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| SONS OF THE PIONEERS (Signed). n.p.: Sons of the Pioneers, 1995. First Thus. Photographic Image. Original 8' x 10" glossy color photograph of the Sons of the Pioneers, signed by all six singers in black felt pen: Gary LeMaster, Roy Warhurst, John Nallie, Luther Nallie, Dale Warren, Sunny Spencer. Photo taken likely between 1994 - 97. Bright. Fine. A great group portrait of a modern "version" of perhaps the greatest cowboy singing ensemble of all time. (#1412144) $75.04
3311. Sothebys). Siebert, Frank T. THE FRANK T. SIEBERT LIBRARY of the North American Indian and the American Frontier. Sothebys, NY, 1999, 1999. First Edition. Book. Two volumes. 4to gilt-stamped & applied label pictorial maroon cloth. 370pp. + 394pp. on glossy stock. Illustrated with selections from the sale, held on May 21 & Oct. 28, in both color & b/w. Index. Decorated endpapers. A superb looking set that will be useful for the serious collector & reference librarian for a long time. Represented at the auction sessions was material on Canada, Eastern & Northeastern Indians, Indian Treaties, Trans-Appalachia, The South, The Seminole Wars, Plains & Rockies, Southwest, Texas, Indian Captivities, the West, & much more. (#0603155) $65.61 3312. South Africa) . THE SOUTH AND EAST AFRICAN YEAR BOOK AND GUIDE FOR 1931. London, 1931., 1931. First Thus. Book. (37th edition of the series). Small 8vo pictorial cloth. 915pp + 64pp atlas & ads. All kinds of information. Ex-lib, but without pocket. Front fly page of ads has 1" x 2 1/2" piece torn from upper corner. Vg reference, reading copy. (#5011008) $32.00 3313. South Dakota. SOUVENIR EDITION OF THE 59TH ANNUAL STOCK GROWERS CONVENTION. Ft. Pierre, (1950)., 1950. First Edition. Book. Pictorial wraps. 200pp. Illust. Lots of history, many ads. 2pp on convention guest, the rodeo champion Casy Tibbs. Nice item. Small grease type spot on front cover, else fine. Glassine protector. Scarce. Herd 2114. (1950) (#9210177) $49.21 3314. South Dakota). Sweet, Oliver E. (Compiler). SOUTH DAKOTA LAWS MADE PLAIN. Webster: First Nat'l Bank, 1922. First Thus. Book. 1st printing thus. Printed wraps.100pp. Index. Various banks had their local imprint on different copies. Bottom one-half of front cover split, but archivally repaired. Pulpy, but still flexible papers. We still call this copy vg. (#1209159) $16.21 3315. Southern Pacific RR. THE SHASTA ROUTE In All of its Grandeur - A Scenic Guide Book From San Francisco , California, to Portland, Oregon On the Road of a Thousand Wonders. n.p.: SPRR, 1910. First Thus. Book. 1st printing thus. Oblong pictorial & decorated cord-tied, overlapping wraps. 9 1/2" x 12". Cover title continues: Along the Southern Pacific - The Road of a Thousand Wonders. There are 23 hand-tinted lithos (including cover image). It is one of the more common railroad view books, but this copy long in my collection is a nearly fine copy with minor wear & a couple of red spots on & near the upper edge of the front cover. Owner's name in light pencil on t-p. (#1506135) $78.49 3316. Southwest Museum Leaflet). Taylor, Edith S.; Wallace, William J. MOHAVE TATTOOING AND FACE-PAINTING. L. A.: Southwest Museum, 1947. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Printed pictorial wraps. 13pp. Illus. Number 20. Pencil fos. Fine. Scarce. (#1408132) $15.01 3317. Southwest Museum Leaflet). Walker, Edwin W. AMERICA'S INDIAN BACKGROUND An Introduction to the Subject of Indians in the United States Area. L. A.: Southwest Museum, 1946. First Edition. Book. Dating approximate. 1st printing. Printed pictorial wraps. 17pp. Illus. Number 18. Tribal map not included. Fine. (#1408133) $7.50 3318. Southwest Museum Leaflet). Watkins, Frances E. HOPI TOYS. L. A.: Southwest Museum, 1947. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Printed pictorial wraps. 7pp. Illus. Number 19. Pencil fos. Fine. (#1408134) $8.50 3319. Southwest). AROUND HERE IN THE SOUTHWEST in picture and story. Around Here Pub. Co., El Paso, ca 1950, 1950. First Thus. Book. Pictorial 4to magazine-sized wraps. 104pp. Beautifully illustrated with b/w half-tone photos. Ads are abundant. Vast majority of ads are from El Paso businesses & places, but also included are ads representing, in New Mexico &Texas, Marfa, Van Horn, Anthony, Carlesbad, Rotan, Hereford, Blackwell, Bluewater, Fabens, & a bit of Old Mexico beer (Cruz Blanca). A great period tourist magazine: landscape & architectural photos, cattle & sheep ranching, fishing, colleges, bars, hotels, Native Americans, etc.. Some material on Billy the Kid. Good+ condition. Ink gift inscription below title on cover; top of back cover with short splits & one chip. ca 1950 (#0611142) $16.40 3320. Southwestern Studies). Alisky, Marvin. THE GOVERNORS OF MEXICO. El Paso: Texas Western, 1965. First Edition. Book. Pictorial wraps. (map by Jose Cisneros). 31pp. Illust. Fine. (#9110003e) $6.56 3321. Sowell, A. J. RANGERS AND PIONEERS OF TEXAS. NY: Argosy-Antiquarian, 1964. Limited Edition. Book. Nice facsimile reprint, ltd to 750 copies. Black cloth with gilt titles on spine. 411pp. Illus. A Texas classic, first published in 1884. Fine. No dj as issued. BTB 192, cf Howes S801, Dobie p58 & 60. (#1402142) $135.07 3322. Spagna, Ana Maria. NOW GO HOME (Signed) Wilderness, Belonging, and the Crosscut Saw (Signed). Oregon State, Corvallis, 2004, 2004. Book. Pictorial trade wraps. 166pp. Signed & dated by Spagna. Nonfiction, "the story of how a quintessential California girl ended up earning her living in the Pacific Northwest with a crosscut saw" in the North Cascades around Stehekin, Washington. Fine, as new. (#0404129) $13.12 3323. Spanish American War. Simpson, Hon. Jerry. Allen, Hon. John. PROPOSED INVESTIGATION As to the Organization and Equipment OF ALL BRANCHES OF THE ARMY, etc. Congressional Record & War Dept., 1898, 1898. First Thus. Book. Printed wraps. (8pp.). Several short documents in a unified printing. Title continues: "Mr. Simpson, of Kansas, Objects / SOLDIERS' RATIONS by Hon. John Allen, of Mississippi / "Slander you Government if you Must" / Supply of Quartermaster and Commissary Stores During THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN was abundant / From the Congressional Record and Official Reports of the War Department." Document is headed "(No. 18)". Mr. Simpson objected to a bill authorizing civilians (the House Military Committee) to investigate the army. In the SLANDER document, Mr. Cummings (D-NY) speaks to funding the government in wartime (sounds familiar) & reacts to charges by Mr. Lewis of Washington. "Mr. Lewis has seen fit to embalm me in the honey of his intellectuality." Regarding the rations, a table of rationed foods & quantities is printed. Scarce, interesting pamphlet. (#0401124) $49.21 3324. Spanish Southwest. Spanish Southwest, The. An Exhibit at the Dallas Public Library June 15 - July 2, 1971. Austin: Encino Press., 1971. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Oblong 9" x 6" decor wraps. (32pp). Illustrated with facsimiles of illustrations from early Spanish books. Preface by Tom Lea. Fine. Whaley 79. (#9104145b) $11.48 3325. Sparks, William. THE APACHE KID A BEAR FIGHT and Other True Stories of the Old West. LA: Skelton, 1926. First Edition. Book. 1st printing in wraps, published in February, 1926, in same year as the hardcover edition. Elaborately decorated front cover has as centerpiece "Geronimo - War Chief of the Apaches". He is on horseback. 215pp. Bottom corner of rear blank page has label of Churchill Book & Print Shop (with L.A. address & phone). Preface by Thos. H. Rynning is an informational 2pp bio of Sparks, known as "Timberline Bill". Next 2pp prints a letter from Arizona Gov. Hunt, affirming Sparks research & his work as a peace officer & mentioning his own role in trying to catch the Apache Kid. Also printed are commendation letters by John H. Lacy, M.D. & Dr. J. A. Lord, dentist. A good copy or better (heck, I think it is a vg copy) with relatively minor edgewear. Lower fore corners of covers each with an old crease; 1" split at bottom where spine joins front cover archivally closed. A touch of loss to extreme head/toe of backstrip. The hardbound copy is scarce enough, but this wrappers binding with the great cover is rare. 6-guns 2075. (#1204133) $607.80 3326. Spaulding, Edward S. WILD OATS AND CHAPARRAL. (Santa Barbara): Privately Printed, 1944. Book. 1st printing. 4to cloth. 179pp. Illustrated with drawings. A book on some California wildlife: skunks, doves, chipmonks (sic), owls, porcupine, Mariposa lilies, rattlesnakes. Boards very slightly sprung; still vg; no dj. (#1408135) $10.01 3327. Speck, Gordon. BREEDS AND HALF-BREEDS (Signed). NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1969. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 361pp. Illus. Source Notes. Bibliography. Index. Large bookplate on front paste-down. Signed by Speck. Material on Matonabbee, Lewis & Clark men, river traders, mountain men. Fine in dj. Scarce signed. (#1412145) $35.02 3328. Spector, Robert (Signed). The Mom & Pop Store How the Unsung Heroes of the American Economy Are Surviving and Thriving. New York: Walker & Co, 2009. First Edition. Book. Hardbound. 293pp. Bibliography. Index. Signed by Spector. Nationally acclaimed. Fine, like new in dj. (#P2026) $13.56 3329. Spector, Robert. AMAZON.COM Get Big Fast (Signed). NY, HarperCollins, 2000., 2000. ARC. Book. Uncorrected Proof. Red printed wraps. 243pp. Signed & dated by Spector. The "inside story" of Amazon. Fine, as new. (#5002009ARC) $12.50 3330. Speer, Bonnie Stahlman. THE KILLING OF NED CHRISTIE: Cherokee Outlaw (Signed). Reliance, Norman, 1990, 1990. First Edition. Book. Gilt-stamped red cloth. 169pp. Illustrated with photos. Map of the Cherokee Nation in 1895. End Notes, Bibliography, Index. Signed & dated by Speer in 1993. Much sought book on one of the Indian Territory's most hunted outlaws. Light foxing to endpapers & a couple of pages. Near fine. Scarce in hardbound. (#0711371) $58.50 3331. Speer, Bonnie Stahlman. THE KILLING OF NED CHRISTIE: Cherokee Outlaw (Signed). Norman : Reliance, 1990. First edition thus. Book. 1st printing of pictorial trade wraps binding. 169pp. Illus. Appendix. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index. Presentation copy to Western outlaw/lawman historian, Robert K. DeArment. Fine. (#1412146) $25.01 3332. Speidel, William C. SONS OF THE PROFITS or There's No Business Like Grow Business The Seattle Story 1851-1901 (Signed). Seattle: Nettle Creek, 1967. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 345pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Map. Endpaper map. Light-hearted presentation by Speidel dated in 1968. Fine in very slightly worn dj. (#1307152) $35.02 3333. Spencer, Philip. THE WILDMAN OF KENTUCKY: The Mystery of Panther Rock. Foresthill, California, U.S.A.: Reality Pr, 2008. First Edition. Book. Currently print on demand, this copy acquired immediately after publication. Pictorial wraps. 109pp. Illus. A book on Bigfoot in Kentucky. The Frazier Land story. Fine, like new. (#1104149) $24.32 3334. Speroff, Leon. THE DESCHUTES RIVER RAILROAD WAR. Portland: Arnica, 2007. First Edition. Book. Quarto cloth with gilt device on cover. 218pp. Illust. Maps & Diagrams. Notes. Bibliography. Timeline. Endpaper maps. This book describes the competition of two railroad barons, James J.Hill of the Great Northern, & Edward H. Harriman of the Union Pacific, in bringing a railroad into central Oregon from the Columbia River. A great looking book & published in a relatively small edition. Fine, like new in dj. (#SHEL688) $76.50 3335. Spinella, Art. DRAGO #4: A Mystery (Signed). Bandon & Charleston: Privately Printed, 2006. First Edition. Book. 1st release. Pictorial wraps. 335pp. Contains a few illustrations. Signed by Spinella. "A bizarre package contains a letter that claims police and government officials haver misidentified and arrested a man they claim is D. B. Cooper... Nick has to decipher the writer's clues to convince the Feds to look elsewhere." "Nick Drago loves puzzles." A mystery writer with a devoted following of his character and style. Fine. (#SHEL786) $25.00 3336. Spinelli, Eileen. DO YOU HAVE A HAT? (Signed). NY: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2004. 1st Edition. Book. 1st printing. 4to colorful pictorial hardbound. Unpag. Signed by the illustrator, Geraldo Valerio, along with the words, "Best wishes." Fine, like new in colorful dj. (#JUV024) $15.00 3337. Spitz, Lewis W., Jr. and Heino O. Kadai. GUIDE TO REFORMATION LITERATURE Study Projects in Commemoration of the 450th Anniversary of the Reformation 1517 - 1967. n.p.: General Committee for the 450th Reformation Anniversary The Inter-Lutheran Consultation, 1967. First Edition. Book. Printed wraps. 24pp. A bibliography gathered by topics. Fine. (1967) (#THEOSHEL353) $11.51 3338. Splete, Allen P. & Marilyn D. FREDERIC REMINGTON Selected Letters. NY: Abbeville Pr, 1989. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped pictorial cloth. 487pp. Illustrated with nifty Remington small pen & inks. Bibliography. Index. "About the Authors". Small ink vignette stamp on h-t; tiny remainder dot on bottom edge. Else fine in fine dj. (#1204134) $7.70 3339. Spooner, Joe. The Elephant Walk (Signed). Arnica Pub, 2005. First Edition. Book. Oblong pictorial hardbound. Unpaginated (no page numbers) children's illustrated book. Signed & dated (2007) by Spooner. "will Norah really get to see an elephant in her family's suburban neighborhood?" Fine, like new. (#5005031) $7.70 3340. Sprague, Roderick; Krantz, Grover S. (Editors). THE SCIENTIST LOOKS AT THE SASQUATCH II Anthropological Monographs of the University of Idaho No. 4. Moscow, ID: Univ of Idaho, 1979. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Library cloth. 195pp. Illus. Bibliographies. Tables. This modest-sized (small 8vo) volume is packed with information & represents one of the first written gatherings of serious study by academic scientists on the Sasquatch/Bigfoot problem. It reprints all essays from Vol I (1977) & adds three more. Essays are by Krantz (4), Sprague, Rigsby, Suttles, Strasenburgh, Bayanov, Beckjord, Westrum, & Beeson & include thought about Native Language Names, the Cultural Track, Anatomy of the Sasquatch Foot, Perceptions & Images of the Wild Man, the view from Russia, etc.. This copy is a gentle ex-lib with a couple of stickers & stamps (none on the paper edges) & no library pocket. Published in wrappers with a perfect binding, this rebind is easier to handle. Vg. Very difficult to procure now & very important. (#1307154) $250.12 3341. Spring, Agnes Wright. BUFFALO BILL AND HIS HORSES. (Ft. Collins): Privately Printed, 1953. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 24pp. Illustrated mainly with b/w photos. Some stains inside front cover; owner's signature/place at bottom of same. (#1506136) $23.55 3342. Springer, Charles H. SOLDIERING IN SIOUX COUNTRY: 1865 (artist signed). San Diego: Frontier Heritage Press, 1971. 1st Edition. Book. 1st printing. Silver-stamped royal 8vo cloth. 82pp. Illustrated by Cowboy Artist of America, John Hampton. Maps. Custom illustrated & printed bookplate on front paste down of Indian Wars historian, John M. Carroll. On the ffep is full page appreciation presentation by artist Hampton to Carroll & dated in 1971. Fine in moderately worn dj with foxing spots. Great association copy! (#1412034) $125.06 3343. Spurkland, Kristin. THE KNITTING MAN(UAL) 20+ Projects for Guys (Signed). Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Ten Speed Pr, 2007. First Edition. Book. Quarto silver-stamped hardbound. 119pp. Brightly illustrated. Signed & dated by Spukland in year of publication. Fine, like new. (#5020007) $20.25 3344. St. Clair, Kathleen E & Clifton R. LITTLE TOWNS OF TEXAS (Signed). Privately Printed, & Jayroe Graphic Arts, Jacksonville (Tx), 1982, 1982. First Edition. Book. 1st edition. Gilt-stamped hardbound. 961pp. Several photos. Signed by Kathleen St. Clair. The authors compiled historical information & some contemporary material for hundreds of small Texas towns (1/2 to 2pp each) partly from postmasters of those towns & partly from "30 or more Authors and Compilers". Indispensable for the armchair student of Texas history. Fine, no dj probably as issued. Very scarce. (#0505131) $98.42 3345. St. Crow, Lili (Signed). STRANGE ANGELS. New York: Razorbill, 2009. Book. 3rd printing. Pictorial wraps. 293pp. Signed & dated by St. Crow. Fine, like new. (#P1001b) $7.50 3346. St. Mark Lutheran Church). 80 YEARS BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING St. Mark Lutheran Church, Cleveland Ohio. N.p., N.p., 1977, 1977. First Thus. Book. 4to pictoral wraps. 48pp. Illustrated with portraits of members & other photos. Index. The church's location is at 4464 Pearl Road, Cleveland, Ohio, not far from Lutheran Cemetery. Slight curling to front cover edge, else fine. (#5014045) $8.10 3347. St. Paul Pioneer Press. 100 YEARS IN THE ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS. St. Paul, 1949., 1949. First Edition. Book. 1st edition. 4to pictorial stapled wraps. 101pp. Illustrations from the newspaper reports reproduced inside. Facsimile reproductions of articles in the St. Paul Pioneer Press between 1849 & 1949 a page for each year. Civil War, Custer's Last Stand, Chicago Fire, Sioux Uprising, etc. Vg condition. Quite scarce. (#5014022) $24.66 3348. St. Peter, Sarah. MURDER.COM The Dark Side of the Net. Dageforde, Lincoln, 1999., 1999. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Pict trade wraps. 238pp. (#5014024) $5.29 3349. St. Pierre, Paul. THE CHILCOTIN HOLIDAY. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1970. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 138pp. Illus/drawings. Gift inscription on ffep. Neat stories out of the Chilcotin ranching area in central British Columbia. Vg in faded & edge torn dj. (#1307156) $15.01 3350. St. Pierre, Paul. SMITH AND OTHER EVENTS Tales of the Chilcotin. NY: Beaufort Books, 1984. First American Edition. Book. 1st printing of the American edition. Cloth. 318pp. More fine stories out of the cattle country of the Chilcotin in British Columbia. Upper corner front cover bumped, else fine in pc dj. (#SHEL840) $8.50 3351. St. Pierre, Paul. CHILCOTIN AND BEYOND. Vancouver, 1989. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. A splendid collection of 2-3 page memoir/observations, mostly set in a small village in Mexico where the author, a respected Vancouver newspaper writer & author of Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse, and other books, spent a portion of several years. Fine in dj. (#9104149a) $11.48 3352. Staake, Bob. THE DONUT CHEF (Signed). NY: Golden Books, 2008. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. 4to pictorial hardbound. Unpag. Illus. Nice children's illustrated book. Signed by Staake on title page. Fine, like new in dj. (#JUV004) $30.00 3353. Stafford, Sara. DISCOVERY OF THE FIVE GREAT LAKES. Privately Printed, 1910, 1910. First Edition. Book. Pictorial wraps with the cover illustration of the Great Lakes drawn, from East looking West, to look like an Indian or other human profile. 68pp. Illustrated with b/w photos of various scenes around the Great Lakes. Several pages of ads in the back from Port Arthur & Fort William (now Thunder Bay). Some history & some poetry. Backstrip chipped & front cover corner curled & with some creasing. Some edgewear & some edge tears to covers. Good minus copy, but very scarce. (#0401125) $32.80 3354. Stagg, Albert. THE FIRST BISHOP OF SONORA Antonio do los Reyes, O.F.M. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, 1976., 1976. First Edition. Book. Cloth. 109pp. Illust. Fine in slightly worn dj. Scarce. (#9612157) $49.21 3355. Stanley, F. (Fr. Francis Stanley Crocchiola) . FORT UNION (New Mexico) (Signed). N.p.: Privately Printed, 1953. First Edition. Book. Cloth. 305pp. Bibliography. Signed by Stanley on ffep. Minor spot upper front cover, else fine. No dj. 6-guns 2102. (#1011140) $48.62 3356. Stanley, F. THE FORT TULEROSA (NEW MEXICO) STORY (Signed). Pep, TX: Privately Printed, 1968. Limited Edition. Book. Pictorial wraps. 26pp. Ltd to 400 copies. Signed by Stanley. Owner's address label inside front cover. Near fine. (#0909154) $14.18 3357. Stanley, F. LONGHAIR JIM COURTRIGHT Two Gun Marshal of Fort Worth. World Press, Denver, 1957, 1957. Book. 2nd printing. Silver-stamped pictorial cloth. 234pp. Illust. Bibliography. One of Father Stanley's most popular biography/histories. Fine in lightly rubbed dj. The back panel has some of the red ink from the dj smudged around the borders -- probably happened while being shipped or stored. Somewhat scarce now. 6-guns 2104. (#0511153NIC) $23.62 3358. Stanley, F. LONGHAIR JIM COURTRIGHT Two Gun Marshal of Fort Worth (Signed). Denver: World Press, 1957. Limited/Numbered. Book. Ltd to 500 copies, this being #8. Cloth. 234pp. Illus. Bibliography. Signed by Stanley under the limitation statement. Fine in fine dj. 6-guns 2104. (#1209162) $76.99 3359. Stansbery, Lon R. THE PASSING OF 3D RANCH (Signed). Privately Published, (Geo. W. Henry Printing Co), Tulsa, (ca 1930), 1930. First Edition. Book. Small 8vo cloth. 92pp. Illustrated with photos & one cartoon. Dated in 1937 & signed by Stansbery. Also the signature of Dal Walker, but it appears to be in Stansbery's hand. Likely a presentation. An account of ranching in the Tulsa area, especially the 3D ranch 35 miles NE of Tulsa, & W. E. Halsell's Mashed-O. Information on Texas cattleman, Shanghai Pierce, & some Oklahoma outlaws, the Daltons, Doolin, Jennings, Cook Gang, Cherokee Bill. "The writer came to Oklahoma in 1889 and also tells many humorous happenings in and around Tulsa during the early days." Desirable book & quite scarce in the 1st edition. Curiously, this title appears to have been published without a title page. The t-p in the reprint is only that of the reprint publisher, & other 1st editions I've looked at did not have a title page. This copy with the color of the cloth covers faded with exposure. Black printing of the titles & cover pictures (both front & back) are strong. Light wear otherwise. Good, tight copy. 6-guns 2125, Herd 2146. (ca 1930) (#0711374a) $247.50 3360. Stanton, Scott. THE TOMBSTONE TOURIST Musicians (Signed). Portland: 3T Pub, 1998. First Edition. Book. Glossy trade pictorial wraps. 430 pp. Illust. Cemetery Index. Signed & dated shortly after publication by Stanton. Laid in publisher's promo. Along with short bio vignettes, this book "reveals the final resting places of more that 225 of the 20th century's most dearly departed musicians, singers, composers, and conductors of rock, jazz, (blues), country & western and classical music." "Finally, a true music lover's guide to all the graves, shrines and memorabilia..." Quite a few country singers are in this book. Fine, like new. (#0903147) $20.25 3361. Stapp, William Preston. THE PRISONERS OF PEROTE, containing A Journal Kept by the Author, etc. Phila: G. B. Zieber & Co., 1845. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Printed wraps. 164pp + 4pp. Condition fair: original front cover corners chipped most of the way to the black & partially decorated printed border. Couple of small stains to front cover. Rebound using original front cover & replaced back cover. General foxing with some pps with a minimum & other pps with more. Pages are flexible & the book can easily be read. The original cover states the original price as 25 cents. Continuation of the subtitle reads, in small block print, "WHO WAS CAPTURED BY THE MEXICANS, AT MEIR, DECEMBER 25,1842, AND RELEASED FROM PEROTE MAY 16, 1844." A rare & desirable Texas & Mexican book. Copies of the cloth edition naturally appear more often on the market than the paper bound edition. Jenkins, BTB, says, "The was the first book to appear on the Meir Expedition; it is still one of the best. Stapp was a highly literate private soldier, observant and interested in what went on around him." BTB 198, Dobie p58, Graff3949, Sabin 90483, Streeter 1610, Howes S891. (#1506137) $784.88 3362. Starck, Clemens. CHINA BASIN (Signed). Ashland: Story Line, 2002. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Pict trade wraps. 62pp. Signed by Stark. Good poetry on a variety of subjects from construction to Crimea. Poet's carpentry business card laid in. Fine, as new. (#5013029) $6.00 3363. Stark, Mabel Branch. 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