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Morris, Richard B., ed. | Encyclopedia of American History, Revised and Enlarged | American History | 840 pp. Hardcover. Harper & Row. 1961 | Like new. Dust jacket chipped; ripped at head back ¾ inch. | $5.00 |
Chatterton, Fenimore C. | Yesterday’s Wyoming the intimate memoirs of Fenimore Chatterton, Territorial Citizen, Governor and Statesman, An Autobiography | Autobiography | 133 pp. Hardcover. Powder River Publishers & Booksellers. 1957 | Very good. Dust jacket: Yellowed, 2” rip spine tail, ½” & ¾” rip spine head. Book clean & tight | $60.00 |
Hertzler, Arthur E. | Horse and Buggy Doctor | Biography | 322 pp. Paper. Bison Book. 1970 | New. Book plate F. F. E. | $6.50 |
Miller, Max and Fred Mazzulla | Holladay Street: One hundred years of Denver’s secret history. | Colorado | 224 pp. Paperback. Ballantine Books. A Comstock Edition. 1971. | Front cover ripping away from text 2” at tail. Lower front and back cover corners bent . | $3.00 |
Whithorn, Doris, comp. | Bicentennial Tapestry of the Yellowstone Conference | Methodism in Montana & Wyoming | 211 pp. Hardcover. Livingston Enterprise. 1984 | Ex-Library. Otherwise very good. | $10.00 |
Stands In Timber, John / Margot Liberty | Cheyenne Memories | Native Americans | 330 pp. Soft cover. Yale University Press. 1972 | Very good. Ex-library. Laminate covered. | $5.00 |
Mattison, Ray H. | Army Post on the Northern Plains, 1865-1885 | Nebraska | 27 pp. Softcover. Courier Press. | Stapled in center. Very good | $6.00 |
Knight, Dave | Franklin County, Nebraska | Nebraska | 140 pp. Paperback. Earth Eyes Travel Guides. 2012 | New | $18.00 |
Butcher, Solomon D. | Pioneer History of Custer County, Nebraska with Which is Combined Sod Houses of the Great American Plains | Nebraska | 403+ pp. Hardcover. Purcell Inc. 1976 (Third printing) | Good. With DJ. Tight, clean text. | $25.00 |
Talbot, Vivian Linford | David E. Jackson: Field Captain of the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade | Rocky Mtn. West | 138 pp. Paper. Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum. 1996. | Very good. 4 pin-pricks on the front cover. | $14.50 |
Peters, Harriet, Dave Stirling and Dick Rome | Infamous Dude Dictionary, Rocky Mountainania | Rocky Mtn. West | Unpaged, Cardstock. Spiral-bound. W. H. Kistler Stationery Company. 1952 | Very good. | $8.00 |
Leckie, William H. | Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Negro Cavalry in the Wesst | West | 290 pp. paperback University of Oklahoma Press. 1981 (Sixth printing) | Good. | $7.50 |
Mueller, Ellen Crago | Calamity Jane | West | 24 pp. Softcover. Stapled 1981 | New. Inscription inside cover. | $12.00 |
Moody, Ralph | Home Ranch | West | 280 pp. Hardcover. W. W. Norton & Co. 1956 | First edition. Ex-library. Cover soiled. Corners worn. Tight, clean , M block. No DJ. | $25.00 |
Murphy, Dan | Oregon Trail, Voyage of Discovery: the Story Behind the Scenery | West | 64 pp. Paper. KC Publications. 1992 | Very good. | $4.00 |
Fenwick, Robert W. (Red) | Red Fenwick’s West: Yesterday and today | West | 262 pp. Hardcover. Sage Books. 1956 | Very good. Dust jacket one 1” x 2” triangular rip on front head and small “U”-shaped rip on back. | $20.00 |
Crossen, Forest | Western Yesterdays, Mining Camp Doctor and other Stories. Volume IV | West | 93 pp. Paper. Paddock Publishing Inc. 1972 | Very good. Signed by the author. Adhesive left on cover by price tag. | $3.00 |
| Acceptance of the Statue of Esther Morris Presented by the State of Wyoming. (Proceedings in the Congress and in the Rotunda, United States Capitol, April 6, 1960) | Women | 46 pp. Hardcover. United States Printing Office, 1961 | New | $14.00 |
Brown, Mabel | First Ladies of Wyoming, 1869-1990 | Women | 160 pp. Paperback. Wyoming Commission for Women. 1990 | Very Good. Dedication from author on Title Page. First signature loose. | $20.00 |
Anderson, Nancy F. | Lora Webb Nichols: Homesteader’s Daughter, Miner’s Bride | Women | 296 pp. Paperback Caxton Printers. 1995 | Very Good | $4.00 |
Dahlquist, Laura | “Meet Jim Bridger” A brief history of Bridger and his trading house on Black’s Fork | Wyoming | 38 pp. Softcover. Gazette Press. 1951. Fourth printing. | Stapled in center. Very good. | $10.00 |
Till, Michael J. | Along Wyoming’s Historic Highway 20 | Wyoming | 127 pp. Softcover. Arcadia Publishing. 2016 | Like new. | $23.00 |
Starr, Eileen F. | Architecture in the Cowboy State, 1849-1940 | Wyoming | 199 pp. Paperback. High Plains Press. 1992 | Very good. Dedication by author and photographer on title page. | $13.00 |
Patrick, Lucile Nichols | Best Little Town by a Dam Site Or Cody’s First 20 Years | Wyoming | 178 pp. Hard-cover. Flintlock Publishing Co. 1969 | Very, good. With dust jacket. D. J. ripped and repaired with Scotch tape; 1 inch by 1 ½ inch piece missing near lower spine. | $20.00 |
Edgar, Bob & Jack Turnell | Brand of a Legend | Wyoming | 244 pp. Paperback. Wolverine Gallery. 1987 (Second printing) | Good. Upper spine worn. | $80.00 |
Buffalo’s Centennial Book Committee | Buffalo’s First Century | Wyoming | 216 + index. 1984 | Very good. Edges slightly soiled. Tight | $65.00 |
Fleishman, Martha & Carol Joy Justice | Bugs to Blizzards or An Army Wife at Fort D. A. Russell | Wyoming | 111 pp. Soft cover. Wigwam Publishing Co. 1974 | Very good. Cover creased at spine. Cover edged chipped. Book clean & tight. | $9.00 |
| Calico Hill: Recalling the early years, good times and hardships of homesteaders, Laramie County, Wyoming | Wyoming | 101 pp. Paper. Jolly Dry Farmers/Pioneer Printing Co, reprint 2002 | Stapled in center. Very good. | $15.00 |
Bragg, Bill | Campbell County: The Slumbering Giant | Wyoming | 20 pp. Softcover. Holiday Inn, 1978 | Stapled in center. Very good. | $12.00 |
Wyoming Retired Teachers | Children—Chalkdust—Cowboys | Wyoming | 80 pp. Soft cover. Modern Printing Co. 1976 |
| $16.00 |
Spring, Agnes Wright, ed. | Collected Writings and Addresses of William Chapin Deming, Vol. IV | Wyoming | 393 pp. Hardcover. Arthur H. Clark Co. 1947 | Good. Text tight and clean. Pages foxed. | $30.00 |
Cook, Joseph W. | Diary and Letters of the Reverend Joseph W. Cook | Wyoming | 137 pp. Hardcover. [Denver Bookbinding Company] | Fine. This is a reprint. | $15.00 |
Hall, Charles “Pat” | Documents of Wyoming Heritage | Wyoming | 142 pp. Hardcover. Oversize. Wyoming Bicentennial Commission. 1976 | Very good. Spots near tail on edge opposite spine. | $35.00 |
Bard, Floyd C. as told to Agnes Wright Spring | Dude Wrangler: Hunter: Line Rider | Wyoming | 100 pp. Hardcover. Sage Books. 1964. | Very good. Dust cover very good. | $20.00 |
Amsler, Melba, et. al. | Facts and Fantasy of Uinta County’s Past | Wyoming | 49 pp. Paper, spiral bound. 1987 | Small spill on cover, otherwise like new. | $10.00 |
Wheeler, Denice | Feminine Frontier: Wyoming Women, 1850-1900 | Wyoming | 313 pp. Hardcover. 1987 | Edge wear. Corners worn. | $20.00 |
Hieb, David L. | Fort Laramie National Monument, Wyoming | Wyoming | 43 pp. Soft cover. National Park Service. 1961 | Very good. P. O. name inside front cover. | $5.00 |
Wasden, David J. | From Beaver to Oil: A Century in the Development of Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin | Wyoming | 350 pp. Hardcover. Pioneer Printing and Stationery Co. 1973 | Very good. Signed by author. P. O. name inside FFE. | $125.00 |
Gage, J. R. | Geography of Wyoming | Wyoming | 134 pp. Hardcover. The Mills Company. 1940 | Jr. Hi. Text book. Covers soiled. Corners and edges worn. Text block tight and clean. Hinges a little loose. | $25.00 |
Trachsel, Herman H. and Ralph M. Wade | Government and Administration of Wyoming. American Commonwealths Series. | Wyoming | 381 pp. Hardcover. Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 1953 | Very good. | $23.00 |
Hebard, Grace Raymond | Government of Wyoming: The History, Constitution and 984Administration of Affairs, Fifth edition | Wyoming | 286 pp. Hardcover. Whitaker & Ray-Wiggin Co. 1914 | Good. Edge wear. Corners worn. Spine and hinges tight. | $24.00 |
Sandoval, Judith Hancock | Historic Ranches of Wyoming | Wyoming | 97 pp. Paper. Mountain States Lithographing Co. 1986 | Very good+ | $35.00 |
Jewell, Loretta | Homesteading the Prairie: Carpenter, Wyoming | Wyoming | 162 pp. Paperback. The Little Ol’ Print shop. 1968 | Comb binding. Cover and first page loose. #85. Water damage to back cover does not affect readability. | $20.00 |
Gage, Jack R. | Horse, The Buggy, The Doctor | Wyoming | 42 pp. Soft cover. Stapled. Flintlock Publishing Co. 1968 | Very good. | $6.00 |
Ellison, Robert Spurrier | Independence Rock: The Great Record of the Desert | Wyoming | 41 pp. Soft cover. 1930 | Very good. First copy from the press. Signed by the printer and W. H. Jackson, Illustrator. | $45.00 |
Davis, Lynne & Meade | Jackson Hole from A to Z, Names, Places, Fact & Myths | Wyoming | 100 pp. Soft cover. Comb bound. Pioneer Printing. 1979 | Very good. Signed by author to previous owner. | $10.00 |
Alter, J. Cecil | Jim Bridger | Wyoming | 358 pp. Paperback. University of Oklahoma Press. 1982 (Sixth printing.) | Good | $12.50 |
| Korein Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., Volume 2, 1996, Steve Smith, Potentate | Wyoming | 44 pp. Hardcover. Campus Photo; Inter-state Studio | New | $10.00 |
Pence, Mary Lou | Laramie Story | Wyoming | 42 pp. Softcover. 1968 | Stapled in center. Very good. | $10.00 |
Roberts, Phil, ed. | More Buffalo Bones: Stories from Wyoming’s Past | Wyoming | 64 pp. Soft cover. 1982 | Very Good. Stapled | $7.50 |
Blair, Neal L., et. al. | Mule Deer of Wyoming | Wyoming | 154 pp. Paper. Wyoming Game and Fish Department. 1985 | New. Dedicated by author. | $12.00 |
Rogers, W. P. | Oldtimer of the Jackson Hole Country: A Story of Mountain Men for Men Only | Wyoming | 62 pp. Hardcover. Warlick Press. 1964 | Very good. Dust jacket very good. | $7.00 |
Ivey, Richard D. | Ophthalmology: Cheyenne, Wyoming Physicians and Practices | Wyoming | 67 pp. Loose pages. 2018 Updates | New | $5.00 |
Flynn, Shirley | Our Heritage, 100 Years at St. Mark’s, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1868-1968 | Wyoming | 143 pp. Hardcover. Pioneer Printing Co. 1968. | Fine. Ex-libris.. #354 of 1,000 copies. Signed by author. | $5.00 |
Amsler, Melba, et. al. | Our Railroad Heritage: The Union Pacific in Wyoming | Wyoming | 62 pp. Paper, spiral bound. | Lower edge slightly soiled. | $10.00 |
Wright, Ora E. and Lenora S. Wright | Our Valley: Eden Valley, Wyoming | Wyoming | 290 pp. Paperback. Gann Publishing, 1987 | Very good. Edges soiled. Tight. Spine not creased. | $30.00 |
Thompson, Martha | Pioneer Parade | Wyoming | 80 pp. Paperback. Logan Printing Co. 1967 | Soiled. Back cover water damaged. Last page stuck to back cover. Lower corner of book folded. Stapled in center. | $15.00 |
Bonar, John “Ace” | Pride, Power, Progress: Wyoming’s First 100 Years | Wyoming | 101 pp. Softcover. Wyoming Historical Press. 1987 | Good. Cover soiled. Text tight and clean. | $14.00 |
Vanderpoel, Sally | S’More of It | Wyoming | 184 pp. Paperback. Endeavor Books. 2006 | New. Signed by author | $20.00 |
Jones, Walter R. | Sand Bar | Wyoming | 227 pp. Hardcover. Natrona County Public Library Foundation. 2012 | Ex-Library. New | $10o.00 |
Chisholm, James | South Pass, 1868: James Chisholm’s Journal of the Wyoming Gold Rush | Wyoming | 244 pp. Hardcover. University of Nebraska Press. 1960 | Very good+. Dust jacket. | $9.00 |
Cook, Harold J. | Tales of the 04 Ranch: Recollections of Harold J. Cook, 1887-1909 | Wyoming | 221 pp. Hardcover. University of Nebraska Press. 1968 | Very Good | $15.00 |
Gage, Jack R. | Tensleep and No Rest, A Historical Account of the Range War of the Big Horns in Wyoming | Wyoming | 222 pp. Prairie Publishing Company. 1958 | Very good. P. O’s name on FFE. Pages 7 and 15 corner turned down. Pages 1, 17 & 18 missing small piece of upper corner. | $40.00 |
Arnold, Bess and James L. Ehernberger | Union Pacific Depot: An Elegant Legacy to Cheyenne | Wyoming | 48 pp. Paper, stapled. | Good. Small, sticky spill on back cover. | $20.00 |
Cook, Jeannie | Wiley’s Dream of Empire: The Wiley Irrigation Project | Wyoming | 114 pp. Soft cover. Yellowstone Printing and Publishing. 1990 | Very good. P. O. name inside. Limited, Centennial edition, #622. | $20.00 |
Linford, Velma | Wyoming Frontier State | Wyoming | 428 pp. Hardcover. Old West Publishing Co. 1947 | Like new. Dust jacket chipped and ripped at head: 1 1/2 “ piece missing from rear and 2 small ¼ “ pieces at spine. | $22.00 |
Linford, Dee | Wyoming Stream Names: A Bicentennial Publication | Wyoming | 75 pp. Paperback. Wyoming Game and Fish Department. 1975 | Like new. | $10.00 |
Urbanek, Mae | Wyoming Wonderland | Wyoming | 120 pp. Hardcover. Sage Books. 1964 | Ex-library. Shelf wear. | $12.00 |
Compiled by workers of the Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Wyoming | Wyoming, A Guide to its History, Highways, and People. | Wyoming | 490 pp. Hardcover. American Guide Series Oxford University Press. 1966 | Very good. | $20.00 |
Junge, Mark | Wyoming, A Pictorial History | Wyoming | 261 pp. Hardcover. Donning Co., 1989 | Very good. Dust jacket ripped at top and bottom back about 1 inch. | $20.00 |
| Wyoming,New the 75th Year | Wyoming | 138 pp. Paper. Wyoming 75th Anniversary Commission. 1965 | Good to very good. Cover bent at spine. P. o. name on cover. | $8.50 |
Wyoming Recreation Commission | Wyoming: A Guide to Historic Sites | Wyoming | 327 pp. Paper. Big Horn Publishers. 1976 | Very good. | $6.50 |
Linford, Velma | Wyoming: Frontier State | Wyoming | 428 pp. Old West Publishing Co. 1947 | Very Good. Dust jacket chipped; ripped on back. | $25.00 |
| Wyoming: A Guide to its History, Highways and People (Wyoming Writers’ Project) | Wyoming | 490 pp. Oxford University Press. 1961 | Very Good. Corners and spine ends worn. Dust jacket chipped and ripped at head of rear 1” | $20.00, Chris |
Ewig, Rick, Linda G. Rollins | Wyoming’s Capitol | Wyoming | 15 pp. Paper. Wyoming State Press. 1987 | Good | $15.00 |
Larson, T. A. | Wyoming’s War Years, 1941-1945 | Wyoming | 400 pp. Softcover. Wyoming Historical Foundation. 1993 | Good. Ex-library. Dedicatory note from author. Reprint edition. Text tight and clean. | $15.00 |
Brown, Mark H. &W. R. Felton | Before Barbed Wire: L. A. Huffman, Photographer on Horseback | Wyoming & Montana History | 256 pp. Hardcover. Henry Holt & Co. 1956 | Very good. Dust jacket: Chipped, inside corner snipped, ½” rip front head, ¾” rip front tail, 1” X ½” rip spine tail, 1” rip back tail. Book clean & tight. | $28.00 |
Nelson, Dick J. | Old West and Custer’s Last Stand | Wyoming and Montana | 17 pp. Paper. Steele Printing Co. 1958. | Very good. Stapled. Signed by author. 4/58. | $3.00 |
Schroll, Betty | Back Out the Happy Jack | Wyoming Fiction | 162 pp. Paperback. Jelm Moutain Publications. 1991 | New | $6.00 |
Schroll, Betty | Happy Jack West | Wyoming Fiction | 291 pp. Paperback. Jelm Mountain Publishing. 1989 | New | $38.00 |