Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

“Kaula” by Robert Lloyd Pruett. A Geneva Book. Carlton Press, Inc. New York, NY. 1970. Fiction. 233 pages. Hard cover, leatherette spine, small tear

Shaun Hall created three books that delve into historic places in Nevada. 1) Old Heart of Nevada is about the ghost towns and mining camps of Elko Cou

Two paper covers: Papers 1913-1916 and papers 1921-1922. Four hard-covered books: Report 1911-12, Papers 1917-1920, Papers 1923-1924, and Papers 1925-

1) Golden Fleece in Nevada by Georgetta. Number 909 of 2,000. Personal inscription by author. The authoritive work on sheep and sheep ranching in Neva

1) 1907-08 (early Days of Lincoln County, meteor). 2) 1909-1910 (Fremont, Truckee Meadows, Henry Comstock, place names in Washoe County), 3) 1911-1912

Lot of 2. 1) The Richest Place on Earth: The Story of Virginia City and the Heyday of the Comstock Lode by Hinkle and Hobbs. 1978. 2) Las Vegas as it

Lot of 2 includes: 1) A Life's Review and Notes on the Development of Medicine in NV by Walker, Dr. M.R., and The First Twelve Years, 1922-1934 ...

By A.B. Ward. Little, Brown, & Company Publishing, 1905. New York Times Review excerpt attached to inside cover. Green cloth on cover, no dust j...

Operations: Santa Fe by Merle Armitage, 1948. Merle Armitage, railroad aficionado writes about the railways in Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. Book inc

By Lincoln O'Brien, Rocky Mountain Publishing Co. City: State: New Mexico, Date: 1907 FHWAC#: 41344

Dry good store day book, 431 pages, with heavy leather binding. "Dry Book" printed on spine, "1862" written at top of cover and ...

By Lillian Janet City: New York State: New York, Date: 1947 FHWAC#: 41498

Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. Vol. XLV. Hardcover book, published in New York, NY. Produced by the American Institute

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Volume 33 June to November, 1866 compilation of periodicals by various authors. Harper’s is the second oldest magazine p

A Household Library of Scientific and Useful Knowledge, prepared by Wright, Dexter et al. Hardcover, 756 pages including many illustrations and full c

Galveston: The Horrors of a Stricken City by Murat Halstead. 360 page hardcover “Portraying by pen and picture the awful calamity that befell the quee

City: Salt Lake City State: Utah, Date: 1893 FHWAC#: 41592

by Lester Mills. City: Springville State: Utah, Date: 1956 FHWAC#: 41360

Lot of five pamphlets and one group of maps published by various Utah agencies and the USGS. City: State: Utah, Date: FHWA

By Gard, Leonard Jr., 1968. Softcover, 32 pages including illustrations and two large, color folding maps of the area. Geological Survey P.P. 388-B, U

By Iddings, J.P., 1885. Softcover, 3 pages. From The American Journal of Science, Vol. XXX, July, 1885. City: State: Wyoming, Date:

By Harrer, C.M., 1966. Softcover, including many tables, illustrations and maps. Bureau of Mines IC 8315. US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, W

And Story of the “Desert Sign Post” by George W. Parsons. Los Angeles, CA. October 1918. Some wear, booklet is placed within a hardcover holder. Some

By Peter B. Kyne,1932, Grosset & Dunlop, 294 pages. Hardcover, no dust jacket, good condition. City: State: , Date: 1932 FH

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. Volume LVIII. December, 1878 to May, 1879. New York: Harper & Brothers , Publishers, 327 to 335 Pearl Street, Fr...

Lot of 2 hardcover books. Mineral Resources of the United States 1926 and Report of the Director of the Mint upon Production of Precious Metals in th

Gilbert H. Grosvenor, editor. Front cover is torn off with tears at the top and bottom. Paper cover. 534 pages. City: State: , Date

By Bob and Jan Young. City: State: , Date: 1923 FHWAC#: 41521

Lot of three includes: 1) Wake of the Prairie Schooner by Paden, Irene. Hardcover, indexed, 514 pages, Paher # 1501.The Macmillan Company, New York, 1

Lot of 2 includes: 1) Oswald Jacoby on Poker, How To Play the Great American Game--and Win!, by Oswald Jacoby, with foreword by Grantland Rice. Publis

By Hopkins, A.E. Hardcover, indexed, 180 pages including many photographs and illustrations. Published by Robson Lowe Ltd, London. First edition publi

Dude Ranches Out West. Issued by Union Pacific Rail Road. Lists 139 dude ranches throughout the western United States. States included in the booklet

Group of small catalogs, many related to health/beauty. Three almanacs: 1945 and 1946 Old Farmer's, and a small 1874 Farmer's pamphlet from ...

All time classic book on Indian basket making by Charles Wharton James, 132pp. Water stains along bottom edge. City: State: , Date:

By Robert G. Ferris. City: State: , Date: 1967 FHWAC#: 41638

Explorations West of the Hundredth Meridian. By First Lieut. George M. Wheeler. Chapters II, IV and V, Vol. V, Zoology. Published by the Secretary of

SHOW: Volume 1, Number 1. October 1961. Inside mailing envelope. Features Helen Hayes, Mercury Theater, etc. Also includes Number 2. Five 1970 edition

On October 1990 Rupert Murdoch launched this new magazine. It was the premier and last issue. As Murdoch said in an interview, “It was decidedly prema

Volume 1, Number 2. Front page all on Rand mining. City: Randsburg State: California, Date: 1922 FHWAC#: 2850

Focus of entire newspaper is Nevada mining! City: San Francisco State: California, Date: 1903 FHWAC#: 2382

1911. Drawing of L. A. Thompson's Dragon Gorge Scenic Railway Evening Journal, Santa Monica City: Santa Monica State: California, Da

News of Austin and Belmont. List of the Nevada Central Railway (before it became the Nevada Central Railroad) destinations include Lewis, Kingston, Op

1876, Belmont Courier, Belmont. News of National Convention and an historic look at the Anti-Masonic Party. 2) 1914, Daily Independent, Elko. Sentaro

Lot of 20 newspapers. Eighteen are from the Morning Appeal, 1 from 1880 and 17 from 1883. Two date from 1915 from the Carson City News. All have te

Includes a reprint of an 1867 letter from a wife about her drunkard husband in Virginia City. Temperance movement! Key Pittman to visit. AND "R...

The News Reporter, Dayton, NV, Thursday edition, November 18, 1886, Vol. I, No. 36. The News Reporter was founded on March 4, 1886 and stopped publica

Includes: two newspapers (1874 Chicago Daily Tribunes) w/ Nevada content (fight between two Pitues in Virginia City) (and a detailed report on t

Lot of 4 newspapers. Two from The Tonopah Miner, one Millers Booster, and one from the Tonopah Bonanza. The two from the Tonopah Miner dated March

Vol. 111. No 49. September 15, 1900. Features “news of the wars and news of the week.” On the cover is Major-General J.B.B. Dickson commander of the

Include downtown Kingman, AZ and Yarnell, AZ. Two of each! One ripped in two. City: Kingman State: Arizona, Date: c 1940-1941