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North and South Dakota List

Last updated January 6, 2012


1. Aken, David. PIONEERS OF THE BLACK HILLS, OR, GORDON'S STOCKADE PARTY OF 1874. A THRILLING NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURE, HARDSHIPS, LAUGHABLE EPISODES AND STARTLING EXPERIENCES.. Fort Davis, Texas: Frontier Book Co, 1967. 151 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $19.00

2. Armstrong, Moses K. EARLY EMPIRE BUILDERS OF THE GREAT WEST.. St. Paul, Minnesota: E. W. Porter, 1901. 456 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $15.00

3. Corbin, Benjamin. CORBIN'S ADVICE, OR, THE WOLF HUNTER'S GUIDE; TELLS HOW TO CATCH THEM AND ALL ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF WOLF HUNTING.. Livona, North Dakota: Privately Printed, 1966. 76 pages. This is the 1966 facsimile reprint of the rare 1900 edition. Yeah Ex-library. Entirely rebound in library buckram. with spine marks and label and pocket removal marks inside the front cover. $75.00

4. Crawford, Lewis F. RANCHING DAYS IN DAKOTA AND CUSTER'S BLACK HILLS EXPEDITION OF 1874.. Baltimore: Wirth Brothers, 1950. 110 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $55.00

5. Dorn, Robert D. FLORA OF THE BLACK HILLS.. [n.p.]: Privately Printed, 1977. 377 pages. Orange softcover binding. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $22.00

6. HOLT, O.H. DAKOTA: "BEHOLD, I SHOW YOU A DELIGHTSOME LAND".. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1885. 90 pages. Ex-library, bound in blue library buckram with labels on spine and a small label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. The folding map is present. There are a few tears at the folds of the map, but no paper missing. This is a rare Dakota Territory promotional book. $550.00

7. Hughes, Richard B. PIONEER YEARS IN THE BLACK HILLS.. California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1957. 366 pages. Ex-library, with library ink marks on the bottom of the spine and labels inside the front cover. Light shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. A clean copy. $50.00

8. Jackson, Ronald Vern. DAKOTA 1879 TERRITORIAL CENSUS INDEX.. Salt Lake: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1979. 179 pages. Bound in maroon buckram covers. Library label on spine and library ink stamps inside covers. A clean an tight copy with minimal wear. $35.00

9. Jackson, Ronald Vern-editor. SOUTH DAKOTA 1870 MORTALITY SCHEDULE.. Salt Lake City: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1981. Ex-library, with labels on spine and internal library ink stamps. Light wear. $25.00

10. Jackson, Ronald Vern-editor. SOUTH DAKOTA, DAKOTA TERRITORIAL 1885 MORTALITY SCHEDULE.. Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1984. 22 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and internal library ink stamps. Light wear. $25.00

11. Libby, O.G.-editor. THE ARIKARA NARRATIVE OF THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE HOSTILE DAKOTAS, JUNE 1876. North Dakota Historical Collections #6.. Bismarck, North Dakota: North Dakota Historical Collections, 1920. 1st Edition. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. The corners are slightly bumped. Binding is tight. The gold title on the spine is partially rubbed away. $90.00

12. Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission. MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL. A Monument Commemorating the Conception, Preservation, and Growth of the Great American Republic.. [n.p.]: Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission, 1941. 30 pages. Large softcover edition, bound like a magazine. Numerous photographs and good historical information. A scarce mount Rushmore item. $10.00

13. Mueller, Ellen Crago. CALAMITY JANE.. Laramie, Wyoming: Jelm Mountain Press, 1981. 24 pages. Blue softbound covers. Ex-library, with labels on the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Some discoloration to the paper on the cover and tape residue on the spine. Stapled binding is tight. $6.25

14. Parker, Watson & Hugh K. Lambert. BLACK HILLS GHOST TOWNS.. Chicago: Swallow Press, 1974. 215 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine of book and dust jacket, and labels and pocket inside the front cover. There is a library label on the front cover of the dust jacket. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. The binding is tight. $10.50

15. Peterson, P.D. THROUGH THE BLACK HILLS AND BAD LANDS OF SOUTH DAKOTA.. Pierre, South Dakota: J. Fred Olander Co, 1929. 189 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is shaken, but pages are tightly bound. $12.25

16. Schatz, August H. LONGHORNS BRING CULTURE.. Boston: Christopher Publishing Hse., 1961. 240 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and labels inside the front cover of the book and dust jacket. Slight shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $50.00

17. Shaw, James C.; Edited By Herbert O. Brayer; Vernon, David T.. NORTH FROM TEXAS: INCIDENTS IN THE EARLY LIFE OF A RANGE COWMAN IN TEXAS, DAKOTA AND WYOMING 1852-1883.. Evanston, Illinois: The Branding Iron Press, 1952. 109 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $20.00

18. U.S. Dept. of Interior. STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN FLANKS OF THE BLACK HILLS UPLIFT, WYOMING, MONTANA, AND SOUTH DAKOTA.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Professional Paper 404.. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Interior & Geological Survey, 1964. 134 pages. Large softbound covers show slight wear and slight discoloration. $12.00

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