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Colorado List
Last updated January 2, 2010
1. Bair, Elmer O. ELMER
BAIR'S STORY: 1899 TO 1987. [n.p.], Privately
Printed: 1987. . 484 pages. Signed by the author. Former owner's small ink stamp
is stamped in a couple of dozen pages within the book. Book has only slight
wear. Dust jacket has some small tears to the edges. Privately printed
reminiscence and as long-time Colorado rancher and local LDS Church leader.
$99.50
2. 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. $55.00
3. Beckman, William Curtis. Guide
to the Fishes of Colorado. Boulder, Colorado,
University of Colorado Museum: 1963. 110 pages. Softbound covers show slight
discoloration and soiling. Scarce. $20.00
4. Bradley, Wilmot H. GEOLOGY
OF GREEN RIVER FORMATION AND ASSOCIATED EOCENE ROCKS IN SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING AND
ADJACENT PARTS OF COLORADO AND UTAH. Washington,
D.C., U.S. Govt. Print. Off: 1964. . 86 pages. Large softcover edition. Some
wear to the cover and a couple of small stains to the covers. Includes maps
inside the back cover. $20.00
5. Carter, Carrol J. PIKE
IN COLORADO. Fort Collins, Colorado, Old Army
Press: 1978. 83 pages. Hardback edition, limited to 500 copies. Ex-library,
with labels on the front cover and the front of the dust jacket. Shelf wear to
spine edges. Jacket has light wear only. The front hinge has pulled away from
the binding, but binding is tight and contents are complete. Scarce limited
edition. $15.00
6. 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. $6.20
7. Chavez, A.-translator (Escalante). Dominguez-Escalante
Journal of Their Expedition Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico in
1776 Provo, Utah, Brigham Young University: 1976.
. 240 pages. As new condition. Still in the original publisher's shrink wrap.
$19.95
8. 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. $100.00
9. 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
10. 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. $10.00
11. 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
12. Gillette, Ethel Morrow. IDAHO
SPRINGS: SARATOGA OF THE ROCKIES. A HISTORY OF IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO. New
York, Vantage Press: 1978. . 219 pages. Signed by the author. Some shelf wear to
binding. Dust jacket has some chips to the edges. $19.00
13. Government Printing Office. REPORT
OF THE SOUTH CANYON FIRE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM, AUGUST 17, 1994. Washington,
D.C., Government Printing Office: 1994. . Large softcover edition. Some shelf
wear to the spine edges. Corners are dog-earred a bit. $15.00
14. 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). $20.00
15. Hansen, Wallace R. Geology
of the Flaming Gorge area, Utah-Colorado-Wyoming. Washington,
D.C., Government Printing Office: 1965. 196 pages. Large softcover binding.
There is wear and some discoloration to the covers and some bumps to the page
edges at the bottom front of the book. Includes quite a few photographs and some
maps inside the back cover of the book. $70.00
16. 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.
$14.00
17. Miller, A. K. MOLLUSCA:
LOWER PERMIAN CEPHALOPODS FROM THE TEXAS COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. Kansas,
University of Kansas: 1947. 13 pages. Softbound covers. Some wear to cover
edges. $7.50
18. Morgan, Helen. LOOKING
BACK ON DELTA COUNTY: REMNANTS OF THE OLD WEST. Volume II. [n.p.],
Private Printing: 1980. . 100 pages. This is volume II. Softbound covers. Some
wear. Signed by the author. There is also a letter from author inside the front
cover. $25.00
19. Murray, Andrew E. THE
SKYLINE SYNOD: PRESBYTERIANISM IN COLORADO AND UTAH. Denver,
Golden Bell Press: 1971. . 151 pages. Ex-library buckram binding. Tight binding
and minimal wear. $7.25
20. 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
21. 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
22. Saxon, Glenn. COLORADO
AND ITS MINING INDUSTRY (1859-1959). Denver,
Mining and Petroleum Comm. : 1959. Some wear to spine and corners. Hardback.
$12.50
23. 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