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

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 

Bottle Collector's Book, A by: Ferraro, Pat & Bob

Bottle Collector's Book, A by: Ferraro, Pat & Bob

Softcover. Sparks, Nevada, Western Printing & Publishing Company, Sixth, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Sixth printing. Guide to collecting bottles. 110 pages with several essays on historical aspects and particular elements of bottle-making. Also includes glossary of terms. 37 black/white plates. Very good condition, slight wear to the spine, previous owner's name, date, and location written in ink inside the cover. Record # 805541
Price: $12.00 

Bowdrie (The Louis L'Amour Collection) by: L'Amour, Louis

Bowdrie (The Louis L'Amour Collection) by: L'Amour, Louis

Hardcover. New York , Bantam Books, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages. Simulated brown leather binding with gilt lettering. Clean, very good. No dust jacket issued. Record # 407642
Price: $12.00 

Bransford in Arcadia or The Little Eohippus  by: Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

Bransford in Arcadia or The Little Eohippus by: Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

Hardcover. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma, 1st New, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 237 pages. #51 in The Western Frontier Library series. Gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket very good in acetate wrapper. Jeff Bransford, a wild and daring but manly cowboy, falls violently in love with Eleanor Hoffman, a pretty city girl who is visiting the Lakes. And a crack Western begins. Record # 220833
Price: $12.00 

Buckskin Run (The Louis L'Amour Collection) by: L'Amour, Louis

Buckskin Run (The Louis L'Amour Collection) by: L'Amour, Louis

Hardcover. New York , Bantam Books, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 175 pages. Simulated brown leather binding with gilt lettering. Clean, very good. No dust jacket issued. Record # 407647
Price: $12.00 

Campaigns Against Western Defence  by: ROSE, CLIVE

Campaigns Against Western Defence by: ROSE, CLIVE

Hardcover. London , Macmillan, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 318 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Related article laid in. Some edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468265
Price: $12.00 

Charles M. Russell by: Clark, Carol

Charles M. Russell by: Clark, Carol

Softcover. Fort Worth TX, Amon Carter Museum, rep, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 17 pages of text plus 17 full-page color reproductions of Russell's paintings .Large softscover format, light fade to small area of tan paper cover on front. Record # 900207
Price: $12.00 

Crisis 1918 by: Gies, Joseph

Crisis 1918 by: Gies, Joseph

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 288 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, and the laminate on the front has begun to bubble, but it is otherwise in good condition. Black paper covers with a red cloth spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. This book is a history of World War I, focussing on the leading actors, strategies, and events in the German gamble for total victory on the Western Front. Clean copy. Record # 34497
Price: $12.00 

Education of a Wandering Man (The Louis L'Amour Collection) by: L'Amour, Louis

Education of a Wandering Man (The Louis L'Amour Collection) by: L'Amour, Louis

Hardcover. New York , Bantam Books, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 232 pages. Simulated brown leather binding with gilt lettering. Clean, very good. No dust jacket issued. Record # 407648
Price: $12.00 

Education's Great Amnesia: Reconsidering the Humanities from Petrarch to Freud with a Curriculum for Today's Students by: Proctor, Robert E.

Education's Great Amnesia: Reconsidering the Humanities from Petrarch to Freud with a Curriculum for Today's Students by: Proctor, Robert E.

Hardcover. Indianapolis , Indiana University Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 231 pages. Maroon cloth, gilt. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Record # 803569
Price: $12.00 

Fallon (The Louis L'Amour Collection) by: L'Amour, Louis

Fallon (The Louis L'Amour Collection) by: L'Amour, Louis

Hardcover. New York , Bantam Books, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 133 pages. Simulated brown leather binding with gilt lettering. Clean, very good. No dust jacket issued. Record # 407552
Price: $12.00 

Fine Collection of American Western Paintings by: Sotheby Parke Bernet.

Fine Collection of American Western Paintings by: Sotheby Parke Bernet.

Softcover. Los Angeles, CA, Sotheby Parke Bernet. , 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Auction catalog. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout in b&w and color. Paintings from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Franz Stenzel. Brown pictorial wrappers. Light wear to edges and spine, else a very nice, tight, clean copy. Record # 805627
Price: $12.00 

Five Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of 1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World by: Peters, Charles

Five Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of 1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World by: Peters, Charles

Hardcover. US, PublicAffairs, 1st, 2005-07-05, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 274 pages, b&w photos. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 465874
Price: $12.00 

Flint (The Louis L'Amour Collection) by: L'Amour, Louis

Flint (The Louis L'Amour Collection) by: L'Amour, Louis

Hardcover. New York , Bantam Books, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 181 pages. Simulated brown leather binding with gilt lettering. Clean, very good. No dust jacket issued. Record # 407617
Price: $12.00 

Forgotten Traditions of Ancient Chinese Medicine: A Chinese View from the Eighteenth Century by: Unschuld, Paul U.
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Forgotten Traditions of Ancient Chinese Medicine: A Chinese View from the Eighteenth Century by: Unschuld, Paul U.

Softcover. Brookline, MA, Paradigm Publications, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 403 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains Chinese text throughout. This book is a translation of the I-hsueh Yuan Lie Lun from 1757. It provides a window into the mind of a brilliant Chinese scholar-physician who practiced medicine in China just prior to the introduction of western ideas. Previous owner signed their name in blue pen on the title page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34044
Price: $25.00 

Frederic Remington by: Tyler, Ron

Frederic Remington by: Tyler, Ron

Softcover. Fort Worth TX, Amon Carter Museum, rep, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 17 pages of text plus 17 full-page color reproductions of Remington's work. Large softscover format, light fade to small area of green cover on front. Record # 900208
Price: $12.00 

From the Listening Hills by: L'Amour, Louis

From the Listening Hills by: L'Amour, Louis

Hardcover. New York , Bantam Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 231 pages, bright unclipped dust jacket. Record # 407652
Price: $12.00 

George Cope, 1855-1929 by: Gorman, Joan H. & Gertrude Grace Sill

George Cope, 1855-1929 by: Gorman, Joan H. & Gertrude Grace Sill

Softcover. Dayton, OH, Brandywine Conservancy, Inc., 1st, 1978, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with brown covers in good condition. Corners and edges slightly worn. Paper binding is tight, and pages are clean and crisp. Newspaper clipping concerning the artist is inside front cover. 4 color plates with numerous b/w plates throughout of author's realistic paintings, accompanied by generous text on author's life and works. Listing has 61 works listed. 75 pages. Record # 807140
Price: $12.00 

Ghost Town El Dorado by: Florin, Lambert

Ghost Town El Dorado by: Florin, Lambert

Hardcover. Bonanza Bks, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 460033
Price: $12.00 

Give Your Heart to the Hawks: A Tribute to the Mountain Men by: Blevins, Winfred
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Give Your Heart to the Hawks: A Tribute to the Mountain Men by: Blevins, WinfredGive Your Heart to the Hawks: A Tribute to the Mountain Men by: Blevins, Winfred

Give Your Heart to the Hawks: A Tribute to the Mountain Men by: Blevins, Winfred

Hardcover. Los Angeles, CA, Nash Publishing, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 349 pages, hardcover. Brown cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. Blevins presents a poetic tribute to the dauntless first Westerners who explored the Great American West from the time of Lewis and Clark into the 1840s. As trappers in a hostile, trackless land, their exploits opened the gates of the mountains for the wagon trains of pioneers who followed them. Previous owner's name on inside front cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34107
Price: $15.00 

Gund Collection of Western Art: A Historical and Pictorial Description of the American West by: Gund Collection of Western Art

Gund Collection of Western Art: A Historical and Pictorial Description of the American West by: Gund Collection of Western Art

Softcover. Indianapolis, IN, Gund Collection of Western Art, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 62 pages. Color and B/W reproductions of works by Remington, Russell, Bierstadt, etc. Includes revised list of collection from 1979. Clean and tight. Record # 802477
Price: $12.00 

Historiography: Ancient, Medieval & Modern by: Breisach, Ernst
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Historiography: Ancient, Medieval & Modern by: Breisach, Ernst

Softcover. Chicago, IL, The University of Chicago Press, 2nd, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 481 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W tables throughout. This book presents an effective, well-organized, and concise account of the development of historiography in Western culture. Neither a handbook nor an encyclopedia, this updated second edition narrates and interprets the development of historiography from its origins in Greek poetry to the present, with sections on such current topics as postmodernism, deconstructionism, black history, women's history, and more. Clean copy. Record # 34188
Price: $12.00 

How I Found America: Collected Stories of Anzia Yezierska by: Yezierska, Anzia

How I Found America: Collected Stories of Anzia Yezierska by: Yezierska, Anzia

Hardcover. US, Persea Books, 1st, 1991-08-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 312 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 461776
Price: $12.00 


  
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