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Frontier Fighter: The Autobiography of George W. Coe Who Fought and Rode with Billy the Kid
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MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1934. Hardcover/Dust Jacket; VG (minor wear bottom spine; foxing pgs 158, 159 & photo in between; slight foxing side edges, not affecting pages); DJ-VG (edgewear with several small tears; 1/2" pc msg rear top edge); 1st Edition with date on title page; xiv,220 pgs; 12mo; "Having been (Billy) the Kid's firm friend and a loyal member of his gang, George W. Coe is the only man living who can give us a personal record of those lawless days"; photo illustrated; Dust jacket illustration by George Giguere.. First Edition. American West; Western Frontier; Western Gunfighters; Lincoln County, New Mexico; Billy the Kid; William H. Bonney; George W. Coe; Lincoln County War;. more information
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Uncle Henry: The Autobiography of an Irrepressible Entrepreneur (Signed & Inscribed By Author)
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Hardcover/DJ; Fine/VG+; SIGNED & INSCRIBED by Author, both on half-title pg; 1st Edition/Limited to 1000 copies; (10),165 pages; photo illustrated; an account of a true entrepreneur, who progressed from ranch hand, broker, inventor, engineer & "...behind- the-scenes buyer and seller of petroleum...". more informationOffered by Roberta\'s Books (United States) |
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Sojourn On The Prairie: Childhood Memories
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ND: Max Hardison, 1955. Hardcover/No DJ; X-library with minimal markings o/w VG (minor edgewear); Presumed 1st Edition; (possibly inscribed by Author: "To Beryl, with love, from Eva"; (6),112 pgs; illustrated with 3 black & white family photos, plus drawings by Pauline Middleton (Author's daughter); with words & music to six songs: "The Twenty Froggies", "Buttercup Meadows", "Raindrops", "When You Are in Trouble", "A Home on the Prairie" and "O Round Faced Owl". . North Dakota; Newville, North Dakota; North Dakota Prairie; Lewis W. Boyd Family; Eva May Martin; Pauline Middleton;. more informationOffered by Roberta\'s Books (United States) |
Price: $2.95
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To Catch A Star (Inscribed By Author)
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CO: High Valley Press, 1996. Softcover; VG (light edgewear); INSCRIBED by Author; Probable 1st Edition; (4),220 pages; a biography and autobiography by the author, an immigrant, who pioneered & grew up in Denver, going then to Cripple Creek, & the farming communities in the San Luis Valley; illustrated with B&W photos.. ISBN: 0943640032. Denver, Colorado; Cripple Creek, Colorado; San Luis Valley, Colorado; Creed, Colorado; Stunner, Colorado; Telluride, Colorado;. more informationOffered by Roberta\'s Books (United States) |
Price: $6.00
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Who's Flying This Thing?: Autobiography of an Ada, Minnesota Viking (Inscribed By Author)
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Self Published, 1996. Softcover, spiral-bound; VG+; Probable 1st Edition; INSCRIBED by Author twice; xxvi,294 pages; tall 8vo; "... two years to write, yet it represents a lifetime of compilation of photos, data, and diligent note taking...(unveiling) a colorful family history, his lifetime achievements, and his own collection of inspirational poetry"; profusely illustrated with B&W photos, drawings, sketches, news articles, ads, & blueprints; 4pp foldout of plane blueprints & High School Basketball team, two 4pg fold-outs of family tree attached to rear.. Minnesota; Ada; Minnesota; Airplanes; Stinson Reliant Airplane; Vintage Aircraft; Airplane Museums;. more information
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The Spaces in Between: An Architect's Journey
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Hardcover/DJ; VG (slight spine lean); DJ/VG (light edgewear; price clipped); Houghton Mifflin, 1973, 2nd printing; xiv,303 pages; 8vo; photo illustrated. more informationOffered by Roberta\'s Books (United States) |
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The Making of a Surgeon: A Midwestern Chronicle
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Self Published, 1942. Hardcover/DJ; Near Fine (prev owner name/address stamp & small notation)/DJ-VG+; 1st Edition, stated; possibly signed on front pastedown; 344,(4) pgs; 8vo; "The experiences and conclusions based on more than thirty-five years of medical and surgical practice are simply and directly stated, and the unusual case histories that are recorded are both readable and instructive"; illustrated with B&W photos, many historical.. Dr. Ernest V. Smith; American Surgeons; Dr. William Mayo; Dr. Charles Mayo; Practice of Medicine; Mayo Clinic;. more information
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Radio and Television The Hard Way (Inscribed By Author)
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NY: Vantage Press, 1971. Hardcover/No DJ; VG+ (very light wear top/bottom spine & corner tips; prev owner name/address rear pastedown, plus small name stamp on front pastedown & rear endpaper & pastedown); 1st Edition; Inscribed by Author; 152 pages. "So this is the story of early radio and television, and of a young boy from Iowa who left the farm and furrowed the airwaves instead of the rich soil of the earth.". Radio; Television; Ray C. Smucker; Iowa Author;. more informationOffered by Roberta\'s Books (United States) |
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