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New York, Chicago, & San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mustard cloth, gilt & brown titles on spine, xiv, 354 pp, notes, bibliography, index. Lightly rubbed, bottom corners of both boards heavily bumped. From the preface: "...it was the discovery of gold in its sands one cold January morning in 1848 that brought the American its greatest fame, and made its name known around the world. Every country felt the impact of this discovery as thousands of men from all walks of life set off for the American River, the river of El Dorado; numbers of them never returned, and their native lands were often the poorer for their loss." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Later printing. . VG/No dj. Illus. by Jerry Helmrich. 21 X 14 cm.
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The American: River of El Dorado (Rivers of America Series)
by Sanborn, Margaret
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America's Northern Heartland
by Borchert, John R.
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Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green cloth with foil titles, pale green endpapers, viii, 250, [1] pp, many photos in text, index. A vast amount of data on the Upper Midwest is distilled into maps by long-time University of Minnesota geography professor Borchert. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . Near Fine/Fine. 23½ X 31 cm (oblong).
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Ancient Texans: Rock Art & Lifeways Along the Lower Pecos
by Shafer, Harry J.
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Austin, TX: Texas Monthly Press, Inc., 1986 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth, gilt titles on spine, xvi, 247 pp, profusely illustrated with color & b & w photos & drawings, bibliography, index. Small red spot on top edge may be remainder mark. DJ covered with adhesive plastic by previous owner, else fine. Exposition of archaeological findings including paintings in canyons made by ancient inhabitants of Texas. In addition to the main text, eleven articles by experts fill in some of the details. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine. Illus. by Jim Zintgraff (Photos) & George Strickland (Drawings). 26 X 26 cm.
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Anthrax: A Review, Spring 1960
by Friedman, John B. & William Bernhart (Eds.)
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Portland, OR: Reed College, 1960 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tan printed paper wraps, text printed on blue paper, stapled through fold, [iii], 17 pp. Small tear at top of spine, else very good, previous owner's name on title page. Student literary magazine. Contains poems by Jon Quitslund, Joan Holden, Ken Margolis, Linda Bain, Margaret Oake, William Bernhardt, Joanna Baker, John B. Friedman, Helen McNeil; Mark Gabor, & David Cherry; aphorisms by David M. Dressler; and a short play by Diskin Clay. Complimentary copy of "The Woodstock Tales" included (this is a pamphlet in memory of Peter Scheiber published in 2007; contains memories of student hijinks involving Scheiber (Class of 1961), Brewery & her pups, and the original Westport Cupids). Shipping weight 5 oz. in envelope.. First Edition. Pamphlet. G+/No dj. 21½ X 14 cm.
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The Beast
by Lindsey, Ben B. & Harvey J. O'Higgins
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1912 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue ribbed cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, frontis., xiv, 340 pp. Corners bumped, extremities rubbed, previous owner's acquisition note, address label scar, and old price stamp on front endpapers, otherwise clean, titles bright. Judge Lindsey, by his own account, was a political reformer who took on a corrupt machine operated by and for the benefit of major corporations in Denver during a time still notorious for such evils. This copy printed two years after the first printing. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Early printing. . VG-/No dj. 20 X 14 cm.
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The Best from Out West: Tales Gathered Along the Back Roads of the West
by Woodbury, Chuck
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New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter brown cloth, tan paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, 203 pp, 16 b & w photos. Small surface chip on rear board, else fine. DJ spine sunned, extremities rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. Chuck Woodbury wanted to live on the road in the American West. After years of gradually lengthening trips in a motorhome, he hit upon the idea of collecting stories about the people and places he visited, and publishing them in a quarterly newspaper, which he called "Out West." The paper was a hit, allowing him to fulfill his dream and providing the stories in this collection. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG. 24 X 16 cm.
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Centennial Trilogy of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine
by Menolascino, Frank J. et al.
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Omaha, NE: University of Nebraska Medical Center, 1980 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Three volumes in dark blue slipcase. Vol. I: A Prairie Doctor of the Eighties, by Francis A. Long, [iv], 223 pp; a litho reprint of the 1937 Huse Publishing edition with facsimile signature on cover.\. Vol. II: Golden Anniversary, by Edward A. Holyoke, xii, 112 pp, photos, cartoons; a memoir & collection of school folklore based on the author's career at the school beginning in 1928 as a student. Vol. III: The First Hundred Years, by the Centennial History Committee (especially Robert B. Coleman), xii, 174 pp, photos, notes, bibliography; centennial history includes names of all alumni by year of graduation. Perfect-bound volumes have brittle spines. Slipcase rubbed, especially at extremities. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. Trade Paperback. Fine/In Slipcase. 24 X 19 cm.
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City of the Future: A Narrative History of Kansas City, 1850-1950
by Haskell, Henry C., Jr. & Richard B Fowler
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Kansas City, MO: Frank Glenn Publishing Co., Inc., 1950 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth, gilt titles on spine, dec. endpapers, [ii], 193, [1] pp, 12 ff b & w plates, index. Boards fading at edges, a few light scuffs, two leaves browned by small newspaper clipping. DJ rubbed, slightly chipped, edge tears up to 2 cm, some with creasing; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . VG+/VG-. Illus. by Frank H. Miller. 22½ X 14½ cm.
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The Colony
by Tayman, John
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New York, London, Sydney & Toronto: Scribner (Simon & Schuster), 2006 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. A Lisa Drew Book. Tan boards, green spine with gilt titles, viii, 421 pp, 2 maps, 57 photos, notes, bibliography, index. Faint soil on boards, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "The Colony reveals the untold history of the infamous American leprosy settlement on the Hawaiian island of Molokai and of the exceptional people who managed to survive under the most horrific circumstances." Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). 3rd ptg. . Near Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.
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Dust Bowl Diary
by Low, Ann Marie
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Lincoln, NE & London: University of Nebraska Press, 1984 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full navy blue cloth, foil titles on spine, dark blue endpapers, x, 188 pp. Faint tobacco odor. Bright orange DJ has slight wear & soil; in Brodart archival cover. Low kept a diary from 1927 to 1937. Here she has excerpted the portions that may be of general interest about life in the Dakotas during the depression and dust bowl years, with some additional material from letters or memory. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 22½ X 14½ cm.
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Eagle in the Sun
by Birney, Hoffman
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1935 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light orange cloth with black titles & decorations on spine, top edge dyed grey, [viii], 312 pp. Ball-point scribbles and fountain pen owner's signature on front endpapers, faint marks on half-title, spine somewhat faded, edges rubbed with boards just peeking through at corners, foxing at fore-edge of last few leaves, but otherwise clean inside & out. An historical novel set in mid-19th century New Mexico. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . G+/No dj. 19½ X 13½ cm.
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Echoes Break the Silence: A Collection of Articles from New Mexico and Arkansas
by Williams, Ernestine Chesser
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Roswell, NM: Old-Time Publications, 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Signed by Author on title page. Brown boards, black titles on front board & spine, xiv, 345 pp, many b & w photos, index. Author's signature is dated in the month of publication. Original owner's bookplate and name on front free endpaper, a few pages browned by newspaper clippings of which one is still present. Relates stories about various members of the Chesser and Williams families of the Roswell area. Articles were originally published in various magazines & newspapers. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG+/No dj. 22½ X 15 cm.
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General Crook and the Apache Wars
by Lummis, Charles R.
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Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly white covers ithe black & rust titles & decoration, xix, 148 pp, chapter headpieces. Collection of articles originally published in the Los Angeles Times, in April & May, 1886, edited and with an introduction by Turbesé Lummis Fiske. Shipping weight 1 lb.. 2nd ptg. Trade Paperback. Fine/No dj. Illus. by Don Perceval. 22½ X 15 cm.
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The Generous Years: Remembrances of a Frontier Boyhood
by Huntley, Chet
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New York: Random House, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige boards with blind decoration, brown cloth spine with black & beige titles, green endpapers, [viii], 215, [1] pp, chapter headpieces. Rather shaky gift inscription on half-title. Price-clipped DJ starting to tatter at head of spine; in Brodart archival cover. As the DJ puts it, "The millions of Americans who know Chet Huntley only as the objective, urbane television commentator are sure to be surprised--and even delighted--with his warm, funny, even lyrical account of his early years" in Montana. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 3rd ptg. . VG/VG. Illus. by Bob Ziering. 22 X 15 cm.
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Grand Canyon: Today and All Its Yesterdays
by Krutch, Joseph Wood
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New York: William Sloane Associates, 1958 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tan & peach cloth, brown & tan titles on spine, [xi], 276 pp, 2-page color photo after copyright page, map. Spine ends slightly rumpled, else fine. Price-clipped DJ extremities rubbed, a few tears under 1 cm, some with creasing; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG-. 21½ X 14½ cm.
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Griffin
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Tacoma: Johnson-Cox Company, 1961 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in stiff paper wraps, black title & dec. on front cover only, dec. endpapers, [52] pp, b & w photos. Covers moderately soiled. Yearbook of unidentified college contains mostly photos of graduates with their thesis titles. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Wraps. VG/No dj. 21½ X 18½ cm.
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Guidebook to the Colorado River, Part 2: Phantom Ranch in Grand Canyon National Park to Lake Mead, Arizona-Nevada
by Hamblin, W. Kenneth & J. Keith Rigby
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Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1982 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mustard yellow covers with illustration & black titles on front cover only, [ii], 126 pp, 98 figures, bibliography. Very slight corner wear. Packed full of geological information, stratigraphic drawings, aerial & other photographs. Phantom ranch is in the deepest part of the canyon, near Grand Canyon Village. Shipping weight 1 lb.. 6th ptg. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No dj. 23 X 15 cm.
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Homestead
by Smith, Annick
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Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1995 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Burgundy paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine and front board, pictorial endpapers, [ix], 211, [3] pp. From the DJ: "In 1964, Annick Smith came to Montana with her husband Dave and their boys. In the fertile valley where meadows tip downward toward the Big Blackfoot River, they found what they had dreamed of: 163 acres of ranch land with a view of creek, hills, and the Rattlesnake Mountains. The Montana of which Annick Smith writes in the spirited and generous book is the not-so-distant West of outlaws and pioneers, Indians and soldiers, range inspectors and cattle thieves." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . New/New. 22 X 14½ cm.
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"I Am Bound for California": The Overland Diary of Edgar Reynolds, 1852
by Reynolds, Edgar (Robert N. Manley, Ed.)
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Gardner, KS: Listen to the Land, 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by editor. Reprint of ISBN 0-939644-82-7. White covers with black titles & dec., xiv, 193 pp, bibliography, map. At age 19 in 1852, Edgar Reynolds kept a journal of his overland trip across Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Nevada from Red Rock, Iowa to Stockton, California. In preparing the manuscript for publication, Manley has provided extensive annotations, explanations, and connecting text. Shipping weight 1 lb.. 2nd ptg. Trade Paperback. Fine/No dj. 21½ X 14 cm.
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Islands of the West from Baja to Vancouver
by Stegner, Page
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San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White cloth, blue foil titles on spine, blue endpapers, [viii], 144 pp, bibliography, index. DJ wrinkled near top of front panel, 3 cm tear at top of rear fore-edge; in Brodart archival cover. Most pages are illustrated with Lanting's color photos; there are also a few maps and reproductions of old engravings. From the DJ: "The islands of the West, unlike their Atlantic Coast counterparts, are few in number.... Writer Page Stegner and photographer Frans Lanting have explored these islands thoroughly--including visits to some that are off-limits to the general public--and their joint portrait brings to life the unique habitats and ambiance of each." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/VG. Illus. by Frans Lanting. 24½ X 28½ cm (oblong).
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