Search Results: Western Americana from Lippincott Books

1966. Limited . Original Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1/350 facsimile copies of an 1849 pamphlet printed for Frederick Beinecke by Meriden Gravure as a Christmas greeting. Includes original envelope addressed to Leslie Bliss at the Huntington Library.

San Diego: Union-Tribune Publishing Co, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/GVG. viii, 216 pp. Red cloth, titles gilt, color photograph label on front panel, map endpapers. Index, color and b&w illustrations, maps. Dustjacket has some edge wear, sunning, water spots.

San Diego: A Copley Book, 1971. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 216pp, map endpapers, index, b/w & color illustrations. Dj with 3" closed tear on lower rear panel, else fine in Mylar protector.

Norman: Univ Oklahoma Pr, 1955. First Edition . Near Fine. 287pp. An indispensable reference for the study & appreciation of the literature of the Amerrican Southwest.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1921. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/G-. 122, [1] pp. Decorated paper covered boards over green cloth with cactus pattern design on the front panel, spine title gilt. The dust jacket has a cactus pattern similar to the front panel. Nicely Illustrated frontispiece & recto of frontispiece; also with illustrated title page, and head-pieces over contents page and the first poem. Cowboy poetry with a rich Western humor; "In vigor of style, irresistibly suggests a transplanted Kipling. " The author was a colunnist for a Denver newspaper. Near Fine in dust jacket with a loose piece out of bottom of spine; the jacket is otherwise good. The loose piece of the jacket is laid in.

Los Angeles: N.A. Kovach, 1946. First Thus . Cloth. Fine/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 58pp. Errata slip tipped in opposite colophon. 1/750 copies. Howes K-174; Graff: "an informative and valuable work". Dj with large tear on rear panel that has been repaired internally with tape. In Mylar protector.

Ramona (CA): Ballena Press, 1977. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 227pp, index. "A Guide to Manuscripts, Artifacts, Documents, Serials, Music and Illustrations". Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 7

Los Angeles: M. Rieder. Original Wraps. GVG. Oblong 4to. ca 1900. Travel brochure. 24 pp., tipped-in b/w photos, 1 pp introduction. Wine-colored cover wrappers, cord tied, loose-leaf, with paste-on cover photo and title in white. Some very nice period views of the state including the Mt. Lowe Railway, Raymond Hotel in Pasadena, multiple views of Riverside and Santa Barbara, missions, orchards, gardens, etc. Title rubbed on front cover, a few spots on front cover, interior is tight and in VG shape. GVG

Stanford: Stanford Univ Pr, 1950. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 93pp. Slight darkening along top edge of dj, else fine in Mylar protector. Rocq 2405.

Carmel: The Seven Arts, 1925. First Edition . Paper Over Boards. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 109 pp. With numerous line drawings and photo plates. Front cover panel is clean & bright. Binding is tight, interior is clean. Worm hole affecting front endpapers, frontispiece margin, with tiny hole on title page margin; foxing of endpapers, some rubbing, fading, soil to rear cover board & spine. Presents better than it sounds. A fairly scarce early social history of Carmel, California Includes line drawings by J. J. Mora, Grant Wallace, Ira Remsen, others; photos by L. Josselyn.

NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc, 1966. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 424 pp. with Index. The first volume, cataloging of one of the great collections of Americana, with detailed bibliographical descriptions of each item. An essential reference work. Front hinge weak else VG

NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 2284-2766 pp. Index. The sixth volume, cataloging of one of the great collections of Americana, with detailed bibliographical descriptions of each item. An essential reference work.

NY: Abrams, 1974. Revised Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. Oblong Folio. Russell, Charles. 296pp, 248 illustrations, 80 plates in full color. Gift signature to previous owner on first blank page, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, else fine.

Tucson: De Grazia Gallery in the Sun, 1977. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author. Unpaged. Artist's Proof Edition, signed by author/artist on ffep.

New York: Bonanza Books, 1990. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. xvi, 142, [18] pp. Brown cloth, spine title gilt. 11 page chronology; profusely illustrated with b&w photos. A little foxing to top edge.

Ashland (OR): Oregon Book Society, 1977. Limited . Buckram. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1/350 copies printed at Grace Hoper Press. 132pp, illustrations, photographs. In plain dustwrapper with light soil & edgewear.

New York: Doubleday, 1974. Limited/Signed Edition . Hard Cover with Slipcase. Fine/Very Good. 189, [1] pp. No. 11 of a limited edition of 350, numbered and signed on limitation page by Harold Davidson. Illustrated with 25 color plates and numerous black and white plates and drawings. Includes appendix, references, and index. Biography followed by notes on Borein's works. "Borein did so many things so well in so many mediums that his name must be placed near the top." Davidson proves this thesis by discussing and illustrating works on the the following media: etchings, water colors, oil paintings, india ink and dry brush, pencil and crayon, wax and clay, leatherwork, articles and short stories, fakes and other oddities. Bound in deep green leather with title gilt and mottled green endpapers. Slipcase covered in the same paper with green leather and gilt labels on front and spine. Paper on bottom edge of slip case rubbed.

Washington, DC: GPO, 1886. First Thus . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Catlin, George. 939 pp, 142 plates, 6 maps, 5 folding, 4 with color (Indian Reservations, Indian Territory). Comprising Part II of the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885. Howes D416.

Fresno (CA): Awani Press, 1958. No edition stated . Original Wraps. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hubbard, Douglass. Unpaged, b/w photos.

Austin: Univ Texas Press, 1953. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 410pp, maps, illustrations. In protected dj with some light wear and foxing.