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

Title: The N Bar N Ranch A Cattle & Ranching Enterprise: 1885-1899

 

Author Name: Lee I Niedringhaus

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.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Self Published: 2004

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 019799

Keywords: CATTLE RANCH WESTERN HISTORY, 

Price: $50.00

Ghosts and Mysteries of the Old West : True Accounts of New Mexico and the Old West by Bob L'Aloge

Title: Ghosts and Mysteries of the Old West : True Accounts of New Mexico and the Old West

 

Author Name: L'Aloge, Bob

Illustrator: Kwiecinski, David (illustrator)

Trade paperback. Yucca Tree Press, 1991. In very good condition, some soiling of outside pages, interior clean and bright. Signed: To Pearl, Happy Trails From the Pale Rider, Bob. True accounts of New Mexico and the Old West. 104 pages.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Las Cruces, NM, U.S.A., Barbed Wire Publishing: 1991

ISBN Number: 0962294055

ISBN Number 13: 9780962294051 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 006564

Keywords: FOLKLORE UNITED STATES GHOSTS WEST U S HISTORY ANECDOTES STATE LOCAL BODY MIND SPIRIT SUPERNATURAL SOCIAL SCIENCE MYTHOLOGY, 

Price: $15.00

Pistols and Petticoats : 13 Female Trailblazers of the Old West by Bob L'Aloge

Title: Pistols and Petticoats : 13 Female Trailblazers of the Old West

 

Author Name: L'Aloge, Bob

Trade paperback. Stated first edition, first printing. In near fine condition, with an inscription and signature by the author to his first publisher. 13 female trailblazers of the Old West.

 Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Prescott Valley, AZ, U.S.A., Flying Eagle-Thunderhawk Enterprises: 1995

ISBN Number: 0938147994

ISBN Number 13: 9780938147992 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Type: Book 

Inscription: Signed by Author(s) 

Seller ID: 005412

Keywords: WESTERN HISTORY, 

Price: $10.00

Cowpokes, Nesters, & So Forth by Judge Orland L Sims

Title: Cowpokes, Nesters, & So Forth 

Author Name: Judge Orland L Sims

Hardcover. Very good with minor foxing on outside page edges and endpapers. DJ is good, has edgewear and two small holes and a thumb print on back cover. A virtual history of West Texas from the close of the frontier to the present.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: The Encino Press: 1970

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 020964

Keywords: WEST TEXAS HISTORY, 

Price: $50.00

Stories of the Far West Heroic Tales of the Last Frontier by Joseph G Masters

Title: Stories of the Far West Heroic Tales of the Last Frontier

 

Author Name: Joseph G Masters

Hardcover, no DJ, in mylar cover. Ginn and Company, 1935, first edition. Signed by author on front endpaper. In near fine condition, minor edgewear and bumping, bookplate on back of front cover, endpapers lightly toning, outside page edges lightly soiled. Appears to be an unused schoolbook. Chapters on the Astorians, the Prairie Tribes, Old Bill Williams, Jedediah Strong Smith, mountain men at Independence Rock, Joseph L. Meek, James Bridger, Kit Carson and more.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: 1935

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Type: Book 

Inscription: Signed by Author(s) 

Seller ID: 016856

Keywords: AMERICAN HISTORY , OLD WEST, 

Price: $30.00

The New Jersey Sampler by John T Cunningham

Title: The New Jersey Sampler

 

Author Name: John T Cunningham

Oversized hardcover. Very good condition, corners lightly bumped. DJ is good, has some chips and is price clipped. Historic tales of old New Jersey. Folks from John T Cunningham's "Tercentenary Tales".

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: New Jersey Almanac: 1964

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 018560

Keywords: NEW JERSEY HISTORY, 

Price: $15.00

The Oregon Missions The Story of How the Line Was Run Between Canada and the United States by James W Bashford

Title: The Oregon Missions The Story of How the Line Was Run Between Canada and the United States 

Author Name: James W Bashford

Hardcover, no DJ. The Abingdon Press, 1918. In very good condition, boards have light discoloration and soiling, inscription on front end paper, pages toning. Includes the Hudson Bay Company, Dr. McLoughlin, the Oregon missionaries and Marcus Whitman, among others. History of the Northwest.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: The Abingdon Press: 1918

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 017614

Keywords: MISSIONS, RELIGION, NORTHWEST HISTORY, 

Price: $35.00

Claddagh Sampler by Deb Davis

Title: Claddagh Sampler

 

Author Name: Deb Davis

Chart pack, chart only. Y-Knot Designs, 1999, YK18. In near fine condition. The theme for this sampler was inspired by an Irish symbol, which was created over 400 years ago.

Categories: Crafts - Hardanger, 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 015161

Price: $10.00

Hardanger Basket by Carolyn S Webb

Title: Hardanger Basket

 

Author Name: Carolyn S Webb

 Chart pack, chart only. Carolina House, 1995. In near fine condition. A colorful basket of flowers.

Categories: Crafts - Hardanger, 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 015416

Keywords: HARDANGER, 

Price: $8.00

Pineapples and Ivy

Title: Pineapples and Ivy

Craft booklet. Art by Abby, 1985. In very good condition, private library stamp embossed on front cover.

 

Categories: Crafts - Hardanger, 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 015410

Keywords: HARDANGER, 

Price: $8.00

Jane's Sampler - 1

Title: Jane's Sampler - 1 

Chart pack, just the pattern. Something Different, npd. In near fine condition. An intricate sampler with many different stitches.

Categories: Crafts - Hardanger, 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Type: Book

Seller ID: 015162

Price: $12.00

Hardanger Star

Title: Hardanger Star

Craft booklet. June Grigg, 1985. In very good condition, private library embossed mark. Teach-Yourself Instructions. An absolutely lovely design!

 

Categories: Crafts - Hardanger, 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 011555

Keywords: HARDANGER, 

Price: $8.00

 

Once in the Saddle: The Cowboy's Frontier 1866-1896 by Laurence Ivan Seidman

Title: Once in the Saddle: The Cowboy's Frontier 1866-1896

 

Author Name: Seidman, Laurence Ivan

Trade paperback. Facts on File, 1994, second printing. In near fine condition. Who was the real cowboy and what kind of existence did he lead?

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Facts on File: 1994

ISBN Number: 081603091X

ISBN Number 13: 9780816030910 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 016743

Keywords: COWBOYS FRONTIER PIONEER OLD WEST WESTERN HISTORY, 

Price: $10.00

On Sidesaddles to Heaven: The Women of the Rocky Mountain Mission by Laurie Winn Carlson

Title: On Sidesaddles to Heaven: The Women of the Rocky Mountain Mission

 

Author Name: Carlson, Laurie Winn

Trade paperback, ex-library. Caxton Printers Ltd, 1998. Signed by author. In very good condition, only a discard stamp on the half-title page, author signature is also there, as well as gift inscription by previous owner. The rest of the book is clean and bright. Being a woman missionary in the west wasn't always easy and didn't often have a happy ending.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Caldwell, Idaho, U.S.A., Caxton Printers Ltd: 1998

ISBN Number: 0870043846

ISBN Number 13: 9780870043840 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Inscription: Signed by Author(s) 

Seller ID: 017611

Keywords: WOMEN UNITED STATES HISTORY WEST, 

Price: $15.00

Old Fort Laramie Pioneer 1938 by Pioneer Staff

Title: Old Fort Laramie Pioneer 1938

 

Author Name: Pioneer Staff

Softcover. In very good condition, covers have minor soiling and creasing to corners, cover is beginning to separate from the internal pages. The school annual from the school at Fort Laramie, Wyoming for 1938. Includes a history of Fort Laramie, including mention of Jim Bridger and Spotted Tail, a Sioux Chief. Includes photos from all classes, 1st grade through seniors - individual photos of the entire graduating class of 17.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Fort Laramie High School: 1938

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 017861

Keywords: SCHOOL ANNUAL WYOMING HISTORY, 

Price: $50.00

Official Congressional Directory for the Use of the United States Congress 64th Congress, 2d Session, Beginning December 4, 1916 by Edgar Mountjoy

Title: Official Congressional Directory for the Use of the United States Congress 64th Congress, 2d Session, Beginning December 4, 1916

 

Author Name: Edgar Mountjoy

 Hardcover, no DJ. Office of Congressional Directory, 1916, stated first edition. In very good condition, cover edges bumped, some minor soiling on front cover, small dampstain on top left corner of back boards, front fly leaf has some minor toning . Interior is clean and bright. Includes a DC map from the era. A great resource for a historian or anyone with an interest in American history.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Office of Congressional Directory: 1916

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 016756

Keywords: CONGRESS, DELEGATES, DISTRICTS, LEGISLATIVE, AMERICAN HISTORY, 

Price: $50.00

Notes from a Cowboy's Diary by Gen. W H Sears

Title: Notes from a Cowboy's Diary

 

Author Name: Gen. W H Sears

Softcover. In very good condition, one staple has fallen out, minor rust from staples at center-spread. Reminiscences of a cowboy from his days in eastern Colorado, starting in 1876. Adams- Rampaging Herd #2032. "I was in prairie dog country and often saw prairie owls, rattlesnakes, and rabbits, all running into the same prairie dog hole. This story has often been denied, but I vouch for the truth of it."

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Self-published

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 017859

Keywords: COWBOY WESTERN HISTORY COLORADO, 

Price: $50.00

North From Texas by James C Shaw

Title: North From Texas

 

Author Name: James C Shaw

Hardcover, no DJ, in mylar cover. Branding Iron Press, limited edition, this #196 of 750 copies. In very good condition, top of spine has been bumped. Incident in the early life of a range cowboy in Texas, Dakota, and Wyoming, 1852-1883. Adams - Rampaging Herd #2041.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: Limited

Publisher: 1952

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 016793

Keywords: WYOMING, TEXAS, NORTH SOUTH DAKOTA, CATTLE RANCHING , TRAIL DRIVES COWBYS, STOCK GROWER'S ASSOCIATION BRANDS, 

Price: $85.00

No Life for a Lady by Agnes Morley Cleaveland

Title: No Life for a Lady

 

Author Name: Agnes Morley Cleaveland

Hardcover. Houghton Mifflin, 1941. In very good condition, edges lightly bumped, boards show edgewear, top of pages very lightly soiled. DJ is fair, missing several edge pieces, back panel is soiled, now in mylar. Signed and inscribed by author to a lady friend and bookplate of Harry W Lawton (author of "Willie Boy") on front endpaper. Growing up in the Datil area of New Mexico was not easy, especially not for a girl. She played poker all one night with two rustlers who came to steal her horses and went away in the morning having taken nothing but a beating. Adams - Rampaging Herd #483, Adams - Six Guns #436.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin: 1941

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Jacket Condition: Fair 

Type: Book 

Inscription: Signed by Author(s) 

Seller ID: 016899

Keywords: OLD WEST, RANCHING, NEW MEXICO, WESTERN HISTORY, 

Price: $50.00

Nine Years in the Saddle by James V Lee, Warren Judson Lee

Title: Nine Years in the Saddle

 

Author Name: Lee, James V.; Lee, Judson, Warren

Trade paperback. Salado Press, 1999, revised edition. Signed and inscribed by author on back of front cover. In near fine condition. From cow punching to lion hunting to bootlegging, this is one man's tale of life in the 1920s and 1930s in the Southwest.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Richardson, Texas, U.S.A., Salado Pr: 

ISBN Number: 0966387007

ISBN Number 13: 9780966387001 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Type: Book 

Inscription: Signed by Author(s) 

Seller ID: 016883

Keywords: TEXAS BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 

Price: $15.00

Newspapering in the Old West: A Pictorial History of Journalism and Printing on the Frontier by Robert F Karolevitz

Title: Newspapering in the Old West: A Pictorial History of Journalism and Printing on the Frontier 

Author Name: Robert F Karolevitz

Oversized hardcover. Superior Publishing, 1966, stated first edition. In near fine condition, with a very good DJ, has some small chips and tears, now in a mylar cover. The story of the editors and printers in 17 states who wielded quills, type sticks and six guns with equal deftness. History? They made it, wrote it, and printed it!

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Superior Publishing: 1965

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 016842

Keywords: NEWSPAPERS, JOURNALISM, PRINTING, OLD WEST, US HISTORY, 

Price: $50.00

My Life on the Range by John Clay

Title: My Life on the Range

 

Author Name: John Clay

Hardcover, no DJ. Privately Printed, Chicago, 1924. In very good condition, slight spine twist, edges and corners of boards lightly bumped, some scuffing on front board at joint, some light foxing on endpapers and page edge. A few internal pages have some foxing, but, generally, they and the illustrations are clean and bright. Mr. Clay's memoirs of his ranching days in Wyoming and Montana. Adams - Six Guns #434, Adams - Rampaging Herds #475.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: 1924

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 016806

Keywords: RANCHING, WYOMING, MONTANA, OLD WEST, WESTERN HISTORY, 

Price: $300.00

My Horse Can Outrun Your Horse: A History of Horse Racing in New Mexico as Experienced by the Author by J E Knott

Title: My Horse Can Outrun Your Horse: A History of Horse Racing in New Mexico as Experienced by the Author 

Author Name: Knott, J. E.

Trade paperback. Very good condition, cover has been rubbed and is missing a bit of color. A narrative history of horse racing in New Mexico with stories about racing at Tucumcari, State Fair, La Mesa Park, Ruidoso Downs, Farmington, Silver Park, Hot Springs, Sunland Park, and the Downs at Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Cover is actually a very light blue, although that doesn't show in the picture.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: El Paso, Texas, U.S.A., Mesa Pub Corp: 1992

ISBN Number: 0962347124

ISBN Number 13: 9780962347122 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Jacket Condition: No Jacket 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 018754

Keywords: HORSE RACING NEW MEXICO, 

Price: $20.00

Mountains and Molehills or Recollections of a Burnt Journal by Frank Marryat

Title: Mountains and Molehills or Recollections of a Burnt Journal

 

Author Name: Marryat, Frank

Hardcover, no DJ. Time Life Books, 1982, reprinted from the London edition of 1855. As new. Frank Marryat arrived in June, 1850 in San Francisco and joined the new, scratching society of gold grubbers. He travelled with a pair of Englishmen and three bloodhounds, Marryat arrived through the Golden Gate to find San Francisco again in ashes. He was a farmer, a hotel builder, an actor and a gold miner He was only successful on the stage or writing. He died at 29, in 1855. This London edition facsimile contains eight color plates as well as the black and white engravings.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Time-Life Books: 1982

ISBN Number: 0809439980

ISBN Number 13: 9780809439980 

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: As New 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 016863

Keywords: ENGLISHMAN, CALIFORNIA, OLD WEST, WESTERN HISTORY, 

Price: $25.00

Mountain Men of Wyoming by Richard Fetter

Title: Mountain Men of Wyoming

 

Author Name: Richard Fetter

Softcover. In very good condition, light cover wear. Part of the Wyoming Frontier Series. History of the Mountain Men and the Fur Trade in Wyoming. Jim Bridger, Jim Beckwourth, Kit Carson, Thomas Fitzpartick, John Colter, The Astorians, Fort Laramie, Independence Rock, Devil's Gate, South Pass City, Fort Bridger.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Johnson Books: 1982

ISBN Number: 0933472641

ISBN Number 13: 9780933472648 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 017869

Keywords: MOUNTAIN MEN WYOMING WESTERN HISTORY

Price: $10.00

Mother's Letters: Essays by Elizabeth Hampsten

Title: Mother's Letters: Essays

 

Author Name: Hampsten, Elizabeth

Trade paperback. Near fine condition, light yellow remainder mark on bottom of book pages. In 1970, after the death of her mother, her father gave her a hatbox full of letters she had never known existed. Posted from Guadalajara, Stuttgart, Marseilles, Montevideo, and Williams, Arizona, these letters were reports from her mother to her own parents on the changing vistas of her life.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A., Univ of Arizona Pr: 1993

ISBN Number: 0816513732

ISBN Number 13: 9780816513734 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 018877

Keywords: MOTHERS WOMEN UNITED STATES BIOGRAPHY, 

Price: $10.00

More "Bobbed" Wire: An Illustrated Guide to the Identification and Classification of Barbed Wire by Jack Glover

Title: More "Bobbed" Wire: An Illustrated Guide to the Identification and Classification of Barbed Wire 

Author Name: Jack Glover

Softcover. In very good condition. Has minor bumping to corners, minor soiling to covers, binding is solid, previous owner markings on the title page and throughout the book. Almost every barbed wire example has a price penciled in, showing relative collector value - unknown date of price references. These penciled prices could be erased, but could also be a valuable reference for a researcher. Numerous interior illustrations of barbed wire, center-spread illustrations, index. Wire illustrations by Gary Odle, other illustrations by Martin Napoletano. A reference for the collector of barbed wire.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Self Published: 1967

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 017845

Keywords: BOBBED BARBED WIRE, 

Price: $30.00

Miracles on the Border: Retablos of Mexican Migrants to the United States by Douglas S Massey, Jorge Durand

Title: Miracles on the Border: Retablos of Mexican Migrants to the United States

 

Author Name: Massey, Douglas S.;Durand, Jorge

Softcover. In near fine condition. Mexican retablos - folk images painted on sheets of tin that are offered as votives of thanks to Christ or the Virgin Mary for a miracle granted or a favor bestowed. See retablos created by Mexican migrants to the United States.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A., Univ of Arizona Pr: 1995

ISBN Number: 0816514976

ISBN Number 13: 9780816514977 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 017990

Price: $30.00