She Won the West

Sure, they talk more about the men, but most men had a women beside them.  Some women were even independent and very successful without a man.



Author Name    Muller, Marcia (editor); Pronzini, Bill (editor) 
 
Title   She Won the West : An Anthology of Western and Frontier Stories by Women

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   New York, NY, U.S.A. Morrow/Avon 1985

ISBN Number    0688047017 / 9780688047016 

Seller ID   009657

Trade paperback. Morrow, 1985. In very good condition, slight cover wear. Including stories by Gertrude Atherton, Willa Cather, B M Bower, Mari Sandoz, Dorothy M Johnson, Mary Austin, Peggy Simpson Curry, Jeanne Williams and many others.

 

Price = 10.00 USD

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John Harris Behan: Sacrificed Sheriff by Bob Alexander

First I reviewed Lady at the O. K. Corral yesterday, then I found this today on my bookshelves:



Author Name    Alexander, Bob
 
Title   John Harris Behan: Sacrificed Sheriff

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   As New

Type   Book

Edition   Limited

Publisher   Silver City, New Mexico, U.S.A. High Lonesome Books 2002

ISBN Number    0944383580 / 9780944383582 

Seller ID   017971

Hardcover. As new, DJ in mylar cover. First Edition, Limited Edition of 500 copies. Lawman and public servant, Civil War volunteer, twice a state legislator and Yuma Prison Superintendent. And sometimes portrayed as a villain in the Tombstone conflicts with Wyatt Earp.

FRONTIER  PIONEER  LIFE  ARIZONA  SHERIFFS  

Price = 35.00 USD


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The Steam Locomotive by Edgar A Haine

We had a stream train in Chehalis, Washington, and we rode on it.  Bandits stopped the train and robbed us, too.  All great fun!



Author Name    Haine, Edgar A. 
 
Title   The Steam Locomotive

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher   Cranbury, New Jersey, U.S.A. Cornwall Books 1990

ISBN Number    0845347632 / 9780845347638 

Seller ID   016500

Oversized hardcover with DJ in mylar. Cornwall Books, 1990. In near fine condition. B & W photos, illustrations, and maps. More than one thousand illustrations which register the evolution, development, and applications of this source of motive power in various parts of the world.

LOCOMOTIVES  HISTORY  TRANSPORTATION  RAILROADS  

Price = 60.00 USD

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And Then There Was One by Patricia Gussin

Here's an interesting mystery.



Author Name    Gussin, Patricia 
 
Title   And Then There Was One

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Jacket Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   1st Edition

Publisher    Oceanview 2010

ISBN Number    1933515813 / 9781933515816 

Seller ID   021567

Hardcover. Three little girls (triplets) go to a movie together. When the movie ends, only one little girl comes out...

 

Price = 18.00 USD


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Volcanoes by Robert Decker, Barbara Decker

I bought this one in Washington a few years after the mountain blew.



Author Name    Decker, Robert; Decker, Barbara 
 
Title   Volcanoes (Geology Ser.)

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher   New York, NY, U.S.A. W. H. Freeman & Company 1981

ISBN Number    0716712423 / 9780716712428 

Seller ID   006482

Trade paperback. W H Freeman, first, 1981. In near fine condition. Includes a glossary, a list of worldwide volcano information centers, and brief descriptions of the world's 101 most notorious volcanoes, including Mt. St. Helen's.

VOLCANOES  NATURE 

Price = 10.00 USD

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The American West November 1975 Vol XII, No 6

More western history.  I have several of these magazines.



Title   The American West November 1975 Vol XII, No 6

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Good

Type   Book

Publisher    American West Publishing Company 1975

Seller ID   020949

Magazine, 64 pages. Good condition, cover edgewear. Thomas Jefferson and the Corps of Discovery by E G Chuinard, By Train From Omaha to Sacramento One Hundred Years Ago, Portrait for a Western Album (Reverand Joab Powell) by Catherine Williams, Spurs Were a-Jinglin' by Don Hedgpeth, Sagebrush Princess with a Cause by Elinor Richey, Reflections on the Great Sand Dunes by Richard C Hopkins, An End to Innocence by David Lavender.

Western  History  

Price = 15.00 USD

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Robertsons, Jacksons, and Their Southern Ancestors by Carol Jackson Dunkel

Know any Robertsons or Jacksons?



Author Name    Carol Jackson Dunkel 
 
Title   Robertsons, Jacksons, and Their Southern Ancestors

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Seller ID   015948

Trade paperback. Kinkaid Publishers, privately published, 1985. In very good condition. Robertsons in Colorado, Hood County Texas, and other areas. Includes many photos.

 

Price = 20.00 USD


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Enchanting Kid Pleasers

Do you like to paint?



Title   Enchanting Kid Pleasers

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   As New

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Annie's Attic 2004

ISBN Number    1931171874 / 9781931171878 

Seller ID   018159

Craft booklet. As new. Teddy bear checkers table and chair, panda needs a time-out chair, teddy bear crate, best friends bench, todeo teddy's rocking horse, cuddly friends album cover, friends around the world bedroom, design patterns, general directions.

PAINTING  

Price = 10.00 USD

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Litter Bit of Love

Like cats?  Like to sew?



Title   Litter Bit of Love

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Seller ID   011377

Craft pattern. Craftways, 1984. In near fine condition. Includes patterns for cat in two sizes, patchwork and sewing instructions for both patchwork and plain fabric versions. Also includes large cat pattern previous created on transfer paper.

CAT  

Price = 8.00 USD

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Tales of an Ashanti Father by Peggy Appiah

Like folk tales?



Author Name    Appiah, Peggy 
 
Title   Tales of an Ashanti Father

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Thus

Publisher   New York, New York, U.S.A. Dutton Childrens Books 1981

ISBN Number    0233959270 / 9780233959276 

Illustrator   Nora Dickson

Seller ID   015957

Hardcover, ex-library. First USA printing, third impression. In very good condition, DJ wear, corners bumped, usual library marks. Well illustrated, African folk tales.

AFRICA  FICTION  CHILDREN  JUVENILE  PEOPLE  

Price = 12.00 USD

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Iron Wheels and Broken Men: The Railroad Barons and the Plunder of the West by Richard O'Connor

We lose so many of our resources, land and animals when progress is made.



Author Name    O'Connor, Richard 
 
Title   Iron Wheels and Broken Men: The Railroad Barons and the Plunder of the West

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Putnam 1973

ISBN Number    0399111204 / 9780399111204 

Seller ID   016502

Hardcover with DJ in mylar. Putnam, 1973, first edition. In near fine condition. How and why the transcontinental railroads were built, with cast of players from exploited Chinese and Irish gandy dancers and dance-hall girls to the Wall Street tycoons, land barons, and presidents who conned thousands onto the sterile waterless plains. William F. Cody was paid $500 a month to kill at least twelve buffalo a day for meat. In 18 months he killed 4,280 buffalo to nourish the Kansas Pacific's workmen.

RAILROADS  UNITED  STATES  WEST  U  

Price = 30.00 USD

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William Chapin Deming of Wyoming Pioneer Publisher and State and Federal Official by Agnes Wright Spring

There is a city named Deming in New Mexico.



Author Name    Agnes Wright Spring 
 
Title   William Chapin Deming of Wyoming Pioneer Publisher and State and Federal Official

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   Limited

Inscription   Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID   016790

Hardcover, no DJ. Arthur H Clark, 1944, first edition, privately printed in a limited edition. Has a signed presentation slip on front endpapers. In very good condition, corners have been lightly bumped, has an area of sunfading on front boards. Interior is clean and bright. Biography of this Wyoming newspaper man, civil servant, public speaker and university trustee. Adams - Rampaging Herd #2139, Adams - Six Guns #2086. A small mention of Tom Horn.

WYOMING,  NEWSPAPER,  WESTERN  HISTORY  

Price = 100.00 USD

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Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch by Alice Hegan Rice

Here's a book I read as a child and enjoyed:



Author Name    Alice Hegan Rice 
 
Title   Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Appleton-Century-Crofts 1928

Seller ID   016270

Small hardcover, no DJ. Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1928. In very good condition, bottom board wear. The classic story of Mrs. Wiggs and her adventures.

 

Price = 20.00 USD

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The Only Ones by Aaron Starmer

This is an interesting sci-fi read.  Another look at the end of the world as we know it.



Author Name    Aaron Starmer 
 
Title   The Only Ones

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Jacket Condition   No Jacket

Type   Book

Edition   1st Edition

Publisher    Random House Children's Books 2012

ISBN Number    0385740441 / 9780385740449 

Seller ID   021191

Trade paperback. When everyone else in the world one afternoon disappeared, Martin was left behind...

Fantasy,  Dystopian  

Price = 8.00 USD


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The N Bar N Ranch A Cattle & Ranching Enterprise: 1885-1899 by Lee I Niedringhaus

Cattle ranch history.



Author Name    Lee I Niedringhaus 
 
Title   The N Bar N Ranch A Cattle & Ranching Enterprise: 1885-1899

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher    Self Published 2004

Seller ID   019799

Oversized softcover. Near fine condition. Business card tipped in with "Compliments of" added above Lee I Niedringhaus. 32 pages. An historical account of this ranch with many photos and a few Charles Remington prints to enhance the feeling of what it was like to live and work on a ranch.

CATTLE  RANCH  WESTERN  HISTORY  

Price = 50.00 USD


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The First Hundred Years An Informal History of Denver and the Rocky Mountain News by Robert L Perkin

Denver history.



Author Name    Robert L Perkin 
 
Title   The First Hundred Years An Informal History of Denver and the Rocky Mountain News

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Doubleday & Company 1959

Seller ID   016608

Hardcover, no DJ, protected in mylar.   Doubleday & Company, 1959, stated first edition. In very good condition, minor to moderate bumping to corners and spine ends, minor soiling of covers, minor soiling on outside page edges. Denver and the Rocky Mountain News - the life they have shared is a robust one!

DENVER,  ROCKY  MOUNTAIN  NEWS,  NEWSPAPERS,  WESTERN  HISTORY 

Price = 20.00 USD


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Klondike The Chicago Record's Book for Gold Seekers

Prospecting history.



Title   Klondike The Chicago Record's Book for Gold Seekers

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Monarch Book Company 1897

Seller ID   018289

Hardcover, no DJ. Very good condition, cover shows significant wear, book has been professionally repaired - replaced endpapers, new headbands, repaired damage plate, tightened up text block, put back in case. The pages are toning, minor soiling on outside bookpages, now in mylar cover. The illustrations are outstanding. All the facts, figures and knowledge obtainable about the gold-bearing lads in Alaska and the British Yukon district. It suggests the owner may wish to take it with him on his journey, but the book weighs too much to make it over Chilkoot Pass. 555 pages with ads in the back.

GOLD  MINERS  ALASKA  CHICAGO  AMERICAN  HISTORY  

Price = 200.00 USD

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Monsoon by Wilbur Smith

Historical adventure.



Author Name    Smith, Wilbur 
 
Title   Monsoon

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   New York, NY, U.S.A. St. Martin's Press 1999

ISBN Number    031220339X / 9780312203399 

Seller ID   007751

Hardcover. St. Martin's Press, first, 1999. In very good condition, DJ has edgewear. Hal Courtney and his three sons and the East Indies at the dawn of the eighteenth century.

AFRICA  FICTION  ACTION  ADVENTURE  HISTORICAL  BROTHERS  

Price = 12.00 USD


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Upside-Down Pangborn : King of the Barnstormers by Carl M Cleveland

Here's a tale about a wild pilot:



Author Name    Cleveland, Carl M. 
 
Title   Upside-Down Pangborn : King of the Barnstormers

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Seattle, WA, U.S.A. Aviation Book Company 1978

ISBN Number    0911721045 / 9780911721041 

Seller ID   009671

Hardcover, ex-library. Aviation Book Company, 1978. In very good condition, usual library markings. Exceptional pilot of the 1920s, half owner-chief pilot of the famous Gates Flying Circus, and the first to fly the Pacific non-stop.

AIR  PILOTS  AERONAUTICS  HISTORY  TRANSPORTATION  AVIATION  PILOTING  FLIGHT  INS  TRUCTION  

Price = 20.00 USD

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Grindle Lamfoon and the Procurnious Fleekers by Valerie Hubbard Damon

This one will keep your tongue busy.



Author Name    Valerie Hubbard Damon 
 
Title   Grindle Lamfoon and the Procurnious Fleekers

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Jacket Condition   No Jacket

Type   Book

Edition   2nd Edition

Publisher    Star Publications 1979

ISBN Number    0932356141 / 9780932356147 

Seller ID   021454

Picture book. Have you met a Procurnious Fleeker yet? Here's your chance!

 

Price = 20.00 USD

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Dear Mr Leprechaun: Letters From my First Friendship

St. Patrick's Day is coming...



Author Name    Burton, Martin Nelson; Hansen, Clint 
 
Title   Dear Mr. Leprechaun: Letters from My First Friendship

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   Montrose, California, U.S.A. London Town Pr 2003

ISBN Number    0966649001 / 9780966649000 

Inscription   Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID   010777

Hardcover. London Town, 2003, first, signed. In near fine condition. A true story of young boy growing up and writing notes to Mr. Leprechaun. A lovely book.

CHILDREN  FICTION  JUVENILE  

Price = 15.00 USD

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The Gentlemen of Sixteen July by Ken Follett, Rene L Maurice

Like true crime?



Author Name    Follett, Ken; Maurice, Rene L. 
 
Title   The Gentlemen of Sixteen July

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   New York, NY, U.S.A. Morrow/Avon 1980

ISBN Number    0877952981 / 9780877952985 

Seller ID   004724

Hardcover. Arbor House, first, c. 1978. In very good condition. The story of Albert Spaggiari, who stole ten million dollars in Nice, France.

 

Price = 10.00 USD

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Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House by Stephanie Barron

Author Name    Barron, Stephanie 
 
Title   Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A. Bantam Dell Pub Group 2001

ISBN Number    0553107356 / 9780553107357

Seller ID   013508

Hardcover. Bantam Dell, 2001, first. In near fine condition. Sixth in the series. Murder on the high seas.

AUSTEN  JANE  1775  1817  FICTION  

Price = 10.00 USD

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The Secret History of Giants, or The Codex Giganticum by Ari Berk

Want to know more about giants?




Author Name    Ari Berk 
 
Title   The Secret History of Giants, or The Codex Giganticum

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   As New

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Candlewick Pr 2008

ISBN Number    0763640476 / 9780763640477 

Inscription   Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID   018430

Hardcover with embossed cover, no DJ. As new. Signed and inscribed: With all best Wishes! Ari Berk. A book of giant legends, with little pop up inserts to read that enhance the story. Great illustrations, short bursts of text that keep one reading. Has a tassle at top of spine. A fun book to read!

Price = 25.00 USD


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Prison Centennial 1876 - 1976 A Pictorial History of the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma

Here's some history on an old Arizona prison.



Author Name    Cliff Trafzer, Steve George

Title   Prison Centennial 1876 - 1976 A Pictorial History of the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Rio Colorado Press 1980

Seller ID   018013

Softcover. In very good condition, some cover wear. A short history of the Arizona Territorial Prison and then pages of photos of the guards, inmates, the prison itself. An amazing look at how prisoners were treated in the past and what their offenses were. The prison's nickname was Hellhole.

OLD  WEST  WESTERN  HISTORY  LAWMEN  OUTLAWS  PRISONERS  ARIZONA

Price = 15.00 USD

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Greg Hildebrandt's Book of Three-Dimensional Dragons

Do you like dragons?  Here's a cool book for your collection:



Author Name    Hildebrandt, Greg

Title   Greg Hildebrandt's Book of Three-Dimensional Dragons

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Little Brown & Co 1994

ISBN Number    0316152404 / 9780316152402

Seller ID   015261

Oversized hardcover, pictoral boards, no DJ. Little Brown, 1994, first edition. In very good condition, corners bumped. BIG pop-up dragons, five of them.

DESIGN  DECORATIVE  ANIMAL  FORMS  DRAGONS

Price = 20.00 USD

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Plants and Animals of the Pacific Northwest by Eugene N Kozloff

I always buy books on plants and animals for the region I live in.  Nature fascinates me.



 Author Name    Kozloff, Eugene N.

Title   Plants and Animals of the Pacific Northwest: An Illustrated Guide to the Natural History of Western Oregon, Washington and British Columbia

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   As New

Type   Book

Publisher   Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. Univ of Washington Pr 1995

ISBN Number    029595597X / 9780295955971

Seller ID   020165

Trade paperback. As new. 7th printing, 1995. An illustrated guide to the natural history of western Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. "This book invites you to take an interest in things all around you, from the giant Douglas fir to the lichens on its trunk."

OREGON,  WASHINGTON,  BRITISH  COLUMBIA

Price = 25.00 USD

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America's Home Cooking Comfort Food

Everybody likes comfort food, right?  



Title   America's Home Cooking Comfort Food

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher    WQED

Seller ID   017436

Spiralbound softcover. WQED, npd. In near fine condition. 145 pages of recipes submitted by listeners - all meant to be some form of comfort food to make you feel better.

Price = 15.00 USD

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The Scents of Eden : A Narrative of the Spice Trade by Charles Corn

Have you ever wondered where all the spices you use for cooking originated?



Author Name    Corn, Charles

Title   The Scents of Eden : A Narrative of the Spice Trade

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   New York, NY, U.S.A. Kodansha America, Incorporated 1999

ISBN Number    1568362498 / 9781568362496

Seller ID   008460

Trade paperback. Kodansha International, 1997, first. In very good condition. A history of the spice trade.

MOLUCCAS  SPICE  TRADE  ASIA  SOUTHEASTERN  HISTORY  FOREIGN  RELATIONS  AUSTRALIA  OCEANIA  WORLD  SOUTHEAST  POLITICAL  SCIENCE  INTERNATIONAL

Price = 10.00 USD

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Author Name    Corn, Charles
Title   The Scents of Eden : A Narrative of the Spice Trade
Binding   Soft cover
Book Condition   Very Good
Type   Book
Publisher   New York, NY, U.S.A. Kodansha America, Incorporated 1999
ISBN Number    1568362498 / 9781568362496
Seller ID   008460

Trade paperback. Kodansha International, 1997, first. In very good condition. A history of the spice trade.

MOLUCCAS  SPICE  TRADE  ASIA  SOUTHEASTERN  HISTORY  FOREIGN  RELATIONS  AUSTRALIA  OCEANIA  WORLD  SOUTHEAST  POLITICAL  SCIENCE  INTERNATIONAL 

Price = 10.00 USD
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Almost Amish Sampler

I've always liked Amish crafts.



Title   Almost Amish Sampler

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Oxmoor House 2002

ISBN Number    0848712927 / 9780848712921

Seller ID   018396

Softcover. Very good condition, has cover wear. Sixth printing. Eight-Point Star, Sunrise Star, Dutch Rose, Reef Rose Star, Oddfellow, Memory Star, Virginia Star, California Sunset, Wood Lily, September Star, Dolly Madison, Swallows in Flight, Christmas Star, Sashing and Borders, Template Patterns.

QUILTS  QUILTING

Price = 10.00 USD

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Title   Almost Amish Sampler
Binding   Soft cover
Book Condition   Very Good
Type   Book
Publisher    Oxmoor House 2002
ISBN Number    0848712927 / 9780848712921
Seller ID   018396

Softcover. Very good condition, has cover wear. Sixth printing. Eight-Point Star, Sunrise Star, Dutch Rose, Reef Rose Star, Oddfellow, Memory Star, Virginia Star, California Sunset, Wood Lily, September Star, Dolly Madison, Swallows in Flight, Christmas Star, Sashing and Borders, Template Patterns.

QUILTS  QUILTING 

Price = 10.00 USD
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