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Henderson Nebraska: Service Press, 1982. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hortense P. Wilson. Very good hardcover book, bound in green with gilt cover and spine lettering. Nebraska map endpapers. Hinges tight. Text unmarked. Signed by the author on the title page. Stated First Edition, First Printing on the copyright page with handwritten #599 indicating this is a limited numbered edition although a statement of limitation is not found in the book. The dust jacket has chips and wear along the upper edges with a large chuck of 3 inches by 1 inch missing from the upper rear corner of the dust jacket.

Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, 1975. First Edition (NAP) . Full Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Photographs. Bound in quarter tan and wheat tweed cloth with titles in gilt. Corresponding 1975 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. Author's inscription to the front endpaper verso, otherwise unmarked. Map endpapers. No wear to the cloth. There is a touch of soil to the lower front corner of text block. The dust jacket, now in mylar, has a trace of soil to the white rear panel. A clean, tight copy.

Fort Collins: The Old Army Press, 1972. Soft cover. Very Good. Very good condition trade softcover, clean and bright, unmarked. tightly bound. Prior owner name on the front endpaper

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Reprint. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Photographs and Artwork. Later printing in blindstamped blue cloth. Map endpapers. Signed and inscribed by the author to Major J. P. Westerfield at San Francisco, 1945. Below the inscription Westerfield has printed "Dinner at the Van Sicklin's / 5 Sept. 1945. Westerfield's signature also appears on the frontispiece verso and the title page. The cloth shows mild edgewear with faint fraying at the head and heel of the spine. The jacket, now in mylar, is edgeworn and torn, with chips at the corners and top edge of the front panel; it also lacks the top 1/3 of the spine. Hinges solid; text clean and unmarked. An interesting association copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2001. First Edition (stated). . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Photographs and Maps. Bound in black cloth with titles in gilt. First edition (stated). Just a hint of edgewear to book. The wrapper has a faint trace of soil, but no rips, chips or clips, and is now in mylar. A clean, tight, unmarked copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Corral, 1947. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Photographs. Hardcover in brown cloth with titles and decorations in gilt, first edition. Limited to 600 copies, of which 597 actually were bound. Illustrated endpapers. The first Brand Book, actually issued in 1948. With contributions by Noah Beery, Jr., J. Gregg Layne, Paul Galleher, Arthur Woodward, Ramon Adams, others. Ex- Nebraska State Historical Society copy, with the remnant of their tipped-in bookplate to the front pastedown and a withdrawn stamp to the second blank. The book has a 1/8" puncture in the cloth near the top of the front cover (not through to the endpaper) and a touch of wear at the extremites. There are no external library markings. Adams, Six-Guns 2363.

Omaha: Merit Publishers, Inc., 1976. Limited/Numbered/Signed. . Hardcover. Very Good+. Bound in red textured cloth with titles and rules stamped in gilt. Limited to 999 copies, of which this is # 180. Signed by editor Boyles on the limitations bookplate affixed to the third blank. 1164 pages. Manufacturer Wray M. Scott's copy with his stamp to both pastedowns. Bookplate removal to the front pastedown. The cloth shows just a trace of wear at the extremities. A clean, tight copy. Scott is listed in this volume (as he was in the 1928 "Who's Who in Omaha"). Uncommon. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall