Guidon Books presents
Rivers of the American West

This section of our online catalog contains a selection of books on the Colorado River, including the Magnificent Grand Canyon of the Colorado. We also offer titles concerning waters of the West, as well as "The Rivers of America" series.

Revised August 18, 2008

* Denotes Southwest Books of the Year selection

Grand Canyon: Little Things in a Big Place *

Text by Ann Zwinger, Photographs by Michael Collier

University of Arizona Press, 2006. Soft cover. $14.95

Most people would not think of it as a desert, but the Grand Canyon of the Colorado is most assuredly that. With its towering walls barely lapped by the river, the canyon at its floor is a desert place unto itself. Ann Zwinger, a master of exposing the heart of the wild world, plumbs the very soul of this majestic place, exploring the deserts along the Colorado’s banks in order to examine things that often go unnoticed against a backdrop of overwhelming grandeur. Whether drawing our attention to a newly unfurled evening primrose, a ladybug at work on a leaf full of aphids, or the amazing appearance of a humpback chub slipping through the water like a pewter ghost, she opens a new window on the Canyon at river level to show us that small things of overpowering beauty can be found in a place whose intrinsic splendor is nothing less than staggering. Michael Collier’s photographs also offer readers a view of the Canyon that may surprise anyone accustomed to more panoramic perspectives. Here are dramatic and mysterious images of not only rocks and rapids but also the intimate manifestations of nature that Zwinger describes. And for those who have never rafted the Colorado, Collier’s dramatic photographs are the next best thing. Grand Canyon: Little Things in a Big Place is a book that will appeal equally to first-time Canyon visitors and long-time Zwinger and Collier fans—a book to return to time and again to contemplate the beauty of this timeless place.

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Abbott, Lon and Terri Cook. Hiking the Grand Canyon's Geology. Unlock the mysteries of the landscape, step by step, includes genetle half-day rim walks to rugged remote mult-day backpack trips. Steched on the canyon's steep walls are stories of how this majestic landscape came to be. 1st edition. Mountaineers Books, 2004. Soft cover. $16.95
Adams, Eilean. Hell or High Water: James White's Disputed Passage through Grand Canyon 1867. A full account of the White adventure, not only recounting his astonishing journey but also showing how his story was treated in the public record, but also the author's own journey of discovery in pieceing it together. Utah State University Press, 2001. Dust jacket. $39.95
Adams, Eilean. Hell or High Water: James White's Disputed Passage through Grand Canyon 1867. A full account of the White adventure, not only recounting his astonishing journey but also showing how his story was treated in the public record, but also the author's own journey of discovery in pieceing it together. Utah State University Press, 2001. Soft cover. $19.95
Aleshire, Peter. Desert Rivers: From Lush Headwaters to Sonoran Sands. Photographs by Randy Prentice. Special Scenic Collection. Beautiful photographs and text that depict Arizona's water courses, including the Little Colorado, and Colorado River and the Gila River. Arizona Highways, 2006. Softcover oversize. $12.95
Anderson, Michael F. Living at the Edge: Explorers, Exploiters and Settlers of the Grand Canyon Region. Comprehensive look at the pioneer history of the Grand Canyon region from its earliest residens to the creation of the national park at the end of the pioneer era. Includes nearly two hundred historic photographs and maps. Grand Canyon Association, 1998. Soft cover. $18.95
Annerino, John. Canyoneering: How to Explore the Canyons of the Great Southwest. A detailed comprehensive guide to the fundamental elements of canyon exploration, including a history of the early canyon dwellers and explorers, how to avoid hazards, advice on hiking, rafting, etc. 1st edition. Stackpole Books, 1999. Soft cover. $14.95
Annerino, John. Hiking the Grand Canyon. Third Edition, completely updated. A Sierra Club Totebook. Information packed guide to America's best known national part with advice on equipment, food, water, climate, camping. Sierra Club, 2006. Soft cover. $16.95
Arizona Highways. The Grand Canyon: Special Scenic Collection. Featuring select images by Arizona Highways photographers. Word sketches accompanying the photos present simple, concise accounts of the Canyon's human, geologic, and natural history. Arizona Highways, 2004. Oversize soft cover. $12.95
August, Jack L., Jr. Dividing Western Waters: Mark Wilmer and Arizona v California. History and consequences of the eleven-year Supreme Court case over the Colorado River and the man that helped win for Arizona. TCU Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $32.95
August, Jack L., Jr. Vision in the Desert: Carl Hayden and the Hydropolitics in the American Southwest. Introduction by Bruce Babbitt. Texas Christian University Press, 1999. Dust jacket. $29.95
Babbitt, Bruce. Grand Canyon An Anthology: A Selection of Outstanding Writings Compiled by Bruce Babbitt. Foreword by Dr. Robert C. Euler. Photographs from the Emery Kolb Collection. Signed by Babbitt. 1st edition. Northland Press, 1978. Dust jacket rubbed. $75.00
Banks, Leo W. and Craig Childs. Grand Canyon Stories: Then & Now. Stories from the Grand Canyon's past, recounting adventure and intrigue involving river runners, adventurers, and now personal encounters with individualists whose lives were shaped by the Grand Canyon. Arizona Highways Books, 1999. Soft cover. $10.95
Barnes, Christine. El Tovar: At Grand Canyon National Park. An illustrated history of the hotel celebrating its 100 years. W. W. West, 2001. Dust jacket. $12.50
Berger, Bruce. There Was a River. In this collection of essays, Berger introduces us to people and places that define the Southwest and a way of life - topics include the Colorado River and the canals of the Salt River Valley. University of Arizona Press, 1994. Dust jacket. $42.00
Berger, Todd R. It Happened at Grand Canyon. From the Coronado expedition to the return of the California condor, thirty episodes that shaped the history of the Grand Canyon, including the vanished explores of the Powell expedition to the airlifting of the feral burrors. TwoDot, 2007. Soft cover. $12.95
Billington, David P. and Donald C. Jackson. Big Dams of the New Deal Era: A Confluence of Engineering and Politics. Includes a chapters on the Boulder Canyon Project and Hoover Dam and The Columbia River Control Plan. University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $36.95
Bowden, Charles. Killing the Hidden Waters: The Slow Destruction of Water Resources in the American Southwest. With a new introduction by the author. University of Texas Press, 2003. Soft cover. 17.95
Boyer, Diane E. and Robert H.Webb. Damming Grand Canyon: The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition. Foreword by Michael Collier. Story of the survey led by Claude Birdseye and manned by a colorful cast of characters which managed to advance scientific knowledge of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon and map it more completely and accuratedly than ever before. Utah State University Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $34.95
Butler, Elias and Tom Myers. Grand Obsession: Harvey Butchart and the Exploration of Grand Canyon. Part biography, part modern-day adventure into a man and the Canyon. Puma Press, 2007. Soft cover. $19.95
Calhoun, Alfred R. Lost in the Canon: The Story of Sam Willett's Adventures on the Great Colorado of the West. A novel of escapades rafting on the Colorado River. A. L. Burt, 1888. Cloth with gold lettering and pictoral cover. $45.00
Callahan, Gerald N. River Odyssey: A Story of the Colorado Plateau. A collection of essays and poems, providing an intimate story about human time and the Colorado Plateau. University Press of Colorado, 1998. Dust jacket. $27.50
Campbell, Dowling. The Intimate Grand: Inside Arizona's Grand Canyon. Photographs by Mark Jefferson. An intimate journey through the small canyons, illustrated with wonderful photographs. 1st edition. Northland Press, 1985. Soft cover. $8.95
Central Arizona Project photographic survey. Black and white photographs of the CAP. Center for Creative Photography. Distributed by the University of Arizona Press, 1986. Soft cover oblong, with minor warping. $20.00
The Colorado Plateau II: Biophysical, Socioeconomic, and Cultural Research. Edited by Charles van Riper III and David J. Mattson. A collection of papers from the seventh Biennial Conference on the Colorado Plateau in 2003 - ranging in content from measuring human impacts on cultural resources, through grazing and the wildland-urban interface issues, to parameters of climate change on the Plateau. University of Arizona Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $35.00
Corle, Edwin. The Story of the Grand Canyon. Illustrated. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1951. Lt. brown cloth. $25.00
Crampton, C. Gregory. Land of Living Rock: The grand Canyon and the High Plateaus: Arizona, Utah, Nevada. The aid of remarkable geological maps and photographs, this book makes brilliantly clear the prehistoric forces that shaped the uniquely extravagant landscape of the region, then traces its dramatic history. 1st edition. Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. Dust jacket. $40.00
Crampton, C. Gregory. Standing Up Country: The Canyon Lands of Utah and Arizona. A biography of the region, told through description and history to present an image of a great country. Previous owner's inscription on front endsheet. Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. Dust jacket. $40.00
Crowe, Rosalie and Sidney B. Brinckerhoff, eds. Early Yuma: A Graphic History of Life on the American Nile. The story of the people who visited and settled at Yuma Crossing, on the Colorado River. 1st edition. Northland Press, 1976. Dust jacket. $45.00
Crowe, Rosalie and Sidney B. Brinckerhoff, eds. Early Yuma: A Graphic History of Life on the American Nile. The story of the people who visited and settled at Yuma Crossing, on the Colorado River. Northland Press. Soft cover. $19.95
SOLD Crumbo, Kim. A River Runner's Guide to the History of the Grand Canyon. Foreword by Edward Abbey. Johnson Books, 1994. Soft cover. $9.95
SOLD Darrah, William Culp. Powell of the Colorado. The story of Major John Wesley Powell who led two great expeditions down the Colorado. This crisp and readable narrative reflects the color and excitement of his life. 1st edition. Princeton University Press, 1951. Dust jacket. $65.00
Darton, N. H. Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona: How It was Made. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams. 21st edition, revised and enlarged. Fred Harvey, 1947. Colorful soft cover. $25.00
Dawson, Thomas F. The Grand Canyon. An article giving the credit of first traversing the Grand Canyon of the Colorado to James White . . . 65th Congress 1st Session, Senate Document No. 42. Washington GPO, 1917. Reprint.Limited to 150 copies. Five Quail Books, 2001. Wraps. $29.95
Dellenbaugh, Frederick S. A Canyon Voyage: The Narrative of the second Powell Expedition down the Green - Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872. Reprint of the 1908 edition, with illustrations. University of Arizona Press, 1996. Soft cover. $16.95
Dellenbaugh, Frederick S. The Romance of the Colorado River. The story of its discovery in 1540, with an account of the later explorations, and wth special reference to the voyages of Powell through the line of the Great Canyons. Reprint, "Classics of the Old West," Time Life Books, 1982. Leather-bound with descriptive sheet. $35.00
SOLD Denniston, Jennifer, Amy Marr, and David Lukas. Grand Canyon National Park. Includes highlights and itineraries, outdoor activities, wildlife gallery, hiking and driving tour maps. Lonely Planet, 2004. Soft cover. $19.99
Derby, Lt. George Horatio. Derby's Report on Opening the Colorado 1850 - 1851: From the Original Report of Lt. George Horatio Derby. Edited and with an introduction by Odie B. Faulk. The detailed report of the exploration of the Gulf of California and the Colorado River. 1st edition. University of New Mexico Press, 1969. Dust jacket. $42.50
Dimock, Brad. Sunk Without a Sound: The Tragic Colorado River Honeymoon of Glen and Bessie Hyde. The interesting story of this couple who went missing on the Colorado River in 1928. Fretwater Press, 2001. Soft cover. $18.00
Dimock, Brad. The Very Hard Way: Bert Loper and the Colorado River. The story of this riverman, who covered more river, run more boats and known more riverman than anyone before he vanished in the Colorado. 1st edition. Fretwater Press, 2007. Soft cover. $17.95
Dinosaur: Four Seasons on the Green and Yampa Rivers. Text by Hal Crimmel and photographs by Steve Gaffney. An invitation to learn about the Dinosaur National Monument's beauty and history. University of Arizona Press, 2007. Soft cover. $14.95
Dolnick, Edward. Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon. Drawn on rarely examined diaries and journals, this is the first book to tell the full, true story. 1st edition. HarperCollins, 2001. Casebound with half dust jacket. $27.50
Duke, Alton. When the Colorado River Quit the Ocean. Author's presentation copy. Southwest Printers, 1974. Dust jacket. $45.00
Dunar,Andrew J. and Dennis McBride. Building Hoover Dam: An Oral History of the Great Depression. Oral history has provided a means through which to place the voices of the builders of this century onto the pages of history. Hoover Dam endures as a monument to human ingenuity. Originally published in 1993. University of Nevada Press, 2001. Soft cover. $24.95
Dutton, Clarence E. Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District - with Atlas. Reprint of the U.S. Geological Survey Monograph. Seminal work on the Grand Canyon, with illustrations and maps by Thomas Moran and William Henry Holmes. Peregrin Smith, 1977. Tan cloth with maroon leather spine. 2 volumes. $450.00
Dutton, Clarence E. Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District. Introduction by Wallace Stegner, foreword by Stephen J. Pyne. It is a seminal work on the Canyon, with beautiful illustrations and maps by Thomas Moran and William Henry Holmes. University of Arizona, 2001. Dust jacket. $75.00
Fairley, Helen C. Changing River: Time, Culture, and the Transformation of Landscape in the Grand Canyon. A regional research design for the study of cultural resources along the Colorado River in lower Glen Canyon and Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Statistical Research, Inc., 2003. Soft cover oversize. $27.00
Farquhar, Francis P. The Books of the Colorado River & The Grand Canyon: A Selective Bibliography. Edited and endnotes by Daniel F. Cassidy. Expanded Index by Richard D. Quartaroli. Reprint. Limited to 150 copies cloth. Fretwater Press, 2003. Red cloth. $50.00
Fletcher, Colin. River: One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea. A host of dramatic, moving and hilarious experiences down the Colorado River. 1st edition. Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Dust jacket. $30.00
Ford, Mike S. The Books of the Grand Canyon, The Colorado River, The Green River, & The Colorado Plateau 1953-2003: A Selective Bibliography. Limited to 150 cloth copies. Fretwater Press, 2003. Red Cloth. $50.00
Fowler, Don D. The Western Photographs of John K. Hillers: Myself in the Water. Hillers created reflections of the West, including his travel down the Colorado River, in the Indian Territory, the Southwest and in Washington. Previous owner's bookplate on front endsheet. 1st edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. Dust jacket. $40.00
Francis, Marilyn. Mirror Without Glass: Oak Creek Canyon. Color photographs by Robert C. Bradshaw. Northland Press, 1964. Dust jacket. $40.00
Fraser, George C. Journeys in the Canyon Lands of Utah and Arizona, 1914 - 1916. Edited by Frederick H. Swanson with Foreword by Hal K. Rothman. The journals of Fraser who took three trips in the in the American Southwest from the Zion Narrows to the Grand Canyon to the Aquarius Plateau. University of Arizona Press, 2005. Soft cover. $19.95
Freeman, Lewis R. The Colorado River: Yesterday, To-day and To-morrow. Illustrated history of the river and region. Previous owner's name on front endsheet. 1st edition. Dodd, Mead & Co., 1923. Blue cloth. $87.00
SOLD Frost, Kent. My Canyonlands: I had the Freedom of it. Trilling tale of a man who has explored the canyonlands. Abelard-Schuman, 1971. Dust jacket. $20.00
Gaskill, David and Gudy. Peaceful Canyon Golden River: A Photographic Journey through Fabled Glen Canyon. Before the construction of Glen Canyon Dam, the Gaskills and others made numerous trips down Glen Canyon, preserving on film a record of one of nature's supreme creations. Included is a CD-ROM that records Glen Canyon's wonders with over 800 color photos, inspiring music, and sounds of the canyon. Colorado Club Mountain Press, 2002. Soft cover. $14.95
SOLD Geology of the Grand Canyon. Anthology by different contributors. Museum of Northern Arizona, 1974. Soft cover. $17.50
Ghiglieri, Michael P. First Through Grand Canyon: The Secret Journals and Letters of the 1869 Crew Who Explored the Green and Colorado Rivers. Well-researched and gripping story of the first Grand Canyon expedition, recounting the saga of extraordinary courage. 1st edition. Puma Press, 2003. Dust jacket. $29.95
Ghiglieri, Michael P. and Thomas M. Myers. Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon. Gripping accounts of all known fatal mishaps in the most famous of the World's Seven Natural Wonders. Puma Press, 2001. Soft cover. $22.95
Goldwater, Barry. Delightful Journey - down the Green & Colorado Rivers. Photographs by the author. With supplemental essays: Prehistoric Man in the Grand Canyon by Robert C. Euler and Geological Review of the Colorado Canyons by Carleton B. Moore. Signed by Goldwater. 1st edition. Arizona Historical Foundation, 1970. Coral cloth, green spine. $250.00
Grand Canyon History Symposium. A Gathering of Grand Canyon Historians: Ideas, Arguments, and First-Person Accounts. Compiled and edited by Michael F. Anderson. Proceedings of the Inaugural Grand Canyon History Symposium, January 2002. Illustrated collection of essays based on the presentations at the symposium. Grand Canyon Association, 2005. Soft cover oversize. $15.00
Grand Canyon History Symposium. Reflections of Grand Canyon Historians: Ideas, Arguments, and First-Person Accounts. Eedited by Todd R. Berger. Proceedings of the 2d Grand Canyon History Symposium, 2007. Illustrated collection of essays based on the presentations at the symposium. Grand Canyon Association, 2008. Soft cover oversize. $15.00
Grand Canyon Impressions. Photography by Bernadette Heath. Photographic remembrances of the Colorado River and Grand Canyon. Farcountry Press, 2005. Soft cover. $9.95
Granger, Byrd H. Grand Canyon Place Names. Information taken from Arizona Place Names. Illustrated by Anne Merriman Peck. 1st edition. University of Arizona Press, 1960. Wraps. $15.00
Granger, Byrd H. Grand Canyon Place Names. Information taken from Arizona Place Names. Illustrated by Anne Merriman Peck. Signed by Granger. 2nd edition. University of Arizona Press, 1980. Red Wraps. $12.50
Greetings from Grand Canyon, Ariz. 20 Post Cards from the Past. Return to the golden era of Grand Canyon National Park, to the days before color photography, when black and white photos were spectacularly painted by post-card artists. Cards can be deattached and mailed. Gibbs-Smith. Soft cover. $8.95
Gross, Mathew Barrett, ed. The Glen Canyon Reader. A book that may be read straight through as entertaining and informative history, but also to explore as one would have done in Glen Canyon. University of Arizona Press, 2003. Soft cover. $17.95
Halverson, Karen. Downstream: Encounters with the Colorado River. Foreword by William Deverell. Color images of the Colorado River by noted photographer Halverson. University of California Press, 2008. Dust jacket oblong. $34.95
SOLD Hamblin, W. Kenneth and J. Keith Rigby. Guidebook to the Colorado River Part 2: Phantom Ranch in Grand Canyon National Park to Lake Mead, Arizona-Nevada. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 16:2. Reprint. 1972. Soft cover, spine with small tear on bottom edge. $7.50
Hassell, Hank. Rainbow Bridge: An Illustrated History. A full history of the scenic crown jewel, including the story on the controversy over the construction of Glen Canyon Dam and its impact on Rainbow Bridge. Utah State University Press, 1999. Dust jacket. $38.95
Henry, Marguerite. Brighty of the Grand Canyon. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis. Classic story of the lone little burro who roamed the Grand Canyon. Aladdin Paperbacks. Soft cover. $5.99
Hughes, J. Donald. In the House of Stone and Light: Introduction to the Human History of Grand Canyon. Told with photographs, this history provides an excellent overview of the Grand Canyon story. Grand Canyon Association, 1997. Soft cover. $14.95
Huisinga, Kristin, and Lori Makarick and Kate Watters. River and Desert Plants of the Grand Canyon. Foreword by Ann Zwinger. The first comprehensive field guide with color photos of the flowers and plants of the Grand Canyon. Mountain Press, 2006. Stiff soft cover. $22.00
Huseman, Ben W. Wild River, Timeless Canyons: Balduin Mollhausen's Watercolors of the Colorado. A study of the artist and his work - Mollhausen accompanied Lt. Joseph Ives on the 1858 expedition up the Colorado River. Illustrated with photographs, color plates and maps. Amon Carter Museum, 1995. Dust jacket. $70.00
SOLD Ives, Joseph C., Lt. Report Upon the Colorado River of the West. 36th Cong., 1st Sess., Senate Ex. Doc. Washington: GPO, 1861. Contains all plates and maps. Rebound. $600.00
SOLD Jackson, Donald C. Building the Ultimate Dam: John S. Eastwood and the Control of Water in the West. A biography of the engineer who promoted the dramatically less expensive and controversial multiple arch dam. University Press of Kansas, 1995. Dust jacket. $45.00
James, George Wharton. In & Around the Grand Canyon: The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona. Classic work with illustrations. Pasadena Edition, limited to 500 copies numbered copies, No. 11, signed by the author. Little Brown & Co., 1900. Original binding is removed, covered with marble paper. $195.00
Johnson, Rich. The Central Arizona Project 1918-1968. An informative political history of the CAP, providing valuable insights into Arizona water issues. University of Arizona Press, 1977. Soft cover, minor wear. $25.00
Jordan, Teresa. Field Notes from the Grand Canyon: Raging River, Quiet Mind, an illustrated journal. Foreword by Ann H. Zwinger. A twelve day trip down the Colorado River can change a person's life. Johnson Books, 2000. Soft cover. $14.00
SOLD Kaiser, James. Grand Canyon: The Complete Guide. Provides information on the history of the park, lodging, wildlife, geology, topo maps and trail descriptions. Winner of two national travel guide awards. 2nd edition. Destination Press, 2005. Soft cover. $22.99
Kolb, Ellsworth L. and Emery C. Kolb. The Brave Ones: The Journals & Letters of the 1911-1912 Expedition Down the Green & Colorado Rivers. Includes the journal of Hubert R. Lauzon. Transcribed & edited by William C. Suran. 1st edition. Fretwater Press, 2003. Soft cover. $15.95
SOLD Kolb, E. L. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico. With a Foreword by Owen Wister. Photographs by the author and his brother. New edition with additional photographs. Previous owner's name on front endsheet and writing on back endsheet. Macmillan Co., 1915. Blue cloth with pictorial label of the canyon, showing minor wear and rubbing. $60.00
Kolb, E. L. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico. With a Foreword by Owen Wister. Photographs by the author and his brother. New preface by Barry Goldwater. University of Arizona Press, 1989. Soft cover. $25.00
Kolb, E. L. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico. With a Foreword by Owen Wister. Photographs by the author and his brother. Reprint of the original 1914 edition. Includes a note about the 2007 edition by Todd R. Berger. Grand Canyon Association, 2007. Soft cover. $16.95
SOLD Krutch, Joseph Wood. Grand Canyon: Today and All Its Yesterdays. A major work by one of America's outstanding naturalists. Previous owner's signature on front endsheet. 1st edition. William Sloane Associates, 1958. Dust jacket. $16.50
Lange, Joseph K. Photographer's Guide to the Grand Canyon & Northern Arizona. Make the most of your trip to the Grand Canyon with the help of this guide especially for photographers: where and when to go, how to find the best shots, what equipment to take, etc. 1st edition. Stackpole Books, 2001. Soft cover. $14.95
SOLD Leopold, Luna B. A View of the River. Important research on rivers, including the Colorado River. Harvard University Press, 2005. Soft cover. $19.95
SOLD Lingenfelter, Richard E. Steamboats on the Colorado River 1852-1916. Here is the story of a venture conceived as an enormously profitable way to open and develop the West - the use of steamboats on the Colorado. 1st edition. University of Arizona Press, 1978. Dust jacket. $65.00
Lingenfelter, Richard E. Steamboats on the Colorado River 1852-1916. Here is the story of a venture conceived as an enormously profitable way to open and develop the West - the use of steamboats on the Colorado. 1st edition. University of Arizona Press, 1978. Soft cover. $50.00
Martin, Russell. A Story that Stands Like a Dam: Glen Canyon and the Struggle for the Soul of the West. The extraordinary story of what may prove to be the last big American dam ever built. 1st edition. Henry Holt and Co., 1989. Dust jacket. $35.00
McCroskey, Mona Lange. A Mule's Eye View of the Grand Canyon: The Photograph Collection of Trail Guide Ray Tankersley. The photographic tale of the Grand Canyon. Signed by the author. 1st edition. Holly Bear Press, 2004. Soft cover. $22.50
Murphy, Thomas D. Three Wonderlands of the American: Being the notes of a Traveler, concerning the Yellowstone Park, the Yosemite National Park, and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, with a chapter on other wonders of the Great American West. With 16 reproductions in color from the original paintings by Thomas Moran. New revised edition. Previous owner's 1916 inscription on front endsheet. L. C. Page & Co., 1913. Dust jacket. $60.00
Nichols, Tad. Glen Canyon: Images of a Lost World. A powerful testament to the beauty and history that gave way to progress - comibing photographs, journal entries and recollections. Museum of New Mexico Press, 1999. Soft cover, oblong. $29.95
*Nevills, Norman D. High, Wide, and Handsome: The River Journals of Norman D. Nevills. Edited by Roy Webb, with a foreword by Brad Dimock. The first hand account of a Colorado River runner, who ran the rapids from 1938 until his death in 1949, writing of adventures and portraits of his fellow travelers. Utah State University Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $39.95
Olson, Reuel Leslie. The Colorado River Compact. Harvard University thesis written by Professor of Law. Published by the Author, September 1926. Blue cloth covers. $50.00
Parks, Timothy L. Glen Canyon Dam: Images of America. Illustrated story of this Bureau of Reclamation dam located on the Colorado River. Arcadia Publishing, 2004. Soft cover. $19.95
Patchin, Frank Gee. The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Mystery of Bright Angel Gulch. Saalfield Publishing Co., 1912. Orange pictorial cloth. $20.00
Pearson, Byron E. Still the Wild River Runs: Congress, the Sierra Club, and the Fight to Save Grand Canyon. A close look at the story behind the defeat of two dams on the Colorado River. Was it really the environmentalists or congressional deal making? 1st printing. University of Arizona Press, 2002. Dust jacket. $45.00
Porter, Eliot. The Place No One Knew: Glen Canyon on the Colorado. Commemorative Edition. Revised edition. Gibbs-Smith, 2000. $29.95
Powell, John Wesley. The Exploration of the Colorado River. The adventures of the first expedition to travel the treacherous length of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon. With the original illustrations and an introduction by Wallace Stegner. Abridged from the 1875 edition. University of Chicago Press, 1967. Dust jacket. $20.00
Powell, John Wesley. First Through the Grand Canyon. Being the Record of the Pioneer Exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70. Outing Adventure Library. Outing Publishing Co., 1915. Blue cloth. $60.00
Powell, John Wesley. Seeing Things Whole: The Essential John Wesley Powell. Edited by William DeBuys. A selection of the most important writings of the great American explorer, scientist, and conservationist. Island Press, 2001. Dust jacket. $27.50
Powell, Lawrence Clark. Where Water Flows: The Rivers of Arizona. With photographs by Michael Collier and foreword by Bruce Babbitt. 1st edition, limited to 2000 copies. Northland Press, 1980. Dust jacket. $45.00
Pyne, Stephen J. How the Canyon Became Grand: A Short History. Exploring more than four hundred years of human contact with the Grand Canyon. Penguin Book, 1999. Soft cover. $12.95
SOLD Randall, Margaret. Into Another Time: Grand Canyon Reflections. Poetry. Drawings by Barbara Byers. 1st edition. West End Press, 2004. Soft cover. $12.95
Reilly, P. T. Lee's Ferry: From Mormon Crossing to National Park. Edited by Robert H. Webb. Written by an expert riverman and river chronicler, telling stories of those who passed along this spot. Utah State University Press, 1999. Soft cover. $24.95
Scoyen, Eivind T. & Frank J. Taylor. The Rainbow Canyons. Foreword by Horace M. Albright. 1st edition. Stanford University Press, 1931. $25.00
Shields, Kenneth Jr. The Grand Canyon - Native People and Early Visitors: Images of America. Illustrated story of the tribes who called the canyon home and the seekers who flocked to the area to find their fortune in gold and tourism. Arcadia Publishing, 2003. Soft cover. $19.95
Simmons, Virginia McConnell. Drifting West: The Calamities of James White and Charles Baker. The exploits of two adventurers along the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon. Includes maps, photographs, sketches and historical data about the places White and Baker visited. University of Press of Colorado, 2007. Dust jacket. $29.95
SOLD Sitgreaves, Capt. L. Report of an Expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers. Sente Executive Document No. 59, 32d Congress, 2d Session. 1st edition, map not original. Robert Armstrong, 1853. Rebound. $325.00
Sitgreaves, Capt. L. Report of an Expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers. Includes map. Reprint, Rio Grande Press, 1962. $75.00
Smith, Dama Margaret. I Married a Ranger. The story of a Grand Canyon ranger. Previous author's signature on endsheet. Stanford University Press, 1931. $35.00
Stampoulos, Linda L. Visiting the Grand Canyon - Views of Early Tourism: Images of America. Illustrated story of this visitors to this wonder on the Colorado River. Arcadia Publishing, 2004. Soft cover. $19.95
Stegner, Wallace. Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West. With an introduction by Bernard DeVoto. Classic book on the man and the canyon. Panorama frontispiece. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1954. Dust jacket with some wear on edges. $115.00
Stegner, Wallace. Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West. With an introduction by Bernard DeVoto. Houghton Mifflin, Soft cover. $16.00
Stevens, Joseph E. Hoover Dam: An American Adventure. Described in dramatic detail are the hazards the crews faced and the bitter political battles and violent labor unrest that threatened to shut the job down as well as the stirring triumphs as the massive concrete wedge rose from the canyon floor. 1st edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 1988. Dust jacket. $40.00
Stevens, Joseph E. Hoover Dam: An American Adventure. Described in dramatic detail are the hazards the crews faced and the bitter political battles and violent labor unrest that threatened to shut the job down as well as the stirring triumphs as the massive concrete wedge rose from the canyon floor. University of Oklahoma Press. Soft cover. $19.95
SOLD Swanson, Frederick H. Dave Rust: A Life in the Canyons. Foreword by Michael F. Anderson. Story of a young man who ended traveling the canyons in southern Utah, including Glen Canyon and the Colorado Plateau. University of Utah Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $29.95
Teal, Louise. Breaking into the Current: Boatwomen of the Grand Canyon. University of Arizona Press, 1994. Dust jacket. 25.95
Thybony, Scott. The Incredible Grand Canyon: Cliffhangers and Curiosities from America's Greatest Canyon. Great stories about the Canyon's colorful charactersand oral traditions. Grand Canyon Association, 2007. Soft cover. $14.95
Titan of Chasms: Grand Canyon of Arizona. The titan of chasms / by C.A. Higgins -- The scientific explorer / by J.W. Powell -- The greatest thing in the world / by Chas. F. Lummis --Information for tourists. Includes foldout map at back. Santa Fe Railroad and Rand McNally & Co., 1914. Soft cover. $35.00
Topping, Gary. Glen Canyon and the San Juan Country. A complete history of the region and the people who came there, while examining the geology, geography, climate and flora. University of Idaho Press, 1997. Dust jacket. $39.95
Tufts, Lorraine Salem. Secrets in the Grand Canyon, Zion and Bryce Canyon National Park. Stunning photographic essay decpicting the scenic variety, geologic diversity, flora and fauna of these three areas. 1st edition. National Photographic Collections, 1992. Dust jacket. $29.95
Tyler, Daniel. Silver Fox Rockies: Delphus E. Carpenter and Western Water Compacts. Foreword by Donald J. Pisani. The first full-scale biography of Carpenter who permanently changed much of the American West by successfully championing the compact. University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. Dust jacket. $34.95
U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. Boulder Canyon Power Project. 70th Congress, 1st Session. Report 918, Part 2. Minority views to accompany H. R. 5773, submitted by Arizona Representative Lewis Douglas. March 21, 1928. Wraps. $25.00
Ward, Evan R. Border Oasis: Water and the Political Ecology of the Colorado River Delta, 1940-1975. A significant contribution to the literature of the borderlands history, environmental and water studies. 1st edition. University of Arizona Press, 2003. Dust jacket. $45.00
Waters, Frank. The Colorado. Illustrated by Nicolai Fechin, maps by George Annand with a new preface by the author. Swallow Press, 1998. Soft cover. $12.95
Watkins, T. H. The Grand Colorado: The Story of a River and its Canyons. Foreword by Wallace Stegner and essays by noted people in their field, including Roderick Nash and Robert C. Eugler. 1st edition. American West Publishing Co., 1969. Dust jacket. $30.00
Webb, Roy. Call of the Colorado. Relates the stories of individuals who have been lured to the Colorado River and its tributaries. University of Idaho Press, 1994. Soft cover. $23.95
Welch, Vince, Cort Conley and Brad Dimock. The Doing of the Thing: The Brief Brilliant Whitewater Career of Buzz Holmstrom. Biography of a man who ran the rapids from Oregon to the Colorado River. Fretwater Press, 1998. Soft cover. $20.00
Welch, Vince, Cort Conley and Brad Dimock. The Doing of the Thing: The Brief Brilliant Whitewater Career of Buzz Holmstrom. Biography of a man who ran the rapids from Oregon to the Colorado River. Signed by Dimock. 1st edition. Fretwater Press,1998. Dust jacket. $35.00
Westwood, Richard E. Woman of the River: Georgie White Clark, White-Water Pioneer. Foreword by Roy Webb. Utah State University Press, 1997. Soft cover. $19.95
Whittlesey, Stephanie. Rivers of Rock Stories from a Stone-Dry Land: Central Arizona Project Archaeology. This book is about past and present landscapes - about land, people, and the interactions between land and people, examining how people managed to live in a desert land, using its waters. SRP Press, 2003. Dust jacket. $50.00
Whittlesey, Stephanie. Rivers of Rock Stories from a Stone-Dry Land: Central Arizona Project Archaeology. This book is about past and present landscapes - about land, people, and the interactions between land and people, examining how people managed to live in a desert land, using its waters. SRP Press, 2003. Soft cover. $35.00
Woodbury, Angus M., Stephen D. Durrant, and Seville Flowers. Survey of Vegetation in the Glend Canyon Reservoir Basin. University of Utah, Anthropological Papers No. 36. January 1959. Wraps. $35.00
Woodbury, David O. The Colorado Conquest. With sketches by the author. 1st edition. Dodd, Mead & Co, 1941. $40.00
SOLD Woodward, Arthur. Feud on the Colorado. A history of steamboats, the Mormon War and exploration on the Colorado River. Limited Westernlore Edition. 1st edition. Westernlore Press, 1955. Red cloth. $50.00
Worster, Donald. A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell. INTREPID EXPLORER, CAREFUL SCIENTIST, TALENTED WRITER, AND DEDICATED CONSERVATIONIST, John Wesley Powell led the expedition that put the Colorado River on American maps and revealed the Grand Canyon to the world. A River Running West is the first biography of this towering figure in almost fifty years - a book that captures his life in all its heroism, idealism, and ambivalent, ambiguous humanity. Oxford University Press, 2001. $35.00
SOLD Worster, Donald. A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell. INTREPID EXPLORER, CAREFUL SCIENTIST, TALENTED WRITER, AND DEDICATED CONSERVATIONIST, John Wesley Powell led the expedition that put the Colorado River on American maps and revealed the Grand Canyon to the world. A River Running West is the first biography of this towering figure in almost fifty years - a book that captures his life in all its heroism, idealism, and ambivalent, ambiguous humanity. Oxford University Press, 2001. Soft cover. $23.95
Wuerthner, George. Grand Canyon: A Visitor's Companion. 1st edition. Illustrated by Douglas W. Moore. A historical, geological, geographical, and ecological look at the Grand Canyon as well as sections on plants and wildlife. Stackpole, 1998. Soft cover. $19.95
SOLD Zarbin, Earl. Let the Record Show... Gila River Indian Reservation Water Rights and the Central Arizona Project. 2004. Oversize soft cover. $19.95
Zwinger, Ann. Grand Canyon: Little Things in a Big Place. Photographs by Michael Collier. A photographic tribute to the Colorado River and Grand Canyon. University of Arizona Press, 2006. Soft cover. $14.95

Rivers of America

SOLD The Allegheny. Frederick Way Jr., illustrated by Henry C. Pitz. Previous owner's bookplate on front end sheet. Rinehart & Co., 1959. Dust jacket. $20.00
SOLD The Arkansas. Clyde Brion Davis, illustrated by Donald McKay. Loose spine, slight tear at top, speckled edge. 1st edition. Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. $20.00
SOLD The Brandywine. Henry Seidel Canby, illustrated by Andrew Wyeth. 1st edition. Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. $45.00
SOLD The Cape Fear. Malcolm Ross. 1st edition. Falls Church Public Library stamp, cut front end sheet, hinge loose. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1965. Dust jacket. $20.00
SOLD The Chagres: River of Westward Passage. John Easter Minter, illustrated by William Wellons. 1st edition. Rinehart & Co., 1948. $20.00
The Charles. Arthur Bernon Tourtellot, illustrated by Ernest J. Donnelly. 1st edition. Farrar & Rinehart & Co., 1941. Previous owner's stamp on half title page and ends of dust jacket glued to endsheets. $22.50
The Chicago. Harry Hansen, illustrated by Harry L. Timmins. 1st edition. Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. $25.00
The Colorado. Frank Waters, illustrated by Nicolai Fechin, maps by George Annard. 1st edition. Rinehart & Co., 1946. Dust jacket. $35.00
The Columbia. Stewart H. Holbrook, illustrated by Ernest Richardson. Previous owner's signature on front endsheet. Rinehart & Co., Inc. 1956. $22.50
SOLD The Delaware. Harry Emerson Wildes, illustrated by Irwin D. Hoffman. 1st edition. Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. $20.00
SOLD The Everglades: River of Grass. Marjory Stoneman Douglas, illustrated by Rovert Fink. 1st edition. Rinehart & Co., 1947 $25.00
SOLD The Fraser. Bruce Hutchison, illustred by Lamar Dodd. 1st edition. Rinehart & Co., 1950. Dust jacket. $25.00
The Gila: River of the Southwest. Edwin Corle, illustrated by Ross Santee. 1st edition. Rinehart & Co., 1951. Former library copy with some markings. Dust jacket. $37.50
The Hudson. Carl Carmer, illustrated by Stow Wengenroth. Previous owner's bookplate on half title page and mark on front endsheet. Rinehart & Co., 1939. Dust jacket with minor wear. $22.50
The James. Blair Niles, illustrated by Edward Shenton. 1st edition. Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. $22.50
SOLD Kennebec: Cradle of Americans. Robert P. Tristam Coffin, illustrated by Maitland de Gogorza. Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. Cloth cover water stained. $20.00
SOLD The Kentucky.Thomas D. Clark, illustrated by John A. Spelman, III. Rinehart & Co., 1942. Dust jacket. $22.50
SOLD The Merrimack. Raymond P. Holden, illustrated by Aaron Kessler. 1st edition. Rinehart & Co., 1958. $25.00
The Missouri. Stanley Vestal, illustrated by Getlar Smith, maps by George Annand. 1st edition. Rinehart & Co., 1945. Green cloth. $30.00
Powder River: Let'er Buck. Struthers Burt, illustrated by Ross Santee. Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. Bookplate of previous owner. $32.50
Twin Rivers: The Raritan and the Passaic. Harry Emerson Wildes, illustrated by Angelo di Benedetto. 1st edition. Farrar & Rinehart, 1943. $25.00
SOLD Rivers of the Carolinas: The Santee. Henry Savage Jr., illustrated by Lamar Dodd. Ex-library, with minor markings. 1st edition. Rinehart & Co., 1956. Dust jacket. $22.50
SOLD Rivers of the Eastern Shore: Seventeen Maryland Rivers. Hulbert Footner, illustrated by Aaron Sopher. 1st edition. Farrar & Rinehart, 1944. $22.50
SOLD The Salinas: Upside-Down River. Anne B. Fisher, illustrated by Walter K. Fisher. Farrar & Rinehart, 1945. Dust jacket. $20.00
SOLD The Saskatchewan. Marjorie Wilkens Campbell, illustrated by Illingworth Kerr. 1st edition. Former library copy with embossed stamp and limited other markings - otherwise very good condition. Rinehart & Co., 1950. Green cloth with spine lightly faded. $25.00
The Savannah. Thomas L. Stokes, illustrated by Lamar Dodd. 1st edition. Rinehart & Co., 1951. $25.00
The Shenandoah. Julia Davis, illustrated by Frederic Taubes. 1st edition. Rinehart & Co., 1945. Dust jacket with minor staining and wear. $25.00
SOLD The St. Johns: A Parade of Diversities. Branch Cabell & A. J. Hanna, illustrated by Doris Lee. 1st edition. Farrar & Rinehart, 1943. $23.50
SOLD The St. Lawrence. Henry Beston, illustrated by A. Y. Jackson. Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. $20.00
SOLD The Susquehanna. Carl Carmer, illustrated by Stow Wengenroth. David McKay & Co. Dust jacket. $22.00
Suwannee River: Strange Green Land. Cecile Hulse Matschat, illustrated by Alexander Key. 1st edition Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. $20.00
Suwannee River: Strange Green Land. Cecile Hulse Matschat, illustrated by Alexander Key. Literary Guild edition. Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. Dust jacket. $25.00
SOLD The Tennessee: The Old River Frontier to Succession. Donald Davidson, illustrated by Theresa Sherrer Davidson. 1st edition. Rinehart & Co., 1946. $30.00
Upper Mississippi: A Wilderness Saga. Walter Havighurst, illustrated by David and Lolita Granahan. 1st edition. Farrar & Rinehart, 1944. Green cloth with spine faded. $25.00
The Wisconsin: River of a Thousand Isles. August Derleth, illustrated by John Steuart Curry. War edition. Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. $20.00

Waters and Rivers

Aton, James M. and Robert S. McPherson. River Flowing from the Sunrive: An Environmental History of the Lower San Juan. Foreword by Donald Worster. An outstanding environmental history of a western river. Utah State University Press, 2000. Soft cover. $21.95
Baxter, John O. Dividing New Mexico's Waters 1700 - 1912. A seminal study of water control in New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press, 1997. Soft cover. $35.00
Bell, William Gardner. The Snake: A Noble and Various River. A brief history of events along the Snake River. Limited to 250 copies, numbered and signed by the author. Potomac Corral of the Westerners, 1969. Blue paper boards. $25.00
Bogener, Stephen. Ditches Across the Desert: Irrigation in the Lower Pecos Valley. History of trying to control and use in the water in the Pecos Valley and the activites of New Mexico and West Texas. Texas Tech University Press, 2003. Dust jacket. $34.95
Carrey, Johnny & Cort Conley. River of No Return. History and guide book of the Salmon River in Idaho. 1st edition. Backeddy Books, 1978. Soft cover, showing minor wear. $20.00
Collier, Michael and Robert H. Webb. Floods, Droughts, and Climate Change. A straightforward account of weather crises that can help you better understand their causes and consequences. Univedrsity of Arizona Press, 2002. Soft cover. $17.95
Crawford, Stanley. The River in Winter: New and Selected Essays. University of New Mexico Press, 2003. Dust jacket. $21.95
Dana, R. H., Jr. Two Years Beofre the Mast and Twenty-Four Years After. Previous owner's label on front endsheet. Harvard Classics. P. F. Collier & Co., 1969. Green cloth. $21.00
SOLD Dunbar, Robert G. Forging New Rights in Western Waters. The first study which discusses water shortage and conflicts over water rights. University of Nebraska Press, 1983. Dust jacket worn. $25.00
Fischer-West, Lucy. Child of Many Rivers: Journeys To & From the Rio Grande. Foreword by Denise Chavez. Here is a story not so much about the great rivers, vividly remembered, that have run through West's rich and complex life and travels - but of all the deeper currents that run through all our lives from their sacred sources: all the strong and generous women. Texas Tech-University Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $21.95
Gilpin, Laura. The Rio Grande: River of Destiny. A photographic study taken from years of work. 1st edition. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. Dust jacket missing the spine. $100.00
Glazier, Captain Willard. Down the Great River; Embracing an Account of the Discovery of the True Source of the Mississippi together with views, descriptive and pictorial, of the cities, towns . . . from its head waters to the Gulf of Mexico. Illustrated. Wear and markings on original endsheets. Hubbard Brothers, 1889. Blue cloth with gold pictorial lettering. $22.50
Hargrove, Erwin C. Prisoners of the Myth: The Leadership of the Tennessee Valley Authority 1933-1990. With a new preface. University of Tennessee Press, 2001. Soft cover. $20.00
Heat-Moon, William Least. River-Horse: A Voyage Across America. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Dust jacket. $26.00
Judson, Clara Ingram. St. Lawrence Seaway. Young adult story of one of the greatest navigation projects in history. Illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund. 1st edition. Follett Publishing Co., 1959. Dust jacket. $12.50
Kupel, Doug. Fuel for Growth: Water and Arizona's Urban Environment. Study of water development in Flagstaff, Tucson and the metro Phoenix area. University of Arizona Press, 2003. Dust jacket. $39.95
Kupel, Doug. Fuel for Growth: Water and Arizona's Urban Environment. Study of water development in Flagstaff, Tucson and the metro Phoenix area. University of Arizona Press, 2003. Soft cover. $24.95
Logan, Michael F. The Lessening Stream: An Enviromental History of the Santa Cruz River. University of Arizona Press, 2002. Dust jacket. $35.00
Logan, Michael F. The Lessening Stream: An Enviromental History of the Santa Cruz River. University of Arizona Press, 2002. Soft cover. $24.95
MacDonnell, Lawrence J. From Reclamation to Sustainability: Water, Agriculture, and the Enviroment in the American West. The story of four places in the West, Arkansas Valley and the Grand Valley of Colorado, the Truckee-Carson basins of California and Nevada, and the Yakima Basin in Washington. University Press of Colorado, 1999. Dust jacket. $34.95
McKinstry, Mark c., Wayne A. Hubert, and Stanley H. Anderson. Wetland and Riparian Areas of the Intermountain West: Ecology and Management. Extensive references and detailed summaries provide a wealth of information for those interested in wetland management and ecology. 1st edition. University of Texas Press, 2004. Casebound. $39.95
SOLD Meloy, Ellen. Raven's Exile: A Season on the Green River. 1st edition. The author has spent eight years going through Utah's Desolation Canyon and has come to know the history and natural history. Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award. Henry Holt, 1994. Dust jacket. $35.00
Meloy, Ellen. Raven's Exile: A Season on the Green River. The author has spent eight years going through Utah's Desolation Canyon and has come to know the history and natural history. Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award. University of Arizona Press, 2003. Soft cover. $17.95
Miller, Char, ed. Fluid Arguments: Five Centuries of Western Water Conflict. This book sets contemporary and often bitter debates over water in their historical contexts by examining some of the most contentious issues that have confronted the region over five centuries. Seventeen contributors, Jesus F. de la Teja, Shelly C. Dudley, Sandra K. Mathews-Lamb, Bonnie Lynn-Sherow, Donald J. Pisani, Alan S. Newell, Daniel McCool, James E. Sherow, Brad F. Raley, John P. Tiefenbacher, Thomas C. Schafer, John Opie, Donald C. Jackson, Mark Harvey, Raul M. Sanchez, and Hal K. Rothman - representing history, geography, ethnography, political science, law, and urban studies - provide an interdisciplinary perspective on the many dimensions of water in the West: Spanish colonial water law, Native American water rights, agricultural concerns and dam building. A concluding essay looks toward the future by examining the impact of cities on water and of water marketing on the western economy. University of Arizona Press, 2001. Dust jacket. $45.00
Morgan, Dale L. The Great Salt Lake. Remarkable account of America's mountain sea. American Lakes Series. 1st edition. Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1947. Dust jacket. $45.00
Nute, Grace Lee. Lake Superior. American Lakes Series. 1st edition. Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1944. $22.50
Peirson, Erma. The Mojave River and Its Valley. A pleasant and readable history of the desert and river. 1st edition. Arthur H. Clark Co., 1970. Dust jacket. $35.00
Pisani, Donald J. From the Family Farm to Agribusiness : the Irrigation Crusade in California and the West, 1850-1931. Drawn upon a wealth of original research to fill a major gap in the hisotrical literature of California and the arid region. 1st edition. University of California Press, 1984. Dust jacket. $55.00
Pisani, Donald J. Water and American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902-1935. The history of perhaps the boldest economic and social program ever undertaken in the United States - to reclaim and cultivate bast areas of previously unusable land - shows in fascinating detail how ambitious government programs fall prey to the power of local interest groups. 1st edition. University of California Press, 2002. Dust jacket. $49.95
Powledge, Fred. Water: The Nature, Uses, and Future of Our Most Precious and Abused Resource. The politics and economics of water explained. 1st edition. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982. Dust jacket with spotting on front cover. $14.95
SOLD Quaife, Milo M. Lake Michigan. American Lakes Series. Piece missing from top of loose front endsheet. 1st edition. Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1944. $20.00
Raising Arizona's Dams: Daily Life, Danger, and Discrimination in the Dam Construction Camps of Central Arizona, 1890-1940s. Prepared by A. E. Rogge, D. Lorne mcWatters, Melissa Keane, and Richard P. Emanuel. A social history from archaeological research of the camps along the Salt River. University of Arizona Press, 1995. Dust jacket. $46.00
Raising Arizona's Dams: Daily Life, Danger, and Discrimination in the Dam Construction Camps of Central Arizona, 1890-1940s. Prepared by A. E. Rogge, D. Lorne mcWatters, Melissa Keane, and Richard P. Emanuel. A social history from archaeological research of the camps along the Salt River. University of Arizona Press, 1995. Soft cover. $21.95
Reid, Jan, ed. Rio Grande. Edited with a text by Jan Reid. A narrative of the river and the land surrounding the liquid lifeline, exploring the ecology, history, culture, and politicization of the river; essays by leading authors and naturalists. University of Texas Press, 2004. Dust jacket. $29.95
SOLD Rowley, William D. Reclaiming the Arid West: The Career of Francis G. Newlands. The biography of the man who helped with the passage of the National Reclamation Act - reveals a complicated and sophisticated man who successfully lived a dual political life under a cloud of personal and public scandal. 1st edition. Indiana University Press, 1996. Dust jacket. $27.50
Scarborough, Vernon L. The Flow of Power: Ancient Water Systems and Landscapes. Integrates multiple case studies of the relationship between water control and social organization. Locations discussed include the American Southwest, Highland Mexico, the Maya lowlands and South Asia. School of American Research, 2003. Soft cover. $27.95
Shaw, Ronald E. Erie Water West: A History of the Erie Canal 1792-1854. Using contemporary sources - newspapers, letters, and memoirs, the impact of the canal upon the political, social, economic and cultural life of generations is shown. 1st edition. University of Kentucky Press, 1966. Dust jacket. $25.00
Water on the Great Plains: Issues and Policies. Edited by Peter J. Longo and David W. Yoskowitz. The need for water has dominated culture and politics since before recorded history on the Great Plains, stretching from Texas to Alberta. Texas Tech University Press, 2002. Dust jacket. $35.00
Wayman, Norbury L. Life on the River: A Pictorial History of the Mississippi, the Missouri and the Western River System. A panoramic view of this fascinating region, consisting of over 900 rare photos, maps, etchings and text. Previous owner's name on front endsheet. Crown Publishers, 1971. Dust jacket. $30.00
Wohl, Ellen E. Virtual Rivers: Lessons from the Mountain Rivers of the Colorado Front Range. This book fills an important gap with a clear and comprehensive explanation of how rivers are changed by human activity. Yale University Press, 2001. Dust jacket. $35.00
Worster, Donald. Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity & The Growth of the American West. A classic history detailing the social and economic growth of the American West focusing on the impact of water. 1st edition. Pantheon Books, 1985. $35.00

EPHEMERA

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. "Boulder Dam." Informational brochure. GPO, c. 1946. $12.50