American Society from Bluebird Books

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Near Fine. 1994. First Edition Thus. Softcover. 0803265921 . A first printing of a softcover edition of Brian Dippie's study of the ways in which Custer's Last Stand has been portayed in popular culture, such as in movies, dramatic recreations and in works of art. With a section of black & white… Read more about this item

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0803231075 . First edition (so indicated by lack of subsequent printings, copyright page). John H. Moore, per the jacket flap, has produced ". . .not only an excellent quantitative study of the Cheyenne Indians but also the first full ethnography of a… Read more about this item

New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good. 1955. Hardcover. A famed collection of essays, poems and musings, first published in the Atlantic Monthly magazine from 1831 to 1832. Physician, author and general scholar Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.] (1809-1894) was the father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., a well-known Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. This deluxe… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. [c.1968]. Hardcover. Truman Capote's book is the story of a 1959 brutal mass murder in a small town in Kansas. It is a famous work in part because, though non-fiction, it reads like a novel. A Modern Library edition in dust jacket design very… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Snowden, Printer. Good+. 1842. Hardcover. A compact handbook to the New York City of 1842 & 1843. This almanac-style work provides detailed information about people engaged in a variety of occupations, government officials, law enforcement, NY post office, foreign consuls, city financial data, real estate values, water supply systems, ferries, newspapers and other… Read more about this item

Chicago: Sage Books / Swallow Press Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. A first edition of a memoir by Frank Waters, telling of his experiences while living with the Hopi Indians for three years in Arizona. With a map of the Arizona/New Mexico/Mexico area, and a glossary. --- In full brown … Read more about this item

New York: The Library of America / Literary Classics of the United States, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first editions. Per a jacket flap, this two-volume set is an ". . .anthology [chronicling] over thirty tumultuous years in the struggle of African-Americans for freedom and equal rights." The writings of… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, Publisher. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 1586852485 . A stated first edition of a pictorial tribute to the western shirt. These shirts, with their distinctive styling, snap buttons, fancy pockets & cuffs and embroidered designs have become highly collectible examples of Western Americana. Several dozen designs… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0385096852 . Thomas Thompson's work is the true crime story of the death of Houston socialite and horsewoman Joan Robinson Hill. The author describes her mysterious death, thought to be at the hands of her husband, Dr. John Hill, a… Read more about this item

[New York]: The Macmillan Company. Fair in Very Good dust jacket. [c.1970s]. Hardcover. A somewhat damaged copy of Vine Deloria, Jr.'s argument for a complete reorganization of American society and overhaul of the American constitution. The author is a member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titling to spine.… Read more about this item

New York: Harper / HarperCollins [Harper Collins]. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2017. Hardcover. 0062300547 . A 23rd printing, 2017, of J. D. Vance's 2016 memoir of his life as he grew up in a mostly dysfunctional family in Kentucky and Ohio. Mr. Vance overcame his troubled childhood to graduate from Ohio State and Yale Law,… Read more about this item

New York: Basic Books / HarperCollins. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0465043623 . A signed first printing of math professor John Allen Paulos's examination of the use (or "misuse") of mathematics by politicians and the news media. Signed by the author on half title page. --- In tan paper-covered boards backed… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Publishers. Good with no dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. A compendium of all manner of American folk songs, stories, ballads and traditions of the people. With snippets from famous writings, musical notations and excerpts of dialogue. The stories are organized loosely by topics, such as "Pseudo Bad Men," "Liars," "Ballads and Songs," etc. Edited… Read more about this item

Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press / Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Near Fine. 2012. Softcover. 0890135479 . A first printing of this presentation of the art of Georgia O'Keeffe, as well as examples of New Mexico architecture and the Katsinam culture of the Pueblo and Hopi people. With a section of color plates depicting paintings by Ms.… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Hardcover. A collection of poems by Michigan's Will Carleton (1845-1912). Departing from his previous collections of poems celebrating rural life, such as in his "Farm Ballads," Mr. Carleton turns his attention to city people and stories. With 16 plates bearing black & white illustrations… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. [c.1881-1890]. Hardcover. A collection of poems by Michigan's Will Carleton (1845-1912). The poems share the common theme of American rural life, and are accompanied by dozens of engraved black & white illustrations by various artists. This work follows the author's earlier "Farm Ballads" and "Farm… Read more about this item

London: Cassell Publishers Limited. Near Fine. 1994. Softcover. 0304340928 . A guide to the religious community known as the Shakers. Per the back cover, "The Shakers were nineteenth-century America's largest and best known communal utopian society." Worshipping by performing a ritual dance (which is the source of the name "Shaker"), the group practiced celibacy and worked… Read more about this item

New York and Boston: Moses King. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Hardcover. A gallery of photographic portraits of notable New Yorkers, as of 1896-1899. These people are grouped by occupation, e.g.: bankers, physicians, military, business, etc. It is notable that all are Caucasian, and all are men. This work is labeled "A Companion Volume to King's… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0394430492 . A stated 9th printing, January 1974 of Alvin M. Josephy Jr.'s study of the various Indian tribes in the Western Hemisphere. He describes the history, archeology and ethnology of all major Indian cultures from Alaska to Patagonia. With four sections of… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. From the dust jacket, this work is an ". . .album of photos, advertisements, songs, cartoons, text, and memories, affectionately dedicated to the automobile pioneers of the horseless carriage days." With 500 illustrations and related text, indexed. --- In blue paper-covered … Read more about this item