Rare Books & Pamphlets
Rare books and pamphlets on Colorado and the American West, from territorial-era imprints and mining-camp directories to county histories, railroad promotional booklets and company annual reports. Much of what we know about the Colorado frontier survives only in these printed pieces: booster pamphlets written to lure settlers and investors, business directories that list every saloon and assay office in a boom town, and prospectuses that promised fortunes. I have collected, catalogued and written about this material for more than 35 years, and each item here is described with its publisher, date, edition and condition, along with why it matters historically. Many are scarce in the trade and some survive in only a handful of institutional collections. If you are building a Colorado or Western Americana library, or looking for a specific title, please get in touch.
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Mines and Mining Men of Colorado (John G. Canfield, 1893)
$3,500.00 -
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Colorado S. K. Hooper 1896 to Pinterest (opens in a new window)
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Colorado S. K. Hooper 1896
$875.00 -
Colorado Springs Rapid Transit Railway Company Rules and Regulations Booklet Colorado 1897 to Pinterest (opens in a new window)
Colorado Springs Rapid Transit Railway Company Rules and Regulations Booklet Colorado 1897
$450.00 -
Portland Gold Mining Company Annual Report Cripple Creek Gold Mining District Colorado 1907 to Pinterest (opens in a new window)
Portland Gold Mining Company Annual Report Cripple Creek Gold Mining District Colorado 1907
$650.00 -
Central City, Black Hawk & Nevadaville, Colorado History Book 1900 to Pinterest (opens in a new window)
Central City, Black Hawk & Nevadaville, Colorado History Book 1900
$750.00 -
Early Days Noted Occurrences on the Line of the Colorado Midland Railway Book 1894 to Pinterest (opens in a new window)
Early Days Noted Occurrences on the Line of the Colorado Midland Railway Book 1894
$995.00 -
The Treasury Mining Company Stock Certificate & Prospectus Silver Cliff Colorado 1880 to Pinterest (opens in a new window)
The Treasury Mining Company Stock Certificate & Prospectus Silver Cliff Colorado 1880
$950.00 -
The Forest City Leasing & Mining Company Stock Certificate Leadville Colorado 1901 to Pinterest (opens in a new window)
The Forest City Leasing & Mining Company Stock Certificate Leadville Colorado 1901
$250.00 -
Doyle Consolidated Mines Company Stock Certificate Prospectus Montezuma County Colorado 1910 to Pinterest (opens in a new window)
Doyle Consolidated Mines Company Stock Certificate Prospectus Montezuma County Colorado 1910
$1,750.00 -
Leadville and Mosquito Range Mining and Milling Company Lake County Colorado stock certificate 1914 to Pinterest (opens in a new window)
Leadville and Mosquito Range Mining and Milling Company Lake County Colorado stock certificate 1914
$125.00 -
Ben Hecht, Broken Necks, Inscribed First Edition in Dust Jacket 1926 to Pinterest (opens in a new window)
Ben Hecht, Broken Necks, Inscribed First Edition in Dust Jacket 1926
$2,500.00 -
Cripple Creek: A Standard Handbook of the Mines and Mining Companies, Colorado 1901 to Pinterest (opens in a new window)
Cripple Creek: A Standard Handbook of the Mines and Mining Companies, Colorado 1901
$1,500.00 -
Cripple Creek Complete Directory, Colorado 1893
$8,500.00 -
South Park & Alpine Pass Colorado Winchell Pamphlet 1896
$750.00 -
Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Inscribed First Edition 1929 to Pinterest (opens in a new window)
Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Inscribed First Edition 1929
$125,000.00 -
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night, Inscribed First Edition 1934 to Pinterest (opens in a new window)
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night, Inscribed First Edition 1934
$150,000.00
