Search Results: Cowboys & Indians from Gene W. Baade Books on the West

Reno: Professional Rodeo Stock Contractors Association, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Poor. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped oblong 4to hardbound with brown leather-looking texture. 304pp. Loaded with great vintage photos from the history of rodeo. Many portraits of men & women associated with rodeo. Christmas inscription on the brand-decorated ffep. Intro by Gene Autry. Preliminary material has info on stock contracting in the U. S. & Canada, info & abbreviations on the associations, the reason for this book, highest scored rides, etc. Sections: Retrospective, Early Stock Contractors, Memorable Horses, Modern Day Stock Contractors, Unforgettable Bulls, ProRodeo Hall of Fame Bucking Stock, & more. Book in fine condition. Dust jacket: short tear close bottom front panel; pressure marks but not breakthrough upper left front panel; back panel with long rip through upper left quadrant -- some loss of paper along narrow strip; couple of other tears (closed) back panel. Cover photos of bucking horses &… Read More

Norman: OU, 1938. Hardcover. Good. 2nd printing. Cloth. 249pp. Illus. Appendices. Endpaper maps blended with illustration. The classic account of the ranch. This copy a better than good ex-lib reading copy. covers moderately soiled; library stamp on front paste down; call number on lower spine; pocket removed from rear paste down with accompanying loss of pasted down map/image. Tight copy with no broken or cracked hinges. No dj.

Norman: OU, 1975. Soft cover. Very Good. 5th printing. Pictorial wraps. 255pp. Illus. Appendices. Foreword by Oklahoma historian Glenn Shirley. Mild crease down middle of front cover, but still vg. A classic.

Yakima: Privately Printed, 1991. First Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st printing thus. Pictorial magazine size wraps. 8pp. Illus. There is a phone number written across one picture; minor stains; vg.

Olympia: Wa He Lut Indian School, 1993. First Thus. Soft cover. Good. 1st printing thus. Pictorial magazine size wraps. 12pp. Illus. Program. Bio of Joseph DeLaCruz. Some stains on back; previously folded. Good.

Kansas City: Lowell Pr, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Fine/Fine. 1st printing. PUBLISHER'S REVIEW COPY. Gilt-stamped cloth. 301pp. Illus. Fly leaves with map of "The Melville Country." A popular memoir of ranching in Montana. This copy, as noted, a review copy from the publisher, signed "Regards, Spike Van Cleve" on the half-title. Laid in are FOUR publisher's piece of promo information. (1) printed letter on Lowell's letterhead to "Dear Reader." (2) Printed letter on Lowell's letterhead to the person the copy has been sent to, and signed by the press' David G. Plumer. We have examined the signature with a loupe and believe the signature is original, not a facsimile. (3) A folio brown printed poster or broadside intended to be folded quarter (and is) with illustration describing the book & quoting from Van Cleve. (4) An eight-page blue, brown, and white printed pamphlet titled, "By God By Spike." Fine in fine dj. You may look many years to find another copy like this one.

n.p.: Privately Printed, 1991. First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st printing thus. Pictorial magazine size wraps. 8pp. Illus. Souvenir Program. Light stains. Vg.

n.p.: Privately Printed, 1991. First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good+. 1st printing thus. Pictorial magazine size wraps. 24pp. Illus. Program. Memorials, ads, military veterans etc. Event took place at Toppenish Community Center. This particular event may not have been a pow-wow, but was with a group of pow-wow booklets. Near fine.

n.p.: Privately Printed, 1993. First Thus. Soft cover. Good. 1st printing thus. Pictorial magazine size wraps. 24pp. Illus. Program. Memorials, ads, military veterans, royalty, etc. Event took place at the Toppenish Longhouse. This particular event may not have been a pow-wow, but was with a group of pow-wow booklets. Stain across top of front cover & 1st page. Good.

Norman: OU, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st printing. Cloth. 363pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Maps, including folding map. A very important book by a master historian on the Southeast Civilized Tribes and others, including the Comanches, especially as related to Indian Territory. Near fine, lacking the dj. Rader 1429, Dobie p29.

Toronto: Globe Printing Co, 1879. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Oblong printed wraps, approx 5 3/4" x 7". 55pp. No illust. This auction was held at Dexter Park, Chicago. Col. Judy was the auctioneer. The Bow Park Stock Farm was located near Brantford, Ontario on 895 acres & was, itself, sold in 1885. Cord-tied text block, adhesive bound at spine to the wrapper covers. Vg condition. Rare. Oct. 17, 1879.

(Colo. Springs): U.S.A.F. Academy, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Cloth with gilt-stamped spine. 194pp. A few illustrations/portraits. Participants bios. Index. Essays includes some well-known Western historians: Utley, Athearn, Prucha, etc. Published in paperback, this copy nicely bound in cloth. Fine.

Wichita: WEB, 1994. First Edition. Soft cover. As New. 4to pictorial wraps. 104pp. Illust. A good-looking cowboy magazine. Articles referencing Wyatt Earp, cowboy clothing, furniture, rodeo, cowboy poetry, etc. Fine copy; mailing label. Out-of-print.

NY & Washington D. D.: Harper & Row & Library of Congress, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 1st hardbound edition, 4to cloth. 228pp. Illust. Selected Reading. Index. List of Exhibition Items Not Illustrated. A sumptuous, well-produced book on the cowboy with lots of great vintage prints & photos. Material on Oklahoma included. Fine in near fine dj. No longer common. Oversized.

Putnams, NY, 1969, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Pictorial blindstamped cloth. 254pp. Illust. Extensive bibliography. Index. "... this book takes the reader into the Indian's past, draws him into the rites, council fires, battles, & daily lives of the Sioux, Apache, Navaho, Cheyenne, & many others." Fine in slightly worn, pc dj.

L. A.: Southwest Museum, 1946. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Dating approximate. 1st printing. Printed pictorial wraps. 17pp. Illus. Number 18. Tribal map not included. Fine.

Rock Creek, WA: Privately Printed, 1993. First Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st printing thus. Pictorial magazine size wraps. 12pp. Illus. Program. Basic ticket stapled inside front cover. Near fine.

Washington DC: Univ. of Arizona, 1925. First Thus. Hardcover. Good. 1st printing. Cloth. Two volumes. 335pp. & 267pp. Index. Eighteen articles in volume one, the last one being "History of the ranch cattle industry in Oklahoma" by the eminent OU historian, Edward Everett Dale. Other articles are all over the place subject and location wise. The Supplemental Volume is, "Writings on American History, 1920, compiled by Grace Gardner Griffin. Untrimmed edges on volume one. Good ex-library copies with spine labels and a few other indicators. No check-out pockets. Very scarce.

(Wash. D.C., 1847), 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original U.S. Government printing bound into modern labeled boards. (12pp.). 30th Cong, 1st Sess., Sen. Ex. Doc. 1. A letter from Bent's Fort to Thomas H. Harvey, Supt. of Indian Affairs dated St. Louis, Sept. 18, 1847. "Broken Hand" Fitzpatrick, a bright star luminous in the history of the fur trade, at this time was Indian Agent of the Upper Platte & Arkansas. Santa Fe Trail information. Some foxing. Waterstain line especially visible on first & last pages. Vg condition nevertheless. W-C 133, SFT 207, Graff 1344. Very scarce.

Norman, 1970, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cloth. 372pp. Illust. Extensive bibliography. Index. Map. Dramatic custom woodcut bookplate of dancing Indian on front paste down. Near fine in pc dj (light stains near spine bottom of latter).