October 2016 E-List
Vol 1, No 7: Maps & More
This month's list features a handful of unusual maps, from paleotectonics to geologic to an international boundary map that crosses some of the most beautiful terrain in Montana. The list is rounded out with a little Yellowstone history, a scarce first edition Rex Stout in its jacket, a signed first of James Welch's most controversial work, and an unpublished volume of poetry by the illustrious author Willis Barnstone, signed to the late Jim Harrison.
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International Boundary from the Gulf of Georgia to the Northwesternmost Point of the Lake of the Woods, Sheet No. 19
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O.H. Tittmann, C.D. Walcott, and W.F. King
Washington DC: International Boundary Commission, 1913
38 x 65 cm, 1:62500, 100-foot contour intervals. Reprint of sheet 19. The 59-map series was produced as a result of the 1908 treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain to delineate the northern border.
This sheet encompasses the border area currently occupied by Glacier National Park, including the Flathead River, Kintla Lake, and the "Summit of the Rocky Mountains" or Continental Divide. Fine. $50. Order here.
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Geologic Atlas of the United States Silver City Folio, New Mexico
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Sidney Paige
Washington DC: USGS, 1916
Staplebound wraps. Large folio (55 x 47 cm), pp. 19 plus 12 plates of charts, color maps and black and white photos. Light brown stable-bound wraps with black spine tape. S.J. Kubel, chief engraver. Rubbing to wraps and creasing to pages. Catalog writing on front wrap. Tape is lifting at edges.
Shows and discusses detailed aspects of geologic, topographic and mineral properties found in the Silver City quadrangle in New Mexico. Very good. $50. Order here.
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Paleotectonic Maps Triassic System, Map I-300
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Edwin D. McKee, et al
Washington DC: USGS, 1959
Staplebound wraps. Large folio (38 x 56 cm), pp. 32 plus 9 plates of color maps. Cream stable-bound wraps with blue spine tape. Rubbing and light creasing to wraps with binding tape lifting at edges. Catalog stamp on front wrap and minor underlining to text. Small closed tears in various locations.
Plates 1 - 7 unfold to four times the size of the folio, plate 9 to twice the size. Includes paleo-geologic descriptions of each region of the continental United States, references cited and index to localities and sources. Very good. $75. Order here.
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Edwin D. McKee, et al
Paleotectonic Maps Jurassic System,
Map I-175
Washington DC: USGS, 1956
First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Large folio (76 x 61 cm), pp. 6 plus 9 plates of color and black and white maps. Cream stable-bound wraps with blue spine tape. Rubbing and light creasing to wraps.
Plates unfold to twice the size of the folio. Includes paleo-geologic descriptions of each region of the continental United States, references cited and index to localities and sources. Very good. $100. Order here.
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Willis Barnstone
[Jim Harrison]
African Bestiary of Kenya & Zanzibar
Plastic wrappers. Quarto (28 cm), pp. 145. Association copy, signed and simply inscribed by the author to the late poet and novelist Jim Harrison on dedication page: "for Jim- Willis."
This bound galley is a collection of 58 poems with ink drawings by Barnstone that does not appear to have been published in its entirety, though nine of the poems and accompanying artwork were featured in the Summer 2008 edition of New Letters.
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Harrison once praised Barnstone's work saying, "If there were any justice, which there probably isn't, the world of letters would erect a monument of Willis Barnstone and strew it with fresh wildflowers every day." (Torrey, Orr: 208).
Barnstone is a Biblical and Gnostic scholar as well as a memoirist, poet, literary critic, and a contemporary of Jorge Luis Borges, with whom he collaborated on a series of translations. Fine. $200. Order here.
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Rex Stout
Not Quite Dead Enough
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1944
First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo (18.5 cm), pp. 220. Red cloth boards, pictorial jacket with flowering hand grenade, original $2 price. Publisher's monogram logo on copyright page.
The Nero Wolfe double mystery with "Booby Trap." Jacket has multiple significant chips, boards are worn at tail of spine with missing material, former owner's name scratched out on front pastedown. Binding is tight, pages are clean.
Unusual to find in original jacket (Penzler, 18-20). Good in good jacket. $300.
Order here.
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Signed First Edition of a Western Classic
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James Welch
Fools Crow
New York: Viking Press, 1986
First Edition. Hardcover.
Octavo (23.5 cm), pp. 391. Signed by author on half-title page. Mauve boards with white quarter-cloth. Deckle edges. Map of Montana Territory on endpapers. Sun-fading along top edge of boards, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, and binding is a little loose. Jacket shows small closed tears and minor bumping.
The third novel by the author of “Winter in the Blood” – a history-rich saga of the Blackfeet Indians in the late 1800s – is a winner of the American Book Award, and the frequent target of book-banning attempts. Very good in very good jacket. $65. Order here.
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W. Gay Randall
Footprints Along the Yellowstone
San Antonio: Naylor, 1961
First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (21.5 cm), pp. 186. Blue pictorial boards. Includes 20 black and white photographic plates. Light bumping to spine ends. Jacket shows heavy chipping with entire front flap and 2-inch section of spine missing.
Historical stories of the Montana Territory written by the son of the "Father of Dude Ranching," James Norris "Dick" Randall who founded the OTO Ranch. Includes chapters of Liver-Eating Johnson, Yankee Jim, Horn Miller ("Montana's Toughest Citizen"), grizzly bears, the origin of dude ranching and more. Very good in poor jacket. $60. Order here.
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Owenhouse, E.J.
Saddles, Harness, Etc., Etc.: Illustrated Catalog, 1889
Bozeman, MT: Robert J. Leonard, 1988
Staplebound. Octavo (21.5 cm), pp. 67. Facsimile reproduction of Owenhouse catalog from the year of Montana's statehood.
Includes note from E.J. Owenhouse, black and white illustrations of tack for sale and prices. Blue wrappers have very slight fading around edges. Near fine. $20. Order here.
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Buck Brannaman
Groundwork
Marina Del Rey, CA: Rancho Deluxe Design, 1997
First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (21.5 cm), pp. v, 91. Red leather boards with gilt titling and horse motif debossed on upper board. Double-Diamond Halter Company of Montana stamp is on front pastedown, as well as old price sticker.
The first book from Brannaman, who was the inspiration for the protagonist in Nicholas Evan's book, The Horse Whisperer, and was the lead equine consultant for the movie. No jacket as issued. Near fine. $55. Order here.
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