Search Results: Authors starting with V from Gene W. Baade Books on the West

Octagon, NY, 1970, 1970. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine. Octagon, NY, 1970. Reprint. Decorated cloth. 492pp. A key bibliography on pioneers, Indian captivities, etc., of the old Eastern frontier. Substantial essays by Vail, who was President of the Bibliographical Society of America, form the bulk of the first 80pps. Fine, no dj.

NY: Octagon, 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Decorated cloth. 492pp. Former owner's private library small label on ffep. Chapters: "The Pioneer's Own Story", "The Indians' Captives Relate Their Adventures", "The Frontier Land Agents Offer Their Wares", "Conclusion", "A Bibliography of North American Frontier Literature", "Key to Locations". Following these long introductory chapters is the heart of the volume, a 377pp bibliography, followed by "Index to the Appendix". This book is great resource for 18th & 19th Century frontier literature. Fine in glassine dj.

NY: Knopf, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Collectible As New/As New. 1st printing. Cloth. 529pp. Illus. Notes. Bibliography. Signed (signed only) by Vaillant on titlle pages. "Autographed Copy" sticker on front dj panel. Laid in color bookmark promoting Phoenix Fund, 21st Century Tiger, & ALTA. Fine, like new in dj. The dj is not the "stock image on most listings, but has a black background to the lettering and the vertical red stripes. Rather scarce now signed.

Woodinville: English Mill Pr, 2006. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. 1st printing. Glossy trade wraps. 392pp. Signed & dated by Valentine in year of publication. Fine, like new.

Butte Valley Star, Dorris, Novermber, 1959, 1959. First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good. Not a book. Original poster offering reward "for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons stealing or butchering any CATTLE or HORSES belonging to the undersigned." R.L. Meglasson , Secretary, & R.J. Taylor, Secretary (Mt. Hebron). Black print on white poster card stock. 11" x 14". 101 names & their brands printed on two sides. Small corner crease & tear, & a few pin holes at top & bottom. Slightly soiled. Couple of minor ink marks & an ink correction. Vg, showy piece.

n.p.: Clearwater Valley Roundup Ass'n, 1964. First Thus. Soft cover. Good. Large (6 1/2" x 10") pictorial card folder. Saturday, June 20, 1964. The 1964 Queen was Ivana Hendren (she was also queen in 1965). List of boosters on back panel from Kamiah, Minneapolis (General Mills), Orofino, Lewiston, Grangeville, & Kooskia. This copy smudged & was once folded (quartered) by it's sweaty fingered spectator or rider! No tears or other abuse. Good. Scarce.

n.p.: Clearwater Valley Roundup Ass'n, 1965. First Thus. Soft cover. Fine. Two Large (6 1/2" x 10") pictorial card folders. Saturday, June 19, and Sunday, June 20, 1965. The 1965 Queen was Ivana Hendren (she was also queen in 1964). List of boosters on back panel from Kamiah, Lewiston, Grangeville, Kooskia, & Stites. Both copies in fine condition. Scarce.

NY: Alliance Book Corp, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped blue cloth. 749pp. Three pages of "Who's Who" in the back. It appears this is a fascinating and well-written memoir. From Wiki: "Richard Julius Hermann Krebs (December 17, 1905 - January 1, 1951), better known by his alias Jan Valtin, was a German writer during the interwar period. He settled in the United States in 1938, and in 1940 (as Valtin) wrote his bestselling book Out of the Night." Fine copy in slight chipped, price-clipped dj.

Wash., D.C., 1840, 1840. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Disbound. 8pp. HR Exec Doc 190. Articles of the convention are printed in parallel columns in Spanish & English. Vg.

Minneapolis: Privately published & Harrison & Smith, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped original brown cloth. 176pp. Frontispiece. Small news clipping laid in says Van Cleve "was the first white child born in the area which comprises Iowa, Wisconsin, So. Dakota and Wyoming." pencil fos on ffep. Corners moderately bumped. Lower corner of text block moderately bumped. Foxing to frontispiece. Good.

Kansas City: Lowell Pr, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Fine/Fine. 1st printing. PUBLISHER'S REVIEW COPY. Gilt-stamped cloth. 301pp. Illus. Fly leaves with map of "The Melville Country." A popular memoir of ranching in Montana. This copy, as noted, a review copy from the publisher, signed "Regards, Spike Van Cleve" on the half-title. Laid in are FOUR publisher's piece of promo information. (1) printed letter on Lowell's letterhead to "Dear Reader." (2) Printed letter on Lowell's letterhead to the person the copy has been sent to, and signed by the press' David G. Plumer. We have examined the signature with a loupe and believe the signature is original, not a facsimile. (3) A folio brown printed poster or broadside intended to be folded quarter (and is) with illustration describing the book & quoting from Van Cleve. (4) An eight-page blue, brown, and white printed pamphlet titled, "By God By Spike." Fine in fine dj. You may look many years to find another copy like this one.

Kansas City: Lowell Pr, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 282pp. Illus. Each fly leaf has a map of a portion of Montana. A companion cowboy and ranching memoir to the author's 40 Years Gatherin's. Fine, like new in dj.

El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1966. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 1st printing. Printed pictorial wraps. 48pp. Illus. Appendices. Monograph #14 in the Southwestern Studies series. Fine.

Vancouver: n.p., 1936. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 9" x 12" oblong cord-tied pictorial wraps with distinctive & attractive cover art of a view between two tree trunks, across the water to North Vancouver & the "Lions". Illustrated with soft-focus sepia photos of the park. Onion skin endpapers. Back page listed Board of Park Commissioners, 1886-1936. Vg. Two small abrasions on front cover; mild corner wear. Scarce.

Vancouver: The Vancouver Sun, 1971. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Original newspaper in four sections (complete issue folded) commemorating the British Columbia Centennial. Cover of section one is a gorgeous read and blue print of a Kwakiutl Thunderbird Mask. There is lots of reading inside on the fabulous history of BC. Vg or near fine condition.

Vancouver: Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Vancouver, B. C., 1920. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Good. Original copy of 3rd edition, previously editions published in 1918 & 1919. Overlapping pictorial 8vo wraps. 70pp. Illustrated with half-tone photos including one tri-fold of Kitsilano Beach with bathers and watchers. Park Statistics to December 31, 1918, printed on one blank side of the tri-fold. There is a 1/16" hole in front cover, and at the bottom a dark, as if slightly scorched, arc about 2" x 3". It sounds bad but should only discourage someone needing a fine copy. Scarce.

NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st American edition printing. Cloth. 393pp. Presentation copy inscribed to your bookseller in year of publication. Fine novel of the West by the author of the award-winning novel, The Englishman's Boy. Fine, like new in dj.

U.S Printing Office & Dept. of the Interior, USGS, Wash DC, 1980, 1980. Soft cover. Fine. 2nd printing. 4to printed wraps. 48pp. 3 large folding maps with plates in back pocket. Fine.

Portland: Oregon Historical Society Pr, 1990. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. As New. 2nd edition, revised. 4to pictorial wraps with French fold. 297pp. Lavishly illustrated. Bibliography. Index. A sumptuous book. Fine, like new.

Vancouver, 1977, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to cloth. 195pp. Illustrated abundantly with photos. Informative text has been written. Maps. Signed by both authors. Fine in dj. Very scarce now in the 1st cloth edition signed.