American west ca (27 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: VERY GOOD. First printing. Includes an article on steamboats to the Rockies on the upper Missouri River by Walter Havighurst, advice to women on preparations for emigrants, a look at Nevada's Comstock and more. Illustrated throughout. Book reviews and ads. Large format, measuring 11 1/2 by 8 inches. 64 pp. Very good in illustrated wrappers (crease to lower corner of front cover).…

Hardcover. 4to. Orange cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 283pp. Extensive illustrations (many color), line drawings, maps. Near fine/very good. Jacket just a bit rubbed, with slightest amount of edgewear. Tight, clean, handsome first edition of this volume in "The Great West Series.".

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition, Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 188 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good - Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. None Stated. The story of the Colorado River and its canyons, illustrated with many photographs and drawings. The only flaw is the DJ is reinforced with white tape at the top & bottom of the spine and the flap fold corners. Overall a very good copy. Hyde, Philip, Photos (illustrator). …

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. 2nd printing. In protective mylar cover. (railroads, history, anecdotes) [ISBN 0910118177] A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

Zustand: FINE. First printing. A first-hand description of the Arctic - as it was and as it is - by a naturalist whose adventures there spanned 47 years. Murie took his first field trip to the Hudson Bay region in 1914, observing the land and the wildlife, and learning the ways of the peoples of the North. Later expeditions took him to Labrador and many parts of Alaska. What he saw and felt on these travels was recorded in the sketchbook and journal that were always tucked away in his pocket. Edited and with a preface by Margaret E. Murie, who shared her husband's love of the Arctic and many of his experiences there. They worked closely together to protect the pristine Brooks Range and the Sheenjek River Valley, and their hard work played a major role in the establishment of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Illustrated with Murie's photographs. Pronunciation guide, glossary, index. 255 pp. Fine in dark blue cloth in a near fine dust jacket. (some toning to the spine of the dj).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Good Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. 4to 11" - 13" tall; Photographs; 191 pages; Signed by Not signed; Green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Spine is straight, binding is tight, pages are clean and bright. Dust jacket with upper and lower edge wear. There is very light creasing at the top of front. There is heavy creasing at the lower edge of back. ; Photographs; 4to; 191 pages.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Vg+. 4to. (4)5-79(1)p. Illustrated with photos, maps and drawings. Pictorial wrappers. Ever so slightly wavy with a minor dampstain to top of front panel and first page, else Vg+/ n/a.

Hard. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Palo Alto, CA: Wilderness Society and The American West Publishing Company, 1973, first printing. 8vo., 255pp., illustrated with b/w photos. Blue cloth with silver titles. Foxing along edges, name on flyleaf, else very good in very good dust jacket. …

FIRST. NEW/FINE. Grey fabric boards, leatherette spine, silk bookmark, in slipcase. Deluxe first edition copy in superb original condiiton. Large. mm usa delivery only. [B156].

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xix, [3], 343, [3] pages, Ex-library with the usual library markings. Rear end paper roughly removed. The dust jacket is pasted to the boards. Foreword by Wallace Stegner. Notes. Index. 15 mentions of TR in the index. Ben Merchant Vorpahl earned a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1966 and began is academic teaching career at the University of California Los Angeles. His research focus at that time was the literature of and about the American frontier. Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 July 21, 1938) was an American writer and historian, considered the "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing The Virginian (widely regarded as being the first cowboy novel) and a biography of Ulysses S. Grant. Wister had spent several summers in the American West, making his first trip to Wyoming in 1885, planning to shoot big game, fish trout, meet the Indians, and spend nights in the wild. Like his friend Teddy Roosevelt, Wister was fascinated with the culture, lore and terrain of the West. He was ".struck with wonder and delight, had the eye to see and the talent to portray the life unfolding in America. After six journeys [into the 'wild west' for pleasure, he became the writer he is now known as. On an 1893 visit to Yellowstone National Park, Wister met the artist Frederic Remington, who remained a lifelong friend. His most famous work is the 1902 novel The Virginian, a complex mixture of persons, places and events dramatized from experience, word of mouth, and his own imagination ultimately creating the archetypal cowboy,set against a mythologized version of the Johnson County Wars. Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 December 26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in the genre of Western American Art. His works are known for depicting the Western United States in the last quarter of the 19th century and featuring such images as cowboys, American Indians, and the US Cavalry. Remington was a cousin of Eliphalet Remington, founder of the Remington Arms Company, which is considered America's oldest gunmaker.[9] He was also related to three famous mountain men: Jedediah Smith, Jonathan T. Warner, and Robert "Doc" Newell. Through the Warner side of his family, Remington was related to George Washington, the first US president. Remington attended the art school at Yale University. Living off his inheritance and modest work income, Remington refused to go back to art school and instead spent time camping and enjoying himself. At 19, he made his first trip west, going to Montana, In the American West of 1881, he saw the vast prairies, the quickly shrinking bison herds, the still unfenced cattle, and the last major confrontations of US Cavalry and Native American tribes, scenes he had imagined since his childhood. The trip gave Remington a more authentic view of the West than some of the later artists and writers who followed in his footsteps, such as N. C. Wyeth and Zane Grey, who arrived twenty-five years later when much of the mythic West had already slipped into history. His first full-page cover under his own name appeared in Harper's Weekly on January 9, 1886, when he was twenty-five. Several of his relatives were also artists, including Indian portrait artist George Catlin,[24] cowboy sculptor Earl W. Bascom,[24] and (also on the Bascom side) Frank Tenney Johnson, the "father of western moonlight painting". Remington received a commission to do eighty-three illustrations for a book by Theodore Roosevelt, Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail to be serialized in The Century Magazine before publication. The 29-year-old Roosevelt had a similar Western adventure to Remington, losing money on a ranch in North Dakota the previous year but gaining experience which made him an "expert" on the West. The assignment gave Remington's career a big boost and forged a lifelong connection with Roosevelt. Gradually, he transitioned from the premiere chronicler-artist of the Old.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. Writing on end paper. Dustwrapper rubbed with a few tears, stains.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good Book rubbed on edges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good. Hardcover, clean copy, very slightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, cover slightly flared.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good Ex-library, stamps on page ends and pastedowns, sticker shadow on spine, card pocket on rear pastedown, spine ends and top panel corners bumped.

Hardcover. Zustand: NF. Hardback in Near Fine condition, Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 289 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; unnumbered pagings. Subjects; John Gary. Benefit programs. American Performing Arts. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: NEAR FINE. First printing. "For five months, Frank Leslie and his ''Excursion to the Pacific'' traveled by private railroad car. They stopped over in Chicago, Cheyenne, Denver, Salt Lake City, Virginia City, and San Francisco. They peeked into gambling casinos, opium dens, and mining camps; banqueted with Comstock silver kings and reported every detail of their trip to readers of the newspaper." This is the first time the story has been assembled book form, complete with the original drawings from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. In addition this trip has been coupled with an account of the same journey by an American writer 90 years later. Footnotes (at end), index. Large format, a heavy book. 207 pp. Very near fine in a very good first issue dustjacket with the original pre-publication price of $10.50 in the corner of the dj flap (some toning to textblock edges, chip to front cover of dj) . …

First Edition. pictorial history of the Anasazi. slipcase, bookribbon, quarter bound letahter, tan cloth, gilt lettering on spine, binding very good, pages clean, 191 pages, index. Photographs by David Muench (illustrator).

New edition. 8vo. [xii] + 412pp. B/w. portrait frontispiece and illustrations. Original blue cloth. Gold d/w. lettered in white, rubbed to edges. ISBN 0910118221 US$22.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fine+. No Dust Jacket. 1. Green leatherette Spine with title in gilt.green linen boards with bright green endpapers. Book is in pristine condition with green linen book box. Beautifully illustrated in color and black and white . The Great West Series Series. 288 pp.

Hardcover. Reprint. Second printing, 1971. 188, [2] p. Illustrations. The illustrator was the daughter of the author. Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Signed on t-p, signed and dated on fep. Signed by previous owner. Primoff, Jody (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Second Printing [stated]. 318, [2] pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Cover has slight wear and soiling. If your like railroad lore, you'll love this book. It's an anthology of tales told by railroaders - from machinists and telegraphers and gandy dancers to brakemen, engineers, firemen and conductors. Other stories come from hoboes, residents of railroad towns, railway mail sorters, newsboys, surveyors; the vast range of people involved with railroading in the old days demonstrates how central they once were to American life and culture. As the subtitle indicates, Workin' on the Railroad covers the industry from the first American steam locomotive, the Stowbridge Lion, which first steamed on Aug. 8, 1829, to the first diesel locomotives, which went into service in 1934. Editor Robert Reinhardt combed old magazines and newspapers for rail-related reminiscences, which he then assembled into this book, along with some connective commentary. It's a lively and extensive anthology that will delight any railroad buff. Among the contents addressed here in are: Iron Horse, Horatio Allen, John Latrobe, Peter Cooper, Tom Thumb, Technology, Railway Construction, Pathfinders, Locomotives, Firemen, Engineers, Brakemen, Roundhouse, Section Gang, Telegrapher, Mail Service, Restaurants, Switchyards, Tickets, Pullman Cars, Sleeping-car, and Casey Jones. …

Zustand: near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. Copyright 1968. from the front DJ flap, "It was 1904 -- a pioneer situation, a silver mining town in the earliest stages. Shacks and mineshafts sprawled across the narrow valley and were already climbing up the mountains and on either side." DZ6. hardcover, 9" x 6.25", 127 pages, signed by author ffep, illustrated, sharp corners, DJ not priced clipped. Signed.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Images of America Seires. "With selected excerpts from emigrant journals." 262 numbered pages followed by a substantial unpaginated "portfolio of maps" and index. Coffee table book with extensive line drawings and BW and color plates. Slightly cocked spine, text unmarked and crisp with no obvious defects. Dust jacket has nice faces but it is chipped at head and corners, frayed and rubbed on edges. Thomas H. Hunt and Robert V. H. Adams (illustrator). Book.…

Zustand: Good. 4to. 304 pp. Soft Cover. Very Good. Color and black & white plates throughout. From the Library of the Pasquale Iannetti, including loan card.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 4to. pp. 63, [1]. 28 illus. (16 colour). cloth. dw. (3 short tears to back). First Edition.