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<p>23,5 cm, rilegatura editoriale in piena tela, sovracop. illustrata; p. 187, (5). Numerosi disegni e foto in b/n nel testo</p>
Milano, Longanesi, 1977, 16mo (cm. 18 x 11,5) brossura con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 187 (I Classici del West Super Longanesi, 9) .
Book is in excellent condition, appears nearly new in bright red hardcover. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for previous owner's name inside front cover. Dust jacket has edgewear, small tears, sunning at spine. Book explores the reasons for the migration of settlers from New England to the Western Reserve, the Northwest, Illinois and Iowa, and to Kansas before the Civil War. Chapters include The heralds of Moroni, the land of Michigandia, Putney, the Foresters, Pilgrims in Iowa, Gold, climate, pioneers in Minnesota, Kansas, Colorado, Oregon, Cargoes of maidens, Lesser migrations, etc.
141 p. Dampstain. Title page torn without loss. 165mm. Virtually disbound. This perhaps should best be considered a candidate for rebinding. First edition. "James Bradley Thayer (1831-1902) was a Boston attorney, legal scholar, and professor at Harvard University. He had business dealings with Emerson and was one of a party of twelve who, with Emerson, went in a private Pullman car from Boston to California, and travelled there for several weeks, in 1871. Thayer wrote a number of diary-like letters to his wife while on the trip which later formed the basis for this account. This book also contains the letter that Thayer had written to the Boston 'Daily Advertiser' in which he attempts to clarify the response to a recent (1883) Boston lecture on Emerson given by Matthew Arnold." - From a description by Riverrow Book Shop. BAL p.68. TRAVEL BX 2
313p., illus. by Clarence F. Underwood Hardcover Good condition; pictorial green cloth, spine faded, Rubber stamps on both pastedowns
224p. + Frontis. Text woodcut engravings. Very slight foxing. 12mo. Original leather spine over cloth covered boards. Extremities worn with slight loss. Hardbound. No mention of the Civil War. The topic of Slavery was avoided in the First Edition (1854-1855). Augusta Blanche Berard was born in West Point. She was postmistress at West Point for almost 50 years. She was appointed by President Polk in 1847 and served until 1897. **As a young woman she was engaged to an officer. He brought his horse to the post office to show to her, but was thrown from the horse and died of his injuries. She never married. When she took a leave of absence from the post office, she visited Europe and was presented to Queen Victoria. In addition to this popular history she also published: a School History of England (1861); a Manual of Spanish Art and Literature (1868); and has edited and revised Goodrich's Child's History of the United States (1878). PA71 FRONT
126 illus. Hardcover Very good condition
226 p. 12mo. Original full faux leather binding lettered in gilt gold. A Facsimile reprint of the 1866 edition. Hardbound. Near fine. W8 LF Front STK
409p. Hardcover Good condition in good d.j. good
308p. Hardcover Good condition in good d.j. good
320p. Hardcover Very good condition good
365p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
570 p. Illustrated. Double column. Large 8vo. Original cloth spine over paper covered boards. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. Very good. W10
282p., illus. Hardcover Good condition! in glossy pictorial board
294 p. 8vo. Original full orange cloth binding lettered in black. Slightly soiled. Hardbound. Very good. William MacLeod Raine (1871-1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote (mostly fictional) adventure stories about the Old West. He greatly influenced our ideas of western outlaws, gun fighters, and law enforcement. W8RtFront
204p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
pp. xi, 333 + Photographs. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, price clipped. Old tape repair bottom front cover. First Edition. From 1875 to 1896, the "Hanging Judge" Isaac C. Parker, of the U.S. Court of the Western District of Arkansas, was the law west of Fort Smith. He held exclusive jurisdiction over 74,000 square miles and 60,000 people in Arkansas and Indian Territory. This is a colorful and carefully researched account. Adams. Six Guns #2011. W8RtFront
pp. xi, 496. Illustrated with maps, photographs and drawings. 240 mm. Original binding. Original dust jacket, price clipped. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. W8 LEFT REAR
np. (8p.) Thin 12mo. Original printed wraps. Lecture given at the New York Herald Tribune Book and Author Luncheon at the Hotel Astor, April 12, 1949. Crisp copy. Quite scarce. AMERICANA BOX 9
361 p. Edited by Eugene Current-Garcia with Dorothy B. Hatfield. Double-paged map of the Oklahoma Territory laid in. Hardcover Very good condition good
Large octavo in light grey-brown cloth boards; xv, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 c; index; bibliography: p. [291]-316. Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Public opinion. Public opinion -- Northwest, Old. Northwest, Old -- Politics and government. United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1849. Texas. Mexico.
pp. xii, 297. Red ownership manuscript of Don K. Wilson, March 1924? on first fly leaf. Glue remnants from a bookplate on front paste down. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Spine faded. Hardbound. Very good. W6
247 p. Map end papers. 8vo. Original full linen cloth binding, slightly soiled. Original dust jacket, price clipped. DJ crinkled and slightly chipped at head and tail of spine. First Edition. "The first complete and authentic account of Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, James and Warren Earp, in Tombstone, Arizona in the 1880's, based on the recollections of Mrs. Virgil Earp". W3
317 p. Edges foxed. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket, slightly soiled. Hardbound. Very good. Mountain Meadows massacre was a series of attacks in Utah on the Baker-Fancher emigrant wagon train. Composed almost entirely of families from Arkansas the group was bound for California on a route that passed through the Utah Territory during a turbulent period later known as the Utah War. After arriving in Salt Lake City, the party made their way south, eventually stopping to rest at Mountain Meadows. While the emigrants were camped in the meadow, nearby militia leaders made plans to attack the wagon train. Intending to give the appearance of Native American aggression, their plan was to arm some Southern Paiute indians and persuade them to join with a larger party of Utah militiamen, disguised as Indians, in an attack. During the initial assault on the wagon train, the emigrants fought back and a five-day siege ensued. Eventually fear spread among the militia's leaders that some emigrants had caught sight of white men, and had probably discovered who their attackers really were. This resulted in an order by militia commander for the emigrants' annihilation. Running low on water and provisions, the emigrants allowed a party of militiamen to enter their camp, who assured them of their safety and escorted them out of their hasty fortification. After walking a distance from the camp, the militiamen, with the help of auxiliary forces hiding nearby, attacked the emigrants. Intending to leave no witnesses the perpetrators killed all the adults and older children (totaling about 120 men, women, and children). Seventeen children, all younger than seven, were spared. W7
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Detailed modern account of FLIPPER, the audacious atempt in 1941 to capture Rommel in his desert HQ. Inevitably covers the formative days of the SAS and volunteer commandos, including Bob Laycock and Geoffrey Keyes, the latter awarded a posthumous VC for the attack.
