THE NATURE OF GENEROSITY
NY: Knopf, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth & boards.276pp. Essays on the land & travel by the acclaimed writer of Western landscapes & culture. Fine in dj.
NY: Knopf, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth & boards.276pp. Essays on the land & travel by the acclaimed writer of Western landscapes & culture. Fine in dj.
Helena: Montana Historical Society, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. A whopping 1,158pp. Chapter head illustrations. A Montana mountain of selections from early Indian tales up through contemporary fiction & poems. Fine, in jacket which has lower back panel edge tear (archivally closed) and associated crease. Small pressure points.....
Albuquerque: New Mexico Book League, 1993. Limited Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing limited to 500 copies. Oblong pictorial wraps. 90pp. Drawings by Marilyn Luther. Fine.
Seattle: Book Club of Washington, 2015. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. Copy #55 of the limited edition in cloth of 75 copies. Blue-black Japanese cloth with paper title labels on front cover and spine. 29pp. Several fine illustrations. Signed by book designer and illustrator, Jennifer Kennard. Printed with letterpress on fine paper. Decorated.....
U of Nebr., Lincoln, 1988, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 421pp. Illustrated/photos. Introduction. Brief bibliography of Manfred's books. Index. Extensive personal correspondence of the noted novelist of Lord Grizzly, & many other Western & Fur Trade novels, with other writers, well-known people, etc.. Fine in dj.
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, there is a folding map of the agency following p.40. Presentation copy to Bill ____ "with the hope that he will find.....
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.....
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.....
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. Special Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 173pp. Affixed to the ffep is the author's "Flaming Rainbow" bookplate drawn by him for the release of the first edition. The bookplate base drawing is lithographed, & Neihardt's signature is in facsimile. A fine & evocative.....
OU, Norman, 1964, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 331pp. Illust/photos. Appendix. Index. In the late 1800s, a highly popular dime novel series featuring Frank Merriwell was written by "Burt L. Standish", who was in reality Gilbert Patten. In the book he briefly recounts a dinner with Major Lillie, "Pawnee Bill".....
Van Nuys: J. G. Reynolds, 1958. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Ltd to 500 copies. Cloth & boards. 29pp. Illustrated by Tom Lea. Custom-printed bookplate neatly affixed to front paste down. Printed by Carl Hertzog in El Paso & bound by Ward Ritchie. A beautifully produced book relating Powell's keen knowledge.....
Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2011. Soft cover. 2nd printing. Trade wraps. 185pp. Signed by Ray along with the words, "Keep the Fire." Fine, like new. Montana stories. Scarce signed.
Norman: OU, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 316pp. 19pp Introduction by authority Hutchinson. Great short stories by the master New Mexican author. Fine in very slightly worn dj.
U of Nebr., Lincoln 1966, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo pictorial cloth. 27pp. Nice woodcut illustrations by James W. Brown. The famous Nebraska author's memoir of a childhood Christmas. Fine, no dj as issued.
Salisbury, CT: Lime Rock Press, 1981. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. Copy #6 of 100 copies. Folio cloth with ribbon-tied portfolio of 21 historical facsimiles and a set of 4 original photos by Seymour & signed by Seymour on the back. The latter are nicely matted & gathered in a printed and folded.....
Austin: U of Texas, 2011. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Trade wraps. 392pp. Great selections from outstanding authors & historians. In this book, "western writers speak to the ways in which the West imprints itself on the people who live there, as well as how the people of the.....
London, 1913. 1913. First Edition. Soft cover. 4to pict. & printed fabric wraps. 207pp. Illustrated with b/w & color plates. Several portraits of Stevenson. An "Extra Number of The Bookman" & certainly a remarkable volume with 20 essa ys & poems on the great writer. Preliminary advertising promotes some Stevenson.....
Glenwood IL: Meyerbooks, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Pictorial cloth. 356pp. Frontispiece of Waters. Index. Foreword by Waters. Presentation copy signed & dated by Tanner on front paste down. Fine in dj.
Stillwater: Western Pub. 1995. First Edition. Soft cover. Small 4to pictorial glossy wraps. 54pp. Signed & dated by Walker in 2003. An important reference with critical information not only on prices, but publishing data. Fine, like new. Very scarce.
Chicago: Sage, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 175pp. Gift inscription. Fine in pc dj with couple of tears.
Spokane: Seniors Program, Community Colleges of Spokane Institute for Extended Learning, 2001. First Edition. Soft cover. 4to glossy pictorial wraps. 432pp. Contributors. Index. Nice vignettes of regional writing, prose & poetry. Fine, like new.
NY: Harper & Bros, 1911. First Thus. Hardcover. 1st printing of this edition. Pictorial small 8vo cloth. 67pp. Originally published in The JimmyJohn Boss and Other Stories in 1900, this Harper edition has a different ending. Lovely prose. Inscription on ffep reads, "Conmais to? Padrecito? W. A. Silliman". Light wear.....
Grand Rapids: Wolf House Books, 1983. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing in pictorial trade wraps. 64pp. Frontispiece. In back pocket is London's poem, "The Worker and the Tramp," in miniature facsimile, fine in red wraps.