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Athens, GA:: University of Georgia Press,, 1989.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. A look at the life of Stump who learned as the basket making tradition as a boy of 17 in Hocking, Ohio, and who continued this all his life, and also a detailed look at the process of making white-oak, round-rod baskets. Based on many years of oral interviews, and well-illustrated with photographs. 241 pages including appendices on traditional basketmakers of all kinds in the US, references, index. Large format.

Toledo, OH:: The Toledo Blade,, 1985.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a near fine dustjacket (little wear top of spine on dj.). First printing. The history of one of the first newspapers established west of the Alleghanies and one of the few newspapers established prior to 1850 still in existence. Photographs. 4374 pages including notes and index.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1975.. First edition -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a large format trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. 'The furniture and artifacts, and the spirit and precepts embodied in their simplicity, beauty, and functional practicality.' Illustrated with both photographs and drawings. 219 pp with notes, references, and index.

New York:: Promontory Press,, (1982.). Hardcover -. Near fine in a good dust jacket (some edgewear to the dj, especially at the base of the spine).. Reprint. Omnibus edition containing three works written and illustrated by Sloane and originally published in 1954-1956: American Barns and Covered Bridges; Our Vanishing Landscape, and American Yesterday. Each work is paginated separately as follows: 112, 107 and 123 pp. Somewhat oversized format.

New York:: Bonanza Books,, (c 1955.). Hardcover -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (sunning to back cover of dj.). Reprint. "His haunting apparitions are found from New England to New Orleans, from Manhattan's Central Park to San Francisco's Nob Hill, and he reports on several notorious ghosts of the far West." Illustrated with 18 full page half-tone illustrations plus 4 color plates by the author.ix, 229 pp. Large format, illustrated endpapers.

New York:: Literary Guild of America,, 1928.. Hardcover -. Very good in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering (spine rubbed, lettering faded), lacking the dust jacket.. Hardcover. While this might have been a tongue-in-cheek criticism of the excesses of the "roaring twenties" it is amazing how it still describes the United States -whether it is taken to the road in the chapters "The once open road" and "Caravan" or the fascination with "Bigger and better murders", golf, boxing, movies, junk food ("soda fountains" where "the food is bogus" even though wrapped in strictly sanitary packages) and more. Illustrated with drawings by Howard W. Willard. 263 pp.

Boston & New York:: Lee & Shepard / Lee, Shepard & Dillingham,, 1876.. Hardcover first edition -. Good only in original red cloth with gilt panels and a stamped illustration on the front cover - wear to the covers, some spine slant, corners bumped, etc. (the blank pages at the beginning and end were used for arithmetic problems - in pencil) . First edition. The title story is about silver mining in Virginia City, Nevada - but this includes a lot more, as the subtitle indicates. Includes a frontispiece., and over 200 illustrations by W.L. Sheppard, Frank Merrill and others. 261 pp plus a final illustration. Slightly oversized.

New York:: McGraw-Hill,, 1966.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good+ in very good- dust jacket (chipping and wear at top of spine of dj). First printing. A title in 'The American Trails Series' edited by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. An account of the trail first formed by those who came across the landbridge from Siberia to Alaska, and migrated south down the Rockies and into Mexico - includes the wandering by Native Americans, by the Spanish, French fur traders, the trail to the Klondike and more. Maps, annotated bibliography, index. 383 pages.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, 1982.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good- dust jacket. (dj- edge wear, 1-inch tear on front cover). First printing. "In a dazzling literary debut, [filmmaker] Peter Davis has mapped the passions of one American town and the conflicts and harmonies that unite and divide the townspeople." An account of 6 years in the life of Hamilton, Ohio. 331 pp.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, 1982.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a good only dust jacket. (tear to upper edge of front cover and spine, other edgewear to dj). First printing. "In a dazzling literary debut, [filmmaker] Peter Davis has mapped the passions of one American town and the conflicts and harmonies that unite and divide the townspeople." An account of 6 years in the life of Hamilton, Ohio. 331 pp.

New York:: Hyperion,, 2002.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. A journey through America based on the idea of looking at the principles on which America was founded, and then searching for how those principles have survived. The authors found that they 'have been shaken, molded, adapted and assaulted, yet remarkably they endure.' A beautifully produced, oversized book filled with full-color photographs and thought-provoking text with an original issue price of $50.00. Includes a reading list, source notes, index. 307 pp.

Boston:: Patrick Donahoe,, 1857.. Hardcover -. Good overall in original embossed brown cloth, title page has had a small piece of paper affixed to the middle where the author's name appears, ex-library stamps in the margins of a few pages , some wear to the corners of the boards and ends of the spine, rubbing to the lettering on the spine, but binding is sturdy, pages are supple and this is easily readable.. 2nd printing (first was in 1856.) Accounts of the captivity (and often the death) of several Jesuit and Franciscan priests in the eighteenth century. Howes S-363. Duodecimo, 206, 8 pp advertisements.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1945.. Hardcover -. Very good in tan cloth with gilt lettering, no dj (front flap of dustjacket laid in). . 2nd printing before publication. Illustrated with many photographic plates. Frontispiece of a fold-out map of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The 'heartland,' agriculture, fishing, creativity (including Frank Lloyd Wright) are just some of the topics covered. Index. 312, x pp.

Cincinnati: Ohio:: Cincinnati Times-Star,, 1929.. SIGNED -. Fair condition only in illustrated green wrappers (rather significant biopredation and chipping to the edges of the textblock - only affecting the margins, so the book is still very readable) Uncommon in the original edition and especially so signed. . Second edition. In historic downtown Cincinnati, Central Parkway is a landmark avenue, noted for its width. "But under the parkway was once the Miami & Erie Canal, which connected Lake Erie with the Ohio River. Completed in 1845, the canal was a vital means of transportation of goods through the state. Railroads put the canal out of business, but it remained a waterway through Cincinnati well into the twentieth century. As Cincinnati burgeoned into a modern urban metropolis, the canal became a playing ground for the city's daring youth and adults." A book compiled by Charles Ludwig, a Cincinnati Times-Star reporter and a canal swimmer himself,upon the end of the Canal, one… Read More

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1991.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. His second book, this one an in-depth exploration of the history and people of Chase County in the Flint Hills of central Kansas - the last remaining grand expanse of tallgrass prairie in the US. 624 pp. Map endpapers.

n.p. [Auburn, CA]: Catalpa Press,, 1988.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.). First printing. A collection of humorous folk tales centered on a general store in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, but also equally at home in the bayous of Louisiana, and the front porches of New England. Among the classic themes are the hen-pecked husband, the stubborn mule, the restless ghost and more. SIGNED on the title page by the author. 135 pp.

n.p. [Auburn, CA]: Catalpa Press,, 1988.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of humorous folk tales centered on a general store in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, but also equally at home in the bayous of Louisiana, and the front porches of New England. Among the classic themes are the hen-pecked husband, the stubborn mule, the restless ghost and more. SIGNED on the title page by both the author and the illustrator. 135 pp.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (1991). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A combination of history, memoir, and a description of today's Northwest - of the landscapes of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. SIGNED on the title page. Double page map. Notes and references, index. 284 pp.

Minneapolis:: T.S. Denison, , (1967.). Hardcover -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Family Bookshelf edition. Whimsical stories about the author's home town, set in the late 19th and very early 20th centuries, illustrated with drawings by the author. 185 pp. Original price of 4.50 present on front flap, but family bookshelf notation on rear flap.