Search Results: Titles starting with H from Back of Beyond Books

Good. Pamphlet. Brown pictorial staple-bound pamphlet; includes an unused, color postcard from the H F Bar Ranch. Likely published in 1922. Wraps are torn along spine, but still attached; wraps have light soiling; text block has light soiling; postcard has moderate soiling and heavy creasing. The H F Bar Ranch was a classic dude ranch providing all the hunting, fishing, riding and camping any eastern dude could want. The H F Bar Ranch was located just east of Yellowstone National Park and the Big Horn Mountains. No copies in OCLC as of December 2019. ; B&W Photographs; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 16 pp .

Santa Fe, New Mexico: Rydal Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Hard-to-find dust jacket has light soil and tears with yellowed tape reinforcing the spine head and tail. Some toning, not price clipped. Gray boards have a few soil spots and light sunning on spine and edges. Soil on top edge. Some small glue marks and a small tear on rear endpapers. First free endpaper is signed by the author. Landscape illustrations by Peter Hurd. A romantic history of Spanish governor Juan de Onate and the Battle of Acoma in the last years of the 16th century. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 114 pp; Signed by Author .

New York: Wm. M. Crane & Co.. Very Good. Green paper leaflet with black lettering and illustration. Leaflet was folded in half once; fold has light soiling. This leaflet advertises Hall Keramic[sic] Kilns which was based out of New York and is dated circa 1889. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1 pp .

Boston: Oakes & Swan. Very Good. 1840. First Edition. Disbound with rough binding edge, light soil, offsetting, numbers written in front corner, and toning. Illustration of a soldier, drums, bayonets, and a camp, by Thayer's Lithography of Boston. Respectfully dedicated to Orderly John Hall by the Greys. Only five copies located on OCLC. ; 13 1/4" x 10 1/4"; 3 pp .

Very Good. N.D.. Autograph Letter Signed (ALS). Circa 1900s. Dated Jan. 16, with no year. Letter has some soil, red penciled marks, and light fold wear. Signed handwritten letter from American writer Hamlin Garland (1860-1840) to a Mr. Markham, most likely poet Edwin Markham, who moved to New York in 1899. On stationery of the Players Club, Gramercy Park. "Dear Mr. Markham: I think you know of our "Progress and Poverty" Dinner; I wonder if you haven't a short poem which you could read to us? I want poesy represented....I hope you and yours are well and that you are full of orders[? ]. Very sincerely yours, Hamlin Garland. Jan. 16." ; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 1 pp .

Cheyenne, WY. Good. 1877. Hardcover. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. Pages 251-272 are Wyoming advertisements; there is also an advertisement for the "Home Brewery" in Cheyenne, Wyoming printed on the rear pastedown. Moderate sunning to spine and moderate soiling to boards; previous owner's inscription on front endpaper (contemporary); text block has light toning; p. 223 has a 2 ½" tear at top edge, affecting content. Strahorn originally went west as a correspondent during the conflicts with the Sioux in 1876, but eventually ended up as one of the West's biggest publicists. His guides to the Wyoming and Montana territories were among the first of their kind for the area. ; B & W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 11" tall; 272 pp .

Oildale, CA: Bear State Books. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition with 1949 on both title page and copyright page. Signed by the author on the dedication page, dated 1969. Light green cloth boards with dark green lettering on cover and spine. Minor shelf wear to edges; spine is a bit cocked. Beige illustrated dust jacket with green lettering on cover and spine. Jacket is wrapped in mylar. Moderate toning and staining; slight chipping and creasing to edges. Binding is tight. Interior is clean except for light toning and occasional stray pencil marks. Previous owner's name in pen on front free endpaper. Includes a frontispiece, 50 black-and-white photos, and a map design on endpapers. This classic monograph on the Yokuts of central California is based on 30 years' intensive study and hundreds of interviews with tribal elders. It covers a wide variety of topics related to the lifestyle and culture of the Yokuts including clothing, diet,… Read More

Very Good. A handwritten speech denouncing slavery, likely written in mid-19th century (1840s-1850s). Author and publication date are unknown. Twenty-nine pages of manuscript; the speech is 26pp and is written in ink and 3pp are notes about other men's beliefs about slavery and are written in pencil. Bound with string. Leaves have light toning and foxing, else very good. The author of the essay begins with "the subject in which I am to enter is the one which has agitated every nation where its baneful influence has been felt." The author then continues with several pages of abolitionist ideals. A few lines of note include: "To live a life of bondage is more intolerable than pen can describe or language express" [p. 3] and "No man on the earth can refer to any period since the creation of the world in which a more unjust unholy unprincipled unfeeling power has been exercised over any part of the human family than that of American slavery" [p. 9]. The… Read More

Very Good. Mounted photograph depicting the hanging of Elliott Ellis Lyons on April 17th, 1903 in Eugene, Oregon. Photographer is unknown. Previous owner's name and address written in ink on verso, along with "1903 hanging of Elliott Ellis Lyons for the murder of Sheriff W. W. Withers April 17, 1903 Eugene, Oregon Lane County." Photographic print measures 4 ¼" x 3 ¼" without mount, 6 ½" x 5 ½" with mount. In very good condition with light chipping and soiling to mount; print has light wear to edges and light soiling. Lyons, a convicted thief and murderer, shot and killed Lane County Sheriff W. W. Withers while Withers was trying to apprehend him for horse theft. This took place February 5th, 1903; Lyons escaped after the shooting but was apprehended a few days later and convicted soon after that. The hanging took place in Eugene, Oregon outside the Lane County Courthouse. The photograph shows Lyons standing over the trap on the… Read More

New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Good. 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Yellow paper wrap with photo of Tewa girl on cover, sunning to spine, moderate wear to joint, rubbing on front cover; otherwise in good condition. Tight binding, clean interior. Stamped on bottom of textblock & on inside of front endpaper with the personal library mark of Barton W. Wright. A brief anthropological case study of Hano, including relations with other native groups in the region, social networks, religion & ritual, and economic livelihood. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 104 pp .

San Buenaventura, CA: Junipero Serra Press. Very Good. 1976. Hardcover. Red leather boards with silver lettering on front cover. One of 300 copies, not numbered. Tipped in commemorative 13c postage stamp. A celebration of Catholic Americans prideful relationship with the United States. Bradbury- Junipero Serra Press 3. ; Miniature; 3" x 2 1/8"; 15 pp .

Portland, OR: Wells and Company. Good. 1915. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Green marbled paper boards with brown cloth spine. Rubbed and bumped edges and corners, light soil. Spine cocked. Soil on edges, light soil on a few pages. Bookplate of San Francisco's Olympic Club on front pastedown endpaper and partial sticker removal on rear pastedown. The first free endpaper is inscribed by the author for the Olympic Club members, dated 1916. All plates present as called for, including one sketch "The author scalping a dead Sioux Indian, 1876." A memoir of life in the Plains and Black Hills, in which the author gets a lot of important things wrong. Howes Y 92. Six Guns 2466.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 242 pp; Signed by Author .

Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press. Very Good. 1972. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited, signed edition with an original Harold Von Schmidt bronze sculpture entitled "The Startled Grizzly." The sculpture is signed and numbered by Harold Von Schmidt . The book has a red cloth and quarter leather binding; slipcase in matching cloth. Book is signed by Harold Von Schmidt and Walt Reed and numbered 88/104. Prospectus is laid in. Sculpture and slipcase are in fine condition; front board has minor soiling, else very good. This impressive book received the Western Heritage award for the best Western art book of 1972. It is filled with 220 illustrations, 50 in color; it not only traces the life story of Von Schmidt, but also traces the development of the American West in word and picture. A great limited edition with accompanying bronze sculpture. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 230 pp; Signed by Author & Illustrator .

New York: Harper & Brothers. 1876. Harper's Weekly supplement from November 18th, 1876, in good condition. All edges have light wear and text block has moderate toning. There is evidence that at one time magazine was string bound. Includes many b&w illustrations with stories and news from around the world. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall .

Very Good. Broadside reads: "Harris' Cramp Cure - Dr. Harris' Cramp Cure for Every Ache - Dr. Harris' Cramp Cure for Every Pain - Dr. Harris' Cramp Cure 25 & 50 ¢ size." Broadside measures 6 ¾" x 41 ¾". Broadside is matted; the top and bottom edges of the broadside are mounted onto the foam board. Colors are bright and crisp; there are two vertical fold lines that span the width of the poster and a couple smaller fold lines. Overall very good. This eye-catching broadside has a great illustration (pictured three times on the broadside) of a boy clutching his stomach in pain. One of his shoes has fallen off and he has dropped a basket of produce. Even though he is in a pretty sorry state, all this boy needs to do is use some of Dr. Harris' Cramp Cure and he will be right as rain. Around each illustration is a factoid about Dr. Harris' miracle cure "used internally, used externally," "As a liniment excells[sic]… Read More

Silver gel photograph depicting a block of brick buildings surrounded by cobblestone streets in an unknown city. An American flag is hand colored in the center of the photograph. Photograph measures 13 ¼" x 10 ½' and is mounted on grey cardboard which measures 17" x 13 ½". Image was taken in the mid-19th century. Photograph has moderate toning, light silvering and light soiling; mount is chipped on top, right corner, has a 1" tear at top, left corner and has moderate soiling and wear to all edges; blank on verso. This photograph provides a close look at 19th century city structure. A street sign on a lamppost is just visible in the left corner of the photograph, telling that it was taken on the corner of "Harrison Av." A few men and women are depicted standing outside the buildings, and two wagons are parked on the street. The streets are empty, suggesting that this photograph was taken early in the day. Acquired with one other… Read More

Boise, ID: Boise State University. Very Good. 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Soft beige wrapper. Light soiling and sun-fading around spine. Fore-edges dust-darkened. Interior is clean and unmarked. An archaeological report on the Hatwai site near Lewiston, Idaho. ; 10.75" x 8.25"; 163 pp .

Seattle: University of Washington Book Store. Very Good. 1927. First Edition. Softcover. Pastel blue wrapper over cardstock is in very good condition. Fading and soiling along spine and edges of wrapper. ; University of Washington Chapbooks; Vol. 10; 7.25" x 5"; 44 pp .

Port Jervis, NY: The Gazette Book and Job Print. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1892. First Edition. Softcover. First edition, missing original wraps and rebound in plain sage green paper wraps. Very nice modern quarter leather slipcase more of a clamshell box/slipcase/? hybrid, with marbled paper boards. Boards open to a 3-sided hard box with cardstock flap. Edges and corners are somewhat worn.; Book; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall .

St. Paul, Minn.: F. Jay Haynes. Good. 1904. Set of 52 playing cards plus 1 instruction card housed in the inside sleeve of the original red card box (card box is missing the outside sleeve with the publisher's information). Cards are gilt on edges and have color image of a geyser on the front surrounded by a blue and gold border. The card box is cracked along one edge and has moderate rubbing. Cards have light soiling. Missing the joker card. Overall good. Published by F. Jay Haynes, official park photographer at Yellowstone with his photographs illustrating each card. Illustrations on the cards depict Old Faithful, the East Entrance to Golden Gate, the Lake Hotel, a Park stagecoach, the Paint Pots, the Excelsior Geyser and other points of interest in the Park. ; 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" .