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Western Wagon Wheels


Publishing, Rh Value

Hardcover. 1st thus, December 12, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 185 pages, b&w photographs throughout. Light soiling to dust jacket, large crease to front cover. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451663


Price: $15.00 

 

Westerners, The


Brown, Dee

NY, Holt Rinehart Winston , 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping. Black & white and color illustrations and photos. Illustrated end papers.

Record # 202520


Price: $20.00 

 

Westward Crossings, The - Balboa, MacKenzie, Lewis & Clark


Mirsky, Jeanette

Hardcover. New York , Knopf, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 365 pages, b&w illustrations and map. Dust jacket with light soil, edgewear, spine fade. Clean.

Record # 52797


Price: $12.00 

 

Westward Journeys


Applegate, Jesse A.

Hardcover. Chicago, Lakeside Pr, rep, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, memoirs of traveling the Overland Trail Ed. by Martin Ridge

Record # 2052


Price: $18.00 

 

Westward to Vinland: The Discovery of Pre-Columbian Norse House-sites in North America


ingstad, Helge

Hardcover. London, England, Jonathan Cape, 1st UK, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 250 pages. Hardcover. Decorated endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Spine straight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket unclipped, very good. Cover boards bound in brown cloth, gilt title on spine. Westward to Vinland is not only the invaluable record of a major contemporary archaeological discovery, it is a fascinating travel book which describes the life and character of the Eskimoes and Indians of North America.

Record # 32208


Price: $38.00 

WHEELS WEST 1590-1900Dunlop, Richard
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WHEELS WEST 1590-1900


Dunlop, Richard

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Company, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w with a few color plates. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 460012


Price: $19.00 

 

Wildest of the Wild Weat - True Tales of a Frontier Town on the Santa Fe Trail


Bryan, Howard

Hardcover. Santa Fe, NM, Clear Light, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, A collection of early journalistic accounts of the New Mexican town of Las Vegas, 1835-1915. illust. 269 pages. Dj with edgewear, sunning to spine

Record # 57046


Price: $20.00 

 

William Henry Jackson: Framing the Frontier


Waitley, Douglas

Softcover. Missoula, MT, Mountain Press Publishing Company, First Edition, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 217 pages. Softcover. Profusely illustrated in full color and b/w throughout, including early photographs, paintings, drawings of the American frontier by William Henry Jackson. Frontis illustration, William Henry Jackson atop Glacier Point in Yosemite, California, in black & white. Tight binding, faint tone to edges, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 751469


Price: $15.00 

 

Winning of the West, The (Volume I) - An Account of the Exploration and Settlement of Our Country From the Alleghenies to the Pacific


Roosevelt, Theodore

Hardcover. New York, NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, Reprint, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 569 pages. Green cloth cover, cloth faded on spine. Some wear to corners and edges. Pages untrimmed on fore edge, top edge gilt. Inside is bright and clean. A nice copy. Volume VIII in The Works of Theodore Roosevelt.

Record # 751376


Price: $15.00 

 

Woman Artist in the American West 1860-1960, The


Kovinick, Phil

Softcover. Fullerton, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1st , 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 59 pages. Illustrated in full color and black & white. Fading to spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610340


Price: $25.00 

 

Wood County, West Virginia


Leavengood, Betty

Softcover. Charleston, Arcadia, Reprint, 2005, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Light wear to cover edges. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 612179


Price: $15.00 

Yanks Paint Brits - From Benjamin West to Nelson Shanks, From King George III to The Princess of WalesFeld, Stuart P./Gregory Hedberg/Hirschl & Adler Galleries
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Yanks Paint Brits - From Benjamin West to Nelson Shanks, From King George III to The Princess of Wales


Feld, Stuart P./Gregory Hedberg/Hirschl & Adler Galleries

Softcover. New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 40 pages. Softcover. Exhibition catalog. Full color and black & white illustrations. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 613813


Price: $19.00 

 

Young Patriot in the American Revolution, A


Greenwood, John

Hardcover. Westvaco, 1st thus, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 200 pages. Black & white illustrations. Slip case edition. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 607924


Price: $20.00 

America's National Historic Trails: Walking the Trails of History by: Berger, Karen, Illust. by: Smith, Bart
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America's National Historic Trails: Walking the Trails of History by: Berger, Karen, Illust. by: Smith, Bart

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is lightly bumped along the top edge, but is still in very good condition. Brown cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book delves into the history, beauty, and significance of America's 19 national historic trails. is organized into four thematic sections--Spanish Southwest, East Coast, Westward Expansion, and American Diversity--and each featured trail has its own chapter, complete with a map and a photo gallery. Contains full-color photography throughout. This is a large format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34028
Price: $15.00 

Andrew Jackson: The Border Captain by: James, Marquis
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Andrew Jackson: The Border Captain by: James, Marquis

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill, reprint, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 461 pages, maroon cloth with gilt lettering, b&w illustrations. End paper map. Clean, bright copy with no dust jacket. Record # 407332
Price: $12.00 

Barnstorming the Prairies: How Aerial Vision Shaped the Midwest by: Weems, Jason
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Barnstorming the Prairies: How Aerial Vision Shaped the Midwest by: Weems, Jason

Softcover. Minneapolis MN, University of Minnesota Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 340 pages, soft cover. Paper covers have some minor dents and marks on the exterior, and are slightly bent at the front corners. Interior pages are clean and bright, and the binding is solid. B&W illustrations and aerial photography throughout. This book offers a panoramic vista of the transformative nature and power of the aerial vision that enabled Americans to conceptualize the Midwestern region as something other than isolated and unchanging for the first time. Clean copy. Record # 33722
Price: $25.00 

Battlefield and Classroom: Four Decades with the American Indian, 1867-1904 by: Pratt, Richard Henry Editor: Utley, Robert M.
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Battlefield and Classroom: Four Decades with the American Indian, 1867-1904 by: Pratt, Richard Henry Editor: Utley, Robert M.

Softcover. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, Reprint, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 358 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is about how General Richard Henry Pratt, best known as the founder and longtime superintendent of the influential Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, profoundly shaped Indian education and federal Indian policy at the turn of the twentieth century. Pratt's long and active military career included eight years of service as an army field officer on the western frontier. He directed the Carlisle school, believing that the only way to save Indians from extinction was to remove Indian youth to non reservation settings and there inculcate in them what he considered civilized ways. Previous owner's markings in black pen are present through the first half of the book. Record # 34127
Price: $12.00 

British Gentlemen in the Wild West: The Era of the Intensely English Cowboy by: Woods, Lawrence M.
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British Gentlemen in the Wild West: The Era of the Intensely English Cowboy by: Woods, Lawrence M.

Hardcover. New York, Free Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 245 pages, b&w illustrations. Bright, tight copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Record # 604833
Price: $12.00 

Chickamauga: Bloody Battle in the West by: Tucker, Glenn
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Chickamauga: Bloody Battle in the West by: Tucker, Glenn

Softcover. US, Morningside Bookshop, rep, 1995-08-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 448 pages. Light edgewear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462978
Price: $12.00 

Constant Possum: The History of Sandia Preparatory School [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Liberty, Lou
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Constant Possum: The History of Sandia Preparatory School [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Liberty, LouConstant Possum: The History of Sandia Preparatory School [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Liberty, Lou

Constant Possum: The History of Sandia Preparatory School [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Liberty, Lou

Hardcover. Albuquerque, NM, Privately Published, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 415 pages, hardcover in original red cloth slipcase. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Rear hinge is cracked, but binding is still solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. Contains booklet with related ephemera. This book is about how in 1958, Barbara Young Simms began to explore the possibility of restarting an independent girls day school in Albuquerque. In 1965, with the help of a group of like-minded parents, she secured land, established a board of trustees and formed the Sandia School, a nonsectarian school. In late January 1966, the Rev. Paul G. Saunders, an Episcopal priest, was selected headmaster and, later that year, the school opened. Saunders served as headmaster for the first three years. Signed by the author on the title page, and also by the headmaster at time of publication, Dick Heath, on the forward page. This is a heavy volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34084
Price: $30.00 

Coyote Warrior: One Man, Three Tribes, And The Trial That Forged A Nation by: VanDevelder, Paul
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Coyote Warrior: One Man, Three Tribes, And The Trial That Forged A Nation by: VanDevelder, Paul

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Cloth covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. This book tells the story of Raymond Cross, the great-great-grandson of the chief who sheltered Lewis and Clark through the bitter cold winter of 1804. Cross is an Ivy League-trained lawyer, this is the story of his fight up through the supreme court to redeem the dignity of his people. Remainder mark on top of book near the spine, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33651
Price: $15.00 

Cripple Creek Bonanza by: Cunningham, Chet
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Cripple Creek Bonanza by: Cunningham, Chet

Softcover. Plano TX, Republic of Texas Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages, b&w illustrations. Record # 405655
Price: $12.00 

Doctor Mom Chung of the Fair-Haired Bastards: The Life of a Wartime Celebrity by: Wu, Judy Tzu-Chun
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Doctor Mom Chung of the Fair-Haired Bastards: The Life of a Wartime Celebrity by: Wu, Judy Tzu-Chun

Softcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 282 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This is the first biography to explore Margaret Chung's remarkable and complex life as the first known American-born Chinese female physician. It offers an intimate portrait of a woman who invented and reinvented herself in a quest for influence and social acceptance. Clean copy. Record # 34251
Price: $28.00 

Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge, The: A Lakota Odyssey by: Starita, Joe
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Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge, The: A Lakota Odyssey by: Starita, Joe

Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putman's Sons, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 388 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-/edge-wear to pictorial dust jacket. A very neat, tight copy. Record # 607650
Price: $12.00 


  
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