Elk River Books
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MacLane, Mary. The Story of Mary MacLane by Herself.
New York: Duffield & Co., 1911. New edition with “a chapter on the present” (originally published, 1902). Duodecimo (18.5 cm), pp. 354. Red cloth with white titling. Frontispiece author photo. News clipping about MacLane from the Missoulian laid-in, clipping advertising an illustrated edition tipped-in on front free endpaper, along with some pencil notation. Bumping to spine ends…
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Hjortsberg, William. Literary Archives.
The literary archives of the late author William “Gatz” Hjortsberg, of Livingston, Montana, extensively document the life’s work of an important American novelist, screenwriter and Richard Brautigan biographer. In addition, these archives offer key insights into the evolution of the publishing and film-making industries over the course of the last fifty years, as well as…
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Nye, Nelson C. [Richard S. Wheeler]. Archive of Typed Letters (TLS).
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1986 – 87. An archive of nine typed letters, signed by Nye to Western and historical fiction writer and editor Richard S. Wheeler, dated from June 19, 1986 to June 19, 1987. Four of the letters are on full-size, tan letterhead, and five are on half-sheet, white letterhead (one of which is for Nye’s “Old…
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Williams, Terry Tempest. Nine Cats, Nine Lives.
Salt Lake City, UT: Green Cat Press, 2003. Limited Edition. Fine copy of Williams’ most obscure title, #9/60. Signed by author and artists/designers Patrick Eddington and Susan Makov. Dark brown half-cloth over marbled boards, with a copper pet tag etched with the title. Quarto (26 cm), pp. [32]. Decorative endpapers, deckle edge, hand-bound letterpress. Each…
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Orr, Gregg and Beef Torrey. Jim Harrison: A Comprehensive Bibliography, 1964-2008.
Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska, 2009. ISBN: 9780803226241. Collector’s Edition, #2 of 100. Signed by Orr, Torrey and Harrison on colophon page. Quarto (25 cm), pp. 331. Leather bound with gilt titling, signed print by Russell Chatham (“Late Afternoon,” 2009) in envelope on rear pastedown. No jacket as issued. Frontispiece of wood engraved portrait of…
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Farwell, H.S.Boudoir Cabinet Cards: Photos of Yellowstone National Park
Evanston, IL. A collection of 16 boudoir cabinet cards by Evanston, IL-based photographer Harry (or Henry) Simeon Farwell, comprised of photos from Yellowstone National Park circa 1885-1900. Each card is 21 x 16.5 cm, and labeled with a place name at the bottom, with Mr. Farwell’s label on the verso. Two of the images have…
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Scott, Michael. Three Stories. Santa Fe, NM: Gerald Peters Gallery, 1999-2006
Three volumes, square octavos (24 cm), in brown cloth slipcase with leather closure. Penny’s Grand Vision: A Creation Story, The Diaries of the Little Red Hen, and Farny Fables. Unpaginated, all with rich, color illustrations accompanied by whimsical texts. Volumes have slight edge wear, sllipcase has rubbing on the back. From a series of exhibitions…
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Schmookler, Paul and Ingrid V. Sils. Rare and Unusual Fly Tying Materials: A Natural History [2 Vols].
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Millis, MA: The Complete Sportsman. Volume 1 – Birds (1994), pp. xviii, 286; volume 2 – Birds and Mammals (1997), pp. xxiv, 345. Volume 2 is signed by both authors on free front endpaper. Both folio volumes (35.5 cm) in navy blue cloth with pictorial jackets. Exquisitely illustrated with full-page, full-color paintings, photos and illustrations.…
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di Prima, Diane. This Kind of Bird Flies Backward
New York: Totem Press, 1958. First Edition. 12mo (17.3 cm), pp. [iv], 1 – 43, [1]. White cardstock wraps with black drawings by Fred Herko. Introduction by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Light soiling and reading wear, else fine. A scarce copy of the author’s first book. No copies currently listed in the trade. [Lepper, p. 149]. Di Prima…
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Coyle, James Edmund. Miner’s Hospital 1904 [Print] [Signed, Framed]
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Pen and ink drawing of the Park City, Utah, Miner’s Hospital is 15″ x 10″, matted in a 23″ x 19″ sturdy, decorative wooden frame. Title penciled in, signed and dated 1974 by artist in pencil. J.E. Coyle (1942-) is a self-taught artist whose pen and ink drawings documented with exquisite detail the historic buildings,…