Tom Taylor's Civil War (Modern War Studies) by Albert Castel

Hardcover. University of Kansas, 2004, first edition. In near fine condition, name and address written on front fly leaf. A young Ohio lawyer, Thomas Taylor was a junior officer who fought under Sherman at Vicksburg and Chattanooga and on the march through Georgia.

Title: Tom Taylor's Civil War (Modern War Studies)

Author Name: Castel, Albert

Categories: Civil War History,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Lawrence, KS, U.S.A., University Press of Kansas: 2004

ISBN Number: 0700610499

ISBN Number 13: 9780700610495

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 009881

Keywords: SOLDIERS CORRESPONDENCE MARRIED PEOPLE UNITED STATES HISTORY CIVIL WAR 186 1 1865 PERSONAL NARRATIVES OHIO CAMPAIGNS BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY MILITARY STATE LOCAL PERIOD 1850 1877 SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY MARRIAGE FAMILY, 

Price: $15.00

They Who Fought Here by Bell Irvin Wiley, Hirst D Milhollen

Oversized hardcover. Bonanza, 1959, second printing. In near fine condition, name and inscription on front endpapers. DJ is very good condition, shows some edgewear and bumping, in a mylar cover. Numerous photos, illustrations, details about life and battle on both sides during the American Civil War.

Title: They Who Fought Here

Author Name: Bell Irvin Wiley, Hirst D Milhollen

Categories: Civil War History,

Publisher: Bonanza: 1959

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 016518

Keywords: CIVIL WAR, MILITARY HISTORY, 

Price: $25.00

Shiloh Military Park, Tennessee by Albert Dillahunty

Softcover, 47 pages. National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 10, c. 1955, 1960 reprint. In very good condition. Information about the campaign and the results of the battle, a guide to the area (includes photos and maps), and includes the poem: Four Voices from Shiloh.

Title: Shiloh Military Park, Tennessee

Author Name: Albert Dillahunty

Categories: Civil War History,

Publisher: 1955

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 016523

Keywords: CIVIL WAR, MILITARY HISTORY, 

Price: $10.00

Ring-Tailed Roarers Tall Tales of the American Frontier 1830-60 by V L O Chittick

Hardcover, no DJ, ex-library. Good condition, minor library markings, both ends of spine and corners bumped, boards have lost some cloth on edges, front joint is beginning to separate, rear hings is beginning to separate. Text and illustration are bright and clean. Original copyright 1941, this is the third printing. David Crockett, Whoppin' Tall Tales, Frontier Mishaps, B'ars and Panters, Ring-Taled Roarers, Two-Fisted Fights, Mississippi Steamboatin', Horse and Horse, Simon Suggs, Mike Fink. The wood engravings add to the tall tales!

Title: Ring-Tailed Roarers Tall Tales of the American Frontier 1830-60

Author Name: V L O Chittick

Illustrator: Lloyd J Reynolds

Categories: Americana - Folk Lore, Tall Tales,

Publisher: Caxton Printers: 1946

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 018264

Keywords: FOLKLORE FOLK LORE TALL TALES, 

Price: $15.00

The Tumbleweed Collection by Tumbleweed Smith

Softcover. Near fine condition. Signed by author on half-title page. Stories and lore of Texas. 56 pages.

Title: The Tumbleweed Collection

Author Name: Tumbleweed Smith

Categories: Americana - Folk Lore, Tall Tales,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Orange House Productions: 1976

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 018288

Keywords: TALL TALES FOLK LORE FOLKLORE, 

Price: $20.00

It Always Rains After a Dry Spell by Marshall Trimble

Trade paperback. Near fine condition. Tall tales and western lore with vibrant illustrations. Settlers, miners, cowboys and a few politicians of the southwest.

Title: It Always Rains After a Dry Spell

Author Name: Trimble, Marshall

Categories: Americana - Folk Lore, Tall Tales,

Publisher: Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A., Treasure Chest Pubns: 1992

ISBN Number: 0918080673

ISBN Number 13: 9780918080677

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 018261

Keywords: TALL TALES FOLK WESTERN HUMOR, 

Price: $15.00

 

Tall Tales Tales of the West Volume 13 by Rick Steber

Trade paperback. Very good condition, some edgewear. If this guy was Pinocchio, his nose would be real long. Outlandish stories with very nice illustrations.

Title: Tall Tales Tales of the West Volume 13

Author Name: Rick Steber

Illustrator: Don Gray

Categories: Americana - Folk Lore, Tall Tales,

Publisher: Bonanza: 1997

ISBN Number: 0945134134

ISBN Number 13: 9780945134138

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 018287

Keywords: TALL TALES FOLK LORE FOLKLORE, 

Price: $10.00

From Hell to Breakfast Texas Folk-Lore Society Publication Number XIX by Mody C Boatright, Donald Day

Hardcover, no DJ, now in mylar. Very good condition, minor bumping to corners and spine ends, light toning on endpapers. Some tales included: Negro Baptizings by Ruby Terrill Lomas, Tale of the Two Companions by J Frank Dobie, Legend of Tengo Frio Bird by Henry Yelvington, Indian Sign on the Spaniard's Cattle by Hortense Warner Ward, and Ear Marks by Hortense Warner Ward, Panther Yarns by Dee Woods, Moron Jokes by Dunny Sims, The Low Down on Jim Bowie by Edward S Sears, and more.

Title: From Hell to Breakfast Texas Folk-Lore Society Publication Number XIX

Author Name: Mody C Boatright, Donald Day

Categories: Americana - Folk Lore, Tall Tales,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Texas Folk-lore Society: 1944

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 018266

Keywords: FOLK LORE FOLKLORE TALL TALES, 

Price: $50.00

Supernatural Hawaii by Margaret Stone

Softcover. Near fine condition. Actual mysteries, blessings, curses, rituals, legends. 38 pages. Under the Spell, the Kahuna, Unusual Customs (then and now), Aumakua, Stories: Personal and Hearsay, The Gods of Hawaii, Religion and Kapus, Dream Lore, Portents, Bones and Caves, What Really Happened to Captain Cook's Body?

Title: Supernatural Hawaii

Author Name: Margaret Stone

Categories: Americana - Folk Lore, Tall Tales,

Publisher: Aloha Graphics and Sales: 1979

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 018641

Keywords: HAWAII SUPERNATURAL LEGENDS, 

Price: $10.00

Texas and Southwestern Lore Texas Folk-Lore Society Number VI by J Frank Dobie

Hardcover, no DJ, now in mylar. Original copyright 1927, this is the second printing. Very good condition, front cover has a small ink line and some color lightened in a spot the size of a dime, outside page edges toning and have some foxing, front and rear endpapers toning. Interior is clean and bright. Some of the stories: Folk-Lore of the Texas-Mexican Vaquero by Jovita Gonzales, Lore of the Llana Estacado by J Evetts Haley, The Devil's Grotto by Mody C Boatright, Myths of the Teja Indians by Mattie Austin Hatcher, The Ballad of "Davy Crockett" by Julia Beazley, "Annie Breen from Old Kaintuck" by George E. Hastings, and more!

Title: Texas and Southwestern Lore Texas Folk-Lore Society Number VI

Author Name: J Frank Dobie

Categories: Americana - Folk Lore, Tall Tales,

Publisher: Texas Folk-lore Society: 1934

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 018270

Keywords: FOLKLORE FOLK LORE TALL TALES, 

Price: $75.00

Foller De Drinkin' Gou'd Texas Folk-Lore Society Publication Number VII by J Frank Dobie

Hardcover, no DJ, in mylar. Very good condition, top of spine bumped, top outside page edges sun darkened and have minor spotting, a little piece of title page is missing at spine . Text and illustrations are clean and bright. Some stories included: Folk-Lore Relating to Texas Birds by John K Strecker, Tall Tales for the Tenderfeet by A W Penn, Fishback Yarns from the Sulphurs by J M Deaver, Paul Bunyan: Oil Man by John Lee Brooks, Pioneer Folk Tales by Mary Jourdan Atkingson and J Frank Dobie, Some Negro Folk-Songs of Texas by Mary Virginia Bates, How Mr. Polecat Got His Scent by Kate Stoner O'Connor, More Ballads and Songs of the Frontier Golk by J Frank Dobie, and more!

Title: Foller De Drinkin' Gou'd Texas Folk-Lore Society Publication Number VII

Author Name: J Frank Dobie

Categories: Americana - Folk Lore, Tall Tales,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Texas Folk-lore Society: 1928

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 018269

Keywords: FOLKLORE FOLK LORE TALL TALES, 

Price: $50.00

Spur-of-the-Cock Texas Folk-Lore Society Number XI by J Frank Dobie

Hardcover, no DJ, now in mylar. Very good condition, minor bumping to corners and spine ends, minor sun darkening of spine and outside page edges, some spotting on spine. Interior is clean and bright. The Spur-of-the-Cock by Hugh M Taylor, El Nino Perdido by Mary R Van Stone and E R Sims, Folk Names of Texas Cacti by David Hall, Cats and the Occult by Martha Emmons, Old-Time Negro Proverbs by J. Mason Brewer.

Title: Spur-of-the-Cock Texas Folk-Lore Society Number XI

Author Name: J Frank Dobie

Categories: Americana - Folk Lore, Tall Tales,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Texas Folk-lore Society: 1933

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 018268

Keywords: FOLKLORE FOLK LORE TALL TALES,

Price: $50.00

Coffee in the Gourd Texas Folk-Lore Society Number II by J Frank Dobie

Hardcover, no DJ, now in mylar. Very good condition, minor bumping to corners and spine ends, minor sundarkening of spine and outside page edges. Interior is clean and bright. Original edition 1923, this is the 1935 reprint. Some sample articles: Indian Pictographs of the Big Bend in Texas (illustrated) by Victor J Smith, Brazos Bottom Philosophy by A W Eddins, Customs and Superstitions among Texas Mexicans by Florence Johnson Scott, Pedro and Pancho by Mary A Sutherland.

Title: Coffee in the Gourd Texas Folk-Lore Society Number II

Author Name: J Frank Dobie

Categories: Americana - Folk Lore, Tall Tales,

Publisher: Texas Folk-lore Society: 1935

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 018267

Keywords: FOLKLORE FOLK LORE TALL TALES, 

Price: $30.00

Of the Night Wind's Telling Legends from the Valley of Mexico by E Adams Davis

Hardcover. Near fine, small chip on bottom of front board, light soiling on top of book pages. DJ is good, has some chips and small ears and shows edgewear. Indian myths, Spanish tales, and more. Mexican folktales.

Title: Of the Night Wind's Telling Legends from the Valley of Mexico

Author Name: E Adams Davis

Categories: Americana - Folk Lore, Tall Tales,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: University of Oklahoma: 1946

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 019793

Keywords: FOLK TALES MYTHS LEGENDS, 

Price: $30.00

Folklore on the American Land by Duncan Emrich

Oversized hardcover, ex-library. Very good condition, minor library marking, glue markings on front and back endpapers. DJ is good, shows glue stains, bottom of spine is turned in, in mylar cover. 18 chapters on everything from children's rhymes to epitaphs ("Here snug in grave my wife doth lie, Now she's at rest, and so am I!"). Another quote: "Him? He's so stingy he'd chase a mouse to hell for a punkin seed." 707 pages.

Title: Folklore on the American Land

Author Name: Duncan Emrich

Categories: Americana - Folk Lore, Tall Tales,

Publisher: Little Brown & Co: 1972

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 018262

Keywords: FOLKLORE FOLK LORE TALL TALES, 

Price: $25.00

A Treasury of American Folklore Stories Ballads and Traditions of the People by B A Botkin

Hardcover, no DJ, ex-library. Very good condition, minor library markings, back endpaper missing. Twenty-second printing, 1960. Backwoods Boasters, Pseudo Bad Men, Killers, Free Lances, Miracle Men, Patron Saints, Tall Talk, The Sky's the Limit, Local Cracks and Slams, Pranks and Tricks, Humerous Anecdotes and Jests, Yarns and Tall Tales, From the Liar's Bench, Animal Tales, Nursery Tales, Witch Tales, Ghost Tales, Devil Tales, Queer Tales, Play Rhymes and Catch Colloquies, Singing and Play-Party Games, Ballads and Songs. 932 pages.

Title: A Treasury of American Folklore Stories Ballads and Traditions of the People

Author Name: B A Botkin

Categories: Americana - Folk Lore, Tall Tales,

Publisher: Crown Publishers: 1944

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 018263

Keywords: FOLKLORE FOLK LORE TALL TALES, 

Price: $35.00

All This Way for the Short Ride: Roughstock Sonnets 1971-1996 Poems by Paul Zarzyski

Trade paperback. Very good condition, light edgewear, back bottom corner of cover has crease. Poetry and pictures about rodeo riding.

Title: All This Way for the Short Ride: Roughstock Sonnets 1971-1996 Poems

Author Name: Zarzyski, Paul

Illustrator: Barbara Van Cleve

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A., Museum of New Mexico Pr: 1996

ISBN Number: 0890133085

ISBN Number 13: 9780890133088

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020276

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY RODEO, 

Price: $15.00

66 Short Takes by William W Bishop

Softcover, 22pages. Near fine condition, light sun fading on spine and small spots on top of front cover. Short humorous poetry done in the style of Burma Shave signs. Signed by author on title page.

Title: 66 Short Takes

Author Name: William W Bishop

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Fouled Anchor Press: 1994

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020418

Keywords: POETRY HUMOR, 

Price: $15.00

Come to Oklahoma by William W Bishop

Softcover, 24 pages. Near fine condition. Signed on title page: Shorty Bishop. Cowboy poetry/humor in Oklahoma flavor.

Title: Come to Oklahoma

Author Name: William W Bishop

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Fouled Anchor Press: 1992

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020407
Keywords: COWBOY POETRY HUMOR
Price: $15.00

Open Range in Rhyme by William M Ralston

Hardcover. Near fine condition, minor bumping to corner and spine ends. DJ is very good, minor surface chipping and edgewear, now in mylar. Signed by author on title page and stamped with his "3" cattle brand. Inscribed by someone else to Monty Montana. Poems, anecdotes, and photos of cowboy life.

Title: Open Range in Rhyme

Author Name: William M Ralston

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Self Published: 1972

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020244

Keywords: WESTERN COWBOY VERSE POETRY, 

Price: $100.00

Between Earth and Sky: Poets of the Cowboy West By: Anne Heath Widmark

Oversized hardcover. Near fine condition, bottom left corner of boards lightly bumped. Anthology with photographic portraits of twelve cowboy poets. Includes Wally McRae, a third-generation rancher from Forsyth, Montana; Paul Zarzyski, a former bronc rider with a master's degree in literature; and Linda Hussa, a woman buckaroo who ranches with her husband in the remote "sagebrush corner" of northeastern California.

Title: Between Earth and Sky : Poets of the Cowboy West

Author Name: Widmark, Anne Heath

Illustrator: Kent Reeves

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: W W Norton: 1995

ISBN Number: 0393037363

ISBN Number 13: 9780393037364

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020222

Keywords: POETRY (POETIC WORKS BY ONE, 

Price: $25.00

Buckaroo: Visions and Voices of the American Cowboy/Including 1 Cd by Thomas West, Hal Cannon

Oversized hardcover. Very good condition, corners have been bumped, DJ has some light soiling. CD included with music. Includes: J B Allen, Texas; Don Edwards, Texas, R W Hampton, New Mexico; Sunny Hancock, Oregon; Linda Hasselstrom, South Dakota; Teresa Jordan, Wyoming; Rod McQueary, Nevada; Wallace McRae, Montana; Waddie Mitchell, Nevada; Vess Quinlin, Colorado; Buck Ramsey, Texas; Henry Real Bird, Montana; Riders in the Sky; Larry Schutte, Nevada; Ian Tyson, Alberta, Canada; Jack Walther, Nevada; and Paul Zarzyski, Montana.

Title: Buckaroo: Visions and Voices of the American Cowboy/Including 1 Cd

Author Name: West, Thomas;Cannon, Hal

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A., Simon & Schuster: 1993

ISBN Number: 0671880543

ISBN Number 13: 9780671880545

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020223

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY, 

Price: $30.00

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce: A Poem by Robert Warren

Trade paperback. Random House, 1983. In very good condition, light edgewear. A poem written about a Nez Perce chief.

Title: Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce: A Poem

Author Name: Warren, Robert

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A., Random House Inc: 1983

ISBN Number: 0394713567

ISBN Number 13: 9780394713564

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020321

Keywords: NEZ PERCE INDIAN TRIBE, 

Price: $8.00

Cowboy Curmudgeon and Other Poems by:Wallace McRae

Hardcover. Near fine condition. Stated first edition. Inscribed and signed by author on title page. Signed and dated by illustrator on the title page. Author has penned a correction for the typo on page 105; "pukin" corrected to "punkin". Hardcover edition is hard to find.

Title: Cowboy Curmudgeon and Other Poems

Author Name: Wallace McRae

Illustrator: Clinton McRae

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Salt Lake City, UT, Gibbs-Smith: 1992

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020229

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY, 

Price: $75.00

 

Rhymes from a Round-up Camp by Wallace David Coburn

Hardcover, no DJ. Very good condition, minor bumping to corners and spine ends, outside page edges soiled, small dampstain on rear endpapers, front endpapers show some creasing on edges, and rear board shows small dampstains on left outer edge. Inscribed, signed and dated by author. Lovely illustrations by Mr. Russell. Second 1903 printing, original copyright 1899. Hard to find signed by author.

Title: Rhymes from a Round-up Camp

Author Name: Wallace David Coburn

Illustrator: Charles M Russell

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: G P Putnam's Sons: 1903

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020100

Keywords: WESTERN VERSE,

Price: $800.00

Sagebrush Ballads Poems and Battlefield Photos of Custer's Last Stand By: W Scott Lamb

Hardcover, no DJ. Very good condition, corners bumped, banner posted to cover. Signed by author on front free endpaper. Many other poems and pictures about Montana and the immigrants as well as poetry and pictures about Custer.

Title: Sagebrush Ballads Poems and Battlefield Photos of Custer's Last Stand

Author Name: W Scott Lamb

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published: 1977

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020050

Keywords: POEMS ABOUT CUSTER'S BATTLE, 

Price: $20.00

Camp and Trail by W Irven Lively

Hardcover, no DJ. Very good condition, corners bumped, name on front end paper. Incidents of pioneer life in Arizona. Legends of the people who lived there then.

Title: Camp and Trail

Author Name: W Irven Lively

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published:

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020049

Keywords: WESTERN POETRY, 

Price: $30.00

Legacy of the Land by Virginia Bennett

Spiralbound softcover. Very good condition, cover edges protected by tape on both front and rear, letter from Virginia attached to back of front cover. Signed on title page. Author lives in Twisp, Washington and entertains with her poetry at the ranch and Sun Mountain Lodge, as well other performances.

Title: Legacy of the Land

Author Name: Virgina Bennett

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Rifle Printing: 1993

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020354

Keywords: WESTERN POETRY VERSE, 

Price: $15.00

Canyon of the Forgotten by Virginia Bennett

Trade paperback. Near fine condition. Inscribed and signed by author on title page. Her poems reflect the traditions and reality of the American West.

Title: Canyon of the Forgotten

Author Name: Virgina Bennett

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Timberline Press: 1997

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020304

Keywords: WESTERN VERSE, 

Price: $15.00

The Desert Speaks by Vada F Carlson

Hardcover. Very good condition, boards show edgewear, signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper, previous owner's note there also. DJ is poor, missing pieces, soiled and stained. Interior is clean and bright. Poetry about the West.

Title: The Desert Speaks

Author Name: Vada F Carlson

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Ranger Publishing: 1956

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020136

Keywords: WESTERN VERSE, 

Price: $15.00