Search Results: American Old West from Conover Books

Palo Alto, California: Lewis Osborne Spine is faded along with the top of the front cover, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed. Blue cloth, gold gilt lettering on spine and a gold gilt boot on front cover! 55 tight clean bright white pages! Folding map laid in. One of only 1400 copies! Author was a 12 year old member of the Donner Party. 16 small black and white illustrations! An excellent first hand account of this historic and tragic journey! Extremely rare and hard-to-find!. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1897. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; a number in ink is written on the inside of the front board; overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! Brown cloth with red lettering and a black illustration on the front board and spine. 214 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages of text and 10 wonderful pages (including the frontis) of black and white illustrations! "This is not a continuous narrative of missionary work as are some of the author's books. It is a collection of distinct chapters, some of which are written expressly for this volume, others of which, having in whole or in part seen the light in other form, are now, at the request of friends, and thanks to the courtesy of the publishers, here gathered." ------ from the Preface.. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge Univ Pr, 1980. EX-LIBRARY WITH THE USUAL LIBRARY MARKINGS, CORNERS AND EDGES ARE BUMPED AND RUBBED, A NICE COLLECTIBLE, OUT-OF-PRINT FIRST EDITION! VERY VERY TOUGH TO FIND COPY! DJ IS NICELY PRESERVED IN A MYLAR PLASTIC COVER! 258 HISTORIC PAGES. First Printing. Green Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Albert Whitman & Company, 1935. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, former owner's name in ink on the ffep, no dj, some shelf wear, overall a clean used first edition (fifth printing)! Green cloth with a color full page pastedown of a group of indians around a fire with blue lettering at the top and bottom and gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. 217 unmarked and uncreased historical pages nicely enhanced by red, black and white illustrations! "There have been many different tribes of Red Men in our country and some of them are well known to boys and girls while others, like the Cherokee people, the Indian cave builders of the south, are strangers." ---- from the Preface.. First Edition / Fifth Printing. Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Joseph Eugene Dash. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Rhodes & McClure Publishing Company , 1892. Edge and corner wear, scuffed, corners are bumped and rubbed, pages are toning, shelf worn, some fraying at the base of the spine, spine is faded, missing the half-title page, rear hinge cracked, three worm holes in the outer page edges, overall still a vintage collectible used copy! Bright gilt design and lettering on the front cover. 471 historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "A few years ago when even in the middle Western States land was to be had for the taking, a bit of a town pre-empted a site on the banks of the Wabash river, in the State of Indiana, and proceeded to establish itself and settle down to business, squatter fashion...." ---- from Chapter First (A Little Old Town on the Wabash). Reprint (1886). Decorated Brown Cloth . Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1995. Brand new and unread condition, very crisp and clean, still in the shrinkwrap, never opened! 216 new and unread pages!. Hardcover. Brand New/Brand New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.