Libros raros de Sandhill Books

Greeley, Colorado: University of Northern Colorado, 1980. Softcover in very good condition. ix and 165 pages, 28cm tall, quarto. Occasional Publications in Anthropology, Linguistics Series, No. 7. Apache grammar, lexicon, and ethnographic notes are presented in this title. Three sections: linguistic notes upon the Apache language; 1105 vocabulary items; and biographical notes about John Gregory Bourke. Also an index. Bourke transferred in 1870 to Camp Grant in Arizona to fight against the Apaches. After befriending some of the Apaches he began a linguistic study which grew to a life-long concern for their culture. Rear cover shows a bit of light rubbing, gift inscription on first blank page.

Hermes Press, 2013. Hardcover in fine condition and fine dust jacket. Illustrated paper-covered boards, 191 pages, 26cm tall, quarto. A collection of 7 Buck Rogers comic books in one volume. Comics #2-#7 were published in 1979 and 1980 as television tie-ins, #1 was published in 1964 predating the television series

Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2000. Hardcover in near fine condition in a good dust jacket. Black cloth and gilt title on spine, xiv and 421 pages, 22cm tall, octavo, bibliography and index. Besides the lesser known, this title includes a few famous people who are not known as songwriters, like Gene Autry and Louis Armstrong. Front endpaper has small marker notation, dust jacket shows light superficial rubbing.

Madison, Tenn: Kitty's Cook Book Co, 1964. Softcover in good condition. Photo portrait of Wells on front cover, 34 pages, 28cm tall, quarto, recipe index. Includes 2 articles illustrated with photos of Wells, Johnny Wright, and family. Kitty Wells signature on front cover. Covers have separated from publisher's single spine staple, light soil and small corner crease to the covers.

Philadelphia: Office of the Indian Rights Association, 1888. Softcover in fair condition. Yellow covers, 114 pages, 22 cm tall, octavo, index. The author, an agent of the Indian Rights Association, wrote this report about his 1887 trip to mission Indians of southern California and to the tribes in the western portion of the Indian Territory(Oklahoma). As requested by President Cleveland and the Secretary of the Interior, Painter included in his report the condition of Indian schools at his several stops. Also as requested, Painter wrote about the advisability of removing some of the tribes in Indian Territory to open their lands to white settlement: "unjust, cruel, disastrous." (page 12) The 1888 publication of this report was soon followed by the first Oklahoma land run in 1889. Fragile front and rear covers are 3/4 detached from the spine. Three small tape mends to the spine reinforce the covers. Light soil to the covers. Internally very good.

Hardcover in fair condition. Black leather with gilt title and decoration, raised bands on the spine, 10 in tall, sewn binding. A scrapbook of 14 weekly chess columns pasted on 34 pages, 18 blank leaves. The chess columns were published in 1866 in the New York Leader, a weekly literary magazine, and were probably written and annotated by Charles H. Stanley, although the columns show no attribution. The 51 annotated chess games reported in the newspaper clippings include the 5 games of the 1866 match for the championship of the United States between G. H. Mackenzie of the New York Chess Club and G. Reichhelm of the Philadelphia Chess Club. Also include are 3 games played by Wilhelm Steinitz, 2 played by Paul Morphy, and 9 played by Adolf Anderssen. A library discard, noncirculating copy. Label affixed to pastedown identifies this copy as part of the Peter G. Toepfer chess collection of 1918. Spine shows paper label with library code. Covers have surface wear at tips and hinges, soil spots to the rear cover.

Chicago: Blossom Book Bourse, 1909. Hardcover in poor condition, lacking dust jacket. Red cloth and black title to spine and front cover, 179 pages, 8 in tall. Illustrated with protraits of James Figg, George Taylor, John Broughton, and John Slack. Index includes all boxers who have contested for the world's heavy weight championship, as well as many other notables. This boxing history starts with the 18th-century James Figg, the first English bare-knuckle boxing champion. Covers with soil spots, frayed cloth at extremities. Ownership signature on pastedown and dedication page. Binding is cracked but intact, no loose leaves. A glue repair has been applied to the gutter at pg 177.

New York: Broadman Library Foundation, 1948. Softcover. Very Good/no jacket. White wraps with black title, 34 pages, 10 in tall. Illustrated with 3 photographs of Dr. Joseph Broadman, a physician, in his library of 500,000 documents, newspapers, newspaper clippings, periodicals, pamphlets, leaflets, books, cartoons, pictures, posters, official reports, etc.. Broadman published this pamphlet in an unsuccessful effort to place the collection in a university library. In 1966 he gave the collection to a newly established Quaker institution on Long Island, Friends World College. In 1990 FWC was sold to a new owner who tore down the buildings a few years later and "the collection passed into oblivion." ("What Ever Happened to the Broadman Library," a blog posted by Princeton University Library, 2008). Front wrap with edge tear and crease, and 2 minor staple punctures. A clean copy, internally fine.