THE BEEF BONANZA: or, How to Get Rich on the Plains
Norman: OU, 1959. First Thus. Hardcover. 1st printing of Western Frontier Library reprint with Foreword by Gilbert Fite. 208pp. Couple of illustrations. Fine in vg dj.
Norman: OU, 1959. First Thus. Hardcover. 1st printing of Western Frontier Library reprint with Foreword by Gilbert Fite. 208pp. Couple of illustrations. Fine in vg dj.
Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott, 1882. Hardcover. Bibliographers only cite the 1881 first edition (copyright 1880), & do not mention this 1882 printing, which collates & sizes identical to the 1881 printing. Attractive pictorial gilt & blind-stamped small 8vo cloth. 222pp. Illustrated with several wood engravings. Index. 6pp of additional publications.....
Fort Worth: Privately Printed, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardbound. 211pp. Illust. Bibliography. Appendices: "Chronology, Seminole Negro Indian History", "Roster Seminole Negro Indian Scouts August 1870 to September 1914". Endpaper maps of Frontier forts in Indian Territory, Texas, & border states. An important contribution to the subject. Fine, like new. No.....
New York & Lincoln: Privately Printed & Nebraska State Hist. Soc. 1932. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. 4to pictorial wraps. 72pp. Illustrated with vintage photos & maps. Printed three columns to a page, a very attractively published book loaded with information on the Indian Wars and the North brothers.....
Gray's, Sidney, 1972, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. Cloth. 183pp. Illust/photos. The author's father "created the Circle J & other ranches" in the Kamloops district of British Columbia. He recognizes & records the achievements of many cattlemen who rode herd in that vast & beautiful region encompassing the Thompson.....
Gallup: Southwestern Books, 1982. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Medium sized 4to pictorial wraps; cover drawing by Ernest Franklin. 65pp. Bibliography. Near fine.
Abingdon, Nashville, 1973, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Royal 8vo pictorial cloth. 304pp. Illustrated with lots of reproductions of drawings, lithos, engravings, photos (including color, but mainly b/w), even snapshots. Particularly striking is a 2-page color reproduction of "Trail of Tears" painted by Jerome Tiger. Maps. Appendices. Notes. "Places to See.....
Boston: White-Smith, 1909. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing thus. 4to printed & decorated stiff wraps, cord-tied. 29pp. Opus 45. Presentation at top of pictorial title page to Mr. Dalum (?) Peterson from his friend Charlie Wakefield Cadman. Songs/music: "From the land of the Sky-blue Water", "The White Dawn is.....
Butte Valley Star, Dorris, Novermber, 1959. 1959. First Thus. Soft cover. Not a book. Original poster offering reward "for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons stealing or butchering any CATTLE or HORSES belonging to the undersigned." R.L. Meglasson , Secretary, & R.J. Taylor, Secretary.....
(Alturas): Modoc County Cattlemen's Assoc, 1951. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing thus. Pictorial wraps. (48pp). Illustrated with brands. Includes history of cattle raising in the county. Slight browning on covers near stapled spine, else fine.
Avenel: Crescent Books, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to cloth. 223pp. Beautifully illustrated in color with a few b/w drawings. Index. Eastern, Southwest, Plains & Basin, California & the Northwest Coast, Arctic. Fine, like new in vg, corner wrinkled dj.
OU, Norman, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 306pp. Illust. Maps. Notes. Index. The "first full-scale biography of Winnemucca, "the daughter of a Northern Paiute chief in western Nevada." Fine, as new, in dj.
NY: DK, 2001. Soft cover. Original color poster of children's book about the famous Western hat. Size about 20 1/2'" X 24". Very colorful. Folded into quarters, but shows nice. Vg.
Lubbock: Texas Tech, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 236pp. Illustrated with some vintage photos. Bibliography. "About the Authors", Index. Warm presentation from Carlson to Texas bookman, printer, & author, Al Lowman. Sixteen essays. Fine in dj.
Vancouver: Mitchell Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. 4to cloth with printed label.111pp. Illus. Endpaper maps of the Douglas Lake Cattle Company in the British Columbia interior. Spine faded as typical with this book. Vg. No dj as issued.
London (Ontario): Privately Printed, 1990. First Edition. Soft cover. 4to pictorial wraps. 232pp. A rather unusual book dedicated to historians of The American Indian. The author has reproduced in sepia tone all kinds of Indian & Indian related illustrations from sources in the 19th Century, such as engravings, to modern.....
n. p. n.p., 1960. Hardcover. Large Cattle Guard metal sign from NE Washington State, east of the Cascades and near the Canadian border. I was told used for years on a local ranch. Yellow & black. Five pounds. 24" x 24". An outdoor patina with some stain streaks and soil!.....
Toronto: Globe Printing Co., 1879. First Edition. Soft cover. Oblong printed wraps, approx 5 3/4" x 7". 55pp. No illust. This auction was held at Dexter Park, Chicago. Col. Judy was the auctioneer. The Bow Park Stock Farm was located near Brantford, Ontario on 895 acres & was, itself, sold.....
NY: Lederle Laboratories, 1952. q. Soft cover. 1st printing thus. 4to color pictorial wraps with nice illustration wrapping around and including back cover. 40pp. Illus. "This booklet gives the livestock owner the latest information he needs..." Vg+ condition.
Chicago: C & NW RR, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Pictorial cloth over flexible board. 114pp. Illustrated with b/w photos & portraits. Maps, including folding map. Material actually covers from Great Lakes Indian culture across the plains to the Pac NW. Black Hawk, Sitting Bull, Custer battle, artifacts, French.....
Boulder: Johnson, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 211pp. Endpaper maps. Presentation inscription signed by the author to no one in particular. Historical novel of the Indian Wars on the northern plains. A few pps with pencil notes or outlines. Fine in dj.
Salt Lake City: Handkraft Art & Pub. Co., 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Hardbound. 584pp. Illustrated with drawings by Jim Pratt. Bibliography. Signed by Chisholm. This whole book is a narrative poem about the Indian Territory frontier, "realistically factual and true to the life and times of the thirty.....
Wash D. C. Dept of Interior, 1954. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 114pp. Illustrated with drawings by Andrew Standing Soldier. Bi-lingual reader with Sioux text by Emil Afraid-of-Hawk. Signed on the front cover by Dorothea Esing, whom I was told was a descendant of Zachary Taylor. A......
NY: Antiquarian Press, 1961. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint ltd to 750 copies. Gilt-stamped cloth. 405pp. Illus. Index. A classic memoir of the old time cattle range on the northern plains. Fine, excellently bound book. No dj as issued.
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.