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BEYOND THE ROCKIES Three Thousand Miles by Trail and Canoe Through Little Known British Columbia. London & Toronto: J. M. Dent, 1929. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 212pp. Illustrated with vintage photos. Map. Gift inscription on ffep. Material on Gulf Islands, Cariboo Highway, Chilcotin, Barkerville, Peace River, Bridge River, etc. Soiled. Good. No dj. Whale 725. (#1209083) $18.23
1698. Johnston, Otta Taggart. A PICTURE BOOK OF HOUSES AROUND THE WORLD. Cleveland: Harter Pub Co, 1934. Book. 4to pictorial (black & white) wraps with red title. 32pp. Illustrated with interesting b/w half-tone photo of all kinds of dwellings around the world. Light "property of" stamps on ffep & inside back cover. Corner stain to upper corners of covers, but doesn't look bad. A dramatic and interesting period piece. Vg. (#5008083) $14.18
1699. Jones, David; Ament, Jeff (FWS); Schmidt, Derk. THE HERMANS Stalking America The Journal of an Unknown Rock and Roll Band. Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Running Pr Book Pub, 2007. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Quarto pictorial, vivid stiff wrappers.156pp. Illust. Signed by four band members, one of the signatures being on page 53. CD included. A most unusually designed books in terms of graphics, typography, etc.. Fine, like new. (#5020002) $81.00
1700. Jones, Douglas. WINDING STAIR. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1979. First Edition. Book. Cloth & boards. 277 pp. Endpaper maps: Fort Smith Arkansas, Okla Terr. / Indian Lands. A fine Western novel set in Fort Smith in 1890. Hanging Judge Isaac Parker, etc.. Fine in dj. (#0903080) $4.95
1701. Jones, George O.; McVean, Norman S., et. al. (Wisconsin). HISTORY OF LINCOLN, ONEIDA AND VILAS COUNTIES WISCONSIN. Minneapolis - Winona: H. C. Cooper, Jr., 1924. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Beautifully rebound in black cloth with leather-like appearance & gilt titles on the spine. 787pp. Portraits. Index to Illustrations (the Portraits) & Index to Biographies. We grade this copy vg+, but please note the following: Title page in close FACSIMILE (the type font used on an appropriate paper is very close to the original & copies the original lines of type); 2 leaves of prelim/contents pps & 2 leaves in rear (index) with edge loss/chipping have been mended professionally with rice paper; the last leaf of the biography index was missing, so a previous owner carefully typed, in columns, the missing names from another copy & bound it in. There are a couple of ink marks & perhaps a few slight edge tears. A rare book on the history of 3 northern Wisconsin counties. "The Explorers, Wisconsin Under Various Governments, The Fur Trade, Indian Lore, Geology & Topography, The Lake Region, Historic Roads & Early Settlers, & then chapters on the various cities (Merrill, Tomahawk, Rhinelander, Eagle River) & villages. Chapters also on logging, agriculture, schools, churches. (#1209084) $486.24
1702. Jones, James T. CHRISTMAS GREETING CARDS. Privately Published, San Antonio, 1957-59, 1957. Greeting Card. Not a book. Three Original Christmas cards by Jones, "Artist - Illustrator - Sculptor". Card 1 (1957): "Merry Christmas 1876 At The Historic Little Church of La Villita." Card 2: (no year) "Trimming of the Tree" (inside what is also La Villita). Card 3 (1959): "A Little Tree for the Little Church". All three cards with greeting written in ink from a couple who had sent them to a Texas lawman (name on request). Several of the artist's business cards are laid in. Nice little group with color printing. Vg to fine condition. 1957-59 (#0508063) $6.56
1703. Jones, Louis Thomas. HIGHLIGHTS OF PUEBLOLAND. Naylor, San Antonio, 1968, 1968. First Edition. Book. Cloth. 107pp. Illustrated with b/w photos. Notes and References. Index. "a vivid picture.. a pleasure to read." Fine in pc dj. (#0606086) $6.23
1704. Jones, Virgil Carrington. THE HATFIELDS AND THE MCCOYS. Chapel Hill: Univ of North Carolina, 1979. Book. 6th printing. Cloth. 293pp. Illus. Appendix. Annotations. Index. The classic book on this famous mountain feud. Owner's name/info marked out at top of ffep. Else fine in dj chipped/torn at top backstrip edge of back panel. 6-guns 1199. (#1412070) $12.51
1705. Jones, Virgil Carrington. THE HATFIELDS AND THE MCCOYS (Signed). Chapel Hill: Univ of North Carolina, 1948. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 293pp. Illus. Appendix. Annotations. Index. The classic book on the famous, long-running mountain feud. This copy with a 9 line presentation to Dr. William C. Gardner, signed by Jones & dated in Evansville, IN, in 1959. There is some brown offset or particle residue on the front endpapers, primarily along the gutter. Looks like something was once laid into the book. Still a vg copy in a complete dj which has been reinforced along all the inside edges with masking tape. Some darkening to the front side thus. So, issues, but unless you need a fine copy & fine dj, will still be an acceptable copy for many collectors. Very scarce with signature or inscription & dj. 6-guns 1199. (#1412071) $150.07
1706. Jordan, Elizabeth. THE LADY FROM OKLAHOMA A Comedy in Four Acts. Harper & Bros, NY, 1911, 1911. First Edition. Book. Gilt-stamped red cloth. 255pp. Blank decorated bookplate on ffep, & fos. This play eventually ran in New York & one critic said it contained "Some Clever Writing and Amusing Types." Light soiling & a bit of spotting. Bumped cover corners. Good condition. Scarce. (#0711430) $27.00
1707. Jordan, Terry G. TEXAS GRAVEYARDS: A Cultural Legacy. Austin: U of Texas, 1982. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. 4to cloth. 147pp. Illus with b/w photos. Map of Texas Counties. Occasional other small maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Extensive information on cemeteries maintained by "Anglo-American, black, Indian, Mexican, and German settlers of Texas." Fine, like new in dj. (#1111090) $36.47
1708. Joseph P. Kchodl; Wendy Caszatt-Allen. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DINOSAUR SUE (Dinosaur Detective Club) Book # 1. Traverse City: Mackinac Island Press, 2006. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Glossy trade wraps. 144pp. Illus. Fine, like new. (#5015044) $9.95
1709. Joubert, William H., Ph.D. SOUTHERN FREIGHT RATES IN TRANSITION. Gainesville, 1949., 1949. First Edition. Book. 1st edition. Red cloth with title gilt-stamped on spine. 424pp. Eight maps. Numerous tables. Bibliography. Index. A scholarly study. Ex-library (label removed from spine & call numbers gilt-stamped to same). There are two 1/8" splits to the top of the spine, but this is a very tight, clean, and essentially very good copy. Chapters: "The Formative Period, 1830-1873", "Monopoly Control of Rates in t he South", "Federal Regulation of Railway Freight Rates in the South", "Southern Interterritorial Freight Rates", "Class Rates in Carolina Territory", "Rates in the Ohio River Subterritory", "Class Ra tes in the Mississippi Valley", "Class Rates to and from Florida", "Rate Adjustments in the South, 1920-1940", "The Class Rate Decision - New Attacks on Discrimination". The author was Transportation Economist of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Scarce. (#0103070) $24.60
1710. JOURNAL OF THE WEST). JOURNAL OF THE WEST A comprehensive, illustrated quarterly magazine devoted to Western History and Geography. A Complete Run of the First Thirteen Years! Volume I, #1 through Volume XIII, #4. Los Angeles, July, 1962 to Oct., 1974 inclusive., 1962. First Edition. Book. This journal represents some of the most scholarly writing on the American West that you will find. Includes articles on Oklahoma & Indian Territory. The condition of the fifty issues of the run are, almost in every case, in fine to very fine condition. A handful, or fewer, of the issues would be graded good to very good. Very scarce in extended runs. 1962-1974 (#9911094) $492.07
1711. Judd, Frank Edward. WALK THE RUGGED EARTH. (Signed). Salem (Ore.), 1967., 1967. First Edition. Book. Cloth. 52pp. 1/2 page inscription by Judd on ffep and three separate T.L.S. (typed letter signed) laid in addressed to a Mrs. Hamilton concerning their poetry, one of them including an original sonnet of Judd' s. (one TLS is stained at the bottom). Judd's book of poetry has an Introduction by Kenneth Oliver of Occidental College. Fine. (#8810125) $19.68
1712. Jupp, Ursula. HOME PORT: VICTORIA. Victoria (B.C.): Privately Published, 1967. First Edition. Book. Hardbound. 168pp. Illus. Map. Index. Appendices: Skippers & Shipmates of the Thermopylae Club to 1950. Original price sticker on front paste down. "True stories told by the men who sailed from the Port of Victoria (British Columbia) fifty years and more ago." Fine in slightly edgeworn dj; one short tear top of back panel. (#1104066) $10.14
1713. Kabana, Joni (Photography & Text), and Opsahl, Benjamin (Ed.). TORINA'S WORLD A Child's Life in Madagascar (Signed). Arnica Pub, Portland, 2008, 2008. First Thus. Book. 2nd edition (originally self-published in 1997). Oblong 4to gilt-decorated cloth. Unpaginated (52pp). Signed & dated by Kabana shortly after publication. An incredibly beautiful book of photos & text by the author, who visited the country in 1997. Most of the photos are profoundly human & expressive photos of children. A little girl helped Kabana as she traveled around "small tribal habitats around the village of Marovoay... We did not understand each other's languages, but we talked with our eyes." Fine, like new in dj. (#5019007) $32.40
1714. Kadai, Heino O. (ed.). ACCENTS IN LUTHER'S THEOLOGY Essays in Commemoration of the 450th Anniversary of the Reformation. St. Louis: Concordia, 1967. First Edition. Book. Trade wraps. 272pp. Notes. Essays by John Tietjen, Hermann Sasse, Ernest Koenker, Jaroslav Pelikan, George Hoyer, Martin E. Marty, & Heino Kadai. One chapter with underlining in red ink, with notes in same inside front cover. Couple of other ink marks. fos. Upper & lower corner of text & back cover bumped. Good reading / reference copy. (#THEOSHEL379) $7.11
1715. Kai, Irene. WHAT DO YOU SEE? (Signed). Silver Light, Ashland (Ore), 2006, 2006. First Edition. Book. Small pictorial hardbound. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Signed by Kai. In a simple way, this little book with intriguing photos challenges the accuracy of making assumptions. Fine, like new. No dust jacket as issued. (#5005033) $12.15
1716. Kallos, Stephanie. Sing Them Home (Signed). New York: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 2009. ARC. Book. Uncorrected Proof. Glossy trade wraps -- paperback. 541 pp. Signed by Kallos on the title page. Sample CD included. Fine, like new. (#5021031ARC) $11.74
1717. Kamdar, Mira. MOTIBA'S TATOOS A Granddaughter's Journey from America into her Indian Family's Past. Plume, NY, 2001, 2001. First Thus. Book. 1st printing thus in pict wraps. 289pp. Illust. Fine. (#5009028) $8.10
1718. Kane, Elisha Kent. ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS IN THE YEARS 1854, '54, 55 -- The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Frankllin (Volumes I & II). Phila: Childs and Peterson, 1857. Book. Blind-stamped decorated cloth. 464pp & 467pp. Illustrated with glowing steel or copper engravings. Two folding maps: Chart of the Expedition, & Mean Monthly Isothermal Lines Baffin Bay. Appendices. Vol 1 binding badly frayed top & bottom & long lower scrape. Tide-line stains throughout text. Back hinge open, but basically tight. Vol. II top & bottom spine frayed. Bottom 1/3 of last numbered page torn away; no loss of text as it's after the "End of Vol II." Reading / research set only. (#1104068) $28.38
1719. Kane, Paul). FIRST DAY OF ISSUE. Ottawa: Canada Post, 1971. Paper. Not a book. Postal 1st day of issue commemorating the frontier painter, Paul Kane, 1810 - 1871. Postmarked II VIII 1971. Plate of four stamps on envelope with portrait of Kane on left. Sealed inside is sheet of information. Fine. (#1111091) $6.08
1720. Kanfer, Larry. ON FIRM GROUND Photographs (Signed). Urbana: Univ of Illinois Pr, 2001. First Edition. Book. Oblong 4to cloth. 114 pp. Signed by Kanfer. This is a splendid book of color landscape photography. The subject is the rural upper midwest, most likely mainly Illinois & Minnesota. Fine in dj. Scarce. (#0903082) $60.75
1721. Kannenberg, Ida M; Trippett, Lee. MY BROTHER IS A HAIRY MAN. London: Experiencers Enterprises, 2009. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 263pp. "Is Bigfoot ape or is he human? Is there a UFO connection? Does he have psychic abilities?" "Veteran Bigfoot hunter (Trippett) and psychic cummunicatior (Kannenberg) teamed up to answer these questions and more." The authors are based in Oregon. Fine in wraps. A bit scarce now in first edition. (#SHEL876) $30.00
1722. Kansas City). KANSAS CITY AND VICINITY. K.S.: S. H. Knox & Co, 1908. 2nd Edition. Book. Oblong wraps (9 3/4" x 8") with gilt outlined raised lettering. Unpag. (48pp: one page Intro & 47pp half-tones) of Kansas City views & buildings. There was a 1905 issue & our research indicates it may possibly have had fewer illustrations. Small chip bottom corner of front cover; a few small dog ears. Vg. Quite rare in both original printings. (#1111092) $93.20
1723. Kansas Cowboy Photograph. Stereograph card, "Round-up on the Sherman Ranch, Geneseo, Kansas." Photo copyright by B.L. Singley, 1902., 1902. Photographic Image. Not a book. Keystone View Company copyright, 1909. Posed b/w image of cowboy on horseback with looped lariat in hand, facing away from camera toward herd of cattle. Nice composition, but which cow will he rope? Vg. (#9705130) $21.87
1724. Kansas Cowboy Photograph. Stereograph card, "Thrown! Cowboy and Horse Holding Lassoed Cow." ca 1900. Keystone View Company., 1900. Photographic Image. Not a book. This cowboy (wearing chaps) is working on the hind quarters of a very uncomfortable steer as his trusty hoss holds the lariat taut. Numerous bovines are waiting in the background for their turn. Back of the card gives latitude & longitude of the photo, placing the scene near Hutchinson. Vg. ca 1900 (#9705131) $21.87
1725. Kansas University (University of Kansas). MID-WESTERN MUSIC CAMP BAND (Program), Russell L. Wiley, Director. Lawrence: Univ of Kansas, 1948. First Thus. Brochure. Not a book. Printed folder. 11th season. Concert Series No. 2. Sunday Evening, July 4, 1948. K. U. Outdoor Theatre. Near fine. Tiny corner crease; mild horizontal fold. (#5001113) $8.10
1726. Kansas. Connelley, William E., Ed. COLLECTIONS OF THE KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1913-1914. VOLUME XIII. Topeka, 1915., 1915. First Thus. Book. Cloth with gilt-stamped spine. 602pp. Illust. Index, Maps. Couple of small spots on front cover; near fine. (#0208096) $24.60
1727. Kansas. Connelley, William E., Ed. COLLECTIONS OF THE KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1915-1918, VOLUME XIV. Topeka, 1918., 1918. First Thus. Book. Cloth with gilt-stamped spine. 896pp. Illust. Index, Maps. Near fine. (#0208097) $24.60
1728. Kansas. Martin, George W., Ed. COLLECTIONS OF THE KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1911-1912 , VOLUME XII. Topeka, 1912., 1912. First Thus. Book. Cloth with gilt-stamped spine. 569pp. Illust. Index, Maps. Near fine. (#0208100) $18.04
1729. Kansas) Wanted Poster. WANTED! for HIGHWAY ROBBERY by Sheriff Allen County Kansas. (Sheriff's Office), 1925, 1925. Poster. Not a book. Original poster, 8" x 8 1/4" cream paper. Two half-tone photos of the wanted men, Russell R. Casteele & Dewey Gillham. Descriptions given. "Arrest and Wire CUSTER DAVIS, Sheriff, Allen Co. IOLA, KANSAS". The crime was "committed on the night of April 2nd, 1925." Vg condition. Shallow horizontal fold. Very slightly soiled. (#0805076) $121.50
1730. Kansas) Wichita. PEERLESS PRINCESS OF THE PLAINS Postcard Views of Early Wichita. Two Rivers, Wichita, 1976, 1976. First Edition. Book. 4to gilt-stamped & pictorial cloth. Unpaginated. Introduction. Almost all of the 189 postcards presented here are in color. All have explanatory text. Lovely, fine copy, probably unread. Issued almost certainly without a dj. Scarce, especially so in the hardbound edition. (#AV1.011) $45.44
1731. Kansas). FACTS AND FABLES OF BELLE PLAINE, KANSAS. Belle Plaine: Belle Plaine Women's Club, 1971. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 163pp. Illus. Inscribed to no one in particular by Dorothy Hatfield, who appears to be a contributor. Vg. Scarce. (#1402076) $50.02
1732. Kansas). HISTORY OF KEARNY COUNTY KANSAS Volumes I & II. Lakin: Kearny Co. Hist Soc, 1964. First Edition. Book. 4to gilt-stamped green cloth. 457pp + 577pp. Vol II published in 1973. Illus. Index in each volume. Kearny Co. is in SW Kansas west of Dodge City & is transected by the Arkansas River. Gift inscription in vol II. Fine copies, no dj (as issued?). (#1011078) $93.20
1733. Kansas). ROUND-UP ON THE SHERMAN RANCH, GENESEO, KANSAS, stereograph card. Keystone View Company, 1902. Photographic Image. Slight smudge upper right on right image, else near fine card. Circa 1902. #12475. (#1408079) $12.51
1734. Kansas). WALLACE COUNTY HISTORY A Story of Grass, Grit, and Chips With Sketches of Its Towns and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military and Political History; Portraits and Biographies of Prominent Citizens and Family Stories (Signed). Sharon Springs: Wallace Co. Historians, 1979. First Edition. Book. 4to pictorial cloth. 400pp. Illus. Maps. Endpaper maps. Signed by the primary compiler, "Unofficial - Official Historian", Ruth Jackson. Wallace Co. is across the Colorado line opposite Cheyenne Wells, CO. Fine. No dj as issued. Very scarce. (#1011079) $162.08
1735. Kansas). Landon, Alf M. LETTERS (2). Topeka, 1936. Letter. Not a book. Two original T.L.S. (typed letter signed) on governor's letterhead from Kansas Governor Landon to Edwin Swergal. The first on 9/9/36 was to Swergal at the Fort Dearborn Hotel in Chicago & the second on 10/17/36 when Swegal was at the Nicollet Hotel in Minneapolis. Contents are brief comments of appreciation re Landon's campaign against FDR. On the back of the Sept letter, Swergal in 1960 typed his own comments from the Frye Hotel in Seattle, noting that his (Swergal's) mother was born in West Middlesex PA, as was Landon. There is an additional note on separate paper slip typed the same day. Swergal had written a column or article for the Seattle P-I on Kruschev. Near fine condition, gently folded. Both letters were in a 2-ring binder. One letter has the State of Kansas seal. (#1003069) $40.50
1736. Kaplan, Justin. MR. CLEMENS AND MARK TWAIN A Biography. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1966. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Gilt decorated cloth. 414pp. Illus. Notes. Index. Fine in dj. (#LO1.011) $10.00
1737. Kaplan, Justin. WALT WHITMAN: A Life. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1980. 1st Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 429pp. Illus. Notes. Index. Near fine in pc dj. (#LO1.018) $5.95
1738. Kaplan, Linda. MY FIRST CRUSH Misadventures in Wine Country (Signed). Lyons, Guilford, 2005, 2005. ARC. Book. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Trade pictorial wraps. 214pp. Illust. Glossary. Signed & dated by Kaplan. What it's like to suddenly become a vineyard owner & wine maker! Well-written item about an Iowa couple who change careers & find themselves on the fast track to learning the production end of wines in Oregon's Willamette Valley! Besides their personal story, there are chapters on the science of wine & other details of the field. The author's Panther Creek winery has made Wine Spectator magazine's list of the Top 100 Wines of the World. Fine copy. (#0505085ARC) $19.68
1739. Kappel-Smith, Diana. DESERT TIME: A Journey Through the American Southwest. Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1992. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth & boards.262pp. Illus. Endpaper maps. Remainder stripe on bottom edge, else fine in dj. (#1307072) $6.00
1740. Kasper, Shirl. ANNIE OAKLEY. Norman: OU, 1992. First Edition. Book. Cloth. 288pp. Illus. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine, like new in dj. (#1104069) $12.16
1741. Kasper, Shirl. ANNIE OAKLEY. Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Norman, 1992., 1992. First Edition. Book. Cloth. 288pp. Illust. A recent biography. Fine, as new in dj, & still in shrink wrap. (#9303083) $18.04
1742. Katz, William Loren. THE BLACK WEST A Documentary and Pictorial History. Garden City, 1971., 1971. Book. Royal 8vo cloth. 336pp. Illust. Gift inscription. While prior books have dealt with specific areas of Black participation in the Western experience, this is perhaps the first wider survey . Contains chapters on Black explorers, fur traders, settlers, cowboys, infantry & cavalry, Blacks in California & Oklahoma, slavery in the West, etc. Fading to cover edges, especially front bottom. Good+ thus in very slightly chipped, worn, but complete pc dj. Scarce now in this edition & 1st printing. (#9805079) $37.73
1743. Kauffman, Richard, and Muir, John. GENTLE WILDERNESS The Sierra Nevada. S. F.: Sierra Club, 1967. Book. 4th printing. Folio cloth. 167pp. Beautifully illustrated with fabulous color plates. Small stamped vignette on half-title. Fine in vg pc dj with some soiling. (#1209086) $12.16
1744. Kauffman, Richard, and Muir,John. GENTLE WILDERNESS The Sierra Nevada. NY: Promontory, 1981. Reprint. Book. Folio cloth. 167pp. Beautifully illustrated with fabulous color plates. Small stamped vignette on ffep. Fine in dj with a couple of stains/spots. (#SHEL492) $11.74
1745. Kaye - Smith, Sheila. THE MIRROR OF THE MONTHS. New York: Harper & Bros, 1931. Book. Small cloth & pictorial boards. 68pp. Very gentle ex-lib. Monthly reflections on life from the vantage point of the Catholic tradition. Spine somewhat faded, else fine, no dj. (#FTR069) $7.42
1746. Kazanjian, Howard; Enss, Chris . NONE WOUNDED, NONE MISSING, ALL DEAD: The Story of Elizabeth Bacon Custer (Signed). Guilford: Globe Pequot/Twodot, 2011. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Hardbound. 220pp. Illus. Index. Notes. Signed with initials by Enss. Laid in promos for others books by Enss. "A Portrait of the Woman Behind the Legacy of General George Custer." Like new in dj. (#1204073) $20.26
1747. Kearney, David M. BELPRE, KANSAS The Story of a Small Town (Signed). Lewis KS: p.p., 1978. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 384pp. Illustrated with vintage photos. Signed by Kearney. Light soiling; vg. (#1412073) $35.02
1748. Kearney, Lake Shore. THE HODAG And other Tales of the Logging Camps (Association inscription). Wausau: Privately Printed, 1928. First Edition. Book. Blue cloth with gilt Hodag on front cover. 158pp. Lightly printed, subtle Hodag vignette on each page. This copy with pencil inscription from one Dan O'Neill to well-known Rhinelander, WI, newspaperman & reporter, Jack Cory. "Jack Cory from Dan O'Neill Rhinelander 1930". It might be Cory's writing rather than O'Neill's. The Hodag was the infamous creature hoaxed by Rhinelander's chief prankster, Eugene Shepard. Moderate slant to binding. Two prelim. leaves with paper clip impressions. Vg . (#1104070) $52.70
1749. Keck, Frances Bollacker. The JJ Ranch on the Purgatory River in Colorado: The Jones Family and the Prairie Cattle Company. La Junta: Otero Press, 2001. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Attractive 4to pictorial glossy wraps. 132pp. Illust. Maps. List of "Interviews by Author". Sources. Index. "The rich history of Colorado's eastern plains comes alive in (this book), written by lifetime resident of the area Frances Keck." The previous owner has very skillfully & attractively reinforced the inside edges of the covers with a clear strapping tape. Because it is so well done the seller is not giving a de-merit to the described condition. Fine copy. Very, very scarce item. (#0811091) $243.00
1750. Keddell, Georgina. THE NEWSPAPERING MURRAYS. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1967. First Edition. Book. Hardbound. 224pp. Biography by the daughter of George and "Ma" Murray ("unforgettable, peppery") of British Columbia, who published the Fort St. John Alaska Highway News & the Bridge River - Lillooet News (beginning in 1933) ("#### subscriptions and every bloody one paid for"). Your bookseller will never forget meeting "Ma" back in 1969 in Lillooet. Fine in shelfworn, but complete pc dj (panel fold with some split). (#1104071) $8.11
1751. Keeting, Virginia (Ed.).

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