Muskogee: Privately Printed & Hoffman Printing, 1965. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 74pp. Illus. Map on front cover. Signed by Harris. The three forks is where the Verdigris, Arkansas, and Grand (Neosho) rivers join. Near fine copy and scarce.
Boston: Houghten Mifflin, 1958. Hardcover. 2nd printing. Cloth. 234pp. Six-line presentation to O. A. W____ and dated in Walla Walla in 1959. Novel about a mountain man adopted by the Nez Perce. Fine in near fine dj. Scarce signed & in hardcover.
NY: Knopf, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 304pp. Illustrated with nice drawings by Lorence Bjorklund. If you like to read about how the old time horse and mule traders in Texas liked to get the best of one another, this is the book you want, the first of.....
Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 145pp. Illustrated by the incomparable Joe Beeler. Presentation to H. B. T______ & signed by Green. From the dj: "The dean of the great horse traders is back again ... no one knows the ways of horses or has.....
NY: Knopf, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Green cloth with gilt-stamped saddle. 255pp. Illustrated with the fine drawings of Joe Beeler. Big bold signature of Green on the ffep. Really, there is no better story teller than Ben Green when it came to the old time horse and mule.....
Norman: OU, 1953. New Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing of the new edition of this title first published in 1932. Cloth. 415pp. Illus. Index. Bibliography. Maps. Former owner's name & date (1957) on ffep. A fine, crisp copy in near fine dj of an important scholarly work on the Five Civilized.....
Norman: OU, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Red cloth. 455pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Folding map of Indian Territory from "A Traveler in Indian Territory," a book edited by Foreman. The back cover has a small white mark, but is otherwise fine. The dj is chipped with pieces missing (3/4".....
Muskogee: Privately Printed & Hoffman Printing, 1945. First Edition. Soft cover. Estimating publication year as no date given. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 78pp. Illus. Maps. A good Civil War in Indian Territory item by a famous Oklahoma historian. Bit of browning to edges & some tiny spots on the fore.....
Seattle: Superior, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printings. 4to cloth. Various paginations. Illustrated with photos. Two copies are signed by Florin. Lambert Florin of Portland, Oregon, was one of best and certainly the most comprehensive recorder of the old Western ghost towns. He traveled all over the West gathering their.....
Seattle: Superior, 1967. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. 4th pictorial wraps. 96pp. Amply illustrated with b/w photos by the author. Maps. Index. There was probably no better authority than Florin on western ghost towns. He seems to have visited and photographed almost every one. Fine.
Enid: Enid News and Eagle, 1993. First Edition. Soft cover. Original sections of Enid (Okla) News and Eagle newspaper celebrating the centennial year of the Cherokee Strip (Cherokee Outlet) Land Run. There are 5 newspaper sections with intentional sepia-tone front pages, each one presenting different aspects of the Run and.....
Ft. Collins: Old Army, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Silver-stamped pictorial 4to cloth. 145pp. Illustrated with the work of the great Western artist. The front bottom hinge/joint of the binding is cut. Still, a good copy for reading and research n worn dj.
Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Silver-stamped 4to cloth. 457pp. Illus. One of the most important books on the Western illustrators, compiled by my the fine man I consider a mentor in my early days of book collecting and then bookselling. Bit of wear to the cover.....
College Station: Friends of the Texas A & M Library, 1994. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing thus of Special Publications, adapted from privately printed item from the previous year. Oblong pictorial wraps. (8pp). Illus. A nice little Texas ranching item. Near fine. Hard to find item.
Colorado Springs: The Cheyenne Canyon and Seven Falls Development Co., 1908. First Edition. Soft cover. No printed stated, but circa 1910-1920. 4to, nearly folio, silver stamped title on black wraps. (40pp.). Illustrated with good quality half-tone b/w photos. First leave is a large folded double page photo of Seven Falls.....
Washington DC: Gov't Printing Office & Smithsonian, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Original octavo cloth. 264pp + 939pp. Illustrated with plates of Catlin drawings of American Indians. Owner's signature on front paste down. It is really quite impossible to try to detail all of the information in this book.....
Eugene: Lone Goose Press, 1996. Limited/Numbered. Soft cover. Broadside 10" x 14 1/4" limited to 100 copies, this copy being #38. Printed at the Lone Goose Press of Eugene, Oregon, and signed by illustrator Susan Lowdermilk & the great modern novelist of Montana and the Pacific Northwest, as well as.....
Edmonton: Hurtig, 1972. 1st Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 226pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Fine in vg dj.
Tulsa: Council Oak, 1985. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing of the third edition. Cloth. 245pp. Index. Illustrated with new photos not found in the two earlier editions. This is the famous Oklahoma historian of the American Indian's tribute to her home town, Marshall, Oklahoma, and the pioneer era during which.....
NY: Gordian Press, 1969. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing of the Gordian reprint. Cloth. 245pp. Index. Illustrated with vintage photographs. A new Preface was written for this edition by the author. Presentation copy signed by Debo, "For 'America Alive' / Best wishes to Mr. Linkletter and his associates. / Angie.....
Bismarck? n.p., 1961. First Edition. Soft cover. Original special issue newspaper issued Feb. 28, 1961. Publisher not identified but undoubtedly a major paper most likely in North Dakota, from the ads. 32pp. Size opened: 30" x 23.5" -- a huge paper. Many historical articles dating back to Lewis & Clark.....
Norman: OU, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 204pp. Illustrated with b/w & color plates of the great Western artist. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Foreword by Fred Myers, Director of the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art. Touch of wear at the points; near fine in dj with.....
Portland: Tin House, 2021. ARC. Soft cover. Advance Reading Copy. Wraps. 425pp. Fine, like new.
NY: Walter W. Newcomer & Asso., Inc, 1928. First Edition. Soft cover. Probably 1st printing, although we note that WorldCat says, "2 editions published in 1928 in English." Some refer to a 1930 publication date. WorldCat cites multiple electronic copies in libraries, but only five (5) print copies. Not reprinted.....
NY: Macmillan, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 434pp. One of the best surveys of the subject. Fine in dj.