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NEW YORK: Appleton, 1922. First American Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. A hi-spot of American literature. A handsome copy with the rare dustjacket. From the M. B. Goldstone collection of early Western Fiction. This copy is in Very Good condition with a very good unclipped ($2.00) dustjacket. There is overall moderate age toning with some minor wear to the extremities, rubbing to the cloth boards and some soiling to the page ends--a well read copy--but also tight and square with no compromise to the binding or spine. The rare dustjacket is bright and colorful, missing some of the paper at the heel of the spine--and with light chipping at the head of the spine and a couple of closed end tears. The verso of the dustjacket has a Paramount Picture advertisement of the movie starring J. Warren Kerrigan and Lois Wilson--. This copy is protected in a red cloth chemise (covering the dustjacket) that is near fine. The entire book and chemise fits nicely into a custom…
Read More The Splendid Idle Forties; Stories of Old California [Harrison Fisher, Illus.] [A revised and enlargement of a separate book by Atherton, Before the Gringos Came, 1894) by Atherton, Gertrude - 1902
by Atherton, Gertrude
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The Splendid Idle Forties; Stories of Old California [Harrison Fisher, Illus.] [A revised and enlargement of a separate book by Atherton, Before the Gringos Came, 1894)
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902. First Edition. Very Good. [8x5.5in]; vii, [2], 3-389 pp., frontispiece and seven illustrations on 8 halftone plates, 13 stories of California life among the Californians; Original red cloth covers with stamped gilt lettering on front and spine with stamped poppy floral designs, color illustration of Spanish style building on front, only top edge trimmed; Minor shelf wear to covers, edges and corners with rubbing to bottom edge and top and bottom of spine, darken top edge of text. [Zamorano80 #1, Howell50 969, Norris 130, Cowin64 p. 23, Powell California Classics p 103]. Gertrude Atherton (1857-1948) was an San Francisco author who wrote novels, short stories, essays and articles primarily set in California. She was a prolific writer. This book, and others, are about the early Spanish and Mexican days of California before the American emigrants came in the 1840's. From the Zamorano 80, "Perhaps the best known collection of stories of that romantic period of California history when the Americans were first intermingling with the Californians of rancho and presidio." Lawrence Clark Powell, in California Classics, wrote "Atherton's stories of love and death, bull and bear fights, moonlight meriendas, horse races and fancy dress balls, are increasingly meaningful and precious. They are truly classics of Californiana.". Among the sources of stories in the book, was Dana's, Two Years before the Mast, and, Powell as writes "They poignantly embody the drama of that crucial decade, when the Yankees conquered California ...
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The Covered Wagon
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Whisper of rubbing, toning to jacket.. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0397010842 . Red cloth spine titled in silver with black boards. Jacket illustration by Paul Bacon. Author photo by Doug Peacock on rear jacket panel. Map endpapers. The classic novel about eco-warriors fighting to stop a river from being dammed in Arizona. $8.95 price on front jacket flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages .
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1856. First Edition. Very Good. [7.75x5.5in]; 274 pp., [14] advertisements, frontispiece illustration of John P. Squibob; Publisher original Brown cloth covers with blind stamped borders, designs and gilted illustration of Squibob, gilt lettering and designs on spine, all edges trimmed, light blue end papers; Some self wear to covers, edges and corners with rubbing and several spots on covers, gilt tarnished, corners bumped and fraying on bottom, top and bottom of spine frayed, two worn spots near top of rear joint, minor fox spots and age toned text. [Wheat Books 63]. George Horatio Derby (1823-1861) also known as John Phoenix or John P. Squibob or just Squibob, was an 1846 West Point graduate. As a Lt. in the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, he , participated in the Mexican-American war and was assigned to California in 1849. Under General Riley, Military Governor, he explored and mapped of California and Oregon during the early years of the Gold Rush.…
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Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains, 2 vol, 1836 First Ed: In Custom Case
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Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains. by Washington Irving. In Two Volumes. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard. 1836 First Edition. Large folding map of the Rocky Mountains, the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. First edition: with "Henry W Rees Stereotyper" on the verso of the title page of volume, with no "1*" on page 5, and without the footnote on page 259 of volume II. We believe this to be First Edition - First State.In Custom Case."Although Washington Irving (1783-1859) never traveled to Oregon Country, he wrote one of the most widely read and influential narratives of the region. His two-volume Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains, published in 1836, introduced more readers to the Pacific Northwest than any single book up to that time." from The Oregon Encyclopedia on line.Condition: This two volume set has been rebound as pictured. The interior is clean with a minimum of age toning and virtually no foxing. Foldout map in volume two is in… Read More
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The Covered Wagon
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NEW YORK: Appleton, 1922. First American Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. A hi-spot of American literature. A handsome copy with the rare dustjacket. From the M. B. Goldstone collection of early Western Fiction. This copy is in Very Good condition with a very good unclipped ($2.00) dustjacket. There is overall moderate age toning with some minor wear to the extremities, rubbing to the cloth boards and some soiling to the page ends--a well read copy--but also tight and square with no compromise to the binding or spine. The rare dustjacket is bright and colorful, missing some of the paper at the heel of the spine--and with light chipping at the head of the spine and a couple of closed end tears. The verso of the dustjacket has a Paramount Picture advertisement of the movie starring J. Warren Kerrigan and Lois Wilson--. This copy is protected in a red cloth chemise (covering the dustjacket) that is near fine. The entire book and chemise fits nicely into a custom…
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Ride The Red Earth (Signed)
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Doubleday & Company, Inc., NY, 1958; First Edition; Signed; 8vo, 448 pages. Historical novel of the daredevil adventures of early Texas explorer Louis Juchereau St. Denis, by author/screenwiter Paul Wellman, who was a staff writer at Warner Bros. from 1936-1944, and MGM from 1944-1946. Numerous Wellman Westerns were adapted to the screen, including his 1952 novel "The Comancheros," which was made into the popular movie of the same name starring John Wayne. Very Good Plus, exceptionally clean, crisp and bright, in a Very Good dust jacket that has a single small chip at the lower left shoulder of the spine panel. Signed on the half-title page by the author.
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The Monkey Wrench Gang
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Whisper of rubbing, toning to jacket.. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0397010842 . Red cloth spine titled in silver with black boards. Jacket illustration by Paul Bacon. Author photo by Doug Peacock on rear jacket panel. Map endpapers. The classic novel about eco-warriors fighting to stop a river from being dammed in Arizona. $8.95 price on front jacket flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages .
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1856. First Edition. Very Good. [7.75x5.5in]; 274 pp., [14] advertisements, frontispiece illustration of John P. Squibob; Publisher original Brown cloth covers with blind stamped borders, designs and gilted illustration of Squibob, gilt lettering and designs on spine, all edges trimmed, light blue end papers; Some self wear to covers, edges and corners with rubbing and several spots on covers, gilt tarnished, corners bumped and fraying on bottom, top and bottom of spine frayed, two worn spots near top of rear joint, minor fox spots and age toned text. [Wheat Books 63]. George Horatio Derby (1823-1861) also known as John Phoenix or John P. Squibob or just Squibob, was an 1846 West Point graduate. As a Lt. in the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, he , participated in the Mexican-American war and was assigned to California in 1849. Under General Riley, Military Governor, he explored and mapped of California and Oregon during the early years of the Gold Rush.…
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Dalva.
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New York: E. P. Dutton/Seymour Lawrence, 1988. Signed on the half-title page by the author. Also signed at the lower right corner of his illustration on the cover of dust jacket by Russell Chatham. First edition / First printing. White cloth spine, olive paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California (Americans in Fiction Series)
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The Gregg Press, 1968. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1968 reprint of 1902 book. Ex-university library book, light wear, yellowing; a sound binding. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 209221. .
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The Splendid Idle Forties
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Frederick A. Stokes, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Red cloth with gilt titles and decoration, a bit grubby, some fading to spine. Spine square. Binding sound. No jacket. Bookplate at front paste down, and store plate at rear paste down; pages foxed. Text else unmarked.
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The Splendid Idle Forties (Stories of Old California)
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IndyPublish, 2004-12-13. Paperback. Good.
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The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California [With Illustrations by Harrison Fisher]
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The Macmillan Company, 1902. Hardcover. Good. . Fading to spine, some bumping at corners, general shelf wear. Foxing to title, otherwise pages clean. Boards clean, nice pictorial front board.
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The Splendid Idle Forties (Stories of Old California)
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The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California.
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902. First edition of the first novel in the author's California series. Octavo, original cloth elaborated stamped in gilt, illustrated by Harrison Fisher. In near fine condition. An exceptional example. American author Gertrude Atherton published several novels and short story collections exploring the social history of post-Spanish era California. The first book in her California Series, The Splendid, Idle Forties, was initially published several years prior as "Before the Gringo Came".
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Ride The Red Earth (Signed)
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Doubleday & Company, Inc., NY, 1958; First Edition; Signed; 8vo, 448 pages. Historical novel of the daredevil adventures of early Texas explorer Louis Juchereau St. Denis, by author/screenwiter Paul Wellman, who was a staff writer at Warner Bros. from 1936-1944, and MGM from 1944-1946. Numerous Wellman Westerns were adapted to the screen, including his 1952 novel "The Comancheros," which was made into the popular movie of the same name starring John Wayne. Very Good Plus, exceptionally clean, crisp and bright, in a Very Good dust jacket that has a single small chip at the lower left shoulder of the spine panel. Signed on the half-title page by the author.
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THE ABYSMAL BRUTE
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New York: The Century Company, 1913. First edition, third issue in light green rough cloth stamped in green and black. Slightly smaller than the 2 issues that precede it with boards measuring approximately 4.75 x 6.75" (first issue is a little wider and 7" tall). [Woodbridge 109]. Crimp to base of spine otherwise bright and near fine lacking dust jacket.
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The Hangrope's Shadow
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London, Ward Lock and Co., 1959, hardcover, 159 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Good condition, lacking dustjacket. Straight and firmly bound, corner bumps, light spine-end wear, spine darkened, rubs to boards, remainder mark to bottom edge, stamped initials to front endpaper, binding slightly shaken but holding firm. The California author of over 1000 books under dozens of pseudonyms presents the tale of a young cowboy who becomes an outlaw for the love of a woman and, with the help of a friend and the local cattlemen, takes on an established crime combine.
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The Milagro Beanfield War
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First printing, "Facsimile Anniversary Edition" issued twenty years after first edition. This edition identical in every way, with an added ten-page Afterward by the author providing full context and background of the book's writing and publication.This copy also includes an affectionate inscription to a friend of the author, dated February 18, 1994, which is surely close to the publication date.
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Broadside to the Sun
by West, Don
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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good-. Cloth in DJ; 230pp; DJ chipped, edgeworn, clipped (price still visible) & protected by mylar sleeve, slight slant, boards slightly edgeworn, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG-/Good- condition. Scarce, vintage novel set in the Arkansas hills. Illustrated with drawings by Harold West. From front of DJ: "The story of a very human man, his life on a farm deep in the Arkansas hills, his affection for his family, his animals, and his land -- with one of the most heartwarming mare and colt stories ever written.
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Moving On
by Larry McMurtry
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FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is about fine - sqaure and unread; name on FFEP. The unclipped dust jacket has minor edge wear. This book, because of its size, is difficult to find in collectable condition.
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Freddy the Cowboy
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Freddy The Cowboy. Hardcover. By Walter R. Brooks, Stated First Edition 1950, Alfred A. Knopf. ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE. EX-LIB. Library bound. White titling on spine. Multi-hued, Raspberry, orange and lavender graphic cloth cover treatment. Square corners. Good Condition /No dust jacket is included. A clean, solid copy.
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War Lightning
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8 pics-DJ lean 7 shiny w/a little edge wear & a small piece torn at top edge (which is present); otherwise very good with very minimal tanning; book clean & sharp w/light shelf wear; binding solid; no cracks; pages pristine; nice copy of an old RARE book
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Adele Doring on a Ranch
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This Book by Grace May North is the second in a series of five Adele Doring Books by this author. This Book is the adventure of Adele Doring, a 14-year-old girl on a ranch in Arizona. Book has 278 pages and four illustrations.
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The Mysterious Rider
by Grey, Zane
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This Book is a western adventure novel by noted author, Zane Grey. Grey was one of the most prolific western and outdoor life authors in U.S. history. This Book is well preserved with some minor damage, but is easily readable. It contains 336 pages and four illustrations.
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