Search Results: Titles starting with S from Gene W. Baade Books on the West

U.S. Senate, February 9, 1857, 1857. Soft cover. Very Good. Not a book. Original bill. Printed folio. (5pp.). Introduced by Mr. Toombs & "Reported without amendment." This bill was to aid in the construction of what was to become the Minnesota & Pacific Railroad Company. Route of the M&PRR was to run "from Stillwater, by way of Saint Paul and Saint Anthony, to a point between the foot of Big Stone Lake and the mouth of Sioux Wood river, with a branch via Saint Cloud and Crow Wing, to the navigable waters of the Red river of the north..." A 3/4 rear panel reports that on Feb. 7 the bill was read twice & referred to the Committee on Public Lands. The internet provides a couple of very helpful sites describing this history of this, Minnesota's first railroad. Condition: previously gently folded;. The cover sheet is nearly split apart at the primary page fold. Else vg. A rare item.

Penticton BC: Skookum Publications, 1995. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Apparently the 1st printing. Pictorial 4to wraps. 96pp. Illus. Signed "Enjoy / Doug Cox." From the cover: "On British Columbia's inland lakes and rivers the vessel of choice was the steam powered, paddle wheel driven, 'sternwheeler'. The S. S. Sicamous was the finest, and last of these magnificent boats to be built. This is the story of the 'Queen of Okanagan Lake.'" The author, Doug Cox, is one of those rare regional historians who just soaks up history wherever he goes and then writes cogently and in detail of that history, in his case mainly southern BC. Fine. Uncommon signed.

NY: Bantam, 1961. First Thus. Soft cover. Good. 1st printing paperback edition with pictorial cover. 120pp. A L'Amour classic that was the first of his famous series of stories on the Sackett family. Good. Some rubbing on front cover.

NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1st printing. Cloth. 294pp. Illus. Endpaper maps. Index. After the numbered pages is a 13pp essay by Constance Lindsay Skinner, "Rivers and American Folk." Skinner was the editor of this great "Rivers of America" series. Former owner's custom bookplate on lower corner of front pastedown. Dana signed this copy on the half-title & dated it 1939. Slightly faded spine, else fine. No dj.

NY: HarperCollins, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 305pp. Signed by Hillerman on the half-title. Very tiny bump upper corner of front cover, thus near fine in like dj.

Wichita: McCormick-Armstrong, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Gilt pictorial cloth. 132pp. Photos. Portraits. Nearly full page presentation by Hinkle to his minister, dated in 1961. Well-written memoir by the SW Kansas (Clark Co.) rancher & Wichita lawyer. Family & local background of the 1880s. Forewords by Kansas Chief Justice, Jay Parker, & Editor of Kansas Stockman, James Orton. Fine. No dj. Not in Herd.

Boulder: Pruett Pub Co, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 1st printing. Oblong hardbound. 91pp. Illus. Twenty-one saddle makers are covered in this book. There is a touch of a musty smell, but still very good in complete dj with some edge tears. Scarce in the true first printing.

Harrisburg: Stackpole, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 1st printing. Cloth. 217pp. Illus. Bibliography. Fine in slightly worn dj.

Great Britain: Imperial Tobacco Co, 1934. First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good. Original booklet containing full set of cigarette cards, published and issued by W. D. & H. O. Wells, "Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Copmpany (of Great Britain and Ireland) Limited." The date is not given, but my research suggests strongly that this is 1934. Printed (red and black cover printing) pictorial stiff and stapled wraps. (10 leaves including covers; 20pps). Fully populated with 52 cards affixed inside. General light spotting to covers. No chips or tears. In spite of the general spotting, I grade this copy Vg. Somewhat scarce now.

Levite of Apache, Apache, 1988, 1988. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Pictorial wraps. 45pp. Illustrated with photos & sketches. Short bibliography. Signed on the title page by Fly, & signed by the famous Oklahoma Cherokee ballerina, Yvonne Chouteau, on the back cover in a lower corner of her portrait. Tiny crease upper corner of front cover; near fine. Very scarce.

Caldwell: Caxton, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good-. 1st printing. 4to stiff wraps. 173pp. Illus. Appendices. Index. Foreword by Homer Croy. A former owner dog-eared several page corners; else vg.

NY: North South Books, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Oblong pictorial hardbound. (32pp). Illustrated children' book. Signed by both Gloria & Ted Rand & dated by the former in the year of publication. "This was the childhood of the fur Madsen children who made their home aboard a four-masted sailing bark that carried cargo all over the world in the 1800s." Based on the journal kept by Captain Madsen and his daughter, Ena..." The Rands formed a team without peer when it came to lovely, well-told, historically based children's illustrated books. Fine, like new in dj.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Cloth. 338pp. Illus. Index. The fine & classic biography of one of America's most famous & best loved authors. Signed by Stone on the ffep. Below the signature is the pencil fos of Gordon Richardson. Slightly edge faded, but vg in chipped pc dj with main loss along extreme top.

Portland: Ecotrus, 2003. Revised Edition. Soft cover. As New. Updated Edition." 4to stiff glossy wraps with flaps. 92pp. Illus. Maps. Signed & dated in 2003 by Wolf. This book "takes you behind the headlines in the company of six knowledgeable guides to a deeper understanding of the most celebrated fish of western North America." Fine, like new.

Portland OR: WestWinds Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. 1st printing. Small 4to pictorial wraps with French fold. 96pp. Illus. Index. "Northwest Homegrown Cookbook Series." Presentation signed to J____ and signed by Nims. Fine, like new.

NY: Henry Holt and Co, 2022. ARC. Soft cover. Fine. Advance Reader's Edition. Pictorial trade wraps. 353pp. Laid in publisher's promo. Fine.

Portland: WestWinds Press, 2004. 1st printing in wrappers. Soft cover. As New. 1st printing of the trade wrappers edition. 4to pictorial glossy wraps. Signed in year after publication by the author with paw prints and "Arf!" Illus. Fine, like new.

Toronto: James Lorimer & Co, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 1st printing. Oblong 4to cloth. 224pp. Illus. Credits. This book is about the lives of early settlers on the Canadian prairies, and is well-illustrated with graphic and descriptive vintage photos. Fine in chipped dj.

NYC: Sun Music Co, 1944. Soft cover. Very Good. Copyright 1944; no other printings cited. Pictorial cover sheet music. 4pp. fos at top. Minor wear. Vg. Originally played by Charlie Barnet & his orchestra & sung by Gwen Tynes.

Austin: State House Pr, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Cloth. 412 pp. Illust. Map. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Signed by Miller on half-title. This book "cuts through the mythical to set the record straight." "This volume is destined to become the standard reference work for the legendary outlaw." Fine, like new in dj.