Search Results: Wild West from Rose's Books, IOBA

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hill & Wang Pub, 2007. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 368 pp. with index. A picture of the frontier, especially the Ohio River Valley, during the American Revolution. New in new dustjacket..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hill & Wang Pub, 2007. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 368 pp. with index. A picture of the frontier, especially the Ohio River Valley, during the American Revolution. New in new dustjacket..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hill & Wang Pub, 2007. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 368 pp. with index. A picture of the frontier, especially the Ohio River Valley, during the American Revolution. New in new dustjacket..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hill & Wang Pub, 2007. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 368 pp. with index. A picture of the frontier, especially the Ohio River Valley, during the American Revolution. New in new dustjacket..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hill & Wang Pub, 2007. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 368 pp. with index. A picture of the frontier, especially the Ohio River Valley, during the American Revolution. New in new dustjacket..

New York: Dell, 1959. Book. Near Fine. Mass Market Paperback. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. New York: Dell, 1959. First printing, so stated. 16mo Mass market paperback, 160 pp. All edges stained green. Fine..

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo. Cloth. 135 p. Collected poems of Robert Service, including numerous western ballads. These poems reflect the wildness of the West and the Yukon territories. Owner's bookplate. Near fine..

Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Oxford Univ Pr, 2004. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 304 pp. America's great epic of exploration--the journey of Lewis and Clark--was also one of the most successful scientific expeditions in history. In notebooks filled with vivid and remarkably accurate descriptions of rivers, prairies, forests, mountains, native Americans, and wildlife, Lewis and Clark gave the world an image of wild country that has rarely been equaled. In this richly illustrated volume, which features more than one hundred photographs and maps, most in full color, noted ecologist and writer Daniel Botkin traces the footsteps of the two explorers as they journeyed from St. Louis, through the breathtaking vistas of the tall-grass prairie and Big Sky country, over the arduous Bitterroot Mountains on the ancient Lolo Trail, to arrive finally at the Pacific coast and its the rugged, rainy,… Read More

Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Oxford Univ Pr, 2004. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 304 pp. America's great epic of exploration--the journey of Lewis and Clark--was also one of the most successful scientific expeditions in history. In notebooks filled with vivid and remarkably accurate descriptions of rivers, prairies, forests, mountains, native Americans, and wildlife, Lewis and Clark gave the world an image of wild country that has rarely been equaled. In this richly illustrated volume, which features more than one hundred photographs and maps, most in full color, noted ecologist and writer Daniel Botkin traces the footsteps of the two explorers as they journeyed from St. Louis, through the breathtaking vistas of the tall-grass prairie and Big Sky country, over the arduous Bitterroot Mountains on the ancient Lolo Trail, to arrive finally at the Pacific coast and its the rugged, rainy,… Read More

New York: Pocket Books, 1947. Book. Near Fine. Quarter Leather. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. New York: Pocket, 1947. Collector's Edition series #39. No publication date. Copyright 1947. 16mo. Quarter leather over decorated paper boards, all edges speckled, decorated endpapers. 436 pp. Followed by advertising. THE BIG SKY is the first of A. B. Guthrie, Jr.'s, epic adventure novels of America's vast frontier. Slight skew to boards, very light wear at bottom of spine, small chip to TOC page. Near fine..

Yosemite Valley, CA: Galen Clark, 1907. Yosemite Valley: Galen Clark, 1907. First edition. 12mo. Trade paperback, 104 pp. followed by period advertising. Decorative endpapers with green leaf design. Twenty rare black and white photograph plates, most by George Fiske. Text is printed surrounded by decorations in green. Galen Clark is famous for his discovery of the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia trees and for his role as Guardian of Yosemite National Park for several years. Most of the photographers in Big Trees of California were taken by his friend George Fiske, a Yosemite Photographer. George Fiske was born 1835 in New Hampshire and moved west with his brother to San Francisco. He apprenticed with Charles L. Weed and worked with Carleton E. Watkins, both early Yosemite photographers. Fiske and his wife moved to Yosemite in 1879 and lived there until he committed suicide in 1918. Fiske was living alone when he shot himself and he often told his neighbors he was tired of living. Most of his negatives… Read More

Yosemite Valley, CA: Galen Clark, 1910. Yosemite Valley: Galen Clark, 1910. Second edition. 12mo. Decorative cloth, 104 pp. Decorative endpapers with green leaf design. Twenty rare black and white photograph plates, most by George Fiske. Text is printed surrounded by decorations in green. Galen Clark is famous for his discovery of the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia trees and for his role as Guardian of Yosemite National Park for several years. Most of the photographers in Big Trees of California were taken by his friend George Fiske, a Yosemite Photographer. George Fiske was born 1835 in New Hampshire and moved west with his brother to San Francisco. He apprenticed with Charles L. Weed and worked with Carleton E. Watkins, both early Yosemite photographers. Fiske and his wife moved to Yosemite in 1879 and lived there until he committed suicide in 1918. Fiske was living alone when he shot himself and he often told his neighbors he was tired of living. Most of his negatives were destroyed when his house… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo. Cloth. 314 p. Black and white illustrations. A novel of life in the American West by the Newbery Award winning author and illustrator of Smokey the Cow Horse. Profusely illustrated with charming illustrations by the author. Green cloth boards with red and gilt decoration on spine and image of a horse's head embossed in gold on the cover. Shelfwear. Very good..

New York: Pocket Books, 1957. Book. Fine. Mass Market Paperback. First Mass Market Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. New York: Pocket, 1957. #1159. First printing, so stated. 16mo. Mass market paperback, 183 pp. All edges stained red. Fine..

New York: The Platt and Munk Co., 1936. New York: Platt and Munk, 1936. First edition. 4to. Cloth. 126 p. Full color and sepia illustrations. A visual feast as well as an informational book on cowboys, written for young people. Each page margin is filled with illustrations depicting scenes of cowboy life, cowboy equipment, illustrations of animal anatomy and cowboy techniques, and more. Also included are color plates which depict the west in all its glory. Maps on endpapers. Minor edgewear to boards. Jacket has edgewear and several small tears, some of which have been neatly repaired with tape on the inside of the jacket. Very good in very good dustjacket in mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Holling, H. C. And Lucille. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1913. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1913. First thus with pictorial dust jacket showing charging US Calvary chasing plains Native Americans. Ex-library with expected stampings and marks. Hinges sound. No other internal ownership marks. Dust jacket has internal archival repair at spine and a shadow across part of a word. Trimmed by the library close to print on internal flaps. Good in good dust jacket, protected with a new archival-quality mylar cover.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Illustrated. 12 mo.. Ex-Library.

New York, NY: Time Warner, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Quarter Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Time Warner, 1995. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Dark green quarter cloth over tan boards with silver lettering embossed on spine, 248 pp. Dust jacket has minor rubbing but still bright and shiny. Tiny spots on text block edges. Unread, crisp book. Near fine in very good+ dustjacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York: Rand McNally, 1953. Book. Illus. by Dennis, Wesley. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition, letter "A" on copyright page. Red cloth binding, black titles. Very beautiful color endpapers, color title, illustrated thoughout with black and white drawings and some other color plates. Waterstaining to front board, cup mark, owner bookplate on ffep. Dustjacket chipped top and bottom, repaired tear, tape shadows (not a library book). Good/fair in protective mylar cover..

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1949. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Garden City: Doubleday, 1949. Stated first edition, signed by author on ffep. Gift inscription. Blue cloth binding, 224 pp. A novel of the Old West. Down in the valley men looked on the marriage of Cynthia Ordman and Coe Yates as a symbol of peace. There had been a day when Cynthia's family, driven by greed, had tried to devour the whole valley and the Yateses had led the small ranchers in the bloody struggle that stopped the land-grabbing. Actually this marriage was the signal for a new war. Light toning to pages. Dustjacket has a large chip on bottom of spine, wear along top. Repaired internally where possibly. Very good in a very good dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New York: Dell, 1947. Book. Illus. by Meyers, Bob. Good. Mass Market Paperback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York: Dell, 1947. 12mo. Mass market paperback. Dell Mapback 372. "In that coffin is a friend of yours -- got mixed up with the wrong people." Front hinge tender, edgewear, corner bent. Good condition..