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Colorado List
Last updated May 13, 2008
1. Baars, Donald L. RED
ROCK COUNTRY, THE GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU. Garden
City, NY, Doubleday: 1972. Shelf wear, else VG in dust jacket with slight
chipping to edges. $8.75
2. Bancroft, Hubert Howe. HISTORY
OF NEVADA, COLORADO, AND WYOMING, 1540-1888. San
Francisco, A.L. Bancroft & Co.: 1890. Rebound nicely in buckram and
marbled-paper boards. Binding tight and contents complete. $100.00
3. Bauer, William H. COLORADO
POSTAL HISTORY: THE POST OFFICES. Crete, Nebraska,
J-B Publishing: 1971. 248 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and
corners. $35.00
4. Bowles, Samuel. THE
PARKS AND MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO: A SUMMER VACATION IN THE SWITZERLAND OF
AMERICA, 1868. Norman, Oklahoma, University of
Oklahoma: 1991. . $9.50
5. Chancellor, R.E-editor. A
LOOK BACK: THE D-J PLAY 1950-1965 AND OTHER OIL STORIES. Butte,
Montana, Artcraft Printers: 1998. 160 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing
to spine and corners. $14.00
6. Collier, William Ross. DAVE
COOK OF THE ROCKIES: FRONTIER GENERAL, FIGHTING SHERRIFF AND LEADER OF MEN. New
York, Rufus Rockwell Wilson, Inc.: 1936. 224 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges
and corners. Dust jacket has tears and chips to the edges. $45.00
7. Eddy, Frank W.-et al. THE
ARCHEOLOGICAL MITIGATION PROGRAM AND EXCAVATIONS AT SITE 5MF605, BROWN'S
PARK...MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO. Boulder, Colorado,
Science Applications, Inc.: 1982. Bound in plastic-covered binder. Paper covers.
8.5" x 11". $20.00
8. Emmitt, Robert. THE
LAST WAR TRAIL: THE UTES AND THE SETTLEMENT OF COLORADO. Norman,
Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma: 1972. Slight shelf wear, else VG in lightly
worn dust jacket. Second printing. $12.50
9. Fewkes, J. Walter. PREHISTORIC
VILLAGES, CASTLES, AND TOWERS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO. Washington,
Government Printing Office: 1919. 79 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and
corners. $20.00
10. Fossett, Frank. COLORADO,
ITS GOLD AND SILVER MINES, FARMS AND STOCK RANGES, AND HEALTH AND PLEASURE
RESORTS. New York, C.G. Crawford: 1880. 592 pages.
With two fold-out maps and a fold-out illustration, as well as woodcuts. Green
cloth covers. Wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Binding slightly
cocked. Back hinge quite cracked, but holding. Text block starting to crack in a
couple of places, with a couple of page signatures slipping, but still attached.
Contents compelte. $75.00
11. Greenwood, Grace & Sara Jane Clark
Lippincott. NEW LIFE IN NEW LANDSL NOTES OF TRAVEL.
New York, J. B. Ford: 1873. 413 pages. 1873
edition. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. The author
spent time in Salt Lake City among the Mormons and writes extensively about her
impressions of Brigham Young and the Mormon people. While having the
preconceived notion that the Mormons were ignorant and uncultured simpletons,
she makes many positive remarks about Salt Lake City and its residents (always
qualifying it with a reminder that they are backwards and uneducated). $30.00
12. Griswold, Jean. COLORADO'S
CENTURY OF CITIES. [n.p.], Privately printed:
1958. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. $6.00
13. Hafen, Leroy R. THE
DIARIES OF WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON, FRONTIER PHOTOGRAPHER. Far West and Rockies
Series, volume 10. Glendale, Calif., Arthur H.
Clark: 1959. . 345 pages. Slight shelf wear to spine and corners. This was
printed as volume 10 in the publisher's "Far west and Rockies" series.
$200.00
14. Hayes, George Gibbons. GETTING
DOWN TO BEDROCK. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Premier
Press: 1960. 286 pages. Spine is taped over with library repair tape. Library
label and marks on spine and internally. Corners bumped. Binding is tight. Shelf
wear and rubbing to spine and corners. The author was a real crusty old salt and
relates his experiences with mining and other adventures in the American West.
$20.00
15. Martin, Paul S. LOWRY
RUIN IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO. Chicago, Field
Museum of Natural History: 1936. 216 pages. Softbound covers. Some wear and
rubbing to spine and corners bumped. There is a ca. 2" tear to the paper at
the bottom of the front joint. The top page edges are a bit dog-earred from
usage. Some discoloration to the binding. Binding is tight. Contains numerous
plates. $35.00
16. Morris, Earl H. ARCHAEOLOGICAL
STUDIES IN THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN NEW
MEXICO. Washington, D.C., Carnegie Institution:
1939. 298 pages. Large softcover binding. Some shelf wear slight discoloration
to cover edges. A small tear to the bottom of the front cover. There is a small
scuffed spot to the spine paper. Binding clean and tight and all plates present.
A beautiful and important publication of the Carnegie Institution. $225.00
17. Osmundson, Douglas Bruce. GROWTH
AND SURVIVAL OF COLORADO SQUAWFISH STOCKED IN RIVERSIDE PONDS, WITH REFERENCE TO
LARGEMOUTH BASS PREDATION. Logan, Utah, Utah State
University Press: 1987. 179 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine
and corners. This was done as a thesis at Utah State University. $25.00
18. Perdew, Myrtle Mosher. TENDERFOOT
AT BAR X. Caldwell, Idaho, Caxton Printers: 1944.
Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Second printing. One small
photograph has been clipped from the book on page 13-14. $8.00
19. Saxon, Glenn. COLORADO
AND ITS MINING INDUSTRY (1859-1959). Denver,
Mining and Petroleum Comm.: 1959. Some wear to spine and corners. Hardback.
$12.50
20. Stanwood, R. Michael. ENERGY
RESOURCES IN COLORADO: COAL, OIL SHALE, AND URANIUM. Boulder,
Colorado, Westview Press: 1979. Ex-library, with internal stamps and label on
spine. Light library wear. $10.00