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ANTIQUARIAN REGIONAL BOOKS

Before Barbed Wire L.A. Huffman Photographer on Horseback

Written by Mark H. F. & W.R. Felton. Huffman photos almost every page. NY: Henry Holt & Co 1956. First Edition. 4to-over 9 3/4"- 12 " tall. Near fine/VG+. 254 pages , pictorial DJ over black hardcovers. Nice DJ's are not seen very often. No other early photographer succeeded as well as he in recording the daily life of the pioneer West. His finest work is a superb record of the early days of the open range. Endpapers are a map depicting "Ranches and Cattle Trails of Early Montana" including portions of WY and Dakota Territories as well as MT. # 13 of 100 Best Books About MT and # 25 Best Books About MT, 2001 edition. Huffman spent most of his career working out of the Miles City, Montana area.

Before Barbed Wire L.A. Huffman Photographer on Horseback

No Dust Jacket. Written by Mark H. F. & W.R. Felton. Huffman photos almost every page. NY: Henry Holt & Co 1956. First Edition. 4to-over 9 3/4"- 12 " tall. 254 pages, pictorial DJ over black hardcovers. No other early photographer succeeded as well as he in recording the daily life of the pioneer West. His finest work is a superb record of the early days of the open range. Endpapers are a map depicting "Ranches and Cattle Trails of Early Montana" including portions of WY and Dakota Territories as well as MT. # 13 of 100 Best Books About MT and # 25 Best Books About MT, 2001 edition. Huffman spent most of his career working out of the Miles City, Montana area.

Before Barbed Wire L.A. Huffman Photographer on Horseback

Written by Mark H. F. & W.R. Felton. Huffman photos almost every page. NY: Henry Holt & Co 1956. First Edition. 4to-over 9 3/4"- 12 " tall. 254 pages, pictorial DJ over black hardcovers. No other early photographer succeeded as well as he in recording the daily life of the pioneer West. His finest work is a superb record of the early days of the open range. Endpapers are a map depicting "Ranches and Cattle Trails of Early Montana" including portions of WY and Dakota Territories as well as MT. # 13 of 100 Best Books About MT and # 25 Best Books About MT, 2001 edition. Huffman spent most of his career working out of the Miles City, Montana area.

The Blazed Trail of the Old Frontier

Written by Agnes C. Laut. Illustrated CMR, Many Photos, 3 folding maps, etc. NY: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1926. First Edition. 8 vo-over 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall. VG+ 271 pages, pictorial green cloth hardcovers, much on the early history of the upper Missouri River including David Thompson, Lewis & Clark, fur trade, Blackfeet, Chief Joseph, John F. Stevens and the discovery of Marias Pass. Large folding map at the rear. An important book for the CMR collector as it contains 35 drawings by Russell & 21 half tones. See Yost and Renner page 20, # 40.

Dakota Cowboy: My Life in the Old Days

Written by Ike Blasingame and Illustrated with line drawings by John Marinani. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1958. First Edition 8vo -over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. Near Fine/VG+. 317 pages, illustrated DJ with spine slightly sunned over rust colored cloth hardcovers, map illustrated end papers showing "Dakota Reservation Range 1904"; The author was a young Texas cowboy when in 1904 the Matador Land and Cattle company of Dundee, Scotland shipped 3,000 cattle from their Texas holdings to the Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Dakota and he went with them. He spent 8 years with the big herds there and saw up to 60,000 cattle on that range. Considered to be an excellent account that realistically covers the life of a cowboy dealing with the big herds, bad winters, cattle drives, big roundups, bronc busting, cowboy humor and camaraderie, etc. Touches on this time in MT and a couple years cowboying on the Matador holdings in Canada. In 1916 the Matador bought the Coburn Circle C Ranch by Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and the edge of the Little Rockies in MT. A good read with much of interest.

Encounters at the Heart of the World

Written by Elizabeth A. Fenn. A History of the Mandan People.

Strange Empire: A Narrative of the Northwest

Written by Joseph Kinsley Howard. Illustrated maps by Irvin Shope. New York: William Morrow, 1952. First Edition. 8vo-over 7 3/4"-9 3/4" Tall. Near Fine/VG+. 601 pages including bibliography and index; Bright and unfaded pictorial DJ over black cloth hardcovers; #66 of 100 Best Books About MT; went up to # 47 Best Books About MT, 2001 Edition; Preface is a sketch of the author by Bernard Devoto. Howard's last work concentrated on the Metis, their origin, their struggles, and their legacy. They descended from French, English & Scotch frontiersmen and American Indians . Their impact in the mid to late nineteenth century on the history of the Great Plains west of the Red River in Canada and the US was significant but not much as been written about it, even now. Much on the plains Indians, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Montana and the Dakotas. Covers two rebellions, their leader Louis Riel and their struggles to establish their own empire in the heart of North America. Important Work.

The Frontier Years: L.A. Huffman Photographer of the Plains

Photos almost every page. Henry Holt & Co., 1955. First Edition. 4to - over 9 3/4" -12 " tall. Fine/VG 272 pages. Bright pictorial DJ with Spine a little lighter and small chip to head of spine couple closed tears that are hardly noticeable over black cloth hardcovers. Huffman became known as the famous photographer from Miles City, MT whose photographs of the Northern Plains frontier are now considered as some of the best work of the period. Front end papers are map of Huffman's frontier including MT, WY, and Dakota Territories. Back end papers depict the layout of "Huffman's Milestown" later called Miles City. #31 of the 100 Best Books about MT and #40 Best books about MT, 2001 Edition. Nice copies in decent DJs are getting hard to find!

The History of the American Fur Trade of the Far West Vol. 1, 2, & 3

Written by Hiram Martin Chittenden. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1902. First Edition. Large 8vo Total page count is 1029 pages. Plates, large folding map of the Mississippi Territory. Frontispiece in Vol. I & II. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering to spines. A very good set (hinges cracked in each volume but holding firm; owner name in each volume; decorative bookplate in Vol. I; pencil notations in rear of each volume; minor wear to extremities; 2 short tears on spine of Vol. III)

Trails Plowed Under

Written and Illustrated by Charles M. Russell. Drawings by F. N. Wilson. Doubleday Page & Co., 1927. First Edition. 4to-over 9 3/4"-12" tall. VG 211 pages, brown pebble cloth hardcovers; This copy has 5 or 5 extra Russell illustrations unobtrusively tipped in at various places by a previous owner. The famous western artist could tell a good story and they are gathered here in his original words. There are many books about Russell but this book contains his written stories. one of the most desired Russell books and well deserving of its reputation. #6 of the 100 Best books about MT. See Yost & Renner # 41, page 21. Dobie says--"...a collection of range stories." Nice Copies are getting hard to find!

Autobiography of Henry (Shorty) Stehl

The Life of a Frontier Builder. Henry (Shorty) Stehl had a ranch just west of town and a local of the Williston area. This book recounts his life's work and story.