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Preserving the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains

By: Freed, Elaine

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U.S.A., Natl Trust for Historic: 1992

Seller ID: 018900

ISBN: 0826313051

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Oversized hardcover. Fine condition. Stated first edition. Areas covered: New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, North and South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming. The first part focuses on the vernacular architecture of the region, the tradition of Native American and Spanish dwellings that Anglo settlers found, and the first makeshift, sometimes mobile structures they built, including trading posts, mills and mining camps, forts and ranches. The second part focuses on historic preservation.
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Slices of the Big Apple: A Photographic Tour of the Streets of New York

By: Freund, James

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Fordham Univ Pr: 2004

Seller ID: 020956

ISBN: 0823223973

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover. Very good condition, appears to have author's signature at bottom of inscription on table of contents page. Full of colorful photography of the people and places in New York.
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The Tetons Interpretations of a Mountain Landscape

By: Fritiof Fryxell

Price: $50.00

Publisher: University of California Press: 1938

Seller ID: 016657

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover, ex-library, protected in mylar. University of California Press, 1938. In very good condition, very light edgewear, library marking on spine and a library emboss on the front endpaper and pages 35-36, remnants of library pocket inside front cover, one small rip to fold-out map, text and illustrations are bright and clean. Signed by the publisher: For Virginia M Roediger from Sam Farquhar, printer. June 14, 1940. The Grand Teton Park in Wyoming. "Payin gold will never be found here/No matter how many men tries/There's some enough to begile one/Like tanglefoot paper does flies."...
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Roadside History of New Mexico

By: Fugate, Francis L.;Fugate, Roberta B.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Missoula, Montana, U.S.A., Mountain Pr: 1989

Seller ID: 018983

ISBN: 0878422420

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover. Very good, back cover has a crease in bottom left corner. New Mexico is full of history, from the Spaniards, the Indians, the Mexicans, and the whites. This is the land the buffalo soldiers fought in, where Geronimo hunted and lived with his tribe, where Cortez played. Come travel the roads and see the sites - you can still feel the ghosts of times past.
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The Tabor Opera House: A Captivating History

By: Furman, Evelyn E. Livingston

Price: $25.00

Publisher: E.E.L. Furman: 1984

Seller ID: 016627

ISBN: 0881000442

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover, no DJ. Self-published, 1984, second printing. In very good condition, cover edgewear, minor bumping to corners and spine, hinge is beginning to separate on title page. Signed and dated on title page (Oct. 6, 1985). Brochure on the opera house laid in good condition, top shows wear from sticking out of the book. The history of the opera house in Leadville, Colorado, his two wives (Augusta and Baby Doe), and his infamous life-style.
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Ocmulgee National Monument Georgia

By: G D Pope

Price: $8.00

Publisher: National Park Service: 1956

Seller ID: 022826

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover. Very good condition. Pictures, photos and descriptions of the site.
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Profile of a State - New Mexico

By: George Fitzpatrick, John Sinclair

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A., Horn and Wallace: 1964

Seller ID: 018990

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Oversized hardcover. Good condition, edges of boards show some wear, and front endpapers were used like an autograph book for gift inscriptions from various committee members. DJ is poor, has chips and tears. Photographs are lovely and show New Mexico while it was a much quieter, more beautiful land.
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Volcanoes of the National Parks in Hawaii

By: Gordon A Macdonald, Douglass H Hubbard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Hawaii Natural History Association: 1982

Seller ID: 018638

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Softcover. Near fine condition. Eighth edition, dedicated to the late Gordon A Macdonald who served as Director of the Hawaii Volcano Observatory. Full of vibrant photos and the history of the volcanoes in Hawaii.
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The Santa Fe Trail

By: H L James

Price: $8.00

Publisher: SPMA: 1972

Seller ID: 007125

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover, ex-library. SPMA, second printing, 1972. In very good condition, minimal library markings, back right corner of cover has been bumped and torn. Follow the path of wagon trains. Includes photos. 20 pages.
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Wyoming University: The First 100 Years 1886-1986

By: Hardy, Deborah

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.A., Univ of Wyoming: 1986

Seller ID: 016668

ISBN: 0941570010

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Oversized hardcover with DJ covered in mylar. University of Wyoming, 1986. In near fine condition. History of the University of Wyoming, filled with photos.
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National Trust Guide Santa Fe: America's Guide for Architecture and History Travelers

By: Harris, Richard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Preservation Pr: 1997

Seller ID: 021657

ISBN: 0471174432

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Trade paperback. Near fine condition. A combination of artifact locations and the history associated with them.
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The West is Still Wild

By: Harry Carr

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin: 1932

Seller ID: 016640

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Hardcover, no DJ. Houghton Mifflin, 1932. Signed by author on title page. In good condition, moderate bumping to corners and spine ends, sun-fading to spine and top edges, hinges are beginning to separate, light foxing on end papers, interior is clean and bright. Romance of the Past and Present. New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Colorado, Mexico.
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Enchanting New Mexico

By: Hazen-Hammond, Susan

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A., New Mexico Magazine: 1985

Seller ID: 018989

ISBN: 0937206040

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover, no DJ. In very good condition. This is a softcover magazine special that has been rebound as a hardcover and presented by Sunwest Bank. Filled with photographs about the people and places in New Mexico.
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A Guide to Photographing the Art of Nature

By: Heinemann, Bruce W.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., Prior Pub: 1994

Seller ID: 019002

ISBN: 0930861086

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Coffeetable sized softcover. Very good condition, cover edges lightly bumped. Absolutely beautiful photos and discussion of how he took them. He also identifies each location.
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Outhouses of the West

By: Hines, Sherman

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Nimbus Publishing, Limited:

Seller ID: 016598

ISBN: 0921054076

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Oversized hardcover, DJ in mylar. Nimbux, 1988. In near fine condition. Beautiful photos of outdoor privies - many of them covered in snow and looking very cold!
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Centuries of Santa Fe

By: Horgan, Paul

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A., Gannon Distributing Co: 1992

Seller ID: 020617

ISBN: 0883075237

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Trade paperback. Near fine condition. This edition was originally published in 1976 and is unabridged and unaltered reprint of the 1956 EP Dutton edition except for the addition of a new preface by the author. Later printing. History of Santa Fe.
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Treasure Hunting Northwest

By: Hult, Ruby El

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Binfords & Mort: 1971

Seller ID: 018835

ISBN: 083230087X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Hardcover. Near fine condition, light foxing on outside page edges. DJ is very good, has been price clipped and some color removed on spine. Covers Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Includes specific information and some maps.
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Prairie Schooner Detours

By: Irene D Paden

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Macmillan: 1949

Seller ID: 016650

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover. Macmillan, 1949, stated first edition. In very good condition, light bumping to corners and spine, pages lightly toning. DJ is good, several chips to edges, a 3" closed tear at bottom of front panel, price clipped. Two treacherous detours - Hastings Cut-off led 90 miles across the Great Salt Desert and so delayed the ill-fated Donner Party, and Lassen's wound painfully throught the Sierras and many a '90-er referrred to it bitterly as the "Greenhorn Cut-off.
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Colorado Mountain Playgrounds

By: J P Cummins

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Union Pacific System:

Seller ID: 021606

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Booklet. 48 pages. Lots of photos, maps, places to stay, side trips to take by rail and more. Trying to tempt you to take a rail vacation through mountain country.
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Journey Through the Rocky Mountains and the Humboldt Mountains to the Pacific Ocean

By: Jacob H Schiel

Price: $25.00

Seller ID: 016605

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover, DJ in mylar. University of Oklahoma, 1959. In very good condition, DJ and book end papers have light foxing. The journal of Jacob Schiel, a geologist who served in the capacity of surgeon to the Gunnison Expedition of 1853, tasked with finding a railroad route from Missouri to the Pacific. This journal covers 1853-1854.
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