Search Results: Titles starting with E from Old West Books

Borger Texas: Jim Hess Printer, 1969. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 382 pages, photo, small white stain to lower spine, transfer from jacket, edge wear and light stain to jacket, inscribed by the author. Mexican War, New Mexico, Kansas, Civil War, Fort Sumner N.M. a few Custer mentions, etc..

Boston: Sherman, French & Company, 1917. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 81 pages, frontis, photos, very slight wear, in the original chipped glassine wrapper. Inscribed by the author to the editor of the San Antonio Express, Oct 1917. Laid in is a typed and signed letter from the author to the editor of the San Antonio Express. Walsh states that he is sending a copy of the book for review which has original range pictures not heretofore published. The letter has The central National Bank letterhead. Poetry on cowboys and the range, nice photos. Howes 64, Merrill Aristocrat..

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1934. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 155 pages, frontis, illustrations, minor edge wear to jacket, owner name. Seger was the founder of Colony Oklahoma and the Model Indian Industrial School. His memoirs were presented to the University of Oklahoma and were edited by Vestal and published in 1923. This is the first printing in book form. Many believe Vestal wrote most of the material. Vestal grew up in Arapahoe country and was a friend to Seger. Vestal's first work. Contains an appendix with the traditions of the Cheyenne Indians. Rader 2904.

1938. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. First Edition. N.P., N.D. pictorial wraps, minor discoloration across the top of front cover, 16 pages, triple columns, illustrations. Herd 746, Six-Guns 662, "The author relates some events of early Abilene and writes of Wild Bill Hickok and Jack McCall. He lived in Abilene from its founding and knew its history first-hand." Rare item..

Norfolk, Neb.: Huse Publishing Company, 1916. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd printing of 1916, 244 pages, frontis, chipping to jacket edges. Mintz 287, " Leach started in Genesee County Michigan. He tells of joining the Knapp family as an ox-team driver and becoming a member of a party going overland with no rules, regulations, or leader. He tells of experiences among the Indians, with the dreaded cholera, and with other events along the trail to Oregon. A good diary." Graff 2427, Howes L162..

Norfolk, Neb.: A J. Leach Huse Publishing Company, 1916. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 244 pages, frontis, very slight wear in a good only jacket. Mintz 287, " Leach started in Genesee County Michigan. He tells of joining the Knapp family as an ox-team driver and becoming a member of a party going overland with no rules, regulations, or leader. He tells of experiences among the Indians, with the dreaded cholera, and with other events along the trail to Oregon. A good diary." Graff 2427, Howes L162a.

Norfolk, Neb.: Huse Publishing Company, 1916. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 2nd printing of 1916, 244 pages, frontis, wear to jacket edges. . Mintz 287, " Leach started in Genesee County Michigan. He tells of joining the Knapp family as an ox-team driver and becoming a member of a party going overland with no rules, regulations, or leader. He tells of experiences among the Indians, with the dreaded cholera, and with other events along the trail to Oregon. A good diary." Graff 2427, Howes L162a.

Kansas City MO.: McIntire Publishing Co., 1902. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 229 pages, frontis, illustrations, original green decorated cloth, slight edge wear, minor page toning, else a very nice copy. Rare item. Herd, 1405, "Although the author was better known as a gunman, he tells some of his experiences as a cowboy." Rader 2298, Howes M113, "Reminiscences of an old faro dealer." Six-Guns 1415, "The author himself a fugitive, earlier served as a peace officer in several towns of the West. He tells of Billy the Kid, Jim Courtright, Dave Rudabaugh, Wyatt Earp and Mysterious Dave Mathers.".

Jamestown, California: Mother Lode Magnet, 1925. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. (1925) Original printed wraps, minor edge wear, 34 pages, frontis, the author has penned a manuscript copyright notice on the verso of the front wrap. Eberstadt Modern Overlands 525, Howes W342, Mintz 494, The author was a little girl when her parents made the journey overland and eventually stopped near Sonora, California. She relates incidents involving Indians and tells about how Mark Twain once resided in her mothers boarding house. Last record of sale was Streeter in 1968..

St. Paul MN. : E.W. Porter , 1901. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original cloth, 456 pages, frontis, illustrations, owner name, slight spine lean, fade to spine and moderate wear, a good reading or research copy. Chapter on General Sully and the Indians..

Maywood, Nebraska : Boyd Perkin , 1930. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. (1930) Original pictorial wraps, 40 pages, very slight edge wear. Much Nebraska history, Indians, cattle, W.T. Carver (Doc) famous shooter of glass balls, buffalo hunting, etc. Herd 1482.

American Fork City, 1945. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 152 pages, photos. History of the establishment of the fort and community on the Wasatch Front by Mormon pioneers, who first arrived in the summer of 1850. The first house in American Fork may have been built by Mormon cattleman Matthew Caldwell..

Salem Oregon: Frank C. Baker State Printer, 1894. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 719 pages, original ¾ leather binding, very slight edge wear, pencil writing on 1st blank end-paper, very nice copy! Cayuse, Yakima and Rogue River Wars, Joseph Meek, Astoria, William Ashley Expedition, etc. Howes V88..

Dallas Texas: Dealey and Lowe, 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 269 pages, frontis, illustrations, Most of jacket spine missing, fornt and rear pannels present. Boys edition to the author's Bois D'Arc To Barb'd Wire published in the same year. Cattle drives, buffalo hunt, horse thieves, cowboys, life on the ranch. Herd 925.

Denver, CO: W. F. Robinson Printing Co, 1920. Book. Very Good+. Original Wraps. First Edition. Original green cloth, very slight edge wear, 313 pages, fold-out map. Wynar 997. This work pertains primarily to mining but does include some laws governing livestock raising..

Denver, CO: W. F. Robinson Printing Co, 1920. Book. Very Good+. Original Wraps. First Edition. Original gray wraps, very slight edge wear, 313 pages, fold-out map. Wynar 997. This work pertains primarily to mining but does include some laws governing livestock raising..

Denver, CO: W. F. Robinson Printing Co, 1920. Book. Near Fine. Original Wraps. First Edition. 313 pages, fold-out map. Excellent copy!.

By Author, 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 291 pages, illustrations. All you wanted to know about barbed wire!.

N.Y.: Clarkson N. Potter, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 247 pages, map end-papers, minor wear to jacket, some spotting to cover. Mrs. Virgil Earp's recollections dictated to the author in the 1930s. It was kept from the public until Mrs. Virgil Earp and Mrs. Wyatt Earp died. Tells of Wyatt's 3 marriages. "Six-Guns 2322, "At last we have a book which dares to tell the truth about the Earps, refuting the many highly romantic and imaginary tales told by Burns and Lake.".

N.Y.: Clarkson N. Potter, 1960. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 247 pages, map end-papers, minor wear to jacket. Mrs. Virgil Earp's recollections dictated to the author in the 1930s. It was kept from the public until Mrs. Virgil Earp and Mrs. Wyatt Earp died. Tells of Wyatt's 3 marriages. "Six-Guns 2322, "At last we have a book which dares to tell the truth about the Earps, refuting the many highly romantic and imaginary tales told by Burns and Lake.".