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

Iron River: Ottawa Tourist Assoc, 1945. First Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st edition thus of this nice promo booklet. 12mo square pictorial wraps in lovely, but not garish, color. (36pp). Illustrated with a number of b/w photos. Map with color inside front cover. We estimate publication date circa 1945 and place of publication probably Iron River, Michigan. The map gives distances as a unit from Iron River, Stambaugh, Caspian, Gaastra, and Mineral Hills to various cities in the midwest from Des Moines, Iowa, to Columbus, Ohio. Title page dedicates this booklet to Carrie Jacobs Bond, "Who Spent the Happiest Years of Her Life In Iron River." Bond's portrait is on page 3 and she is described as a "Writer of Songs." Indeed, Wikipedia has quite a write up on her. Trace of wear to upper right corner of front cover where there was once a price sticker, else fine. Very scarce UP promotional and vacation booklet.

New Haven: Tichnor & Fields, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 1st printing. Cloth & bds. 228pp (including 12pp historical introduction). A fine western historian speculates what Thomas Jefferson's canceled expedition to the Southwest would have discovered. Scholarly fiction that reads more like history than fiction. Advance praise from Dee Brown & Allan Eckert quoted on dj. Fine in d.

Berkeley: Friends of teh Bancroft Library, 1967. First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st printing. Royal 8vo cloth. 67pp. Illus. Designed & Printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy. Folding map of "Route taken by ... Nusbaumer," etc. Lower front cover somewhat darkened in tone, else fine. No d (if one issued).

Washington State: Pine Winds Pr, 2006. First Edition. Soft cover. As New. 1st printing. Glossy pictorial wraps. 286pp. Illus. A good book on the subject. Fine, like new.

New York: Harpercollins, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/New. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 753 pp. Signed by Griffiths & dated in the year of publication & shortly after publication. A fine novel set in the location & region of the great city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where the 2010 Winter Olympics are to be held. "Beginning in the dying era of the last Ice Age, Vancouver unfolds with the story of Tooke, the last survivor of a Siberian people and ancestor to the first nations of Vancouver. Moving through history in a rich, ever-expanding tapestry, Vancouver reveals a fascinating cast of characters." Fine, like new in dj.

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.

College Station, 1986, 1986. First Edition. Soft cover. As New. Oblong pictorial wraps. (12pp). Illust. "Autobiography of an Old Rod Sod Plow." Keepsake #15 of Friends of the Sterling C. Evans Library. As new in original envelope.

OKC: Abalache Book Shop, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1st printing. 4to pictorial cloth. Unpag. Signed on t-p by both author/compilers. On ffep is a gift inscription & on front paste down is 2' x 2" store sticker. A nice volume reproducing vintage post cards. Fine, no dj as issued.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1943. Later edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 1st printing of "New Edition." Decorated cloth. 302pp. Illus. Appendices. Index. Endpaper maps. Fine in good dj (small snag front panel; backstrip faded). The bright & attractive original dj color, design, art was used for this edition. Great reading. Dobie's first book, "Partly from the reminiscences of John Young.

NY: Ecco, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st printing but noted copy with publishers tipped in page, nicely printed, and signed by Frazier. Cloth & boards. 362pp. Former owner's signature and initials on ffep. Fine in fine dj. Two stickers on dj which can be carefully removed if desired.

Kapa'a HI: Thousand Petals Publishing, 2004. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Gilt-stamped 4to red cloth. 243pp. Illus. Index. Simple inscription in red felt pen signed by "Bo" and dated 9/2005 on front blank page. Fine, like new in dj. Scarce signed.

Winnipeg: Harlequin, 1962. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 1st printing. Paperback, pictorial wraps. 190pp. As the hated "Black" Donnellys were being murdered near Lucan, Ontario, in 1880, their killers were warned of violent retribution. Buyer will receive upon request digital photos of Donnelly graves taken by your bookseller in 2009. Small (3/8" x 1/2") abrasion near top of front cover, else fine. Uncommonly fine copy.

NY: Pantheon, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st printing. Cloth. 412pp. Illus. Signed by Weschler along with his comment, "Hope in the Dark". Fine in fine dj.

Montpelier: Vermont State Teachers' Assoc, 1911. First Thus. Soft cover. Collectible Very Good. 1st printing thus of the Vermont teachers conventions. Decorated & stapled wraps. 32pp. Spinkled with advertisements for schools and teachers, school book publishers, school supplies, school furniture, etc. List of officers for 1911, Board of Directors, Schoolmaster' Club, Vermont Women Teachers' Club, Assoc of Union Superintendents. Constitution. Program. A nice "look in the window" at the profession, which sadly is today under attack by parents who are afraid of what their children might learn in school. Lower spine corner with 1" tideline water stain. Vg. Scarce.

Palo Alto: Stanford Univ. Press, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 1st printing. Decorated cloth. 158pp. Illus. Biographical Note. Index. Endpaper maps. Fine in vg dj.

Port Townsend WA: Privately Printed, 1961. First Edition. Soft cover. Collectible Very Good. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. (44pp). Illus. Signed by Simpson (signed only) title page. "Photographs / Drawings / Text by Simpson. Really a nicely designed privately printed item on this Olympic Peninsula Town on the Strait of Georgia, and good selection of type font. Vg. Very scarce.

Cloister Press, Louisville, 1943, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Small 8vo cloth. 78pp. Illustrated with chapter head drawings. Frontispiece portrait: "Harry Peirce Nichols in the Canadian Rockies in his eightieth year." Inscribed by Stevens on the ffep. A good, if short, biography of the well-known mountaineering Episcopal priest & pastor of several churches, including Holy Trinity Church in Harlem. Lightly soiled, but vg. No dj. Very scarce. ALONG WITH LARGE ORIGINAL black & white PHOTOGRAPH of Nichols, and signed by him, "Affectionately Yours Harry Peirce Nichols", on the mat, to which the photo is glued. Silver print, size: 10 3/4" x 11 7/8". The image is of Nichols sitting atop a rock formation on a mountain top, location unidentified (hazy back ground). Nichols, who appears to be in his 60s or early 70s, is dressed in climbing clothing, with hat on his head, & is pointing beyond the left of the image with outstretched arm, tilted slightly upwards. He is looking towards a… Read More

Lincoln & Omaha: University of Nebraska Press & Center for Western Studies, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st printing. 4to gilt-stamped cloth. 103pp. Lovely reproductions of classic art of the American West in color and b/w. List of Illustration and other references in the back. Endpaper maps. Fine in dj.

Butte: McKee Printing Co, 1945. Soft cover. Fair. 10th printing thus. Printed orange wraps.. 269pp. Some corners dog-eared & cover corners creased & curled. Reading copy. 150 #48, Howes D345, 6-guns 596. Graff 1086.

Butte: McKee Printing Co, 1929. Soft cover. Fair. 7th printing. Wraps. 269pp. General wear. Early printings scarce. We do not know if McKee included a map in earlier printings. Cover layout of this printing is a little different from later printings. Reading copy. 150 #48, Howes D345, 6-guns 596. Graff 1086. 150 #48, Howes D345, 6-guns 596. Graff 1086.