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

Oconto: Privately Printed, 1976. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine. 1st printing in book form. Gilt-stamped cloth. 200pp. Illus. Map. Presentation copy inscribed & signed by Hall. Oconto is in northern Wisconsin, a very beautiful area. Laid in is folded legal-size newsletter sheet announcing the death of the author & describing his contribution to the community. Fine. Quite scarce.

Wash D. C.: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1963. Soft cover. Very Good. Original facsimile of booklet, but "original" I mean that I believe the government made copies of the original typescript for distribution. 4to printed & stapled wraps with plastic covers. (36pp, one-sided). Following the Deputy Commissioner's cover letter, Contents, 4pp Foreword followed by Tables & Listings covering U. S. Indian tribes. Some tribal listings with name of tribe at head of listing circled in red ink. Vg. Scarce.

Williamsburg: Moebs Publishing Co, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 826 + 4pp. Pictorial endpapers. For "researching art, books, broadsides, ephemera, manuscripts, newspapers, maps, pamphlets, photographs, and prints relating to that area within the present limits of the United States 1481-1899. Fine in dj.

NY: Konstantyn and Stetch & Stetch Studios, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1st printing.Gilt-stamped 4to cloth. Unpaginated. Index. Well-illustrated in color and in tones. Bi-lingual publication in Russian & English. This book is a testament to the beauty of Ukraine and its people before the catastrophic Russian invasion and bombardment of 2022. Fine copy lacking the dust jacket. Nevertheless, very scarce, important, and what we hope will not be a memorial to Ukraine's past, but the hope of a restored future. VERY SCARCE.

Echo, OR: UMATILLA RIVER WATER USERS' ASSOCIATION, 1906. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Original printing. Stapled printed wraps. Very, very scarce booklet describing the Hermiston Water Rights Association. Tall light green wrappers. 59pp. Contains a few ads. For some context, beginning of page 44 reads, Hermiston is the central point of the Umatilla Irrigation Project, by the United States Government." Printed inside the front cover is list of seven U. S. Reclamation engineers. On verso of front leaf is list of officers of the association. Facing page list of "What Irrigation Does." After several pages of the description of the area are the by-laws of the association and articles of incorporation (pps 17-35), and following that various promotional material of local communities. Near fine condition. Front cover slightly pulled from spine of text block. Rare with only 2 copies appearing on World Cat.

Nashville, 1997, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8" x 11 1/4" cloth & wood folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Front cover is lovely blond wood with a graceful image etched or stained on it. Back cover, spine, & attached edge of front cover in cloth. Cloth covered spiral binding. Elegantly imprinted endsheets. Un Ete Du Vin is an annual auction, in Nashville, Tennessee, of the finest wines to raise money for charity, apparently one of the premier wine auctions anywhere. The first section of this magnificently bound & printed auction book has beautifully lithographed pages of artistic wine related images & text from a variety of sou rces. The balance of the book enumerates & describes the silent & live auction lots. Concluding pages are of patrons, donors, credits, etc. Laid in are an Addenda & a printed bid folder. Many auction lots were of exotic trips to wine country & wine country event in North American & abroad.

Seattle: Hara Pub Group, 2003. Hardcover. As New. 2nd printing. Pictorial glossy hardbound. 112pp. Illus. Endpaper maps. Signed (signature only) by Gibson. Fine, like new. No dj as issued.

NY: Viking, 2013. ARC. Soft cover. Fine. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Pictorial trade wraps. 253pp. Signed by Jansma. This advance issue scarce signed. Fine.

Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1980. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Fine. 1st printing in the Time-Life Classics reprint. Genuine leather covers (not the faux leather). Gilt-stamped, gilt edges, silk ribbon, marbled endpapers. 472pp. Illus. Laid in publisher's sheet of info on this title. Publisher's bookplate (unused) is glued to front paste down. A Colorado item. I have handled sets of the original leather copies of these series and know how to distinguish the genuine leather from the imitation leather. Fine copy.

Canada: Be Read, 2011. 1st Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Fine. 1st printing. Pictorial hardbound. 455pp. Signed by Heinrichs. "... the story of a boy who journeys to the edges of the world to take on fate and powers he never dreamed existed." Set in the year 1153 & after in & about the Orkneys. Fine, no dj as issued. Scarce signed.

NY: Doubleday, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 372pp. Illus. Index. Map. Bibliography. Excellent account of Mormon radical fundamentalism. Fine, like new in dj.

Fulcrum, Golden, 1999, 1999. First Edition. Soft cover. As New. 1st printing. Trade pictorial wraps. 225pp. Illust. Maps. Notes. Index. Signed & dated by Cross soon after publication. "In her first book, (Cross) creates a memorable blend of personal and regional history" with "voices" of "sod-busting friends; the Salish, Kootenai, Nez Perce, and Iroquois;" etc. Fine, like new.

Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 1978. First Edition. Soft cover. Good-. 1st printing. 4to stiff pictorial wraps. 418pp. Bibliography. Indices. Illus. A huge compilation of historical photo collections in the Pacific Northwest. This title was "perfect bound" when means that books like this bound with glue in the 1960s-70 would have the pages start to come out when the glue got old. This copy has a group of pages loosened from the binding, hence only a good- grade. With regular use expect more to come loose. Nevertheless, if you can live with this for the books usefulness as a research tool, it will be worth having.

U of Nebr., Lincoln, 1976, 1976. Reprint. Soft cover. Very Good. Reprint. Pictorial trade wraps. 480pp. Illust. Bibliography. Notes. Index. Lightly soiled. Vg.

Rand-McNally, NY, 1971, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 1st printing. Cloth. 480pp. Illust. Maps. Bibliography. Notes & References. Index. A scholarly history of the UPRR & the transcontinental railroad. Fine in edgworn dj with tears.

n.p.: n.p., 1900. Soft cover. Very Good. Two (2) unused paper drafts (size of a check) promising to pay in "United States Gold Coin." I have had these for many years and don't know how old they are. They are originals and not photocopies. One has a 1 1/4" tear & the other is in vg+ condition.

San Diego: Privately Printed, 1929. Soft cover. Good+. Pictorial wraps. 96pp. Illustrated with sign language drawings & portraits of the author in various poses & with various people. Signed (not inscribed or presented to..) by Tompkins in ink under his portrait on the first page. Good+. Light wear & soiling; about 1" repaired fore edge tear on front cover. Flat signed very scarce, especially this Boy Scout issue.

NY: Abbey Press, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Good-. 1st edition. Red cloth with white lettering. 260pp. Subjects: Instinct; Dawn of Life, Intelligence, & Reason; Soul or Spirit of Man, Light & Sound, Nervous System, Relations of Thought to Brain, Evidences of a Supreme Being, etc. Condition: old dampstain discoloration (fading of red color) at lower cover corners (about 1" triangle front corners; about 2 1/4" rear corners); spine somewhat faded & white print no longer on spine title; beginning of split to cloth on lower front cover joint. A tight copy, hinges sound. Good copy. Rare.

NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1933. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 1st printing of Putnam U. S. edition. Cloth. 332pp. Illustrated with what appears to be photos in photogravure. Map. Endpaper maps. Notes. Index. Christmas gift inscription on half-title page. Small ink stamp on ffep, else fine in moderately chipped, pc dj. Various publishers printed this title, and a knowledgeable collector may know who printed what and when. Attractive copy.

San Francisco: MacAdam/Cage, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st printing. Cloth. 329pp. Signed & dated by Rock in year of publication. Fine, as new in dj.