Search Results: Americana from River House Books

Hardcover Cloth 272 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1956. Beautiful red decorated boards with white embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear - some scuff marks. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages are lightly toned. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Heavier than standard book; S&H will be adjusted.No handwriting, personal notes, stickers or marks on this nice yearbook from Trinity University

Trade Paperback with glued binding 322 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Stated First edition 2011. Nice illustrated wraps shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. There were many living in the 1800's who made important contributions to Kansas City, Missouri. They used their abilities, talents and money to improve the city and make it a better place to live. This is about the lives of fifty of those good men.

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years One Volume Edition by Carl Sandburg Hardcover Cloth 762 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. Stated First edition 1954. Handsome red boards and gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Red Topstain. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket with heavy shelf wear - tears, stains, and wrinkles. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Out of his monumental six-volume work on Lincoln and his times, Carl Sandburg has written this definitive one-volume biography. The first part, "The Prairie Years," recounts Lincoln's youth and early career before he attained the presidency.
The story, of course, starts with his family settling in Kentucky, where Lincoln was born in 1809. Later, he moved with his family to Illinois. Lincoln began in New Salem and later moved to Springfield. Sandburg's depiction of his development, to becoming… Read More

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years One Volume Edition by Carl Sandburg Hardcover Cloth 762 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1954. Handsome red boards and gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear; bumped corners and a few stains on edges. An unclipped dust jacket with the usual shelf wear - tears, stains, and wrinkles. Not an ex-library or remainder copy.
Out of his monumental six-volume work on Lincoln and his times, Carl Sandburg has written this definitive one-volume biography. The first part, "The Prairie Years," recounts Lincoln's youth and early career before he attained the presidency.
The story, of course, starts with his family settling in Kentucky, where Lincoln was born in 1809. Later, he moved with his family to Illinois. Lincoln began in New Salem and later moved to Springfield. Sandburg's depiction of… Read More

Trade Paperback 52 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Stated First edition third printing 1996 with corresponding number line. Attractive illustrated wraps shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Previous owner's name embossed on front endsheet. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Original price tag on back cover. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.

This book focuses on the stories of Apache women who played important roles in their tribe's history and culture. The book highlights the bravery, strength, and determination of Apache women who fought against colonization and protected their families and communities. The book also provides a historical context for these women's experiences and sheds light on the often overlooked contributions of Native American women to their tribes and to the larger narrative of American history.

Hardcover Cloth 404 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1967. Attractive waxed tan boards with black and green embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored. Slight shelf wear. Edges and pages have the usual yellowing. AARON rubber stamped on bottom edge. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Previous owner treated this book with microcrystalline wax giving it a shiny, smooth coating that covers the fabric boards all the way to the inside paste downs.
Describes the challenges and successes that can be found in the different game species hunted, combining folk storytelling with scientific naturalism, and social anthropology.
In this book, the author takes the reader across early and mid-20th century America and takes us along to view the panoramas and byways of a time and place that has long disappeared in most places. His writing remains true to an American tradition that doesn't… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 307 pages. Condition Very Good Mylar-protected Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated fourth edition 1970. Handsome black boards and grey embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no highlights. Previous owner was a western history fan - they decorated this book with cutouts and pictures applied to blank areas of the interior pages. Book Well kept and carefully stored. Slight shelf wear. Price clipped dust jacket protected by mylar cover is smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Laid in photo clippings.
This book portrays the notorious gunslingers of the period and the fearless men on the other side of the law, it analyzes the socialogical forces that shaped their careers, making one man an outlaw and another a peace officer.
Gathering vital data from many sources the author gives an accurate and authentic picture of more than two hundred and fifty notorius characters who have figured… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 206 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 2020. Nice grey boards and gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket with "Pass it back Ags" sticker is smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - no tears, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Jim and Cheryl Flint '94 tailgate in Texas where everything is bigger. As passionate football fans, they love planning and participating in tailgating. With more than a decades worth of active tailgating experience in College Station the couple shares their stories and experiences in the pages of Beyond the Tailgate. It paints a clear picture of TAMU and the mystique of the entire Aggie experience. The spirit and traditions of the school are the perfect setting for this kind of dedication to tailgate fun.

Hardcover Cloth 426 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 2017 with corresponding number line. Elegant tan boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
The open range cattle era lasted barely a quarter-century, but it left America irrevocably changed. These few decades following the Civil War brought America its greatest boom-and-bust cycle until the Depression, the invention of the assembly line, and the dawn of the conservation movement. It inspired legends, such as that icon of rugged individualism, the cowboy. Yet this extraordinary time and its import have remained unexamined for decades.Cattle Kingdom reveals the truth of how the West rose and fell, and how its legacy… Read More

The Civil War: A Narrative (3 Vol Set) Fort Sumter to Perryville / Fredericksburg to Meridian / Red River to Appomattoxby Shelby FooteComplete three volume set of the famous Shelby Foote 'The Civil War: A Narrative' with dust jackets. Volumes 1 & 2 are in Very Good condition, Volume 3 Good condition. No marks, highlights or bookplates. None are ex-library, book club or remainder copies.Volume 1 Fort Sumter to PerryvilleHardcover Cloth 840 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition fourth printing 1958 with corresponding number line. Attractive grey buckram boards with blue blocks and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Grey topstain. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Some bumped corners. A clipped dust jacket smooth and clean is discolored with age with slight shelf wear - wrinkles and chips.
Volume 2 Fredericksburg to MeridianHardcover Cloth 988 pages. Condition Very… Read More

Stapled wraps 18 unnumbered pages. Condition Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1927. Stained wraps on this tight and sound copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear - a few tears, scrapes, stains, scratches, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Illustrated pamphlet devoted to the sculptures in the competition for a monument to THE PIONEER WOMAN to be erected on the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.

Hardcover Cloth 321 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1948. Nice red boards and black embossing shows off this Clean, tight copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages are lightly toned. A smooth unclipped dust jacket is discolored with age with the usual shelf wear - a few tears, scrapes, stains, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.

John Walton Caughey explores the history of the California Gold Rush of 1849 and its impact on American society. The book is divided into three parts, each focusing on a different aspect of the Gold Rush.

The first part of the book provides a detailed account of the discovery of gold in California and the subsequent rush of fortune seekers to the region. Caughey describes the various groups of people who came to California during this time, including miners, merchants, and immigrants… Read More

Trade Paperback 201 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1998. Attractive illustrated wraps shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Authors Lyman and Karen Platt, both descendants of Grafton pioneers, have painstakingly researched the extraordinary story of one of the West's most picturesque ghost towns. Set beneath Zio Canyon's towers of stone, the townscape of Grafton has been immortalized in such movie classics as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, yet the true stories of its actual inhabitants are more compelling and heartrending than any dramatic production. In these pages you will learn the names and experience the triumphs and tragedies of the remarkable Mormon settlers and native Piutes who built a community on the banks of the Virgin River

Hardcover Cloth 254 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated limited edition 1986. Handsome black embossed boards and black embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. Black endpapers and sewn in ribbon. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few tears, scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Heavier than standard book; S&H will be adjusted.
A book paying homage to the designs of Philip J. Handel, whose vision for The Handel Company of Meriden, Connecticut, was to combine individual craftsmanship with creative accomplishment.
"Handel Lamps Painted Shades and Glassware" is a comprehensive guide to the artistic creations of the Handel Company, particularly focusing on their painted lamp shades and glassware.
The book provides a detailed exploration into the exquisite world of Handel lamps, renowned… Read More

Paperback 16 pages, staple bound brochure. Approx. Size: 8 1/4 x 11 inches. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition First printing 1968. Beautiful blue and white wraps show off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Hemisfair 1968 United States Pavilion brochure. Features multi-colored printing and attractive images of the Confluence building.United States Confluence Theater, was part of the two-building Federal Exhibit at HemisFair '68. It was a 70-foot high structure which housed a one-of-a-kind theater and the largest curvilinear motion picture screen in the world. In it, fairgoers were shown the Francis Thompson film, "Confluence, U.S.A."

Hardcover Cloth 458 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1958. Beautiful turquoise boards and brown embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear; edges have the usual yellowing. Heavier than standard book; S&H will be adjusted.1958 Texas Tech Yearbook in exceptional condition. No handwriting, little shelf wear to cover.

Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command 3 Volume Set
Volume 1: Manassas to Malvern Hill
Volume 2: Cedar Mountain to Chancellorsville
Volume 3: Gettysburg to Appomattox
by Douglas Southall Freeman
Hardcover Cloth 3 Volume Set 773, 760, 862 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Volume 1 Presumed first edition 1942. Volume 2 Presumed first edition 1943. Volume 3 presumed first edition 1944. Handsome black boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square set with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Previous owner's address label and / or signature on front endpapers. Books Well kept and carefully stored. Slight shelf wear. Edges have the usual yellowing and some spotting. Pages are lightly toned. Some bumped corners. Volume 3 sun damage to top of boards, spine and headband. Volume 3 has dust jacket in Poor Condition with considerable tears, stains and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Set is heavier than standard book; S&H will be adjusted.
Lee's Lieutenants: A Study… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 383 pages. Condition Fair Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1915. Handsome teal boards with white spine and gold embossing on this tight copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book worn with bumped corners, decayed spine and significant shelf wear. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages are toned with minor signs of wear and/or age. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Steger was born in Moscow, Tennessee, in 1883. After attending public schools there he entered the University of Texas. Following his graduation, he attended the Balliol College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and later went to Johns Hopkins. Harry Steger worked as a journalist both in England and in America. He was also a literary adviser to Doubleday, Page & Co., literary executor of O. Henry, and editor of Short Stories Magazine. When Porter died in 1910, Steger was executor of his estate as well as his literary executor. During research for an O. Henry biography, Steger uncovered an… Read More

Library binding hardcover cloth 188 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Stated First edition 2000. Attractive illustrated library binding wraps shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Ex-Library book well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Library stamping on edges and title page. Ex-library date due card, bar codes and filing marks on front endpapers. Slight shelf wear. Not an book club or remainder copy.Fifty years ago we had riots in the city streets. Then-President Johnson convened the Kerner Commission to examine the reasons why, and it concluded that the U.S. was 'moving towards two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal.' Today, the city streets are populated more variously and suffering more quietly, but more people in U.S. cities are poorer now than ever before. As this book shows, U.S. cities are becoming poorhouses for blacks and Hispanics, and city life incubates hopelessness borne of un- and underemployment,… Read More

Lost Bonanzas: Tales of the Legendary Lost Mines of the American West by Harry Sinclair Drago Hardcover Cloth 276 pages. Condition Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1966. Worn brown boards and black embossing on this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Shelf wear, front hinge cracked. An unclipped dust jacket smooth and clean is discolored with age and sports the original price tag. Slight shelf wear - a few tears, scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Harry Drago explores the various myths and legends surrounding lost mines in the American West. The book is a collection of stories about prospectors, miners, and adventurers who sought their fortunes in the gold and silver rushes of the 19th century and the tales of their lost treasures.
The book is divided into chapters that focus on different regions and specific lost mines, such as the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine in Arizona, the Lost Blue Bucket Mine in Oregon, and… Read More