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Cincinnati: Ohio:: Cincinnati Times-Star,, 1929.. SIGNED -. Fair condition only in illustrated green wrappers (rather significant biopredation and chipping to the edges of the textblock - only affecting the margins, so the book is still very readable) Uncommon in the original edition and especially so signed. . Second edition. In historic downtown Cincinnati, Central Parkway is a… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston & New York:: Lee & Shepard / Lee, Shepard & Dillingham,, 1876.. Hardcover first edition -. Good only in original red cloth with gilt panels and a stamped illustration on the front cover - wear to the covers, some spine slant, corners bumped, etc. (the blank pages at the beginning and end were used for arithmetic problems… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York:: Henry Holt,, (1991). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A combination of history, memoir, and a description of today's Northwest - of the landscapes of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. SIGNED on the title page. Double page map. Notes and references, index. 284 pp.

Boston:: Patrick Donahoe,, 1857.. Hardcover -. Good overall in original embossed brown cloth, title page has had a small piece of paper affixed to the middle where the author's name appears, ex-library stamps in the margins of a few pages , some wear to the corners of the boards and ends of the spine, rubbing to the lettering on… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York:: Promontory Press,, (1982.). Hardcover -. Near fine in a good dust jacket (some edgewear to the dj, especially at the base of the spine).. Reprint. Omnibus edition containing three works written and illustrated by Sloane and originally published in 1954-1956: American Barns and Covered Bridges; Our Vanishing Landscape, and American Yesterday. Each work is paginated… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York:: Bonanza Books,, (c 1955.). Hardcover -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (sunning to back cover of dj.). Reprint. "His haunting apparitions are found from New England to New Orleans, from Manhattan's Central Park to San Francisco's Nob Hill, and he reports on several notorious ghosts of the far West." Illustrated with 18 full page… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York:: Literary Guild of America,, 1928.. Hardcover -. Very good in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering (spine rubbed, lettering faded), lacking the dust jacket.. Hardcover. While this might have been a tongue-in-cheek criticism of the excesses of the "roaring twenties" it is amazing how it still describes the United States -whether it is taken to the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Minneapolis:: T.S. Denison, , (1967.). Hardcover -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Family Bookshelf edition. Whimsical stories about the author's home town, set in the late 19th and very early 20th centuries, illustrated with drawings by the author. 185 pp. Original price of 4.50 present on front flap, but family bookshelf notation on rear flap.

n.p. [Auburn, CA]: Catalpa Press,, 1988.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of humorous folk tales centered on a general store in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, but also equally at home in the bayous of Louisiana, and the front porches of New England. Among the classic themes… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, 1982.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a good only dust jacket. (tear to upper edge of front cover and spine, other edgewear to dj). First printing. "In a dazzling literary debut, [filmmaker] Peter Davis has mapped the passions of one American town and the conflicts and harmonies that unite and divide… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1945.. Hardcover -. Very good in tan cloth with gilt lettering, no dj (front flap of dustjacket laid in). . 2nd printing before publication. Illustrated with many photographic plates. Frontispiece of a fold-out map of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The 'heartland,' agriculture, fishing, creativity (including Frank Lloyd Wright) are just some of… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1975.. First edition -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a large format trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. 'The furniture and artifacts, and the spirit and precepts embodied in their simplicity, beauty, and functional practicality.' Illustrated with both photographs and drawings. 219 pp with notes, references, and index.

New York:: Hyperion,, 2002.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. A journey through America based on the idea of looking at the principles on which America was founded, and then searching for how those principles have survived. The authors found that they 'have been shaken, molded, adapted and assaulted, yet… Saber más sobre este artículo

Athens, GA:: University of Georgia Press,, 1989.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. A look at the life of Stump who learned as the basket making tradition as a boy of 17 in Hocking, Ohio, and who continued this all his life, and also a detailed look at the process of… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York:: McGraw-Hill,, 1966.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good+ in very good- dust jacket (chipping and wear at top of spine of dj). First printing. A title in 'The American Trails Series' edited by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. An account of the trail first formed by those who came across the landbridge from Siberia… Saber más sobre este artículo

n.p. [Auburn, CA]: Catalpa Press,, 1988.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.). First printing. A collection of humorous folk tales centered on a general store in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, but also equally at home in the bayous of Louisiana, and the front porches of New England. Among the classic themes are… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1991.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. His second book, this one an in-depth exploration of the history and people of Chase County in the Flint Hills of central Kansas - the last remaining grand expanse of tallgrass prairie in the US. 624 pp. Map endpapers.

Toledo, OH:: The Toledo Blade,, 1985.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a near fine dustjacket (little wear top of spine on dj.). First printing. The history of one of the first newspapers established west of the Alleghanies and one of the few newspapers established prior to 1850 still in existence. Photographs. 4374 pages including notes and… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, 1982.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good- dust jacket. (dj- edge wear, 1-inch tear on front cover). First printing. "In a dazzling literary debut, [filmmaker] Peter Davis has mapped the passions of one American town and the conflicts and harmonies that unite and divide the townspeople." An account of… Saber más sobre este artículo