Ritson, Joseph
12mo. xliii, 172pp. Half title present. Contemporary half leather, spine tooled in gilt, marbled boards and endpapers. The upper board has been neatly but noticeably mended, the last three leaves are lightly foxed, and there is some underlining in test else this is a very good copy. Scarce scholarly treatise on the life of King Arthur from early, and notably Welsh, sources. Lowndes, p. 2100. New Arthurian Encyclopedia, pp. 404 and 409.
Connell, Captain Charles T.
Single page on Tucson City Hall stationery listing city officials including Charles Connell as the City Recorder. The handwritten document is signed Thomas Driscoll agreeing to pay the City of Tucson $11.00, $5.50 in favor of B. R. Sweetland Co. and another $5.50 for the issuance of a duplicate. Signed by Driscoll and witnessed by Connell as City Recorder with seal embossed. Also a small document on the B. R. Sweetland Company letterhead, dealers in furniture, wall paper, brockery, glass, and tinware. The handwritten document signed from "Mrs. S." is addressed to Connell and recounts the loss of the original warrant because "I lost my purse and the City Warrant in it." The document is signed on the reverse by B. H. Sweetland and with the stamped signature of Charles T. Connell. Enclosed with these documents is a $25.00 bond coupon due April 1, 1899, and with Connell's printed signature. Captain Charles T. Connell was an Indian Agent noted for negotiating with Geronimo in the 1880's, and later a Secret Service Agent on the Mexico border during the war with Spain. He relocated to Southern California in 1910 and was the author of several magazine stories recounting his adventures with the Apaches. Two of the, were made into films: "Riders of the Cactus" (1931) and "Gun Sights," apparently now lost. A 1942 remake of the former featured Charles Starrett as an Apache scout named Tom Connell, who helps the US Army track down Geronimo. Both documents are folded in thirds and stapled together. The contract has two short closed separations at the folds (no loss) else these are in very good condition. .
Irwin-Williams, Cynthia, et al.
Two thick file folders of 8½ by 11 inch copy typescript containing many reports on the Salmon Ruin Development for the Four Corners Regional Commission. Approximately 20 separate reports a such subjects as the excavations, ceramics, and ethnobotany of the ruins. The poages are mostly not numbered, and may be printed on one of both sides. Recent additon of blank pink sheets now separate the collated articles. Salmon Ruins is an ancient Chacoan and Pueblo site located in the northwest corner of New Mexico, USA. Salmon was constructed by migrants from Chaco Canyon around 1090 CE, with 275 to 300 original rooms spread across three stories, an elevated tower kiva in its central portion, and a great kiva in its plaza. In 1980, Irwin-Williams and co-principal investigator Phillip Shelley wrote, compiled and edited a multivolume, 1,500-page report which was not intended for publication. Irwin-Williams was working on a greatly reduced version but which was left unpublished at her untimely death in 1990. The present offering seems to be the complete original report. In fine condition. The opening pages have the signature of "John M (Illegible), May 1980 Albuquerque, from Rex Allen._ Allen provided several of the article in the report. A complete listing of the reports contained in the folders is available on request. .
Bright, Richard, M.D.
4to. pp. xviii, 642, cii. 2 folding engraved maps & 10 engraved plates after drawings by the author. Recent half lfather binding of red morocco. Spine in sic compartments with raised bands, gilt titles. Marbled paper covers in a on-pareil swirl pattern. Uncut and largely unopened. Several pages in the middle and near the end have a noticeable dampstain affecting the upper outer corners. It is particularly significant on three of the engraved plates. There is foxing at pp. 63, 145 and 259. Pp. 273-276 have a closed repaired marginal tear, no loss. The two maps are in very good condition. The author initially set off to witness the closing stages of the Congress of Vienna in 1814. After observing European politics, Lower Hungary, with its unique culture and scenery, took his attention. .
Burns, Robert Homer, Andrew Springs Gilliespie, and Willing Gay Richardson
4to. vii, (1), 752pp. Red buckram, spine title in gilt. Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles. Spine sunned, gilt darkened, else this is a very good copy. With the stamp of Revue Productions and the signature of Lillian Rose on the front pastedown. Rose was a scriptwriter for Revue, known for her scripts for Death Valley Days and The Lone Ranger. Limited edition, one of 1000 numbered copies; This is number 575. Signed by all three authors on the title page. The fairly definitive history of pioneer ranches and ranchers in the Laramie Plains of Wyoming in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Lasuén, Fermín Francisco de; Finbar Kenneally, OFM, ed
Two volumes. 4to. xlix, (3), 413;xiii, (1), 464pp. Blue cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper boards. Illustrated. Index. A fine set. After the death of Junípero Serra in 1784, Lasuén was appointed president of the California missions. He served in this role for 19 years, establishing nine missions: Santa Barbara, La Purísima Concepción, Santa Cruz, Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, San José, San Juan Bautista, San Miguel Arcángel, San Fernando Rey de España, and San Luis Rey de Francia. Issued without dustwrappers. .
