gunther W.
    Nagel, Gunther W.
    IRON WILL, THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF JANE STANFORD

    Edition: Revised edition.

    Stanford, CA: Stanford Alumni Association, 1985. dj. Hardcover - Stanford's life and work in founding the University named after her only son, as revealed through her letters. This revised edition contains many more photographs, interspersed throughout the text, than the original edition - oblong format, 224 pgs. ISBN: 0-916318-168.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (some rubbing, edgewear to dj.)

    Book ID: 73371
    Keywords: Women in the West
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  • THE DESERT IS NO LADY: Southwestern Landscapes and Woman's Writing and Art. by Norwood, Vera and Janice Monk, editors.
    Norwood, Vera and Janice Monk, editors.
    THE DESERT IS NO LADY: Southwestern Landscapes and Woman's Writing and Art.

    Edition: First thus- a large trade paperback.

    Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1997). A study of woman writers and artists who found their voices and images in the desert of the Southwest - well known figures such as Willa Cather, Georgia O'Keefe Leslie Marmon Silko, Nancy Holt, photographer Laura Gilpin, but also less well known figures of varying ethnicity. Illustrated with black and white photographs, maps. List of illustrations, notes, index. xii1, 281 pp. ISBN: 0-816516499.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new)

    Book ID: 68623
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  • THE DESERT IS NO LADY: Southwestern Landscapes and Woman's Writing and Art. by Norwood, Vera and Janice Monk, editors.
    Norwood, Vera and Janice Monk, editors.
    THE DESERT IS NO LADY: Southwestern Landscapes and Woman's Writing and Art.

    Edition: First printing.

    New Haven & London: Yale University Press, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A study of woman writers and artists who found their voices and images in the desert of the Southwest - well known figures such as Willa Cather, Georgia O'Keefe Leslie Marmon Silko, Nancy Holt, photographer Laura Gilpin, but also less well known figures of varying ethnicity. Illustrated with black and white photographs, maps. List of illustrations, notes, index. xii1, 291 pp. ISBN: 0-300-036884.

    Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (stain to outer edges of upper corner of textblock).

    Book ID: 38739
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  • STEAM LAUNDRY. by O'Donnell, Nicole Stellon
    O'Donnell, Nicole Stellon
    STEAM LAUNDRY.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.

    Los Angeles: Boreal Books / Red Hen Press, (2012). First edition - A "novel in poems based on the true story of Sarah Ellen Gibson, a miner's wife during the Klondike and Alaska gold rushes. Her journey began as she followed her husband to Dawson City, Yukon Territory in 1898. She stayed there three years as the town's boom and her marriage burned out. In 1903, she left her husband and sons to start over in Fairbanks, Alaska, with another man. Based on archival research and incorporating historical documents and photographs, the poems approach the past through the ghosts of correspondence." Illustrated with photographs. Notes. 143 pp. ISBN: 978-1597092289.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 70474
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  • Paine, Swift.
    EILLEY ORRUM: Queen of the Comstock.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York: A. L. Burt, 1929. Biography of the woman, born in England, who came to the US as a Mormon immigrant, but eventually wound up wealthy from the great Comstock silver lode - only to face tragedy again at the end of her life.

    Condition: Very Good- in orange cloth covers (prev owner's name.)

    Book ID: 31095
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  • UPON A SAGEBRUSH HARP. by Parsons, Nell Wilson.
    Parsons, Nell Wilson.
    UPON A SAGEBRUSH HARP.

    Edition: First edition.

    Saskatoon, Canada: Prairie Books, The Western Producer, 1969. dj. Hardcover first edition - Memoir of growing up on the plains of Canada in the early years of the 20th century. "Mrs. Parson's has captured the feeling of being a part of the opening of the Canadian West through the eyes of a receptive child. She was nine in 1907 when the Wilson family moved from Iowa to farm near Lang, Saskatchewan. She attended Normal School in Weyburn and then taught in rural schools in Yellow Grass, Bengough and Khedive." 144 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some light edgewear to the dj).

    Book ID: 66871
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  • SKY RANCH: Living on a Remote Ranch in Idaho. by Phelps, Bobbi .
    Phelps, Bobbi .
    SKY RANCH: Living on a Remote Ranch in Idaho.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Skyhorse Publishing, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - When Bobbi Phelps married Mike Wolverton, an Idaho rancher, she discovered what it was like to live in rural America. The contrast between her suburban background and her farming life was both challenging, sometimes fearful but overall very rewarding. Glossary. 208 pp. ISBN: 978-1510751071.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 88399
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  • [Reed, Alma] May, Antoinette.
    PASSIONATE PILGRIM: The Extraordinary Life of Alma Reed.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Paragon House, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Born in San Franciso in 1889, Alma Reed became an outstanding journalist, a pioneer archeologist and the heroine of Mexico. Includes black-and-white photographs, notes, bibliography, and index. 283 pp. ISBN: 1-55778-3713.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 14529
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  • TALES OF LOVE AND HATE IN OLD SAN FRANCISCO. by Robbins, Millie.
    Robbins, Millie.
    TALES OF LOVE AND HATE IN OLD SAN FRANCISCO.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1971) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "The Seven Deadly Sins in San Francisco" - includes scandalous and intriguing real-life stories, from Sarah Winchester and her "Mystery House," to the downfall of early film star Fatty Arbuckle, and the unsolved case of Mrs. Leland Stanford's death from strychnine poisoning, Robert Louis Stevenson and Fannie Osborne, and many more. The author was the society editor of the San Francisco Chronicle for many years. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Illustrated. Index. 200 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped, tear to lower edge of front cover of dj, some rubbing to folds).

    Book ID: 84814
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  • Robertson, Janet
    THE MAGNIFICENT MOUNTAIN WOMEN: Adventures in the Colorado Rockies

    Edition: First printing.

    Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990. Hardcover first edition - The stories of over 30 women who ventured into the mountains from the 1850's on - including suffragist Julia Archibald Holmes who climbed Pike's Peak in 1858, Anna Dickinson, the English tourists Isabella Bird and Rose Pender and many others. 220 pgs including an index, glossary, sources and notes, and many photographs.

    Condition: F/NF (pc.)

    Book ID: 7372
    Keywords: Women in the West
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  • SOILED DOVES: Prostitution in the Early West. by Seagraves, Anne.
    Seagraves, Anne.
    SOILED DOVES: Prostitution in the Early West.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Hayden, Idaho: Wesanne Publications, 1994. First edition - Illustrated with many photographs. Glossary, bibliography. 173 pp. ISBN: 0-96190884x.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 50318
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  • SOILED DOVES: Prostitution in the Early West. by Seagraves, Anne.
    Seagraves, Anne.
    SOILED DOVES: Prostitution in the Early West.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Hayden, Idaho: Wesanne Publications, 1994. SIGNED first edition - Illustrated with many photographs. SIGNED on the title page. Glossary, bibliography. 173 pp. ISBN: 0-96190884x.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 50346
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  • WOMEN OF THE SIERRA. by Seagraves, Anne.
    Seagraves, Anne.
    WOMEN OF THE SIERRA.

    Edition: 3rd printing (revised). Trade paperback.

    Lakeport, CA: Wesanne Publications, (1992.). SIGNED - Brief biographies of 15 19th century women, each of whom left their mark on California and Nevada - including Eliza Cook, Nevada's first woman doctor, Lily Langtree, Eilley Orrum, Charley Parkhurst, stage coach driver, and others. Illustrated with photographs. SIGNED on the half title page. 173 pp. ISBN: 0-961908815.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 78171
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  • HIGH-SPIRITED WOMEN OF THE WEST. by Seagraves, Anne.
    Seagraves, Anne.
    HIGH-SPIRITED WOMEN OF THE WEST.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Hayden, Idaho: Wesanne Publications, 1992. First edition - The stories of ten courageous women who lived life on their own terms in the nineteenth century West, including Jessie Benton Fremont, Sarah Winnemucca, desperado Belle Starr, Mormon women Fanny Stenhouse and Eliza Young, artist Grace Carpenter Hudson and more. Illustrated with many photographs. Glossary, bibliography. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-96190884x.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 56205
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  • Seagraves, Anne.
    DAUGHTERS OF THE WEST.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Hayden, Idaho: Wesanne Publications, 1996. First edition - "Free-wheeling ladies on high-stepping horses, daring cowgirls, Wells Fargo women and adventurous schoolmarms capture the feminine side of the West brighten these pages...[this] tells of the colorful ladies who earned the respect of their male counterparts." Among them are silent movies star Nell Shipmann; Charlie Parkhurt, Jo Monaghan and Mountain Charley (3 women who lived their lives as men); road agent Pearl Hart of Arizona, and others both well-known, and almost forgotten. Lots of great photographs, bibliography. 176 pp. SIGNED on the half title page. ISBN: 0-9619088-58.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a new copy)

    Book ID: 32075
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  • Spencer,Clarissa Young with Mabel Harmer.
    ONE WHO WAS VALIANT.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1940. dj. Hardcover - An affectionate memoir of Brigham Young and his household, written by his daughter (his 51st out of 56 children, who was born in 1860). Includes an interesting account of life as a child in the Beehive House, where she lived with her mother, and information on the growth of the Mormon population in Utah with the arrival of immigrants from Europe, etc. Illustrated with photographs. 279 pp.

    Condition: Ex-library with markings and some wear to the blue cloth covers (corners reinforced with cloth tape), no dj, but still a good reading copy - sturdy binding, contents clean.

    Book ID: 37368
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  • GRASS SONGS: Poems of Women's Journey West by Turner, Ann (illustrated by Barry Moser.)
    Turner, Ann (illustrated by Barry Moser.)
    GRASS SONGS: Poems of Women's Journey West

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. A collection of 17 poems which describe the trip West as seen by the women pioneers. Illustrated with drawings by Barry Moser. ISBN: 0-15-3634778.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (as new.)

    Book ID: 9199
    Keywords: Women in the West
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  • RIVER OF RED GOLD: A History Novel. by West, Naida.
    West, Naida.
    RIVER OF RED GOLD: A History Novel.

    Edition: First printing. Large trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Rancho Murieta, CA: Bridge House Books (1996.). SIGNED first edition - An historical novel of California from 1844 through the early gold rush years, set on what used to be known as Rancho Sacayak on the edge of the Cosumnes River - this was land where the Miwoks had had a village for centuries; the first non-indigenous woman to live on this land was Elitha Donner, a 14 year old survivor of the Donner Party. SIGNED and dated by the author on the title page. Winner of the Best Fiction and Gold Award: Best Book - 1997, Sacramento Publishers Association. Maps. Endnotes about the historical characters who appear in the book. 626 pp. ISBN: 0-9653487-25.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated covers.

    Book ID: 40441
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  • DOWN THE TRAIL WITH THE BUFFALO HERDS: Western Miscellanea. by Witherup, Mary E. and others.
    Witherup, Mary E. and others.
    DOWN THE TRAIL WITH THE BUFFALO HERDS: Western Miscellanea.

    Edition: First printing.

    Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co. (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Poems by the author (who was born in Wyoming, the daughter of parents who came West by wagon train, and lived in Montana when this was published) and by others in her family - most on Western themes - 228 pp. ISBN: :0-8059-1708X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 54370
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  • Yates, Norris.
    GENDER AND GENRE: An Introduction to Women Writers of Formula Westerns, 1900-1950.

    Edition: First printing.

    Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A study of an often overlooked subgenre of the Western novel - of how some of the popular women writers of the time - including B.M. Bower, Caroline Lockhart, Vingie E. Roe, Honore Willsie Morrow and Katharine Newlin Burt - both appealed to the prejudices of the mass market on a superficial level, but also managed to subvert the traditional images by downplaying violence, portraying active rather than passive heroines, etc. Notes, bibliography, index. 181 pp. ISBN: 0-826315690.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 34139
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