THE MYTHIC WEST IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA
Lawrence: Univ Press of Kansas, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 319pp. Essays on Sources. Index. Fine in dj.
U. S. History
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HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES: A Study in Civilization (1st printing revised ed.)
NY: Macmillan, 1934. First Thus. Hardcover. 1st printing of the revised, 1934 edition of the authors' 1921 work. Maroon cloth with titles blindstamped & decorated. 702pp. plus index and appendices: "Constitution of the United States," "Population of the United States by State," "Table of Presidents," " Population of the Outlying.....
COUNCIL FIRES: The Newsletter for Western Americana Enthusiasts
Claremont: Blumenfeld and Associates, 1991. First Edition. Soft cover. Complete series of printed and stapled newsletters, bi-monthly beginning in 1991 and ending abruptly in 1998 (47 issues). Each newsletter is up to 20pp long and nicely printed on quality paper. Blumenfeld was, as I remember, and avid collector of the.....
A HISTORY OF TRAVEL IN AMERICA
NY: Tudor, 1937. New Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 1,530pp. Illustrated appropriately with 400 b/w illustrations plus 12 color plates & two maps. Bibliography. Index. A massive amount of information! Fine in vg dj (clipped at all flaps corners possibly by publisher). Scarce in this nice condition with dj.
THE PAGEANT OF AMERICA - Washington Edition (with 293 signatures)
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1925. First Thus. Hardcover. The unnumbered but limited Washington Edition. 15 volumes, each quarto and bound in half leather and marbled boards. Profusely, but appropriately, illustrated with vintage b/w photos, maps, & facsimiles. Each volume contains a lovely color frontispiece. Decorative endpapers. The pagination in.....
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
NYC: Flatiron Books, 2018. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 290pp. Index. Still worth reading in the current environment. Tiny soil spot on front cover, else fine in fine dj.
A GUIDE TO THE STUDY AND USE OF MILITARY HISTORY
Wash. D. C. Center of Military History, U. S. Army, 1979. First Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial wraps. 507pp. Bibliography. Index. Owner's embossment on ffep. A thick book of military essays. Lightly soiled; vg.
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER (10 papers 1862-64)
NY: Frank Leslie, 1862. First Edition. Soft cover. Original newspapers in newspaper wraps. Multiple pages each. Issues from 1862: 3/1, 4/26, 5/17, 8/9, 11/1, 11/22. One issue from 1863: 12/19. Issues from 1864: 7/16, 7/23, 8/6. Condition: mainly pretty good with some edge wear/chips. The 4/26 has some loss to.....
PRECEDING THE MAYFLOWER The Pilgrims in England and in the Netherlands
NY: Fountainhead, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth with gilt vignette. 286pp. Appendix, "Passengers on the Mayflower." Bibliography. Index. There is a small stamped vignette on the front blank page, upon which the author has inscribed (to no one by name), "Place your hand in the Hand of the.....
LOOK Magazine July 14, 1964
NY: Look, 1964. First Edition. Soft cover. Full issue of July 14, 1964 LOOK. Folio pictorial wraps. 102pp. Illus. Articles include: "A new Kenndy painting" by Norman Rockwell." Also "Can the GOP survive Goldwater" by Richard Wilson. Also, "Why Elections are no fun anymore" by David Brinkley. A timely issue!.....
LIONS OF THE WEST Heroes and Villians of the Westward Expansion
Chapel Hill: Algonquin, 2012. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing of pictorial wrappers edition. 497pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Map. Fine, like new.
THE GREATER AMERICA (Signed)
NY: Outing, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Lovely pictorial cloth. 327pp. Illustrated with photos that appear to be photogravures. Inscribed to his friend, Mrs. M. L. Peye or Pryer by Paine in year of publication. Chapters on the "Soo", Copper Mine, Prairies, Jim Hill, cowboys & the open range.....
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Lynching of Florentino Suaste
Washington DC: House of Representatives, 1900. 1st printing in wrappers. Soft cover. Disbound original printed report HR Doc. N. 142, 56th Congress, 2nd Session. 39pp. "A report from the Secretary of State, with Accompanying Papers, in Relation to the Lynching, in LaSalle County, Tex., on October 5, 1895, of Florentino.....
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: Pres. Reagan
Renton WA: Renton New Journal, 1981. First Edition. Soft cover. Original newspaper, folded, March 30, 1981. Eight (8) pps with classified ads. Vg.
POST: The Saturday Evening Post: December 14, 1963
Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing, 1963. First Edition. Soft cover. Original edition. Folio color wraps with JFK portrait of President John F. Kennedy on the front cover. 84pp. Illus. Feature article: "IN MEMORIAM: A Senseless Tragedy / THE NEW PRESIDENT." Vg condition.
LANDMARKS AND LITERATURE: An American Travelogue (Signed)
Portland: Metropolitan Press, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth with printed title label on spine. 318pp. Illustrated with portraits of some of the book collecting world's most recognized dealers and collectors from the 1930s. Endpaper maps. Presentation copy inscribed on the verso of the ffep. Laid in is the.....
DOROTHY SLOAN - BOOKS: Auction Catalogue One, March 24-26, 1994
Austin: Dorothy Sloan, 1994. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st & presumably only printing. 4to pictorial wraps. Unpaginated. 165 entries. Illus. The first of the always fine and professionally described auction catalogues of books in Americana by the respected rare book dealer. Cover letter & addenda sheet laid in. Fine.
THE AMBIDEXTROUS HISTORIAN: History Writers and Writing in the American West
Norman: OU, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 120pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Essays on writing the history of the American West by a fine historian. Fine in dj.
MEET ABRAHAM LINCOLN Profiles of the Prairie President
Chicago: Abraham Lincoln Bookshop & privately printed, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Elegant red & gold on yellow-cream cloth. 78pp. Untrimmed fore edge. Laid in is the printed & folded prospectus. One very small blemish on ffep, else fine in original slipcase moderately worn at extremities.
A SLAVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE Paul Jennings and the Madisons
NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. ARC. Soft cover. Pictorial wraps. Advance reading copy. 296pp. Illus. Notes. Bibliography. Maps. Includes Jennings' "A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison". Fine copy.
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