On the page you can browse 251 books in stock on January 21, 2008, on the various states, other than the New England States, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania (please see our menu for these). This page has been sorted by the two-letter state code at the beginning of each listing. Enjoy browsing, make a note of the Order No(s) of the book(s) you would like to add to your library, and feel free to place your order at any time with Ray Boas, Bookseller, in Walpole, New Hampshire. thank you, RAY
1. ( AK ), Becker, Ethel A., A TREASURY OF ALASKANA, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, (1969) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 183pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 3203 ), $10.00
2. ( AK ), Becker, Ethel A., A TREASURY OF ALASKANA: THE ALASKA STORY, Bonanza Books, New York, (1977), B&W photos, 183pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 6254 ), $8.50
3. ( AK ), Burr, Agnes Rush, ALASKA: OUR BEAUTIFUL NORTHLAND OF OPPORTUNITY, The Page Company, Boston, (1920) 2nd ptg, 54 plates (6 in color), map, 428pp, good+, pictorial olive cloth, teg (hardcover), A volume from the "See America First" Series. "A description of its rivers, mountains, glaciers, volcanoes, and other beautiful and unusual scenic features and of the rare delights it offers travellers..." A nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 22512 ), $20.00
4. ( AK ), Greenwood, Amy, ROLLING NORTH: AN AMERICAN FAMILY PIONEERS UP THE ALCAN HIGHWAY, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, (1955) 2nd ptg, ill. by Lombard Jones, 218pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) (light chipping spine of dj), Friends and family on Philadelphia's fashionable Main Line were aghast to hear that Dick and Amy Greenwood planned to set off in midwinter to homestead in Alaska. In this volume, Greenwood tells the story of her family's adventures., (Order No: 31464 ), $95.00
5. ( AK ), Jacobsen, Johan Adrian (translated by Erna Gunther; from the German text of Adrian Woldt), ALASKAN VOYAGE 1881-1883: AN EXPEDITION TO THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, B&W illustrations, 266pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0226390330 A fascinating account of a two-year journey by Johan Jacobsen, a Norwegian-born explorer, to collect Indian artifacts on behalf of the Royal Berlin Ethnological Museum., (Order No: 47437 ), $7.50
6. ( AK ), Jochelson, Waldemar (collected by) (edited by Knut Bergsland and Moses L. Dirks), UNANGAM UNGIIKANGIN KAYUX TUNUSANGIN, UNANGAM UNIIKANGIS AMA TUNUZANGIS, ALEUT TALES AND NARRATIVES, COLLECTED 1909-1910, AL Native Language Center, Fairbanks, AK, 1990, B&W illustrations, 715pp, very good++, wraps (softcover) owner's inscription on FFEP, ISBN 1555000363 The most important collection of traditional Aleut oral narrative art ever made., (Order No: 48592 ), $90.00
7. ( AK ), McGinniss, Joe, GOING TO EXTREMES, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1980, 285pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) bce, ISBN 0394511727 Author shows us the Alasks he experienced - preposterous, glorious, grasping, and about ten sizes bigger than life., (Order No: 559 ), $2.50
8. ( AK ), Peterson, Knut D., WHEN ALASKA WAS FREE, Ashley Books, Inc., Port Washington, NY, (1977) 1st ed, 166pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, Setting down his experiences, Peterson chronicles the changes from no-man's land to proud young state, and gives the reader some of the authentic flavor of the vast territory., (Order No: 49269 ), $6.00
9. ( AK ), Rohde, Edith C., LETTERS FROM ALASKA - HAZARDS AND HUMOR OF LIFE IN SUBRRRBIA, That New Publishing Company, Fairbanks, Alaska, (1979) 1st ptg, ill. by William D. Berry, 192pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, (Order No: 47102 ), $10.00
10. ( AL ), McLaurin, Melton and Thomason, Michael, MOBILE - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A GREAT SOUTHERN CITY - AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, Windsor Publications, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA, (1981) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 200pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscrip., ISBN 0897810201 Comprehensive and lavishly illustrated history of one of the grandest cities of the South - Mobile, Alabama., (Order No: 41592 ), $15.00
11. ( AL ), Rogers, Susan Fox (edited by), ALASKA PASSAGES: 20 VOICES FROM ABOVE THE 54TH PARALLEL, Sasquatch Books, Seattle, WA, (1996) 1st ptg, 238pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1570610460 A remarkable gathering of original, true stories of adventure, work, life, and place in the last frontier., (Order No: 45949 ), $6.00
12. ( AZ ), Arnold, Oren (with a foreword by Barry Goldwater), ARIZONA: UNDER THE SUN, The Bond Wheelwright Co., Freeport, ME, (1968) 1st ed, color frontis, 221pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A portrait of Arizona., (Order No: 33480 ), $5.00
13. ( AZ ), Freeman, Danny, WORLD'S OLDEST RODEO - 100-YEAR HISTORY 1888-1988 - PRESCOTT'S CENTENNIAL CHRONICLE, Prescott Frontier Days, Inc., Prescott, AZ, 1988, B&W illustrations, 200pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The world of the rodeo comes brilliantly alive in the pages of WORLD'S OLDEST RODEO by long-time Prescott historian, Danny Freeman. Forward by Barry Goldwater who writes of his personal connection with Prescott, Arizona and its Frontier Days. His uncle, Morris Goldwater, served on the general committee that staged the first Cowboy Tournament in 1888. Book's advertising brochure is laid in., (Order No: 41593 ), $175.00
14. ( AZ ), Sellers, William D. & Hill, Richard H. (editors), ARIZONA CLIMATE: 1931-1972 - REVISED SECOND EDITION, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, (1974) 2nd ed, B&W ill., tables, figures, 616pp, fine, mustard colored cloth (hardcover), In 1964, the first edition of Arizona Climate was published. During the past decade a vast amount of additional information has been accumulated. The editors have used this data to update and enlarge Arizona Climate. This new volume contains complete summaries for 150 sites and abbreviated summaries for an additional 183, more than tripling the coverage of the earlier edition., (Order No: 13198 ), $25.00
15. ( AZ ), Swan, Walter, "ME 'N HENRY", Swan Enterprises, Bisbee, AZ, (1991) 7th ptg, B&W illustrations, 287pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed the the author, ISBN 092717605X A story about two boys growing up on the old family homestead in Cochise County when Arizona was an infant state. SIGNED PHOTO OF AUTHOR Laid In., (Order No: 29355 ), $12.00
16. ( CA ), Atherton, Gertrude, CALIFORNIA: AN INTIMATE HISTORY - REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION, Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927, B&W illustrations, 356pp, good, black cloth w/some light edgewear (hardcover), First published in 1914., (Order No: 37710 ), $7.50
17. ( CA ), Allen, Peter C., STANFORD: FROM THE FOOTHILLS TO THE BAY, Stanford Historical Society, Stanford, CA, (1980) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 228pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0916318028 This volume provides a feast of nostalgia for the alumnus, welcome orientation for the newcomer, and remembrance for the visitor., (Order No: 44939 ), $10.00
18. ( CA ), Blodgett, Peter J., LAND OF GOLDEN DREAMS: CALIFORNIA IN THE GOLD RUSH DECADE, 1848-1858, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, (1999), B&W and color illustrations, 147pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0873281829 Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held at the Huntington Library from September 28, 1999, through September 10, 2000., (Order No: 38618 ), $12.50
19. ( CA ), Chiang Yee (written and illustrated by), THE SILENT TRAVELLER IN SAN FRANCISCO, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, (1964) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 366pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 44113 ), $4.00
20. ( CA ), Davis, Nolan, THE OLD MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA: THE STORY OF THE PEACEFUL CONQUEST OF THE STATE, The Claremont Press, Inc., Oakland, CA, 1926, B&W illustrations, 118pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) owner's notes on endpapers, (Order No: 32923 ), $20.00
21. ( CA ), Delmatier, Royce D.; McIntosh, Clarence F.; and, Waters, Earl G., THE RUMBLE OF CALIFORNIA POLITICS 1848-1970, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, (1970) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 483pp, good+, orange cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0471206334, (Order No: 37348 ), $14.50
22. ( CA ), Drury, Aubrey, CALIFORNIA - AN INTIMATE GUIDE - REVISED EDITION, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, (1947), 592pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) fade to spine, (Order No: 43892 ), $5.00
23. ( CA ), Editors of Sunset Books and Sunset Magazine (Krell, Dorothy Book Editor), BEAUTIFUL CALIFORNIA: A SUNSET PICTORIAL, Lane Magazine & Book Co., Menlo Park, CA, (1975) 7th ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 287pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0376050322, (Order No: 14802 ), $5.00
24. ( CA ), Emmons, Steve (text by); photographs by Mark Boster and others, ORANGE COUNTY: A HISTORY AND CELEBRATION, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1988), 186 ill. incl. 70 in color, 157pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810914263 This fascinating story begins with the days of the Spanish conquistadores, follows with the growth of agriculture, discusses the early entrepreneurs, records the growth of industry, the evolution of architectural styles, and ends with art and leisure., (Order No: 15638 ), $9.50
25. ( CA ), Emmons, Terence, ALLEGED SEX AND THREATENED VIOLENCE: DOCTOR RUSSEL, BISHOP VLADIMIR, AND THE RUSSIANS IN SAN FRANCISCO, 1887-1892, Stanford University Press, Standord, CA, 1997, B&W illustrations, 252pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0804727678 This book deals with a sequence of lively and often bizarre episodes within San Francisco's Russian community set in motion in early 1888 by the arrival in San Francisco of a new Russian Orthodox bishop--and his entourage, which included some twenty clergymen and eleven boys., (Order No: 39006 ), $18.50
26. ( CA ), Ferlinghetti, Lawrence and Peters, Nancy J., LITERARY SAN FRANCISCO - A PICTORIAL HISTORY FROM ITS BEGINNINGS TO THE PRESENT DAY, Harper & Row, Publishers, San Francisco, CA, (1980) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 254pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0062503251 Presents, in rare photographs and sharp commentary, the literary great and not-so-great who lived in, or left their makr on, San Francisco., (Order No: 47378 ), $7.50
27. ( CA ), Figueroa, Jose, Hutchinson, C. Alan (translated, with an intro and notes by), MANIFESTO TO THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC, Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA, (1978) 1st ptg, 156pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0520033477 The Mexican Republic which Brigadier General Jose Figueroa, Commandant and Political Chief of Upper California, presents on his conduct and on that of Jose Maria de Hijar and Jose Maria Padres as Directors of Colonization in 1834 and 1835. This book is generally considered to be California's first book and the most important publication to appear in Mexican California. Reprint of Howes F122., (Order No: 13538 ), $7.50
28. ( CA ), Hudson, William Henry, THE FAMOUS MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA, Dodge Publishing Company, New York, (1901), B&W and color illustrations, 70pp, good (hardcover) chipped dustjacket lacking rear flap, (Order No: 40522 ), $15.00
29. ( CA ), Harte, Bret ("O Warder of Two Continents"), FASCINATING SAN FRANCISCO - BEING A SINCERE IF SOMEWHAT PARTISAN INTERPRETATION OF THE CITY BY THE GOLDEN GATE, Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco, CA, 1924, line drawings, 51pp, very good, brown limp suede leather (softcover), (Order No: 46112 ), $30.00
30. ( CA ), Higgins, C. A. (illustrations by J. T. McCutcheon, Carl N. Werntz & John W. Norton), TO CALIFORNIA OVER THE SANTA FE TRAIL, Passenger Dept., Santa Fe RR, Chicago, IL, 1907, B&W illustrations, 206pp, very good, wraps (softcover), The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System Announcement tipped in stating, "This book is wholly devoted to a description of Western scenes. It is a trustworthy descriptive book of travel, unencumbered with statistics or itineraries. ... Excursion tickest for the round trip to California over the Santa Fe are on sale at all times of the year ... The trains of the Santa Fe are confidently recommended to a discriminating taveling public as unsurpassedin the important items of speed, safety, and luxurious equipment.", (Order No: 50605 ), $12.50
31. ( CA ), Hill, Laurance L., LA REINA - LOS ANGELES IN THREE CENTURIES, Security-First National Bank, Los Angeles, CA, 1931 4th ed, B&W illustrations, 208pp, good, wraps (softcover), "A Volume Originally Published to Commemorate the Fortieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Former Security Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles, February 11, 1889.", (Order No: 50722 ), $5.00
32. ( CA ), Johnson, Paul C., PICTORIAL HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA, Bonanza Books, New York, orig pub 1970, 310 B&W ill., 224pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517170701 A lively record of California's dramatic growth, from Stone Age to Space Age., (Order No: 14157 ), $8.00
33. ( CA ), Jarrett, Edith Moore, OLD-TIMERS' TALES OF FILLMORE (CALIFORNIA), Ventura County Hist. Society, Ventura, CA, (1983), B&W illustrations, 191pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 41090 ), $30.00
34. ( CA ), Keeler, Charles, SAN FRANCISCO AND THEREABOUT, California Promotion Comm., San Francisco, 1903 8th thous., B&W illustrations, 97pp, good, pictorial gray cloth (hardcover), "...a brief history of the city's romantic past and a just description of its present life, with the picturesque setting of bay and hills.", (Order No: 22510 ), $12.00
35. ( CA ), Lavender, David, CALIFORNIA: LAND OF NEW BEGINNINGS - REGIONS OF AMERICA, Harper & Row, New York, (1972) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 464pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060125241 'A Regions of America Book', (Order No: 383 ), $10.00
36. ( CA ), Markham, Edwin (selected and annotated with an introduction by), SONGS AND STORIES OF THE SERIES CALIFORNIA, Powell Publishing Co., San Francisco, (1931), B&W illustrations, 461pp, good+, maroon fabrikoid cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 2370 ), $17.50
37. ( CA ), Michaels, Leonard; Reid, David & Scherr, Raquel, WEST OF THE WEST: IMAGINING CALIFORNIA, North Point Press, San Francisco, CA, 1989, 332pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0865474036 This richly fascinating collection represents the experience of California, both physical and metaphysical, in fiction, poetry, essays, travel writing, confessions, reportage, and social criticism. The authors are native Californians, born-again Californians, exiles, emigres, critics, and visitors of every kind., (Order No: 11400 ), $10.00
38. ( CA ), Myers, John Myers, SAN FRANCISCO'S REIGN OF TERROR, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1966 1st ed, B&W ill., 301pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), When the Vigilantes turned the city into a police dictatorship., (Order No: 33082 ), $10.00
39. ( CA ), McClure, James D. (text, maps, and photographs by), CALIFORNIA LANDMARKS: A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE STATE'S HISTORIC SPOTS, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, (1948), B&W illustrations, 149pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 46008 ), $7.50
40. ( CA ), O'Melveny, Stuart, IT'S BEST TO DIVIDE WITH OUR FRIENDS, privately published, Los Angeles, 1955, B&W illustrations, 33pp, very good+, brown cloth (hardcover) inscribed by the author, Originally a talk given in Los Angeles by Stuart O'Melveny before members of the Sunset Club, October 27, 1954. A view of the area in the late 1800s., (Order No: 30280 ), $40.00
41. ( CA ), O'Brien, Robert, THIS IS SAN FRANCISCO, Whittlesey House, New York, (1948), ill. by Antonio Sotomayor, 351pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket) signed by author, (Order No: 44112 ), $5.00
42. ( CA ), Roske, Ralph J., EVERYMAN'S EDEN: A HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA - ITS DIVERSITY AND CHANGE, FROM PREHISTORY TO THE PRESENT, The Macmillan Company, New York, (1968) 1st ptg, color illustrations, 624pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) a few old tape repairs to dj, (Order No: 12227 ), $7.50
43. ( CA ), Staniford, Edward, THE PATTERN OF CALIFORNIA HISTORY, Canfield Press, San Francisco, (1975), B&W illustrations, 648pp, very good (hardcover) pictorial boards with light fade to spine, ISBN 0063885972, (Order No: 11242 ), $12.50
44. ( CA ), Stern, Norton B., MANNIE'S CROWD: EMANUEL LOWENSTEIN, COLORFUL CHARACTER OF OLD LOS ANGELES, The Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, CA, 1970, B&W illustrations, 136pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870620037 Colorful character of old Los Angeles and a brief diary of the trip to Arizona and life in Tucson of the early 1880s. One of the truly unique characters of an early-day Los Angeles is the subject of this entertaining and factual account of the experiences, the family and the many friends of Mannie Lowenstein, a widely-known and loved personality who exhibited both Bohemian and Victorian eccentricities., (Order No: 25171 ), $12.00
45. ( CA ), Shallit, Bob, CALIFORNIA: TRIUMPH OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT, Windsor Publications, Inc., Northridge, CA, (1989) 1st ed, B&W & color ill., 374pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 089781293X From the earliest upheavals of the Gold Rush to the most ground-breaking developments in technology, California has blazed trails for the progress of the nation's business and industry and ensured a vigorous economy., (Order No: 34332 ), $20.00
46. ( CA ), Union Democrat under the Auspices and Direction of the Supervisors of Tuolumne County, TUOLUMNE COUNTY CALIFORNIA, Union Democrate, Sonora, CA, 1909, B&W illustrations, 112pp, good, wraps (softcover) old tape repair to spine SEE NOTE, "Being a Frank, Fair and Accurate Exposition, Pictorially and Otherwise, of the Resources and Possiblities of the Magnificent Section of California." Good, clean and tight copy with a couple small chips, wear and small stains to the paper covers., (Order No: 37088 ), $75.00
47. ( CA ), Woirol, Gregory R., IN THE FLOATING ARMY: F.C. MILLS ON ITINERANT LIFE IN CALIFORNIA, 1914, Univ. of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, (1992) 1st ptg, B&W ill., B&W maps, 169pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0252018001 This volume chronicles the awakening of social consciousness in a well-educated urban progressive and offers one of the most detailed personal accounts available of itinerant life in California just prior to the United States' entry into World War I., (Order No: 29341 ), $7.50
48. ( CA ), Wright, Ralph B. (edited by), CALIFORNIA'S MISSIONS, Hubert A. Lowman, Publisher, Covina, CA, (1974) 9th ptg, B&W illustrations, 95pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), First published in 1950. The story of California is incomplete without a knowledge of the rich historical drama of its Franciscan missions., (Order No: 48760 ), $4.00
49. ( CA ), Wines, Howie (editor), KERN COUNTY CENTENNIAL ALMANAC - CALIFORNIA, Kern Cty Centennial Committe, Bakersfield, CA, (1966), B&W illustrations, 128pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), From simple basket-weaving Indians to supersonic X-15 pilots, the epic of Kern has been the story of people--their aspirations, their determination, and their accomplishments., (Order No: 50968 ), $15.00
50. ( CO ), Buckman, Geo. Rex, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO: AND ITS FAMOUS SCENIC ENVIRONS, Geo. Rex Buckman, Colorado Springs, CO, 1893 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 85pp, good++, green cloth (hardcover) very clean and tight copy, Wonderful 1890s photographs and photogravures showing the town, mining area, resorts, Pike's Peak, transportation. A nicely done early Colorado Springs piece., (Order No: 26770 ), $125.00
51. ( CO ), Bowles, Samuel (with an introduction and notes by James H. Pickering), THE PARKS AND MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO: A SUMMER VACATION IN THE SWITZERLAND OF AMERICA, 1868, Univ. of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, (1991) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 248pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0806124083 Bowles's book features vivid descriptions of Colorado's mountains, parklike valleys, mining towns, and fledgling cities and resorts., (Order No: 38701 ), $12.50
52. ( CO ), Decker, Peter R., OLD FENCES, NEW NEIGHBORS, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, (1998) 1st ptg, 160pp, fine, wraps (softcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0816519056 Decker's tribute to the importance of ranching based on his own experience., (Order No: 39314 ), $12.50
53. ( CO ), Ellis, Amanda M., THE COLORADO SPRINGS STORY, The Dentan Printing Co., Colorado Springs, CO, (1954) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 48pp, good+, wraps (softcover) inscribed by the author, (Order No: 47998 ), $8.50
54. ( CO ), Fiester, Mark, BLASTED BELOVED BRECKENRIDGE, Pruett Publishing Company, Boulder, CO, (1973) 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, map, 348pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription, ISBN 0871080591 A quaintness and charm sets Breckenridge, Colorado apart from the typical mountain town., (Order No: 37342 ), $20.00
55. ( CO ), Lee, W. Storrs (editor), COLORADO: A LITERARY CHRONICLE, Funk & Wagnalls, New York, (1970), B&W illustrations, 489pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 2989 ), $6.00
56. ( CO ), Leyendecker, Liston E., GEORGETOWN - COLORADO'S SILVER QUEEN 1859-1876, Centennial Publications, Ft. Collins, CO, (1977) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 40pp, fine, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 42463 ), $8.00
57. ( CO ), Marshall, John with Zanoni, Zeke, MINING THE HARD ROCK IN THE SILVERTON SAN JUANS - A SENSE OF PLACE - A SENSE OF TIME, Simpler Way Book Company, Silverton, CO, (1996) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 216pp, very good++, pictorial boards (hardcover) signed by the author, ISBN 0963202820 "Oral and Pictorial Americana written of the people, for the people, and by the people of the historic Silverton San Juans in Colorado.", (Order No: 42007 ), $175.00
58. ( CO ), Skiff, Carl (edited by); photographed by George Crouter, COLORADO'S HIGHEST: THE MAJESTIC FOURTEENERS, Sundance Publications, Ltd., Silverton, CO, (1977) 1st ptg, B&W and Color illustrations, 144pp, very good++, pictorial boards (hardcover) original acetate dj, ISBN 0913582220 COLORADO'S HIGHEST--all of the state's 53 peaks with elevations of 14,000 feet or more, commonly known as the Fourteeners., (Order No: 40969 ), $20.00
59. ( CO ), Sterling, Martha Whitcomb, OH BE JOYFUL! AN HISTORIC TALE OF THE ASPEN SILVER CAMP, Roaring Fork Valley Centenni, Aspen, CO, (1975) 1st ed, ill. by Louise Edwards, 72pp, good, light brown cloth (hardcover) light wear top of spine, Born with the silver boom in 1881, Sarah Sterling looks back at Aspen from the nineties; through the coming of the railroads and the last battle with the Utes., (Order No: 52692 ), $7.50
60. ( DE ), Delaware Federal Writers' Project Works Progress Administration (compiled by), NEW CASTLE ON THE DELAWARE 1651-1936, New Castle Historical Soc., New Castle, DE, (1936) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 142pp, index, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 50265 ), $40.00
61. ( DE ), Sammak, Emil G. and Winslow, Don O. (edited by), DOVER, THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS, 1717-1967: A BRIEF HISTORY OF DOVER, DELAWARE, ILLUSTRATED, The City of Dover, Delaware, Dover, DE, 1967, B&W illustrations, 112pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), Each section of the book was written by people in the community who are both knowledgeable and interested in particular aspects of Dover's life and history. Booklet for the celebration held May 6 through May 13, 1967., (Order No: 45606 ), $15.00
62. ( DE ), Tanzer, Virginia, SEAGULLS HATE PARSNIPS: AND OTHER ELECTRIFYING REVELATIONS ABOUT THE DELAWARE SHORE, Lake Shore Press, Rehoboth Beach, DE, 1978 2nd ptg, ill. by Virginia Tanzer, 186pp, very good, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, Virginia Tanzer fell in love with coastal Sussex County even before living there year- round with her husband and daughter. Over the years, she has tried to capture in writing some of the qualities which make the area unique., (Order No: 49569 ), $7.50
63. ( FL ), Cheney, Cora and Partridge, Ben, FLORIDA'S FAMILY ALBUM: A HISTORY FOR ALL AGES, San Marcos Press, St. Marks, FL, (1993) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 183pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) inscribed by the authors, ISBN 0963665103 This volume captures the geographic expansion and the political, economic and social changes in the historic evolution of Florida., (Order No: 49445 ), $12.50
64. ( FL ), Fritz, Florence, THE UNKNOWN STORY OF SANIBEL AND CAPTIVA (YBEL Y CAUTIVO), McClain Printing Company, Parsons, W VA, (1975) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 267pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870121650 This book is the story of two islands--Sanibel and Captiva--and what happened to them and their people., (Order No: 52739 ), $10.00
65. ( FL ), Fairbanks, George R., FLORIDA: ITS HISTORY AND ITS ROMANCE - THIRD REVISED EDITION - HISTORY OF FLORIDA ON THE SPINE AND FRONT COVER, H. and W. B. Drew Company, Jacksonville, FL, 1904, B&W ill., fold-out map, 311pp, very good, decorated blue cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB minimal marks, "The Oldest Settlement in the United States, Associated with the Most Romantic Events of American History, Under the Spanish, French, English, and American Flags. 1497- 1904." First published in 1898, this is the Third Revised Edition with a new and accurate map of Florida. School Edition with Questions in Appendix. Lovely copy from a small country library that had been checked out only once in 1973., (Order No: 52804 ), $60.00
66. ( FL ), Johnson, Stanley, ONCE UPON A TIME: THE STORY OF BOCA RATON, Arvida Corporation, Miami, FL, (1979), B&W illustrations, 80pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 39701 ), $4.00
67. ( FL ), Lanier, Sidney, FLORIDA: ITS SCENERY, CLIMATE AND HISTORY ... A COMPLETE HAND-BOOK AND GUIDE, J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1876, ill., 336pp, g, worn green cloth, BAL 11247 - 1st edition., (Order No: 316 ), $180.00
68. ( FL ), McIver, Stuart (foreword by Charlton W. Tebeau; preface by John Parkyn), GLIMPSES OF SOUTH FLORIDA HISTORY, Florida Flair Books, Miami, FL, (1988), B&W illustrations, 192pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0961323698 McIver gives us a "different" view, often irreverent but never dull, of pioneers and presidents, generals and gangstes, socialites and sinners, tycoons and hermits., (Order No: 46953 ), $20.00
69. ( FL ), Rothchild, John, UP FOR GRABS: A TRIP THROUGH TIME AND SPACE IN THE SUNSHINE STATE, Viking, New York, (1985), 212pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670741760 "This personal and historical travelogue of Florida reads alternatively like a litany of twentieth-century ills and Monty Python's interpretation of the Great American Dream...", (Order No: 8377 ), $6.00
70. ( FL ), Raymer, Dorothy, KEY WEST COLLECTION, Key West Island Bookstore, Key West, FL, (1981), 149pp, good, wraps (softcover) - spotting on rear cover, Although Dorothy retired from The Key West Citizen in 1977, she did not retire her typewriter. She began writing her "Notes and Antic-Dotes" column for the Key West publication Solares Hill, a monthy column that focuses on one of the more famous or infamous personalities or events of Key West's recent past. Her column became so successful that her stories formed the backbone of this book., (Order No: 19837 ), $7.00
71. ( FL ), Scherman, Katharine, TWO ISLANDS: GRAND MANAN AND SANIBEL, Little, Brown and Co., Boston, MA, (1971) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 256pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 2604 ), $5.00
72. ( FL ), Taylor, Thomas W. (editor), FLORIDA LIGHTHOUSE TRAIL, Pineapple Press, Inc., Sarasota, FL, (2001) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 192pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1561642037 Full of information on dates of construction and operation, foundation materials, and lighting equipment, this book also contains complete directions to each lighthouse site., (Order No: 52954 ), $10.00
73. ( GA ), Armor, E. H., THE CEMETERIES OF GREENE COUNTY GEORGIA, Agee Publishers Inc., n.p., (1987), B&W illustrations, 410pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0935265147, (Order No: 45638 ), $185.00
74. ( GA ), Bell, Malcolm (text by); photography by N. Jane Iseley, SAVANNAH, Historic Savannah Foundation, Savannah, GA, (1997) 1st ptg, color photos N. Jane Iseley, 80pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Historic Savannah Foundation, the leading force in Savannah's restoration, promoted the publication and sale of SAVANNAH to further its work in this beautiful southern city., (Order No: 30915 ), $7.50
75. ( GA ), Bishop, Abraham, GEORGIA SPECULATION UNVEILED, Readex Microprint, n.p., (1966), 39pp, very good+, olive green cloth (hardcover), "Great Americana" Series. Quality reprint of the 1797 pamphlet., (Order No: 35129 ), $7.50
76. ( GA ), Coulter, E. Merton, WORMSLOE: TWO CENTURIES OF A GEORGIA FAMILY, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, (1955), B&W illustrations, 322pp, good+, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket) EX-LIB some marks, This book deals with a family which is as old in America as is Georgia, for its head came with James Edward Oglethorpe to found the colony., (Order No: 40479 ), $175.00
77. ( GA ), Cooper, Walter G., OFFICIAL HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY [ GEORGIA ], Walter W. Brown Publ. Co., Atlanta, GA, 1934, B&W and color illustrations, 912pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) wear to cloth, some light foxing, From the introduction, "The history of Fulton County is to a large extent the history of Georgia, for it was the scene of great events which profoundly affected the whole State and in some great crises determined the course of events for the whole country. From the beginning of the railroad era Atlanta has been an important center and its future greatness was predicted in 1836 by Georgians and as early as 1845 by John C. Calhoun." Extensive history. Edgewear to foreedge of boards, and some light foxing to the text., (Order No: 44966 ), $175.00
78. ( GA ), Cashin, Edward J. (edited by), COLONIAL AUGUSTA "KEY OF THE INDIAN COUNTREY" - AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, Mercer University Press, Macon, GA, (1986), B&W illustrations, 129pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0865542171 Augusta and the Georgia backcountry were critical components in the clash of empires that dominates the story of colonial Georgia. Too often overlooked in this context is the struggle between the native cultures and the white traders and settlers who engaged incommerce. The essays in this volume portray a world that was changing as the Georgia colony struggled into existence., (Order No: 47053 ), $150.00
79. ( GA ), Garrison, Webb, OGLETHORPE'S FOLLY: THE BIRTH OF GEORGIA, Copple House Books, Lakemont, GA, (1982), B&W illustrations, 253pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0932298303 The only book to deal successfully with Oglethorpe as a whole man against the background of his family and Georgian England., (Order No: 37172 ), $15.00
80. ( GA ), FULTON COUNTY CENTENNIAL 1854-1954 -- FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, Commissioner of Roads, Fulton County, GA, (1954), B&W illustrations, 130pp, good+, gray cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 46522 ), $50.00
81. ( GA ), Reiter, Beth Lattimore (text by); photographs by Van Jones Martin, COASTAL GEORGIA, Golden Coast Publishing Co., Savannah, GA, (1985) 1st ptg, color photographs, 120pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) - signed, ISBN 0932958028 The reader will find that in some ways, not much has changed in the 4,500 years since Indians began to hunt in the oak and pine forests and fish the bountiful rivers of this region. Signed on the half-title page by both the author and the photographer., (Order No: 35810 ), $8.50
82. ( GA ), Vanstory, Burnette, GEORGIA'S LAND OF THE GOLDEN ISLES, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, (1981), B&W photographs, 274pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0820305588 The mainland of Georgia is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a chain of barrier islands scattered along nearly 150 miles of coastline. Of these, Ossabaw, St. Catherine's, Sapelo, St. Simons, Sea Island, Jekyll, and Cumberland are best know as the Golden Isles., (Order No: 11371 ), $6.00
83. ( HI ), Bird, Isabella, SIX MONTHS IN HAWAII, Kegan Paul, London, (2002), B&W illustrations, 473pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0710308116 First published in 1875, this is the compelling account, set in the islands in 1873, of the true life adventures that transformed a quiet English lady into the darling and dashing world traveller Isabella Bird, whose exploits held the world enthralled., (Order No: 37538 ), $75.00
84. ( HI ), Daws, Gavan and Sheehan, Ed (text by) (Goodman, Robert photos) (designed by Harry Williamson; edited by Jonathan Rinehart), THE HAWAIIANS, Island Heritage Limited, Norfolk Island, Australia, (1970) 4th ptg, color photographs, 296pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), A tribute to the Hawaiian Islands, in both text and pictures., (Order No: 15792 ), $5.00
85. ( HI ), Kuykendall, Ralph S. and Day, A. Grove, HAWAII: A HISTORY, FROM POLYNESIAN KINGDOM TO AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH, Prentice-Hall, Inc., New York, (1948), 40 B&W ill., 331pp, good, orange cloth w/fade to spine (hardcover) no dustjacket, Here is the true story of how Hawaii was transformed from a group of primitive, subtropical islands into a modern center of agricultural industry and international trade., (Order No: 15875 ), $3.50
86. ( IA ), Andrews, Clarence A., THIS IS IOWA - A CAVALCADE OF THE TALL CORN STATE, Midwest Heritage Pub. Co., Iowa City, IA, (1982) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 303pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0934582041 A bright package of words, illustrations and photographs about the Hawkeye State - from its origin to the present., (Order No: 51036 ), $9.50
87. ( IA ), Burns, E. Bradford, KINSHIP WITH THE LAND: REGIONALIST THOUGHT IN IOWA, 1894-1942, University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, IA, (1996) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 199pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0877455341 Celebrates the first great age of Iowa writers and artists., (Order No: 38778 ), $17.50
88. ( IA ), Harnack, Curtis, GENTLEMEN ON THE PRAIRIE, Iowa State University Press, Ames, (1987) 3rd ptg, B&W ill., map, 254pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0813807913 The formation in the 1880s of a colony of upper-class British immigrants who viewed Iowa pioneering as a way of perpetuating the Victorian gentleman's code. First published in 1985., (Order No: 5742 ), $10.00
89. ( IA ), Hokanson, Drake (text and photographs by) (foreword by Wayne Franklin), REFLECTING A PRAIRIE TOWN: A YEAR IN PETERSON, University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, IA, (1994), B&W illustrations, 259pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0877454663 The author presents Peterson, Iowa, through a singular combination of words and images, a remarkable synthesis of history, geography, direct observation, climatology, botany, oral history, archaeology, agricultural science, literature, geology, photography, and even a bit of astronomy., (Order No: 35906 ), $15.00
90. ( IA ), Houlette, William, IOWA: THE PIONEER HERITAGE, Wallace-Homestead Book Co., Des Moines, IA, (1970), B&W illustrations, 292pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), The history of the State of Iowa., (Order No: 48313 ), $11.50
91. ( IA ), Hanson, Carol Carpenter, BROOKLYN IOWA: THE FIRST 150 YEARS, The Brooklyn Historical Soc., Brooklyn, IA, (2003) 2nd rev, B&W illustrations, 366pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), The story of Brooklyn, Iowa, is not simply the story of a small town in central Iowa. It is the tale of hundreds of Midwestern towns: pioneer villages rooted in farming during the mid-1800s., (Order No: 49601 ), $85.00
92. ( IA ), Wiggins, Florence Roe, STRAWBERRY POINT: VIGNETTES OF AN IOWA CHILDHOOD, T. S. Denison & Company, Inc, Minneapolis, MN, (1967), B&W illustrations, 185pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Strawberry Point was Mrs. Wiggins' home town and she has told its story in delightful vignettes. She is convinced that the answers to Youth's questions today can be found in the lives not only of the Colonists but in the lives of their descendants down to the present century., (Order No: 50930 ), $3.00
93. ( ID ), Idaho Writers' League (compiled by), IDAHO NUGGETS: A MEDLEY, 100 GOLDEN REFLECTIONS, Idaho Writers' League, Boise, ID, 1989 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 320pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), Within this remarkable assembly of prize winning writings you'll enjoy the lofty Sawtooth peaks, Hell's Canyon Challenges, the fall of the mighty Salmon River, and the nostalgia of Idaho's early miners and pioneers as they pursue Idaho from a territory into statehood., (Order No: 21461 ), $12.50
94. ( ID ), Schwantes, Carlos A., IN MOUNTAIN SHADOWS: A HISTORY OF IDAHO, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, (1991), 94 B&W & 16 color ill., maps, 292pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) errata slip laid in, ISBN 0803242131 An extended essay on the character of Idaho., (Order No: 21462 ), $15.00
95. ( ID ), Walgamott, C. S., REMINISCENCES OF EARLY DAYS: A SERIES OF HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND HAPPENINGS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF SNAKE RIVER VALLEY, The Shorey Book Store, Seattle, WA, (1973), B&W ill., 128pp, good+, wraps (softcover), Facsimile Reprint of an edition of 150 copies, of the original edition published in 1926. SCARCE, (Order No: 25953 ), $175.00
96. ( IL ), Andrews, Clarence A., CHICAGO IN STORY: A LITERARY HISTORY, Midwest Heritage Pub. Co., Iowa City, IA, (1982) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 414pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A "literary" history of Chicago, a record of nearly 1500 novels, films, plays and collections of short stories and verse which have their settings, characters, incidents and themes in Chicago., (Order No: 38716 ), $10.00
97. ( IL ), By A Chicago Clergyman, THE GREAT FIRES IN CHICAGO AND THE WEST. HISTORY AND INCIDENTS, LOSSES AND SUFFERINGS, BENEVOLENCE OF THE NATIONS, ETC., ETC.,,,, J. W. Goodspeed, Chicago, IL, (1871), fold-out plates and map, 118pp, good, wraps (softcover), "To Which is Appended a Record of the Great Conflagrations of the Past." A very nice copy of this memorial booklet published right after the Great Chicago Fire of October 7, 1871., (Order No: 38543 ), $250.00
98. ( IL ), Brune, Tom and Camacho, Eduardo, A SPECIAL REPORT - RACE AND POVERTY IN CHICAGO, Community Renewal Society, Chicago, IL, (1983), 39pp, very good, wraps (softcover), "Analysis and data reflecting race and poverty in Chicago based on the 1980 U.S. Census." News Release laid in., (Order No: 41849 ), $20.00
99. ( IL ), Bastian, Wayne, WHITESIDE COUNTY - ILLINOIS SESQUICENTENNIAL EDITION -- A HISTORY OF WHITESIDE COUNTY ILLINOIS, Board of Supervisors, Morrison, IL, 1968, B&W illustrations, 480pp, very good+, maroon cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Contents include: Whiteside County; Whiteside County Government; Whiteside County Education; County History and Happenings; Township Histories; and, The Lightside of Whiteside., (Order No: 48667 ), $35.00
100. ( IL ), Beckwith, H. W. (edited and annotated by), COLLECTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY - VOLUME I., H. W. Rokker Co., Printers, Springfield, IL, 1903, B&W illustrations, 642pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) light edgewear to cloth, Contents partially include: Voyages and Discoveries of Father James Marquette in the Mississipi Valley; French Plans of Conquest; La Salle's Voyage Down the Mississippi; The Aubry Manuscript; George Rogers Clark's Conquest of the Illinois; and, much more. Nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 53090 ), $35.00
101. ( IL ), Cromie, Robert (Angle, Paul M., introduction by), THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (1958) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 282pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by author, (Order No: 13259 ), $15.00
102. ( IL ), Dedmon, Emmett, FABULOUS CHICAGO - ENLARGED EDITION, Random House, New York, 1981 1st ed, over 100 B&W illustrations, 447pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0689111975 First published in 1953. "This sprightly social history of Chicago, from 1820 to the present day (1953), does full justice to its lusty and magnificent subject.", (Order No: 39064 ), $6.00
103. ( IL ), Farr, Finis, CHICAGO: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF AMERICA'S MOST AMERICAN CITY, Arlington House, New Rochelle, NY, (1973), B&W illustrations, 428pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870001795, (Order No: 39021 ), $9.50
104. ( IL ), Hurt, James, WRITING ILLINOIS: THE PRAIRIE, LINCOLN, AND CHICAGO, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, (1992) 1st ptg, 154pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0252018508 The author examines writings focusing on the prairie, Lincoln, and Chicago, both exploring and exploding the myths, dismantling cultural codes, and recovering something of the freshness of real experience., (Order No: 27075 ), $7.50
105. ( IL ), Heise, Kenan and Baumann, Ed, CHICAGO ORIGINALS: A CAST OF THE CITY'S COLORFUL CHARACTERS, Bonus Books, Inc., Chicago, IL, (1990) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 291pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0933893949 Chicagoans--the famous and the obscure!, (Order No: 38769 ), $5.00
106. ( IL ), Heise, Kenan and Frazel, Mark (foreword by Studs Terkel), HANDS ON CHICAGO: GETTING HOLD OF THE CITY, Bonus Books, Chicago, IL, (1987) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 275pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0933893280 Special Chicago 150th birthday edition. A fast-moving report on all 77 Chicago neighborhood communities. Packed with people and places that make Chicago great., (Order No: 38864 ), $8.50
107. ( IL ), Heise, Kenan, and Perri, John (introduction by), CHICAGO MAGAZINE: THE WEST AS IT IS; ILLUSTRATED -- VOLUME I NO. 1 TO NO. 5, 1857 (ALL PUBLISHED), [1978], B&W illustrations, fine, red buckram cloth (hardcover), A quality reprint of the complete 5 issues of this scarce Chicago publication which provides a grand insight to the city in these early years. The introduction to this reprint is dated 1978, but refers to the reprinting of this 1857 publication 131 years later, which would imply 1988., (Order No: 38873 ), $175.00
108. ( IL ), PAPERS IN ILLINOIS HISTORY AND TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1937, Illinois State Hist. Society, Springfield, IL, 1938, 241pp, good+, black cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 38502 ), $15.00
109. ( IL ), THE STRAIGHTENING OF THE CHICAGO RIVER, City of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1926, B&W ill., fold-out maps, 214pp, good+, brown paper covered boards w/light wear (hardcover), Report of the proposed project and ordinances., (Order No: 38968 ), $125.00
110. ( IL ), HISTORY OF WHITE COUNTY ILLINOIS, White County Historical Soc., n.p., (1972), B&W illustrations, good+, red cloth (hardcover), First published in 1883 by the Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, republished for Carmi's sesquicentennial celebration in 1966, and reprinted again in 1972 to meet continuing demand. This expanded edition has ten more pictures, a list of all county officials since 1816, names of Carmi mayors and members of the White County Historical Society. This reprint intentionally does not include the first 188 pages which is a general History of Illinois. Printed then is pages 189 through 972., (Order No: 46827 ), $200.00
111. ( IL ), Johnson, Charles B., GROWTH OF COOK COUNTY - VOL. I, Board of Commissioners, Cook County, IL, (1960), B&W illustrations, 321pp, good, blue cloth with edgewear (hardcover) EX-LIB w/markings, (Order No: 38616 ), $25.00
112. ( IL ), Lewis, Lloyd (Part I), Smith Henry Justin (Introduction and Part II), CHICAGO: THE HISTORY OF ITS REPUTATION, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, (1929), 508pp, good, maroon cloth (no dustjacket), (Order No: 22723 ), $10.00
113. ( IL ), Landrum, Carl A., HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF QUINCY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS - QUINCY, ILLINOIS, Royal Printing Company, Quincy, IL, n.d. c1960s, B&W illustrations, 190pp, good, wraps (softcover), In words and pictures, representing years of intensive research, Mr. Landrum has created a new love for and understanding of Quincy, Illinois., (Order No: 39864 ), $30.00
114. ( IL ), Lewis, Russell (editor), CHICAGO HISTORY: THE MAGAZINE OF THE CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY FALL AND WINTER 1988-89 - VOLUME XVII, NUMBER 3 AND 4, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL, 1989, B&W illustrations, 116pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), Articles include: A Grip on the Land; Whit Hot Jazz; Black Sox; and, Smoldering City., (Order No: 48441 ), $6.00
115. ( IL ), Mark, Norman, MAYORS, MADAMS, AND MADMEN, Chicago Review Press, Chicago, IL, (1979) 1st ed, 240pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0914090690 A stikingly sharp composite picture of the Chicago style emerges from hundreds of snap-shots of fascinating individuals and incidents., (Order No: 38961 ), $10.00
116. ( IL ), Mason, Edward G. (edited and annotated), EARLY CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS, Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, IL, 1890, B&W illustrations, 521pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) with light edgewear, Chicago Historical Society's Collection - Vol. IV. Sheets largely uncut and unopened., (Order No: 39260 ), $45.00
117. ( IL ), McDonald, R. H., R. H. MCDONALD'S ILLUSTRATED HISTORY AND MAP OF CHICAGO WITH A HISTORY OF THE GREAT FIRE..., R. B. Thompson & Co., New York, 1872, B&W ill., fold-out map, 24pp of text, very good, black folder containing text and map - SEE NOTE, "...Containing Views of Chicago in 1820 and 1871. Photographs (sic - actually engravings from photographs) of Public Buildings Burned. Growth and Progress of Chicago from 1774 to 1871. Its Trade, Commerce, Industry, and Enterprise, with A Record of all the Great First of the World. The map is from an official survey of the city as it wasy, with a careful and correct outline of the burned district." Hard cover, black cloth folder containing text and map. Map is very nice with two small tears/separations on folds., (Order No: 40106 ), $165.00
118. ( IL ), Nash, Jay Robert, PEOPLE TO SEE: AN ANECDOTAL HISTORY OF CHICAGO'S MAKERS & BREAKERS, New Century Publishers, Inc., Piscataway, NJ, (1981), B&W illustrations, 265pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0832901083 A non-stop, rollicking rogue's gallery, Nash's collection of anecdotes about Chicago's most colorful citizens of an earlier era., (Order No: 39262 ), $7.00
119. ( IL ), Porter, F. F. (Secretary, Newspaper Cartoonists' Association) (compiled and collated by), "CHICAGOANS AS WE SEE 'EM" - CARTOONS AND CARICATURES, Newspaper Cartoonists' Assn., Chicago, IL, (1904), B&W illustrations, 556pp, good, black cloth, aeg (hardcover) with edgewear to cloth, Two character sketches on each page - a "Rogues' Gallery" of early 20th century Chicagoans., (Order No: 44831 ), $125.00
120. ( IL ), Richmond, C. W., and Vallette, H. F., A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF DU PAGE, ILLINOIS; CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT AND PRESENT ADVANTAGES..., Naperville Sun, Naperville, IL, 1974, 212pp, index, very good+, brown cloth (hardcover), "...A SEPARATE HISTORY OF THE SEVERAL TOWNS, INCLUDING NOTICES OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES, WITH THE NAMES AND SOME ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST SETTLERS IN EACH TOWNSHIP, AND MUCH VALUABLE STATISTICAL INFORMATION. First published in 1857, this is the Commemorative Edition published by Caroline Martin, Mitchell Museum, The Naperville Heritage Society., (Order No: 38449 ), $50.00
121. ( IL ), Suttles, Gerald D., THE MAN-MADE CITY: THE LAND-USE CONFIDENCE GAME IN CHICAGO, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, (1990) 1st ptg, tables, figures, maps,plates, 312pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0226781933 An irreverent, highly critical guide to both the realities and myths of land-use planning and development in Chicago from 1976 through 1987., (Order No: 38526 ), $10.00
122. ( IL ), Swanson, Stevenson (edited by) (foreword by Howard A. Tyner); The Staff of the Chicago Tribune, CHICAGO DAYS: 150 DEFINING MOMENTS IN THE LIFE OF A GREAT CITY, Cantigny 1st Div. Foundation, Wheaton, IL, (1997), B&W illustrations, 276pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1890093041 With colorful storytelling and period illustrations, this volume captures 150 moments that trace the story of the Chicago metropolitan area and its people., (Order No: 38574 ), $12.50
123. ( IL ), Sorensen, Evelyn; Hamer, Lori; Hladik, Kevin; and, Cartwright, Stephanie (editors), BUREAU COUNTY REUNION - A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF BUREAU COUNTY [BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS], The Bureau County Republican, Princeton, IL, 1996, B&W illustrations, 128pp, very good++, pictorial boards (hardcover), "A Sesquicentennial Publication of the Bureau County Republican, 1847-1997, published for and about Bureau County, Illinois.", (Order No: 50698 ), $45.00
124. ( IL ), Thornbrough, Emma Lou, INDIANA IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA, 1850-1880, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, IN, 1965, B&W illustrations, 758pp, good, wraps (softcover), The present work is Volume III of a projected five-volume history of Indiana to be published by the Indiana Historical Society and the Indiana Historical Bureau. It deals with the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction, extending from 1850 to 1880., (Order No: 46237 ), $10.00
125. ( IL ), Wright, John S., CHICAGO: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE. RELATIONS TO THE GREAT INTERIOR, AND TO THE CONTINENT, Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago, IL, 1870 2nd ed, 432pp, good, black cloth w/wear to extremities (hardcover) SEE NOTE, The "past, present and future of Chicago Investments." Looks at railroads, comparisons to other Western cities, commerce, manufacturing, coal and iron, and much more. NOTE ON MAPS, old tape repairs to hand-colored fold-out railroad map, map at page 249 lacks fold-out portions. HOWES W-700, (Order No: 39251 ), $185.00
126. ( IL ), Wolper, Gregg, THE CHICAGO DOCK AND CANAL TRUST 1857-1987, Chicago Dock and Canal Trust, Chicago, IL, (1988), B&W illustrations, 75pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), An overview of the company - its founders and leaders, its impact on the City of Chicago's economic and physical growth, and its periods of turmoil and success., (Order No: 40105 ), $35.00
127. ( IL ), Woods, John (edited by Paul M. Angle), TWO YEARS' RESIDENCE ON THE ENGLISH PRAIRIE OF ILLINOIS - THE LAKESIDE CLASSICS, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Chicago, IL, 1968, 242pp, very good+, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), First published in 1822 as "TWO YEARS' RESIDENCE IN THE SETTLEMENT ON THE ENGLISH PRAIRIE, IN THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY, UNITED STATES. With an Account of its Animal and Vegetable Productions, Agriculture, &c. &c. A Description of the Principal Towns, Villages, &c. &c. with the Habits and Customs of the Back-Woodsmen.", (Order No: 44956 ), $8.50
128. ( IL ), Yates, William (edited by); compiled by the Woodford County Sesquicentennial History Commitee, Mrs. Kenneth Smith, Chair, THE WOODFORD COUNTY HISTORY - WOODFORD ILLINOIS, Woodford Cty Board Super., Woodford County, IL, 1968, B&W illustrations, 212pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 52564 ), $50.00
129. ( IN ), Bailey, E. Stillman (from the library of Edwin Way Teale with his name stamp on the front free endpaper), THE SAND DUNES OF INDIANA: THE STORY OF AN AMERICAN WONDERLAND TOLD BY CAMERA AND PEN, A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, IL, 1917, B&W illustrations, 165pp, good+, green cloth (hardcover), Contents include: The Lure of the Dunes; The Formation of the Dunes; The Dune Sands; Old and New Beach Lines; The Dune Deserts; The Dune Hinterland; The Lakes and Swamps of Dune Land; Dune Land and How to Get There., (Order No: 53212 ), $60.00
130. ( IN ), Thornbrough, Gayle (edited by), THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN BADOLLET AND ALBERT GALLATIN 1804-1836, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, IN, 1963, 372pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 45904 ), $7.50
131. ( KS ), Einsel, Mary, KANSAS: THE PRICELESS PRAIRIE - KANSAS WITH ALL ITS EXCITING, TURBULENT YEARS - SOLDIERS, INDIANS, FORTS, Mary Einsel, Coldwater, KS, (1976), B&W illustrations, 125pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), First published as STAGECOACH WEST TO KANSAS. Here is Kansas with all the sweep of its vast prairies, the violence and tragedy of a civil war border state. Here are true stories of cattle drives and trail towns. Indians and soldiers and the lonesomeness and heartbreak of the men and women who carved a magnificent state out of the "vast and worthless area of savages and shifting sands.", (Order No: 21919 ), $10.00
132. ( KS ), Heat-Moon, William Least (Trogdon, William), PRAIRYERTH: (A DEEP MAP), Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, (1991) 2nd ptg, 624pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0395486025, (Order No: 45359 ), $5.00
133. ( KS ), Parker, Tony, BIRD, KANSAS, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989 1st ed, 327pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394577949, (Order No: 44216 ), $3.50
134. ( KS ), Rich, Everett (edited by), THE HERITAGE OF KANSAS: SELECTED COMMENTARIES ON PAST TIMES, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (1970) 5th ptg, 359pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) couple minute chips dj, First published in 1960. For this entertaining and informative book, the editor has selected outstanding episodes in Kansas history and reprinted the best account of each that he could find. The result is a colorful and exciting panorama of times past., (Order No: 21920 ), $14.50
135. ( KS ), Ripley, John W. (editor); Richmond, Robert W. (assistant editor), AN ALBUM OF 19TH CENTURY HOMES OF SHAWNEE COUNTY - SHAWNEE COUNTY, TOPEKA, KANSAS, Shawnee County Hist. Soc., Topeka, KS, 1985, B&W illustrations, 71pp, fine, wraps (softcover), First published in 1974., (Order No: 47243 ), $10.00
136. ( KS ), Stephenson, Wendell Holmes, PUBLICATIONS OF THE KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: EMBRACING THE POLITICAL CAREER OF GENERAL JAMES H. LANE, VOLUME III, Kansas State Printing Plant, Topeka, KS, 1930, B&W ill., B&W maps, 196pp, very good+, dark green cloth (hardcover), "General James H. Lane was the outstanding figure in Kansas in the struggle to withstand slavery and found a free state. He possessed an overpowering personality, and was a man of many eccentricities. I think there is no doubt that Lane was at times of unbalanced mind. But that did not hinder him in his enthusiasm for Kansas. Kansas was his burden--his song.", (Order No: 21937 ), $15.00
137. ( KS ), Witty, Thomas A., FOUR ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES OF THE PERRY LAKE, KANSAS, Kansas State Historical Soc., Topeka, KS, 1983, B&W illustrations, 226pp, The Keen, Kroll, Nettye Busby, and Melon Patch archeological sites were investigated in the summer of 1965 by the Kansas State Historical Society under a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service. These sites were in the Delaware river drainage of what is now the upper portion of the Perry lake project, northeast Kansas. - Kansas State Historical Society Anthropological Series Number 11., (Order No: 47367 ), $15.00
138. ( KY ), Arnett, Maralea, THE ANNALS AND SCANDALS OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, 1775-1975, Fremar Publishing Company, Corydon, KY, (1977) 2nd ptg, drawings by Malcolm Arnett, 387pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, Beginning with Richard Henderson's dream of a 14th colony and ending with twin bridges leading to the present-day city of Henderson, this volume is written for history buffs and Kentucky history students (including middle school)., (Order No: 46785 ), $60.00
139. ( KY ), Crick, Connie Roberts, A WIDOW'S MITE, Vantage Press, New York, (1987) 1st ed, 163pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0533072832 A totally engrossing, deeply satisfying family saga, based on a true story and enriched with details of life in small towns of Kentucky., (Order No: 40136 ), $25.00
140. ( KY ), Hall, Wade, GREETINGS FROM KENTUCKY: A POST CARD TOUR, 1900-1950, Univ. Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, (1994), B&W and color ill., 208pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0813118875 Without leaving home, let Wade Hall lead you on an armchair trip through time and place with this gathering of more than 500 vintage picture post cards of Kentucky., (Order No: 27374 ), $20.00
141. ( KY ), Trout, Allan M., GREETINGS FROM OLD KENTUCKY, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY, (1947), B&W illustrations, 212pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover) no dj, signed by the author, This book is a compilation of selected material from Greetings, the author's column of buffoonery and light lore that has appeared daily in The Courier-Journal since January 1, 1939., (Order No: 52289 ), $8.00
142. ( KY ), Wright, John D., LEXINGTON: HEART OF THE BLUEGRASS, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, Lexington-Fayette County, Lexington, KY, (1982), B&W and Color illustrations, 232pp, good w/lightly chipped and edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover), A rich tapestry of people, buildings, dates, facts, figures and anecdotes relating to every facet of the city's history., (Order No: 42104 ), $12.50
143. ( LA ), Churchill, Frank G., PEN DRAWINGS OF OLD NEW ORLEANS, Robt. H. True Co., New Orleans, LA, (1916), B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good, wraps (softcover) light cover soil, Internally a very nice copy, just some light cover soiling from age., (Order No: 40095 ), $35.00
144. ( LA ), Dalrymple, Margaret Fisher (edited with an introduction by), THE MERCHANT OF MANCHAC: THE LETTERBOOKS OF JOHN FITZPATRICK, 1768-1790, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA, (1978), B&W illustrations, 451pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807102687 A rare source of firsthand information about the development of colonial Louisiana and the period of British ascendancy on the Gulf Coast., (Order No: 47562 ), $10.00
145. ( LA ), Hudson, Marilyn, ACADIANA UNLIMITED: A TOUR OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, Claitor's Publishing Div., Baton Rouge, LA, 1969, B&W illustrations, 78pp, very good, light blue cloth (hardcover) signed by the author, South of the Red River, from Alexandria to the mouth of the Mississippi, then westward to Lake Charles, is an imaginary, yet very real triangle. Within this area, which covers less than a quarter of the state of Louisiana, is one of the most unique cultures in the world. This is the Cajun Country. Acadiana., (Order No: 26300 ), $12.50
146. ( LA ), Mugnier, George Francis (photographic essay by); Kemp, John R., and King, Linda Orr (edited with an introduction by), LOUISIANA IMAGES 1880-1920, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA, (1978), B&W illustrations, 132pp, good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0807101516 Contents include: Faces; Cities; Homes; Saloons, Hotels, and Billiard Parlors; Carnivals, Fairs and Parks; Labors; Churches and Cemeteries; and, Landscapes., (Order No: 49447 ), $25.00
147. ( LA ), Sims, Patsy (photographs by Mitchel L. Osborne), CLEVELAND BENJAMIN'S DEAD!: A STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY IN LOUISIANA'S CANE COUNTRY, E. P. Dutton, New York, (1981) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 170pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0525082158 In this memorable blend of journalism, oral history, and novelistic technique, the author tells the story of the farming community she discovered deep behind southern Louisiana's "cane curtain." The crop is sugarcane, the curtain is made of high walls of stalks but also of poverty and tradition, and the people are the black laborers and white landowners whose lives echo those of their antebellum ancestors., (Order No: 19796 ), $5.00
148. ( LA ), Saxon, Lyle, LAFITTE THE PIRATE, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, LA, 1994 2nd ptg, ill. by E. H. Suydam, 307pp, very good++, wraps (softcover) owner's name, ISBN 0882893955 Separating fact from legend, Saxon paints a realistic portrait of Jean Lafitte, the famous buccaneer who terrorized the Gulf of Mexico during the early 1800s from his hidden base in Louisiana's swamps at Barataria Bay., (Order No: 50920 ), $7.50
149. ( MD ), Andrews, Matthew Page, THE FOUNTAIN INN DIARY, Richard R. Smith, New York, 1948, B&W illustrations, 112pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Dr. Andrews called this plot of ground GEORGE WASHINGTON'S INN SITE because Washington was one of the first guests at the Sign of the Fountain. He was followed by a number of later ones, and by many other leaders in public life, in seeking hospitality at one of the three great inns that have stood on this site., (Order No: 42712 ), $10.00
150. ( MD ), Guy, Anita Aidt, MARYLAND'S PERSISTENT PURSUIT TO END SLAVERY, 1850-1864, Garland Publishing Company, New York, 1997, 617pp, fine, black cloth (hardcover) BINDING ERROR Page 9 Introduction, ISBN 0815325789 In the binding of this copy, page 9 of the introduction was folded into the gutter, otherwise no faults., (Order No: 51787 ), $35.00
151. ( MD ), Mitchell, Mary (text and photographs by) (foreword by James Biddle), ANNAPOLIS VISIT: A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY ON MARYLAND'S ANCIENT CITY, Barre Publishers, Barre, MA, 1969, B&W photos by Mary Mitchell, 212pp, good w/good dustjacket (light stain top edge of dj and cloth), This volume shows the old and the new in this charming little State capital--18th century houses in soft light, quaint narrow streets built for carriages, fishing and pleasure craft brilliant on the waters of the harbor, midshipment at the Naval Academy, and students at St. John's College., (Order No: 27592 ), $12.50
152. ( MI ), Cocks, J. Fraser (general editor), PICTORIAL HISTORY OF ANN ARBOR, 1824-1974 - A SESQUICENTENNIAL PUBLICATION, Michigan Hist'l Collections, Ann Arbor, MI, (1974), B&W illustrations, 142pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library, is pleased to present this pictorial history of Ann Arbor as a contribution to the city's 150th Anniversary., (Order No: 45052 ), $12.50
153. ( MI ), Disturnell, J. (compiled by), ISLAND OF MACKINAC - AND ITS VICINITY, WITH A MAP [MICHIGAN], C. W. Page, Cheboygan, MI, (1977), B&W illustrations, 96pp, very good++, maroon cloth (hardcover) owner's inscription, Reprint of the 1875 edition with all of its wonderful advertisements. "...GIVING A DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE OBJECTS OF INTEREST AND PLACES OF RESORT IN THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC AND ITS VICINITY; INCLUDING OLD MACKINAW, POINT ST. IGNACE, CHEBOYGAN, Etc. Also, AN ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTRY, CLIMATIC INFLUENCE, STEAMBOAT AND RAILROAD ROUTES, etc. With a Map and Embellishments.", (Order No: 51769 ), $45.00
154. ( MI ), Eaton, Eleanor (foreword by Winfield Arneson), DEARBORN: A PICTORIAL HISTORY, The Donning Company Pub., Norfolk, VA, (1984), B&W illustrations, 224pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), From the early Algonquin-speaking Indian tribes through the War of 1812 to the era of Henry Ford, this volume traces the city's fascinating development from a pioneer settlement in the 1700s to a dynamic, industrial community of the 1980s., (Order No: 41768 ), $40.00
155. ( MI ), Henshaw, Beatrice Schmitt, BACKWARD, TURN BACKWARD: RECOLLECTIONS OF A CHILDHOOD IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN, Historical Society of MI, Ann Arbor, MI, (1986) 1st ed, ill. Cara Bobbitt Hochhalter, 306pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0961434414 Here is the stuff of history, as found in the lives of the Schmitt Family of Petoskey, Michigan, and as seen through the eyes and in the memory of Beatrice Schmitt Henshaw., (Order No: 41903 ), $17.50
156. ( MI ), Ludwick, Amaretta, RUSSIAN DOCTOR IN PARADISE, Beaver Lodge, St. James, MI, (1962), B&W illustrations, 96pp, good, wraps (softcover), "I am seeking only to preserve the story of a crusty old pseudo medic who began life in Russia, born of a royal family, and ended it in quiet glory as Saint and peasant on this far away Island in Lake Michigan.", (Order No: 45161 ), $20.00
157. ( MI ), Mansour, Deena; Haas, Carolyn; Steele, Brian; and VanEngen, Alison (book project team), GRAND TRAVERSE: REFLECTIONS ALONG THE BAY, Traverse City Record-Eagle, Traverse City, MI, 2001 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 156pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0971432309 This book is a gathering place for images that capture those great lives and ordinary lives, hard-working lives and hard-playing lives in the Grand Traverse Region., (Order No: 41769 ), $30.00
158. ( MI ), Marwil, Jonathan L., A HISTORY OF ANN ARBOR, Ann Arbor Observer Company, Ann Arbor, MI, (1987), B&W illustrations, 193pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0961874201 A highly readable and provocative analysis of the rich history of a city in Michigan., (Order No: 47903 ), $9.50
159. ( MI ), Manassah, Sallie M.; Thomas, David A.; and, Wallington, James F. (foreword by Governor James Blanchard), LANSING: CAPITAL, CAMPUS, AND CARS -- [LANSING, MICHIGAN], Contemporary Image Adv., Ltd, East Lansing, MI, (1986) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 224pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0961674318 An entertaining pictorial commentary on the development of business to the present and its contribution to the quality of life in Greater Lansing--Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties., (Order No: 53069 ), $15.00
160. ( MI ), Ortquist, Richard T., DEPRESSION POLITICS IN MICHIGAN 1929-1933, Garland Publishing, Inc., New York, 1982, 276pp, very good+, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket as published), ISBN 0824048644 This study analyzes Michigan during the Hoover years to determine the impact of the Great Depression on politics in the state. Professor Ortquist employs an economic classification system for Michigan's 83 counties that proves useful in analyzing the elections of 1930-1932., (Order No: 37483 ), $45.00
161. ( MI ), Olson, Gordon L., A GRAND RAPIDS SAMPLER, Grand Rapids Historical Comm, Grand Rapids, MI, (1992), B&W illustrations, 231pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) owner insc., ISBN 096177083X A collection of historical vignettes based on original documents, maps, and photographs about the people, places, and events that are uniquely Grand Rapids., (Order No: 47981 ), $12.50
162. ( MI ), Sorin, Scota (illustrations and decorations by Clyde E. Darr), BLACKBIRD - A STORY OF MACKINAC ISLAND -- [MACKINAC ISLAND, MICHIGAN], Citator Publishing Company, Detroit, MI, (1907), B&W frontis, deocrated pages, 142pp, very good, decorated brown cloth (hardcover), Blackbird, told in the letters of: Miss Maraquita Dane, Native of Mackinac Island; Miss Margaret Deland, of Chicago; Miss Isabelle Thorn, of New York; Miss Jessamine C., the Colonel's daughter; Lieutenant John Beech, U.S.A.; and Lieutenant John Grane, U.S.A., (Order No: 48513 ), $65.00
163. ( MI ), Stephenson, O. W., ANN ARBOR THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS, Ann Arbor Chamber of Comm., Ann Arbor, MI, 1927, B&W illustrations, 478pp, very good+, green cloth (hardcover), An exceptionally nice copy of an uncommon town history., (Order No: 48962 ), $250.00
164. ( MI ), Scott, Ken, STILL, MICHIGAN: PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE NORTHWEST LOWER PENINSULA, Altwerger and Mandel Pub. Co, Franklin, MI, (1990) 1st ed, color illustrations, 128pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1878005022 Northwestern Michigan, known for its clear blue lakes and rivers, pristine green forests, striking white sand dunes, vibrant fall colors, and the still whiteness of its winter, this region is Michigan's and the Midwest's premier vacation and recreational area., (Order No: 50982 ), $20.00
165. ( MI ), Widder, Keith R., REVEILLE TILL TAPS: SOLDIER LIFE AT FORT MACKINAC 1780-1895, Mackinac Island State Park, Mackinac Island, MI, 1972, B&W illustrations, 116pp, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 32004 ), $5.00
166. ( MI ), Wakefield, Lawrence and Wakefield, Lucille, HISTORIC TRAVERSE CITY HOUSES, Lawrence M. Wakefield, n.p., (1978) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 160pp, good+, gray cloth (hardcover) signed by both authors, An armchair tour of historic homes in Traverse City. The homes were selected based on: (1) that an old photograph of the house was available; (2) that the house was home to people who in one way or another played an important role in Traverse City history; (3) that the house was built before 1910; and (4) that the house is attractive or at least architecturally interesting., (Order No: 41908 ), $45.00
167. ( MN ), Fowell, William Watts, A HISTORY OF MINNESOTA - VOLUME II, The Minnesota Historical Soc, St. Paul, MN, 1961 rev ed, 477pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's bookplate, First published in 1924., (Order No: 51827 ), $12.00
168. ( MO ), The Creative Staff of Hallmark Editions (designed and edited by), KANSAS CITY: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF THE SURPRISING CITY ON THE MISSOURI, Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, (1973), B&W and color ill., 126pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0875293778 Here, in lively, informative text and pictures brought together by the talents of creative and sensitive writers, photographers, and designers, is a unique and intimate portrait of Kansas City's heritage and the beauty, life-style and excitement it reflects today., (Order No: 21931 ), $5.00
169. ( MS ), Campbell, Will D., PROVIDENCE -- PROVIDENCE, MISSISSIPPI, Longstreet Press, Atlanta, GA, (1992) 1st ptg, 292pp, good, tan cloth spine (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 1563520249, (Order No: 47611 ), $5.00
170. ( MT ), Cohen, Stan, MISSOULA COUNTY IMAGES, Pictorial Histories Pub. Co., Missoula, MT, (1982) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 268pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) errata slip laid in, ISBN 0933126239 "This collection of photographs, drawings and maps is an attempt to preserve a visual history of Missoula County. Some of the photographs in this book are over a century old, and some were taken within the past two years. Assembled together, they show the development of an area that was virtually unpopulated more than 130 years ago (1982)." Limited Edition signed by the author., (Order No: 31730 ), $175.00
171. ( MT ), Frenchtown Historical Society, FRENCHTOWN VALLEY FOOTPRINTS, Mountain Press Printing, Missoula, MT, 1976, B&W illustrations, 173pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) closed tear on jacket, Settlement in the Frenchtown valley began as early as 1859 when three French Canadians established farms in the area. Frenchtown's history contains many events worth noting, but its history has been largely ignored, both by historians and by its own inhabitants. This book attempts to recreate some of the color and uniqueness of that French farming community which Missoulian reporters referred to both as a "rival city" and a "garden of the gods.", (Order No: 31731 ), $165.00
172. ( MT ), Long, Philip S., EARLY HISTORY OF SLEEPING BUFFALO RESORT, Cypress Books, Billings, MT, (1976), B&W ill., 82pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), A narrative history of the early development of the Sleeping Buffalo Resort, one of the finest recreational and health resorts in Montana., (Order No: 34298 ), $20.00
173. ( MT ), Malone, Michael P., THE BATTLE FOR BUTTE: MINING AND POLITICS ON THE NORTHERN FRONTIER, 1864-1906, University of Washington Pr., Seattle, WA, (1981), B&W illustrations, 281pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0295958375 Butte had become one of the world's greatest centers of metal mining by 1886, and the subsequent struggle for consolidation and control of "Butte Hill" evolved into one of the bitterest economic-political battles ever waged in this country. This volume examines the corporate and financial history of the struggle., (Order No: 31752 ), $22.50
174. ( NC ), Goerch, Carl, OCRACOKE, John F. Blair, Publisher, Winston-Salem, NC, (1979) 8th ptg, drawings by Primrose, 223pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The story of life on Ocracoke including its eventful history and the ways of the Islanders and vacationers today., (Order No: 17692 ), $7.00
175. ( NC ), Harkey, W. Hugh, MORE TALES FROM THE HORNET'S NEST, Hornet's Nest Productions, Charlotte, NC, (1992) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 108pp, very good, wraps (softcover), The stories and history in this book will add to the reader's understanding of Charlotte and Mecklenburg history., (Order No: 38908 ), $12.50
176. ( NC ), Kostyu, Joel A. & Kostyu, Frank A., DURHAM: A PICTORIAL HISTORY, Donning Company Publishers, Norfolk, VA, (1978), B&W illustrations, 208pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0915442485 More than 350 pictures illustrate the history of this North Carolina city and its character today., (Order No: 11372 ), $25.00
177. ( NC ), Lester, Paula Hartill, DISCOVER MATTHEWS: FROM COTTON TO CORPORATE, The Town of Matthews, Matthews, NC, (1999), B&W illustrations, 103pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover), This history of the Town of Matthews, North Carolina, is intended to be a historical impression of the past 120 years; a recollection of almost forgotten places, events and people., (Order No: 45389 ), $60.00
178. ( NC ), Lewis, Taylor and Young, Joanne, THE HIDDEN TREASURE OF BATH TOWN [NORTH CAROLINA], Friends of Historic Bath Inc, Bath, NC, (1978), color illustrations, 72pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The story of Bath is the story of North Carolina in its lusty, hot-blooded youth when pirates, preachers, pioneers and politicians rubbed shoulders in a wildly beautiful land., (Order No: 45511 ), $8.50
179. ( NC ), Mobley, Joe A., PAMLICO COUNTY: A BRIEF HISTORY, NC Div. Archives & History, North Carolina, (1991), B&W illustrations, 144pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0865262527 Contents include: Natural History and Native Americans; Early Settlement and Colonial Period; The Revolutionary War and Early National Period; The Antebellum Era; The Civil War; Reconstruction and Birth of the County; A New County in a Changing State; The County Comes of Age., (Order No: 45186 ), $17.50
180. ( ND ), Conrad, Charles and Conrad, Joyce, 50 YEARS: NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS UNION, published by the authors, n.p., 1976, B&W illustrations, 269pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the authors, A reporter's look at what happened in this farm organization in its 50 years and how it has affected North Dakota., (Order No: 24475 ), $15.00
181. ( NM ), Furman, Agnes Miller, TOHTA: AN EARLY DAY HISTORY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF FARMINGTON AND SAN JUAN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 1875-1900, Nortex Press, Wichita Falls, TX, 1977, B&W illustrations, 159pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 089051660 The oft-told legends, the hardships and satisfactions of settling a new country, encounters with lawlessness, all greet the San Juan County history buff with a ring of familiarity., (Order No: 43282 ), $30.00
182. ( NM ), Keleher, William A. (with a new introduction by Lawrence R. Murphy), NEW MEXICANS I KNEW: MEMOIRS, 1892-1969, University of New Mexico Pr., Albuquerque, NM, (1983), B&W illustrations, 293pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0826306799 Many fascinating reminiscences of early Albuquerque from William A. Keleher's life as telegraph operator, newspaper reporter, and lawyer., (Order No: 17202 ), $7.50
183. ( NV ), Fox, William, DRIVING BY MEMORY, Univ. of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, (1999) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 172pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0826319440 Road trips to Las Vegas are the occasions for this entertaining meditation on the quintessentially American experience of driving across the desert., (Order No: 23563 ), $10.00
184. ( NV ), Hinckle, Warren and Hobbs, Fredric, THE RICHEST PLACE ON EARTH: THE STORY OF VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA, AND THE HEYDAY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1978, ill. by Fredric Hobbs, 173pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0395253489 A colorful account of the Comstock Lode., (Order No: 33185 ), $15.00
185. ( NV ), Hall, Shawn R., ROMANCING NEVADA'S PAST: GHOST TOWNS AND HISTORIC SITES OF EUREKA, LANDER, AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES, University of Nevada Press, Reno, NV, (1994), B&W illustrations, 226pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) inscribed by the author, ISBN 0874172284 This volume blends history and old photographs with an update on the present condition of each ghost town or landmark. The sites and towns are arranged alphabetically, county by county, for quick reference., (Order No: 50921 ), $15.00
186. ( NV ), Knudtsen, Molly Flagg, HERE IS OUR VALLEY, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, (1975), B&W illustrations, 120pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), signed by the author, Nevada ranches and their people., (Order No: 32542 ), $15.00
187. ( NV ), PIONEER NEVADA, Harolds Club, Reno, NV, 1951 3rd ptg, B&W ill., maps, 207pp, good, wraps (softcover), This book consists of reprints of a series of newspaper advertisements based on pioneer history of Nevada, and published by Harolds Club of Reno., (Order No: 31718 ), $7.50
188. ( NV ), Shepperson, Wilbur S., RESTLESS STRANGERS: NEVADA'S IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR INTERPRETERS, Univ. of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevado, 1970, B&W ill., 287pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0874170281 Attempts to evaluate the humor and the enterprise, the distrust and the conflict, the loneliness and the despair surrounding the new arrivals., (Order No: 34978 ), $12.00
189. ( OH ), Andorn, Miriam Cramer; Piercy, Harry D.; and Piercy, Caroline B., SHAKER HISTORICAL SOCIETY: SELECTED PAPERS - SHAKER HEIGHTS, OHIO, The Shaker Historical Soc., Cleveland, OH, 1957, 111pp, very good, gray cloth (hardcover), Volume in a series of publications about the history of the Shaker Heights, Ohio, area, this focusing on details about the Shakers and Warrensville in the early days. Papers include: Shakerism for Today; Shaker Medicines; and Early Warrensville - The Forest Primeval 1807-1817., (Order No: 38073 ), $25.00
190. ( OH ), Barclay, Morgan and Glaab, Charles N. (photographs by Hazen and Sue Keyser), TOLEDO: GATEWAY TO THE GREAT LAKES, Continental Heritage Press, Tulsa, OK, (1982), B&W and color photos, 248pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0932986218 "A pictorial and entertaining commentary on the growth of Toledo, Ohio.", (Order No: 16272 ), $12.50
191. ( OH ), Bonadio, Felice A., NORTH OF RECONSTRUCTION OHIO POLITICS, 1865-1870, New York University Press, New York, (1970), 204pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0814700527 Examines the politics of a single Northern state, Ohio, in the years that followed the Civil War., (Order No: 31490 ), $10.00
192. ( OH ), Beatty, Elizabeth Grover; and, Stone, Marjorie S., GETTING TO KNOW ATHENS COUNTY - [ATHENS COUNTY OHIO], The Stone House, Athens, OH, 1984, B&W illustrations, 298pp, very good, tan cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 48991 ), $15.00
193. ( OH ), Clipson, Addison; Galbraith, Virginia Keys; Gove, Doreen D.; Latta, Virginia M.; and Whitesides, Lawson E., GLENDALE'S HERITAGE: GLENDALE, OHIO, Glendale Heritage Preservati, Glendale, OH, (1976) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 108pp, very good, light brown cloth (hardcover), This book concerns the legacy of the village architecture and its unique relationship to the landscape and the history of Glendale., (Order No: 45176 ), $22.50
194. ( OH ), Condon, George E., CLEVELAND - PRODIGY OF THE WESTERN RESERVE, Continental Heritage Press, Tulsa, OK, 1979, B&W and color illustrations, 240pp, good w/chipped and faded dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 09329860604, (Order No: 45885 ), $10.00
195. ( OH ), Condon, George E., CLEVELAND - THE BEST KEPT SECRET, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1967, 372pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) author signed, "A colorful portrait of a great city.", (Order No: 50820 ), $7.00
196. ( OH ), Condon, George E., YESTERDAY'S COLUMBUS - A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF OHIO'S CAPITAL, E. A. Seemann Publ., Inc., Miami, FL, (1977), B&W illustrations, 128pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) couple small chips on dj, ISBN 0912458941 Seemann's historic cities series: No. 31., (Order No: 50821 ), $30.00
197. ( OH ), Goulder, Grace, THIS IS OHIO: OHIO'S 88 COUNTIES IN WORDS AND PICTURES - REVISED EDITION, The World Publishing Co., Cleveland, OH, (1965), B&W illustrations, 318pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 28001 ), $7.00
198. ( OH ), Good, Howard E., BLACK SWAMP FARM, Ohio State University Press, Columbus, OH, (1997) 2nd ptg, ill. by Brenda Sutherland, 304pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0814207340 First published inb 1967, this is a stirring memoir of the author's early days on a farm in the Maumee Valley in northwestern Ohio., (Order No: 43387 ), $7.50
199. ( OH ), Lampson, Ruth Murdoch (with a foreword by Caroline Fenn), IN OTHER DAYS: A GOLDEN AGE REMEMBERED (OBERLIN, OHIO), Press of the Times, Oberlin, OH, 1961, 111pp, good, wraps (softcover), Contents include: The Three Black Murdochs; Sixty South Broadway; An Evening at Home; Dancing and Deportment; Les Girls; "Doc"; The Farm; The Golden Summer; Sheila's Story; Christmas Long Ago; Dream., (Order No: 40239 ), $10.00
200. ( OH ), Monkkonen, Eric H., THE DANGEROUS CLASS: CRIME AND POVERTY IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, 1860-1885, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1975, B&W tables, 186pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) - some pencil marks, ISBN 0674190580 The question asked in this book is whether urbanization and industrialization, the two most central social processes in nineteenth-century American history, caused poverty and crime., (Order No: 30699 ), $11.50
201. ( OH ), Roe, George Mortimer (edited by), CINCINNATI: THE QUEEN CITY OF THE WEST, Cincinnati Times-Star Co., Cincinnati, OH, 1895, B&W illustrations, 411pp, ads, good+, black cloth (hardcover), "HER PRINCIPAL MEN AND INSTITUTIONS. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS OF LEADING CITIZENS." Packed with historical information on the city and its organizations and institutions, interspersed with biographies of citizens involved with those institutions. Uncommon., (Order No: 41357 ), $300.00
202. ( OH ), Stewart and Page, COMBINATION ATLAS MAP OF ERIE COUNTY OHIO, Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, IN, 1980, B&W illustrations, 72pp, index, fine, light brown boards (hardcover), Quality facsimile of the 1874 edition "Compiled, Drawn and Published From Personal Examinations and Surveys By Stewart & Page. Philadelphia, PA." Following the original text is a 27 page index of the over 3600 names found in the Atlas that was compiled by an index committee in the 1970s., (Order No: 50632 ), $85.00
203. ( OH ), Utter, William T., GRANVILLE: THE STORY OF AN OHIO VILLAGE, Granville Historical Society, Granville, OH, (1956), B&W illustrations, 347pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "Granville has been different since it was founded in 1805 by a company of New Englanders who had grown tired of trying to make a living on their rocky hill-farms in western Massachusetts.", (Order No: 52683 ), $7.50
204. ( OH ), Van Cleef, Frank Chapman, NINETY-NINE BOTTLES: RECOLLECTIONS AND EPISODES SINCE 1896 ORIGINATNG IN LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO, Oberlin Hist. & Improvement, Oberlin, OH, 1976, B&W photographs, 112pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, Memoirs by an Oberlin student--leader, debater, and athlete--who graduated in 1904 and was characterized as "liveliest spirit of his class." This account gives the true Midwestern flavor of his growing-up years, a time of close family and community ties, in a historic part of Ohio., (Order No: 14356 ), $15.00
205. ( OH ), W. H. Beers & Co., THE HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY, OHIO, CONTAINING A HISTORY OF THE COUNTYL ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC,;, Unigraphic Inc., Evansville, IN, (1973), B&W illustrations, 1165pp, index, very good+, maroon cloth (hardcover), Quality facsimile reprinting of the original 1883 edition. 86 page "Index of Names" follows the text., (Order No: 47662 ), $125.00
206. ( OK ), Hill, Joe W., THE SHORT AND SIMPLE, Vantage Press, New York, (1980) 1st ed, 235pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, ISBN 0533040558 A collection of stories that spans the time of gradual transition from pioneer days in rural America to the beginnings of the machine age., (Order No: 42647 ), $25.00
207. ( OR ), Abbott, Carl, PORTLAND: GATEWAY TO THE NORTHWEST, Windsor Publications, Inc., Northridge, CA, (1985) 1st ed, B&W and Color illustrations, 270pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0897811550 The story of Portland. Complementing the text are hundreds of captivating photographs which vividly re-create Portland's evocative past., (Order No: 41856 ), $10.00
208. ( OR ), McNeil, Fred H., WY'EAST "THE MOUNTAIN" - A CHRONICLE OF MOUNT HOOD, The Metropolitan Press, Portland, OR, (1937), B&W illustrations, 244pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "Known to the Indians, Who Worshipped It, as Wy'East; to the White Main, with Equal Eloquence, simply as 'The Mountain'." McNeil was a member of the Mazamas, a mountain climbing group, since 1914, and has been identified with winter sports since they began on Mount Hood., (Order No: 37241 ), $35.00
209. ( SC ), Burton, E. Milby (foreword and captions by); Lincoln, F. S. (photographs by), CHARLESTON: PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIES BY F. S. LINCOLN, Corinthian Publications Inc., New York, 1946, B&W illustrations, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 2929 ), $10.00
210. ( SC ), Davis, Evangeline (text by); Iseley, N. Jane (photographs by), CHARLESTON: HOUSES & GARDENS - CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, Preservation Soc Charleston, Charleston, SC, (1975), color illustrations, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A panorama of beautiful, historic Charleston, S.C., cultural capital of the Southeast., (Order No: 52790 ), $7.50
211. ( SC ), Farley, Benjamin Wirt, MERCY ROAD: STORIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA, Cherokee Publishing Company, Atlanta, GA, 1986, ill. by Felix Bauer, 127pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0877971226 These stories are a genuine and compassionate portrayal of the people of the region., (Order No: 43295 ), $7.50
212. ( SC ), Moss, Bobby Gilmer, THE OLD IRON DISTRICT: A STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, 1750-1897 -- SOUTH CAROLINA, Bobby G. Moss, n.p., (1972) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 390pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Mr. Moss states, "My primary aim in writing this account is to illuminate the basic character of our ancestors: what they thought, what they believed, and what they achieved.", (Order No: 43075 ), $75.00
213. ( SC ), Wright, Roberta Hughes (compiled by), AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, BOOKS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA SEA ISLANDS, Charro Book Company, Inc., Southfield, MI, n.d., B&W illustrations, 84pp, very good++, pictorial boards (hardcover) owner's name, This unusual history is presented in this book in the form of personal memories of the author, anecdotes and transcriptions of interviews, letters and other documents, material derived from books and articles, lists and genealogical charts, factual but lively narrative, and over two hundred illustrations, most of which have never before been made public., (Order No: 47700 ), $35.00
214. ( SC, GA ), Farley, Benjamin Wirt, THE HERO OF ST. LO: STORIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA, Cherokee Publishing Company, Atlanta, GA, 1986, ill. by Felix Bauer, 117pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0877971218 Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood and McCormick counties of South Carolina provide the enchanting backdrop for Benjamin Farley's first book of short stories of the area., (Order No: 43299 ), $7.50
215. ( SD ), Centerville Centennial Book Committee (compiled and edited by), CENTERVILLE DAKOTA TERRITORY-SUNSHINE STATE OUR HOME TOWN - A CENTURY OF MEMORY 1883-1983 -- CENTERVILLE, SOUTH DAKOTA, Centerville Cent. Book Comm., Centerville, SD, 1983, B&W illustrations, 488pp, fine, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 47849 ), $65.00
216. ( TN ), Clark, Joe (text and pictures by), LYNCHBURG, The Tennessee Squire Assn., n.p., (1971), B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A glimpse of a town where the philosophy of living is a whole lot like it was in the old days., (Order No: 41832 ), $7.50
217. ( TN ), Harkins, John E.; Crawford, Charles (edited by); Kalin, Berkley (business histories by), METROPOLIS OF THE AMERICAN NILE: MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY - AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY - MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, Windsor Publications, Inc,, Woodland Hills, CA, (1982) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 224pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0897810260, (Order No: 53024 ), $14.50
218. ( TX ), Du Mars, Miriam Richardson, SEEDS OF THE NATION: A NOVEL OF TEXAS AND THE OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, Exposition Press, New York, (1955) 1st ed, 215pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A sweeping novel of the men and women who built this nation., (Order No: 45333 ), $30.00
219. ( TX ), Dodd, Celeste Varnell; Reed, Ruth B.; and, Smith, Nona Cain (edited by), A HISTORY OF HILL COUNTY, TEXAS, 1853-1980, Hill Cty Historical Comm., Texas, B&W illustrations, 518pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The geography, geology, archeology, culture, religion, agriculture, finance, society, education have been analyzed, portrayed and given their place in this volume., (Order No: 45716 ), $95.00
220. ( TX ), Gonzalez, Ray, MEMORY FEVER: A JOURNEY BEYOND EL PASO DEL NORTE, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, (1999) 1st ptg, 227pp, fine, wraps (softcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0816520119 Gonzalez shares memories of boyhood that tell how he discovered the natural world and his creative spirit. Through 29 storylike essays, he takes readers into the heart of the desert and the soul of a developing poet., (Order No: 32839 ), $2.50
221. ( TX ), Kibbe, Pauline R., LATIN AMERICANS IN TEXAS, Univ. of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, 1946 1st ed, B&W photos, 302pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Those who would acquaint themselves with the problems of Latin Americans everywhere, especially their problems in getting along with Anglo Americans within the State of Texas, are confronted immediately with the complete absence of any one source book which might serve as a guide. Pauline Kibbe attempts to fill this need in a comprehensive fashion by sketching clearly, logically, and humanly, as a basis for understanding and action, the historical and economic background of Texans of Mexican extraction., (Order No: 9052 ), $12.50
222. ( TX ), Kotker, Norman (editor), Tinkle, Lon (introduction by), TEXAS: A PICTURE TOUR, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, c1973, B&W & color ill., 160pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684134152 Here is a picture tour of one of America's greatest wonders: the giant among states, the vast imperial domain of Texas-a land that has once been, and often still seems to be, a nation by itself., (Order No: 11423 ), $5.00
223. ( TX ), Mitchell, Donald F. - signed by the author, PROFILE OF DALLAS: LOVE AFFAIR WITH A CITY, Turtle Creek Gallery, Dallas, TX, (1981), B&W and color illustrations, 336pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small chip on dustjacket, ISBN 0960720405 In word and watercolor, Mitchell transports us into the very heart and soul of Dallas., (Order No: 22799 ), $12.00
224. ( TX ), NORFLEET: THE ACTUAL EXPERIENCES OF A TEXAS RANCHER'S 30, 000 MILE TRANSCONTINENTAL CHASE AFTER FIVE CONFIDENCE MEN, William Franklin White, Fort Worth, TX, (1924), B&W illustrations, 340pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), "This true story of J. Frank Norfleet, typical West Texas ranchman, in his four-year chase after a gang of international swindlers, takes the reader from the Atlantic to the Pacific; from Mexico and Cuba into Canada.", (Order No: 41675 ), $10.00
225. ( TX ), Pruitt, Richard and Woo, David, TEXAS WOMEN, Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX, (1984) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 169pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 087833453X 75 Women who epitomize the spirit, charm, and glamour of Texas., (Order No: 46877 ), $10.00
226. ( TX ), Sitton, Thad and Conrad, James H., NAMELESS TOWNS: TEXAS SAWMILL COMMUNITIES, 1880-1942, University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, (1998) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 257pp, very good, wraps (softcover) - remainder mark, ISBN 0292777264 Drawing on oral history, company records, and other archival sources, Sitton and Conrad recreate the lifeways of the sawmill communities., (Order No: 45642 ), $12.50
227. ( TX ), Utley, Dan K. and Steely, James W., GUIDED WITH A STEADY HAND: THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF A RURAL TEXAS PARK, Baylor University Press, Waco, TX, (1998), B&W illustrations, 192pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) "review copy" on foreedge, ISBN 0918954681 Placing the Mother Neff State Park in its historical, cultural, and political milieu, the authors tell a compelling story of how people decided a particular tract of rural farmland was worthy of preservation as a place of refuge and recreation for the public. REVIEW COPY stamped on foreedge and front free endpaper., (Order No: 25784 ), $20.00
228. ( TX ), Zachry, Juanita Daniel (picture research and introduction by John L. Robinson), ABILENE: THE KEY CITY - [ABILENE, TEXAS], Windsor Publications, Inc., Northridge, CA, (1986) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 089781150X Zachry's colorful recounting of Abilene's past is illuminated by historical photographs. Business historians Richard Dillard and Pennie Boyett chronicle the diverse enterprises in Abilene that have nurtured the community, and earned it the distinction of being the Key City of West Texas., (Order No: 50868 ), $12.00
229. ( UT ), Cannon, Hal (compiled and with an introduction by) (designed by Brian Jones; produced by Skip Branch), THE GRAND BEEHIVE, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, UT, 1980, 70 B&W and color plates, unpaginated, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0874801907 The beehive is, among many other things, the symbol of the State of Utah. It is perhaps the most widely used of all state symbols, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral. This book is an extension and to a degree a record of the Grand Beehive Exhibition, presented at the Salt Lake Art Center from September 12 through October 19, 1980, and in another version at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. from April 24 until December 6, 1981., (Order No: 28326 ), $15.00
230. ( VA ), Alvey, Edward, THE FREDERICKSBURG FIRE OF 1807, Historic Fredericksburg Fd., Fredericksburg, VA, 1988, B&W illustrations, 70pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), On October 19, 1807, a devastating fire destroyed most of the main business section of Fredericksburg., (Order No: 40659 ), $12.00
231. ( VA ), Abernethy, Thomas Perkins, THREE VIRGINIA FRONTIERS, Peter Smith, Gloucester, MA, 1962, 96pp, very good, orange cloth (hardcover) fade to spine, First published in 1940. Contents include: Foreword; Author's Preface; Tidewater; Piedmont and the Valley; Kentucky., (Order No: 48567 ), $14.50
232. ( VA ), Antonelli, Lisa M., VIRGINIA: A COMMONWEALTH COMES OF AGE, Windsor Publications, Inc., Northridge, CA, (1988) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 470pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0897812352 This book chronicles Virginia's re-emergence as a business and industrial giant with nearly 300 illustrations with 100 in color., (Order No: 49081 ), $14.50
233. ( VA ), Brittingham, Joseph B. and Brittingham, Alvin W., THE FIRST TRADING POST AT KICOTAN (KECOUGHTAN) HAMPTON, VIRGINIA, published by the authors, Hampton, VA, 1947, 10 B&W plates follow text, 12pp of text, very good, wraps (softcover), "A description of the excavation work with map and photographs of some of the artifacts found at the site on which, the authors have endeavored to show, was built the first trading post established by the Colonists for trading with the Indians prior to 1610.", (Order No: 13522 ), $8.50
234. ( VA ), Bland, Larry I. (edited by), PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROCKBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY - VOLUME X 1980-1989 -- [VIRGINIA], Rockbridge Historical Soc., Lexington, VA, 1990, B&W illustrations, 700pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), An extensive collection of historical articles on Rockbridge County, Virginia., (Order No: 52154 ), $25.00
235. ( VA ), Caperton, Helena Lefroy (edited by); Page, Rosewell (historical introduction by), THE SOCIAL RECORD OF VIRGINIA - 1937, Social Record of Virginia, Richmond, VA, 1937, 235pp, good+, dark blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 39960 ), $12.50
236. ( VA ), Dew, Charles B., BOND OF IRON: MASTER AND SLAVE AT BUFFALO FORGE, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1994) 1st ed, B&W ill., B&W maps, 429pp, very good, black cloth spine (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0393036162 An investigation of slave life at Buffalo Forge., (Order No: 22344 ), $5.00
237. ( VA ), Dabney, Virginius (introduction by Tom Wolfe), VIRGINIUS DABNEY'S VIRGINIA: WRITINGS ABOUT THE OLD DOMINION, Algonquin Books Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 1986, photos by John Theilgard, 197pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) previous owner's inscription, ISBN 0912697423 This volume not only portrays the Old Dominion as Dabney has known it but offers a retrospective of his own distinguished authorial career., (Order No: 35812 ), $15.00
238. ( VA ), Grizzard, Frank E., THE MAGAZINE OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY HISTORY VOLUME FIFTY-NINE 59 - 2001, Albemarle County Hist. Soc., Charlottesville, VA, 2001, 158pp, index, fine, wraps (softcover), Articles include: University of Virginia Base Hospital 41, by Edward G. Lengel; It Took an Academical Village: Jefferson's Hotels at the University of Virginia, by Marie Frank; "So Many Dangers Seen and Unseen": A Civil War Memoir by James Addison Leathers, edited by Rick Britton; Paper Memories: Recalling the Dukes of Albemarle, by Elizabeth F. Archer; and, The Cool Spring Barbecue Club from the "Recollections" of Richard Thomas Walker Duke, Jr., edited by Garyle M. Schulman., (Order No: 52914 ), $15.00
239. ( VA ), Huntley, Elizabeth Valentine, PENINSULA PILGRIMAGE - SPECIAL EDITION OF 28 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Whittet & Shepperson, Richmond, VA, 1941, 150 ill. and maps, 398pp, very good, red leather (hardcover), An off-beat journey through stately historic Virginia., (Order No: 5411 ), $40.00
240. ( VA ), Hastings, William T., CONRADE WEBB OF HAMPSTEAD, Brown University Press, Providence, RI, 1958, B&W ill., 102pp, good, blue cloth spine, paper covered boards (no dustjacket), The story of an active and energetic young man, a leader among Brown students in the 1790's and good enough at his books to be Valedictorian of his class, who thereafter was both remembered and forgotten: remembered to the extent of being selected for academic honor after thirty years, forgotten even to ignorance of his residence, the proper spelling of his name, and a greatly delayed presumption of his death., (Order No: 26487 ), $10.00
241. ( VA ), Hale, Louise Closser, WE DISCOVER THE OLD DOMINION, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1916 1st ed, ill. by Walter Hale, 374pp, very good+, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 43096 ), $10.00
242. ( VA ), Kilpatrick, James Jackson, THE FOXES' UNION: AND OTHER STRETCHERS, TALL TALES, AND DISCURSIVE REMINISCENCES OF HAPPY YEARS IN SCRABBLE, VIRGINIA, EPM Publications, Inc., McLean, VA, (1977), B&W illustrations, 174pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0914440187 To the sage of Scrabble, these matter most: Family and neighbors, gardens and grandchildren, birds and baseball, and tall tales told around a kitchen fire., (Order No: 50929 ), $3.00
243. ( VA ), Long, Charles Massie, VIRGINIA COUNTY NAMES: TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY YEARS OF VIRGINIA HISTORY, The Neale Publishing Company, New York, 1908, fold-out color map, 208pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover) faint small stain bottom edge, This books aim to tell how the Virginia counties got their names, and in telling the story it endeavors to show that the thoughts and feelings of the Virginians are reflected in the names the counties bear., (Order No: 45588 ), $75.00
244. ( VA ), Moon, Vicky, THE MIDDLEBURG MYSTIQUE - A PEEK INSIDE THE GATES OF MIDDLEBURG, VIRGINIA, Capital Books, Inc., Sterling, VA, (2001) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 224pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1892123479 This book uncovers the charm of this village of 650 residents and the surround swath of horse farms just fifty miles west of Washington, DC., (Order No: 49079 ), $5.00
245. ( VA ), Pollock, George Freeman (with a foreword by Senator Harry F. Byrd; edited by Stuart E. Brown), SKYLAND: THE HEART OF THE SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK, Chesapeake Book Company, n.p., (1960), B&W illustrations, 283pp, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 41618 ), $6.00
246. ( VA ), Wertenbaker, Thomas J., GIVE ME LIBERTY: THE STRUGGLE FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT IN VIRGINIA, Amer. Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA, 1958, B&W illustrations, 275pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), This volume treats of the struggle for self-government in Virginia from the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to the Declaration of Independence., (Order No: 41732 ), $12.50
247. ( WA ), Dorpat, Paul, SEATTLE NOW & THEN, Tartu Publications, Seattle, WA, (1984), B&W illustrations, very good, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, 112 Now and Then Comparisons that appeared first, in part, in The Seattle Times, Sunday Magazine, Pacific Series, Now & Then., (Order No: 51038 ), $5.00
248. ( WA ), Morgan, Murray, SKID ROAD: AN INFORMAL PORTRAIT OF SEATTLE, The Viking Press, New York, 1951 1st ed, 280pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), 100 Years of History and Personalities of a Great American City., (Order No: 38644 ), $7.50
249. ( WA ), McDonald, Lucile and Lenggenhager, Werner, THE LOOK OF OLD TIME WASHINGTON, Superior Publishing Company, Seattle, WA, (1971) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 159pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) light rubbing to dustjacket, Priceless photographs and text from city to hamlet, from hayfield to hitching post in order to preserve Washington's proud past for your posterity., (Order No: 53154 ), $7.50
250. ( WA ), Steinbrueck, Victor, SEATTLE CITYSCAPE #2, Univ. of Washington Press, Seattle, WA, (1973), B&W illustrations, 112pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0295952938 "This is a sketchbook, an effort to communicate one concerned observer's idea of the city.", (Order No: 43067 ), $9.50
251. ( WI ), Overy, David H., WISCONSIN CARPETBAGGERS IN DIXIE, State Historical Soc. of WI, Madison, WI, 1961, 81pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), Contents include: The Frontier Experience; The Changing Image and a New Frontier; Planters, Problems, and Prospects: A Recurring Cycle; Promoters, Politicians, and Plunderers: The Continuing Cycle; Competing Frontiers: The Interrupted Cycle., (Order No: 35843 ), $30.00