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Ewing T. 31st Congress, 1st session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 34. Report Of The Secretary Of The Interior... Information In Relation To The Operations Of The Commission Appointed To Run And Mark The Boundary Between The United States And Mexico... GPO. Washington, DC. 1850. 8vo, 53,22 p. 2 fold. plans. New tan cloth. Of Arizona interest; contains Gray’s large map of the border below Santa Fe, and Lt. Whipple’s map of the mouth of the Rio Gila.  I.D.#00023.

Pumpelly, Raphael. Across America And Asia Notes On A Five Year’s Journey Around The World And A Residence In Arizona, Japan And China. ... Third edition, revised. Leypoldt & Holt. New York. 1870. 8vo, xvi,454 p. 4 maps and 12 plates. Green cloth, preliminary leaves foxed and browned. Arizona folding map lacking. Howes P-650.  I.D.#03723.


Wheeler, George M. Preliminary Report Concerning Explorations And Surveys Principally In Nevada And Arizona. Prosecuted In Accordance With... Instructions... From Brigadier General A.A. Humphreys, Chief Of Engineers. Conducted Under The Immediate Direction Of 1st Lieut. George M. Wheeler, Corps Of Engineers. 1871. GPO. Washington, DC. 1872. Large 4to, 96 p. fold. map on india paper of Arizona and New Mexico. Orig. green cloth, faded, with printed presentation.  I.D.#00298.


Powell, John Wesley. Exploration Of The Colorado River Of The West And Its Tributaries. Explored In 1869, 1870, 1871, And 1872, Under The Direction Of The Secretary Of The Smithsonian Institution. GPO. Washington, DC. 1875. Big 4to, xi,290 p. plates, diags. Full legal calf, hinges slightly cracked. Lacks folding pocket map and folding profile. Howes P-525 (b.)  I.D.#08062. SOLD.


Hiram C. Hodge. Arizona As It Is; Or, The Coming Country. Compiled From Notes Of Travel During The Years 1874, 1875, And 1876. ... Hurd and Houghton / H.O. Houghton and Co. New York / Boston. 1877. 12mo, xii,273 p. front., double-page map. Orange cloth, ink stained. Presentation copy from the author to a resident of Indianapolis with long inscription.  I.D.#03438.


46th Congress, 2d session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 207. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting The Report And Opinion Of The Surveyor-General Of The Arizona Territory. GPO. Washington, DC. 1880. 43 p. folded map. Disbound. Concerns the claims of John Currey and Charles P. Sykes for the Tumacacori and Calabazas land claims in Pima County. I.D.#00059.


Colton, G.W. & C.B. & CO. Billhead. Invoice to South Yuba Water & Mining Co., Yuba, AZ for printing 1000 special annual report maps. New York. Aug. 23, 1880. Printed and manuscript.  I.D.#08249.

 


Hamilton, Patrick. The Resources Of Arizona. It’s Mineral, Farming, Grazing And Timber Lands; Its History, Climate, Productions, Civil And Military Government, Pre-Historic Ruins, Early Missionaries, Indian Tribes, Pioneer Days, Etc., Etc. Third Edition. Revised And Enlarged, With A New Map And Illustrations. By Patrick Hamilton. A.L. Bancroft. San Francisco. 1884. 414+p. 19 lith. plates. 12mo. Orange cloth. Folding map lacking. Howes H133.  I.D.#00454.


Photograph. untitled. [Well dressed gentleman and three ladies with two guides in western dress view the Petrified forest.] Albumin print, hand tinted. 8.25 x 6.25" On mat. c1890. Corner of mat chipped, image good. Early tourists and what was considered appropriate dress.  I.D.#09965.


Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station. University of Arizona. Bulletin No. 6, April 1892. Tucson, Arizona. "Soils And Waters" An Examination Of The Soil Of The Mesa Near Yuma, And The Waters Of The Colorado. (Tucson) Enterprise print. 1892. 8vo, 8 p. wraps. Signed: Charles B. Collingwood. A journal offprint.  I.D.#00060.


Report Of The Governor... In: Reports Of The Secretary Of The Interior... Volume III. GPO. Washington, DC. October 17, 1896. 8vo, 207-346 pp. Red buckram. With unillustrated reports for New Mexico, Utah and Oklahoma. Folding map lacking.  I.D.#08007.


Report Of The Governor Of Arizona. GPO. Washington, DC. August 31 1898, (caption title). 8vo, 229-405 pp. With index leaves. Disbound. Issued without photographs or map.  I.D.#07999.


Report Of The Governor Of Arizona To The Secretary Of The Interior For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1898. Also That For 1901. GPO. Washington, DC. 1898, 1901. 8vo, 179+,144 p. Fol. map, many photo. illus., tables. Green cloth, front wraps. Preserved. Ex-library: Geological Society, London. With presentation inscriptions to the Society from W.P. Blake, territorial geologist, author of most of the report.  I.D.#00736.


Report Of The Governor Of Arizona. U.S. Department of the Interior/GPO. Washington, DC. 1906/1903. 8vo, pp. 105-364. Fold. state map, fold. illus. Disbound. Large folding panorama view of Bisbee, large folding map of Arizona Territory. I.D.#07347. SOLD.


U.S. Department of the Interior. Report Of The Governor Of Arizona. GPO. Washington, DC. 1906. 8vo, pp.43-70. Fold. part col. map of Arizona Territory. Map particularly bright and fresh.  I.D.#00448.


Stereopticon Photograph Images. H. C. White Co. 26 Stereograph Views Of The Grand Canyon. H.C. White Co. New York / London. c1906 (or earlier). Boxcase lacking. Set believed complete. Rare as a set. I.D.#03522.


George Wharton James. The Grand Canyon Of Arizona. How To See It. With Numerous Illustrations Of Points Of Interest And Maps. Little, Brown. Boston. 1910. 8vo, xii,265 p. 2 foldout maps and frontis., photo illus. by the author green cloth with oleographic view, gilt top. Old ex-library yet very clean. First edn. An excellent guide book still useful today.  I.D.#03076.


Kolb Brothers. The Grand Canyon Of Arizona. Grand Canyon, AZ. 1910. Oblong 4to, 11 (of 12) hand tinted photo views by the Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY. Cord sewn wrappers. Earlier edition of I.D.#01772. Photos taken by the Kolb Brothers, publishers of these views, prior to their great descent of January 18th, 1912. "... the river has been descended half a dozen times. The most successful of these trips was made in 1909 by a party formed by J.F. Stone of Columbus, Ohio, and led by N. Galloway of Vernal, Utah." - Preface. Pioneer Grand Canyon photos.  I.D.#09760. SOLD.


Phoenix. Folding Souvenir Folder, 22 Color Views Of The City And Roosevelt Dam. (1913) n.p.  I.D.#02006.


Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System. Petrified Forest Arizona. Poole Bros. Chicago. Apr. 27, 1915. Folded 12mo. unpaged. route map, views. Wraps. I.D.#07147.


Robinson, Will H. The Story Of Arizona. Illustrated. The Berryhill Co. Phoenix, Arizona. c1919. 8vo, 458 p. illus. Green ribbed cloth, portion of dust jacket preserved on recto of frontispiece, two picture postcards mounted inside back cover. Bookplates of Faun Hamilton Cook. First edition. Inscribed by the author.  I.D.#00738


Grand Canyon Arizona. Published by Fred Harvey. 1919. 20 colored postcard size foldout views within a colored pictorial wallet folder. Used. Stamped with dated postmark.  I.D.#03859.


Kolb, Ellsworth L. Through The Grand Canyon From Wyoming To Mexico. By E.L. Kolb. With A Foreword By Owen Wister. With 72 Plates From Photographs By The Author And His Brother. The Macmillan Co. New York/London. 1920. 8vo, xxii,344 p. photo plates (few col.), map in text, table. Blue illustrated cloth. With presentation inscription to Dr. A.E. Hubbard from Emery C. Kolb, brother of the author. Also signed and with a letter and photograph by Edith Kolb, his daughter. The photo shows Mrs. Emery C. Kolb and her two daughters, one being Edith, circa 1925. The Kolb Brothers were pioneer Grand Canyon white water boaters. I.D.#04994. SOLD.


Grand Canyon National Park of Arizona. Published by Fred Harvey. c1920. 16 colored postcard size foldout views within a colored pictorial wallet folder. Wrapper a bit rubbed. Unused.  I.D.#03857.


Automobile Trails And Drives. Grand Canyon National Park. Arizona. Fred Harvey Management. March 20, 1924. Folding tourist brochure. unpaged. map, illus. Self wrappered, worn at folds. I.D.#07707.


The Sunset Route And Scenic Wonders Of Arizona From El Paso, Texas To Los Angeles, Cal. Via The Southern Pacific Consisting Of Twenty-Five Beautiful Illustrations Of The Most Interesting Views Seen Along The Route. ... Published Exclusively for Van Noy-Interstate Co. Carl Teich & Co. Chicago. c1925. Oblong 4to, unpaged. 25 col. plates on craft paper, uncolored map. Tan pictorial wrappers, cord tied. Covers dry and flaking.  I.D.#03872. SOLD.


Scenes Along The Grand Canyon National Park Rim Drive. Arranged by Fred Harvey. Carl Teich & Co. Chicago. c1929. 18 colored postcard size foldout views within a colored pictorial wallet folder. Unused. I.D.#03861.


Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe Ry. Grand Canyon Outings. Rand McNally & Co. Chicago. July, 1930. Folded 4to. 60 panels. col. centerfold view, map of route in text, many illus. Self wrappered.  I.D.#09412.


Construction of Boulder Dam. Prepared In Collaboration With The Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Reclamation. Price 25 Cents (cover title). The Boulder Dam Service Bureau. Boulder City, Nevada. c1936. Seventeenth edition. 12mo, 48 p. illus., sections. Wraps. Issued without a title-page. Cover somewhat soiled.  I.D.#02550.


McKee, Edwin D. Ancient Landscapes Of The Grand Canyon Region. The Geology Of Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Petrified Forest, And Painted Desert. By Edwin D. McKee, park naturalist, Grand Canyon National Park. Edwin D. McKee, The Lockwood Hazen Co. Atchinson, Ks. 1938. 5th edition. 8vo, xi,50 p. illus. diags. Col. pict. wrappers. I.D.#03593.


Grand Canyon National Park. Arranged by Fred Harvey. Carl Teich & Co. Chicago. c1940. 18 colored postcard size foldout views within a colored pictorial wallet folder. Unused.  I.D.#03860.


Tillotson, M. R. and Frank J. Taylor. Grand Canyon Country. By M.R. Tillotson... and Frank J. Taylor... Foreword by Horace M. Albright... Stanford University Press. Stanford, CA. March, 1951. Tenth Printing. 8vo, viii,108 p. illus., maps on endpapers. Orange limp pictorial cloth. Written by the park director.  I.D.#03592.


Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Arranged by Fred Harvey. Curt Teich & Co., Inc. Chicago. c1951. 18 colored 16mo size foldout views within a colored pictorial wallet folder. Unused.  I.D.#03858.

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