Search Results: Authors starting with B from Gene W. Baade Books on the West

NY: Oxford, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Hardbound. 275pp. Illus. Notes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Signed by Baade. Thoroughly researched & smoothly written book packed with information. Interweaves subjects of dance music & dance bands (live and recorded), popular music, role of music for wartime workers, BBC policies & programs, influence of American music (involving jazz & crooners), racial & gender issues & policies, music a as medium for propaganda & morale building & morale weakening for both troops & civilians, BBC Dancing Club, Radio Rhythm Club, and much more. This book includes in its text keys to finding specific recorded examples on the book's accompanying website. Fine, like new in dj.

Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2021. First Edition. Soft cover. As New. 1st printing. Pictorial trade wraps. 423pp. Some illustrations. Index. A fine collection of academic papers on the musical artist. Fine, like new.

Seattle: Book Club of Washington, 2022. First Edition. Soft cover. Collectible As New. First and only printing of the Fall 2022 Book Club of Washington Journal containing four articles. The cover article by Baade is primarily a survey of some of the better books and older books on the subject of Bigfoot / Sasquatch / Yeti. The article's introduction gives some background information. For collectors of Bigfoot books this is a small, but important introduction to collecting the best books. The article is illustrated in color and runs 14pp. The thee other articles in the issue are on entirely different subjects, "A Book Collector is Born: The Search for Identity as the Thirteenth Child" by John Kaperick which is about his Rex Stout collection; "On Forming a Collection of Plays and Ephemera of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco" by Kim Turner; "Howard Works Printing Museum--A Short History" by Nick Howard. Total numbered pages in the issue is 45pp. Baade article signed by the author unless otherwise… Read More

Renton: Gene W. Baade Books on the West, 2016. Limited First Edition. Soft cover. New. First Edition limited to 300 copies. Quarto pictorial and color glossy wraps. xxii + 90pp. Twenty-seven illustrations, many in color. The extended subtitle adds, "... including a commentary on book collecting and the significance of the Patterson book." Contents include: Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Bibliography, Afterword, Works Cited or Consulted, About the Author. An Errata slip is laid in giving minor non-typo corrections. After several years of research, the author published the first and to date only bibliography of Roger Patterson's famous 1966 book, which was the first to be entirely devoted to the subject of Bigfoot (or sasquatch) in North America, (Sanderson's book, which heavily considered North America, was global in extent, so to refer to Patterson's as the "first" is only to put a fine point on the claim),and which preceded by a year the film footage which he and Bob Gimlin acquired in… Read More

Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Pictorial 4to cloth. 76pp. Illustrated with a number of Akin's paintings of the canyon lands & Native Americans of the Southwest. Photos. Map. Chronology. Bibliography. Fine, as new in dj (one tiny edge tear).

NY: Avon, 1973. 1st printing in wrappers. Soft cover. Fair. Stated first printing of mass market paperback. 127pp. Price sticker abrasion back cover, else moderate wear. Fair to Good.

Denver: Sage, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 1st printing. Cloth. 117pp. Illustrated with drawings by the author. Endpaper drawings by the author. Presentation copy dated June, 1959, to a couple and signed "Joe and Mary Back." Laid in is a well-executed original drawing of rope, on now brown paper; could be by Back. It has the recipient's name on it, but may not be by the recipient. Covers quite thoroughly foxed. Tiny label on bottom of spine. No dj. Reading copy but collectible because of inscription. Very scarce title nonetheless.

NY: Knopf, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/New. 1st printing. Oblong cloth & boards. 220pp. Illus. An essential work for collectors of any of these writers. Fine, as new in dj.

Bellingham: Whatcom Museum of History and Art, 1970. Facsimile reprint. Soft cover. Collectible Very Good. Reprint of 1933 item. Pictorial wraps. (49pp + ads). Illustrated with vintage photos & ads. Gentle ex-lib with call number on small label affixed to lower front cover & over-taped with clear tape. Museum's ink stamp lower title page. This is an unusual copy. Across the top of the front cover is hand-printed and underlined, "Page Numbered Copy / Reference for Index Cards." The first line is hand-printed over the first line of the title. Inside on ffep is "Copy 2." Each page after title page & blank has first in ink and then in pencil the page number hand-written on this page. As the book is unpaginated, the museum librarian saw fit to add page numbers for reference and research. I'm not sure I've seen this done before! If you can accept the unique additions, including on the cover title, a vg, collectible copy! This book is apparently about the development of Bellingham & the Puget Sound area… Read More

NY: Grand Central Publishing, 2012. ARC. Soft cover. Collectible As New. Advance Reading Copy. Pictorial trade wraps. 434pp. Signed (signed only) by Baggott on title page. From Wiki: "Pure is a dystopian novel written by Julianna Baggott and published in February 2012 by Grand Central Publishing in the US and by Headline in the UK. The first part of a trilogy, it tells the story of Pressia and her people, living in a post-apocalyptic world destroyed by nuclear bombs, and Partridge and his people who live inside The Dome, a giant bunker that spared people from the destruction. The people on the outside call the dome-dwellers "pures", untouched by radiation. The people inside the Dome call the outsiders "wretches", considering them less than human. The novel follows Pressia's and Partridge's stories separately, until they unexpectedly meet.

Norman: OU, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st printing. Royal 8vo cloth & boards. 493pp. Illust. Extensive Notes, Bibliography, & Index. Rapidly out-of-print in the first printing. A landmark in the field of Mormon studies. Fine, like new in dj.

Westport: Greenwood Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1st printing. Cloth. 236pp. Illus. Index. Bibliography. Maps. Contributions in Military History #17. Fine. We do not believe this was published with a dust jacket, but are happy to be corrected if we are incorrect.

Athens: Ohio Univ. Press & Swallow Press, 1997. ARC. Soft cover. As New. Uncorrected Advance copy. 4to pictorial wraps. 282pp. Illustrated with the vintage photos of Larson (photos are of course advance inferior quality, but still tell the stories that are told in the book. Notes. Bibliography. Larson covered the Alaskan gold rush & then the "hard-rock mining community of Goldfield, Nevada." Fine.

Stevensville MT: Stoneydale Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Fine. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 189pp. Presentation copy signed to someone (first name only). A move to a Montana dream home goes bad. Fine.

Stevensville MT: Stoneydale Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Fine. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 189pp. A move to a Montana dream home goes bad. Fine.

Tombstone: Tombstone Press, 1954. First Edition. Soft cover. Good+. 1st printing. Small (4 1/4" x 5 34/") pictorial quarto. 197pp. Signed by Bakarich. Ink stamp "BIRD CAGE THEATRE / TOMBSTONE, ARIZ." on title page just above copyright information. At least a good+ copy; 1st two leaves with couple of short cuts near binding; upper corner bumped.

Zurich, ONT: Privately published, 1986. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 96pp. Illus. Former owner's signature top of front cover, else fine copy. Scarce Ontario family item.

Privately Published, (Boulder?), ca 1900, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 1st edition. 12mo gilt-stamped textured paper over boards. 66pp. One soldier's memoir of his own participation, & that of the Colorado Volunteers, in the Spanish - American War from recruitment to deployment through San Francisco to the Philippines, & the capture of Manila. Includes rosters of "Colonel and Staff of the Colorado Volunteers", and Companies A through M with the exception of J. A rare little item with, after limited search, copies only found in two libraries. No copies turn up in auction history databases.

NY: Grand Central Publishing, 2009. ARC. Soft cover. Collectible As New. ADVANCE READING COPY. Pictorial wraps. 341pp. Signed (signed only) by Baker. Fine, like new.

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia: Lunenburg Marine Museum Soc, 1977. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to stapled pictorial glossy wraps.71pp. Illus. Notes. Chapters present the fisheries from 1753 - 1933. Bookplate on title page with typed presentation, "Presented to Mr. A. J. "Augie" Augustine, of Kitchener, Ontario, representing "Oktoberfest", by the Lunenburg Marine Museum Society on the occasion of his visit to the town of Lunenburg, September 9th, 1977" & signed by Ainsley Fralick, Chairman. Couple of smudge, else fine.