Search Results: Titles starting with A from Old West Books

El Segundo, CA: Upton & Sons, 2004. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 286 pages, maps, illustrations. Battle of the Little Big Horn Series, Volume Four. "The author's purpose of the book is to refute the popular images and Hollywood myths which have long surrounded the battle and have been accepted as truisms." The main theme is that Custer's subordinate officers failed to follow orders, resulting in the defeat..

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & CO., 1890. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Sixth Edition, 380 pages, + ads, frontis, illustrations, foldout maps, slight wear, Boldly signed and dated by Henry Carrington, 1891. Campaign against the Sioux, the Custer massacre and events afterwards, the Nez Perce War and Chief Joseph, and other events. Howes C175aa, Graff 596, Luther 137, Dustin 49..

N.Y.: Viking, 2001. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 344 pages, index. An insight into the Emancipation, the events leading up to it, and the effects two years afterwards. Lincoln's death and reconstruction is addressed..

Harrisburg PA: Stackpole, 1954. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. TITLE CONTINUED.of the Little Big Horn 25-26 June, 1876. 304 pages, fold-out map, frontis, map end-papers. Luther, mention. Vivid and Revealing testimony of participants in the battle..

Harrisburg PA: Stackpole, 1954. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Thus. 304 pages, fold-out map, frontis, map end-papers, slight wear, has a 1st Cavalry Division patch attached to the blank fly-leaf in the rear with an annotation about the 7th cavalry.. Luther, mention. Vivid and Revealing testimony of participants in the battle..

Fairfield, Washington: YE Galleon Press, 1984. Book. New. Hardcover. 74 pages, map endpapers, A reprint of the rare, 1807 printing of the third Thomas Jefferson exploration party. Freeman a surveyor, and Custis a naturalist, accompanied by a military escort, traveled up the Red River in the spring of 1806 in the vicinity of the Caddo villages where they were stopped by Spanish cavalry and forced to turn back. Wagner-Camp 6b.

Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur Clark Company , 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4 volumes bound in maroon cloth, top edge gilt, spines faded, each has a bookplate and owner stamp and label removal outline on lower spines. (Separate publication from "Early Western Travels: 1748-1846," in which series this reprint appeared as Volumes XIV, XV, XVI, XVII) Vol 1, 321 pages, foldout map, Vol 2, 356 pages, Vol 3, 291 pages, Vol 4, 308 pages. Overall a good reading or research set. Rader 2048, Howes J41, Rittenhouse 327, "The expedition produced the first scientific data on the flora and fauna of the general area of the Santa Fe Trail.".

Palo Alto CA.: Lewis Osborne, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 87 pages, illustrations, map end-papers, #56 of 2,100 copies, very slight wear. Godfrey commanded Company K. Luther 60, O'Keefe 939..

Kalispell Montana : Ace Powell Art Galleries, Inc. , 1974. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 184 pages, frontis, photos, illustrations, rusting and soiling to jacket, signed by Moynahan. "Contains the largest and most complete collection of art by the artist.".

Kalispell Montana : Ace Powell Art Galleries, Inc. , 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original cloth, slight wear, small light spot on edge, a few rust spots, 184 pages, frontis, photos, illustrations, small original drawing by Powell inscribed on the fly-leaf. "Contains the largest and most complete collection of art by the artist.".

Denver, CO: Privately Printed, 1905. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 224 pages, fold-out map, top edge gilt, red cloth with gilt lettering, tight solid copy, Limited Edition, of 200 copies. Howes Y25aa, "Day by day journal of a trip from Atchison to Julesburg and Denver." Mintz 627, Graff 4787.

1916. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. NP, ND, 56 pages, illustrations, signed by author, frontis, minor edge wear, inner front hinge starting. Printed in a small edition of 50 copies. The author's account of travel from Omaha to Salem Oregon. Howes S566, Graff 3820, Mintz 427..

1916. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. NP, ND, 56 pages, illustrations, signed by author,frontis, minor edge wear, offsetting on fly-leaf, newspaper clipping about Smedley's death laid in. Printed in a small edition of 50 copies. The author's account of travel from Omaha to Salem Oregon. Howes S566, Graff 3820, Mintz 427..

1916. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. NP, ND, 56 pages, illustrations, frontis, photo of author attached to title page, inscribed by author, in plain wrapper, minor edge wear, front inner hinge starting. Printed in a small edition of 50 copies. The author's account of travel from Omaha to Salem Oregon. Howes S566, Graff 3820, Mintz 427..

Denver, CO: Privately Printed, 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 224 pages, fold-out map, top edge gilt, red cloth with gilt lettering, minor rubbing to cover, tight solid copy, Limited Edition, #75 of 200 copies, signed label attached to front paste-down, :With compliments and sincere regards of Frank C Young 116 Boston Building. Howes Y25aa, Day by day journal of a trip from Atchison to Julesburg and Denver. Mintz 627, Graff 4787..

Chase & Ray Printers, 1914. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. N.D. Second edition, revised, corrected and enlarged by the author, 232 pages, original wraps, rubbing to edges and spine. Contains The Captive Maidens or The Prizes Won A Sequel to Across the Plains in 54 A Story of the Early Settlement of Northern California. The true first edition had 76 pages. Graff 3045, Howes N213, Mintz 348, A very rare overland. Nott was a member of the Hendrix train and tells of being guided, and befriended by Jim Bridger..

New Haven : Overland Press , 1978. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. Original printed wraps, 16 pages, frontis, slight crease in cover, limited to 400 copies. Humorous narrative of the "overland journey" of Rollins, Streeter, Eberstadt and Doc. Braislin..

Springfield, Mass., 1866. Book. Good +. Hardcover. 452pgs, +ads, minor exterior wear, slight foxing. Rader 431 indicates a map for the 1st ed 1865, but does not mention the 1866 ed. This book does not contain a map..

N.Y.: Crown Publishers, 1956. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 301 pages, frontis, illustrations, a couple small tears to bottom edge of jacket. Herd 1062, Six-Guns 1024, Has much material on Dodge City and some of its characters, such as Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Bill Tilghman..

Cincinnati Ohio: Elm Street Printing Co., 1893. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original cloth, 87 pages, minor edge wear, inscribed by author. A rare scarce travel account of the author's trip starting in Florida in 1892 traveling through Texas to California, Oregon, The Rocky Mountains, including three chapters on his stay in Yellowstone Park. Interesting observations for the time. Only two copies appearing for sale in the last 75 years..