THE NORTH MEXICAN CATTLE INDUSTRY: 1910-1975
Texas A & M, College Station, 1981, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 152pp. Illust. Appendix of Statistical Tables. Bibliography. Index. Scholarly. Fine, as new in dj.
Texas A & M, College Station, 1981, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 152pp. Illust. Appendix of Statistical Tables. Bibliography. Index. Scholarly. Fine, as new in dj.
Toronto: Hunter, Rose Co., 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo olive green cloth with gilt title, author, & image on front cover showing Indians paddling a canoe on a river with hills in background. 151pp. Illustrated with photo portraits & photos. Frontispiece art portrait of Thayendanagea (Joseph Brant). Presentation copy from.....
New Haven: Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 356pp. Bibliography. Author Index. Subject Index. Warmly inscribed by Mail ("Pat") to a friend who was influential in the conception and/or creation of the book. Near fine. No dj (probably as issued).
Norman: OU, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth 290pp. Illustrated with small drawings by Lefranc. A classic book on ranch women throughout the U. S., but especially the West. Near fine in fair dj with long tear top left front panel & also loss of paper at front bottom.....
Putnams, NY, 1969, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial blindstamped cloth. 254pp. Illust. Extensive bibliography. Index. "... this book takes the reader into the Indian's past, draws him into the rites, council fires, battles, & daily lives of the Sioux, Apache, Navaho, Cheyenne, & many others." Fine in slightly worn, pc.....
National Book Co., Cincinnati, 1899, 1899. First Thus. Hardcover. 3rd edition, but 1st thus of this exact title. Originally published as The Romance and Tragedy of Pioneer Life. Later 1/4 gilt-stamped black leather & blue cloth. 1,032pp. Many detailed engravings. Maps. One of the more detailed & attractively printed books.....
Norman: OU, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Decorated cloth. 359pp. Illus. Hand-drawn map of the Osage Agency in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, is printed on the end papers. Also, folding map of the agency. A wonderfully written book by an Osage citizen & Rhodes scholar. Vg in dj with a few.....
Denver, 1960. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 304pp. Illust. Signed by Mattes. Highly regarded account of a celebrated officer & his wife. The subject briefly commanded Ft. Bridger & was the last Commandant of Ft. C .F. Smith. He saw action over a significant area of the Indian Wars on.....
NY: Viking, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Unexpurgated 1st issue. Cloth & boards. Notes. Index. 628pp. Maps. Upper cover corners bumped with small exposure of board at top corner. Good+ thus in dj.
Texas, Austin, 1951, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial cloth. 138pp. Illustrated nicely with the artwork (in b/w) by Hilda Wilcox Phelps. Near fine. Lacking the dj. Dobie pp. 93 & 110.
OU, Norman, 1965, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 285pp. Illustrated with photos & drawings. Bibliography. Index. Also: "Modern Trends", "Classification", "Identification". The classic history of the invention, promotion, & use of barbed wire in the West. Info on the Cherokee Strip & Panhandle cattle industry. Fine in worn dj with.....
Billings: Privately published, 1936. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. 4to pictorial orange wraps. 20pp. Illustrated in b/w by Will James & Dale Petit. Double page illustration in the middle, an incredibly detailed work in b/w by Jo Mora, "The Birth of the Rodeo." Cover sub-title is "Go Western Young.....
Wash. D. C. Rare Book Shop, 1932. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. 1st printing thus this facsimile edition. Red cloth. 427pp + ads. Illus. One of the "Big Four" cattle books & great early history of cattle trailing from Texas north through Indian Territory in the 1870s. Owner's name & town written.....
n.p. (Liberal, Kan.?). 1907. 1907. First Edition. Soft cover. 12mo letter press paper wraps. 42pp. Illustrated with some pretty good sketches. Several "letters" from a cowboy named Arizona, engagingly written after the style of Charlie Russell (but without the misspellings). Some letters: "A Barkis on the Range", "A Cow-Puncher in.....
Baltimore: The Proof Press, 1936. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing. Decorated wraps. 30pp. Frontispiece portrait in color of Sitting Bull. Presentation on ffep from Burdick to Indian & regional history historian Alexis A. Praus. Praus wrote at least two books on the Sioux, including a bio of Sitting Bull.....
Ottawa, Canada: John McQuarrie, 1995. 1st Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 1st Canadian printing. Gilt-stamped 4to cloth bound, oblong.192pp. Superbly illustrated with contemporary color photos of ranching operations and ranching families in Alberta and British Columbia. Fine, like new in dj.
Shoreys, Seattle, 1968, 1968. First Thus. Soft cover. Facsimile reprint, ltd to 150 copies. Originally published in 1901 by the Univ. of Penn. Pictorial wraps. 24pp. Illust. Vocabulary. A brief description of games played by the Ogalala's with drawings of the items used to play them. Mildly ex-lib, no pockets.....
Rooseveltown: Akwesasne Notes, 1976. Soft cover. 3rd printing. 4to pictorial glossy wraps. 90pp. Illus. Good collection of important reprinted news articles & essays from the prime period of the American Indian Movement. Vg.
n.p. Avon Youth Association, 1957. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st edition this year. Pictorial stapled wraps. 78 numbered pages + interleaved unpaginated adds + 34 pages Supplementary Addition (New Brands, Transfers, Corrections) + ads, tables, charts. Illus. Index. Fine copy. Now very hard to find.
n.p. Montana CowBelles, 1964. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial stapled wraps. 72pp. Illus. A book of Montana brands with some related material. Reproduction in b/w of Charles M. Russell's "Last of the Herd" on page 5. Fine copy.
New York: Stokes, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial cloth. 301pp. Attractive color illustrations by Carl Moon. Very collectable title by the revered artists & writers. Pencil fos on half-title. Vg. Rather scarce. Rader 2429.
Rochester NY: Ernest Hart, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Pictorial cloth. 155pp. Illustrated with nice page drawings, typical of the period. Map: "Early Map of the Country of the Five Nations,1734". Chapters: origins & composition of,Senecas, fights & forts, Red Jacket, Villages, Ceremonies & Dances, Superstitions. THIS COPY boldly.....
Denver: The Fred Mueller Saddle and Harness Company, 1932. First Thus. Soft cover. Original catalog. Pictorial tan wraps. 120pp. Illustrated with all this company's products. "Stick to the Fred Mueller Saddle / Phone Main 1454," "Saddles You are Proud to Own at Prices you are Glad to Pay!" etc. Condition.....
Chicago, 1887. 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. Decor cloth & gilt-stamped spine. 270pp. Illust. Color frontispiece. Purportedly one of the earliest works in this field done exclusively for American farmers, & printed by the same folks who published The Breeders' Gazette. Light wear to covers. Near fine. Rare. The.....
n.p. Pipestone Indian Shrine Assoc, 1975. Soft cover. 2nd printing. Pictorial wraps. 40pp. Illus., & with covers by C. M. Russell & Karl Bodmer. Further Reading. Near fine.