Search Results: Arkansas from Gene W. Baade Books on the West

Cleveland OK: Privately Printed, 1986. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 1st printing. Wraps. 72pp. Occasional illus. This is a nice read. Fine. Scarce.

Fort Smith: Phoenix Pub. Co, (and Fort Smith Elevator, Composition, Fort Smith), 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 1st printing. Bound in cloth, most likely soon after publication. The original green paper covers were removed when bound & are therefore not present. Decorated title label (a little worn & browned) on spine. 720pp. Illust. This copy was a gift from the famous Western historian, E. A. Brininstool. In ink on the ffep is written, "L. H. Spragle from my ole' pard E. A. Brininstool Los Angeles Calif. Nov/1918." The copy is not signed, however, by Brininstool. One of the rarest & most sought of all outlaw & law enforcement books, this is the story of Judge Isaac C. Parker's Fort Smith federal court which served Indian Territory for many years. This book is a primary source for countless books on territorial outlaws & lawmen. Very good condition, although the upper corner of the text block was bumped resulting in compression bending across the corner on each page -- typical for a… Read More

Bradley & Russell, Harrison, 1923, 1923. First Edition. Soft cover. Good. Printed wraps. 144pp. 1 page Introduction dated Harrison, Ark., Nov. 20, 1923, beginning, "Contained in this little volume are all the available facts connected with the strike of Union Employees which occurred on the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad, during February and March, 1921." 1 page Foreword: "The book is a home-made product, compiled and printed under all the trying circumstances incident to inexperience and the lack of proper facilities." "The matter first appeared in serial form in the Boone County Headlight." Gooden's 1926 history of the strike refers to this in his short bibliography: "Largely a compilation of documents, first published in the Boone County Headlight and later printed in book form from the same type." Condition: Bound with three metal rivets. Wrapper cover is detached & has one minor chip. Back cover & two leaves (one printed & one blank) detached with narrow slice of page missing at binding… Read More

Memphis, 1964: Memphis State Univ Pr, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Cloth. 219pp. Illust. Upper corners slightly bumped, else fine in slightly worn dj.