COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL
Offering rare Colorado books, antique maps & photographs and historic artifacts for sale. Plus, we specialize in first edition literature by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Ben Hecht and other 1920s through 1950s American authors. Signed and inscribed copies in original dust jackets.
Owner: Brian Levine, who has over thirty-five years experience as a Colorado historian, writer, researcher, museum curator, and preservationist.
“Where the past is acquired today.”
TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald, first edition, first printing, in first state dust jacket. Published by Scribners 1934. Inscribed by Fitzgerald to fellow ex-patriot author, Kent Curtis.
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Examples of historical Colorado items we have for sale:
The Cliff Dwellers of The Mesa Verde by Gustav Nordenskiold, published in 1893, Stockholm, Sweden, first English edition.
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Leadville, Lake County and the Gold Belt, by J. F. Manning, published 1895, first edition.
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Colton’s Map of Wyoming, Colorado & Utah, published 1877, first edition pocket map.
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The Crested Butte Telephone Company, stock certificate #43, issued 1907. Signed by Dr. J. W. Rockefeller.
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Blue River Gold Fields and Swandyke Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, by Widmar & Dill, 1900, with foldout maps and description.
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Within the Golden Circle, Victor, Cripple Creek Gold Mining District, Colorado, 1894, compiled by W. L. Hall
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More examples of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway first editions for sale:
TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribners, first edition published 1922, in original first issue dust jacket.
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FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, by Ernest Hemingway,1940, Scribners, first edition in first state dust jacket. Inscribed by Ernest Hemingway.
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THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1922, Scribners, first edition, first printing, in first state dust jacket.
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More examples from our inventory:
THE BOARD OF TRADE & MINING EXCHANGE, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
“Sells More Mining Stock Daily Than Any Exchange in America”
Original advertisement
Colorado Springs, Colorado
1896
Published by
The Western Litho. Co.
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LEADVILLE, COLORADO, CHESTNUT STREET, cabinet card photograph by G. D. Wakely, 1879
Our mission: research every artifact we buy. Then, get that artifact to you, collector or institution.
We work with those who wish preserve art, literature, and history.
We rediscover historic artifacts others miss.
If what you see is of interest, then search our website. Currently, we only have a small fraction of what we can offer listed online. But we intend to add more as time permits. Return often or email and ask for specific items.
Contact us at:
Colorado Artifactual
P.O. BOX 3048
CRESTED BUTTE, CO 81224-3048
OR, EMAIL:
[email protected]
Or,
970 349 7079
P.S. We purchase exceptional books. Signed or inscribed: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Ben Hecht, Gene Fowler, Maxwell Bodenheim, Eugene O’Neill, Lowell Thomas, Sir Roger Penrose, Steven Weinberg, Richard Feynman, Albert Einstein, Neils Bohr, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, James Joyce, and others.
We accept the following for payment of all items:
Other arrangements can be made for special circumstances. Please get in contact to discuss these options.
