CONTESTED TERRITORY: Whites, Native Americans, and African Americans in Oklahoma 1865 - 1907. LSU, Baton Rouge, 2000, 2000. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 240pp. Illust. Tables. Bibliography. Index. "... the first complete history of the interaction between whites, Native Americans, and African Americans in the Indian and Oklahoma Territories from the end of the Civil War until Oklahoma statehood." A scholarly, serious study. This hardbound edition was printed in less than 500 copies. Fine, like new, in dj. (#0711415) $58.50
3789. Wiersema, Robert J. Before I Wake (Signed). St. Martins, NY, 2007, 2007. ARC. Book. Advance Readers' Edition. Trade pictorial wraps. 312pp. Signed & dated by Wiersema around time of release. Fine, like new. (#5021013ARC) $40.09
3790. Wiersema, Robert J. WALK LIKE A MAN: Coming of Age with the Music of Bruce Springsteen. Vancouver: Greystone Books, 2011. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 195pp. Sources. Signed by Wiersema on title page. Please note: felt pen author used bleeds through to verso of page. Fine. (#5015039) $20.00
3791. Wiggs, Susan (Signed). Lakeshore Christmas. Don Mills (Ontario): Mira Books, 2009. First Edition. Book. Hardbound. 366 pp. Signed by Wiggs. Appendix (16pp) : "The Avalon Free Library Cookie Exchange Recipe Book and Sing-Along." Fine, like new in dj. (#P3057) $9.69
3792. Wight, E. L., et. al. (Comp. & Edit.). INDIAN RESERVATIONS OF IDAHO, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON The People Their Land Their Life. Dept. Of Interior, Wash. D.C., 1960, 1960. Book. Oblong pictorial wraps, stapled. 97pp. Each section begins with a map, a drawing, & a list of reservations. Couple of short tears. Top of spine with narrow tear closed with tape. Good+. Scarce. Smith S760. (#0404151) $24.60
3793. Wilhelm, H.R.H. Duke Paul of Wurttemberg. EARLY SACRAMENTO Glimpses of John Augustus Sutter, the Hok Farm and Neighboring Indian Tribes from the journals of PRINCE PAUL. Sacramento, 1973., 1973. Limited Edition. Book. Ltd to 400 copies. 4to cloth & decorated boards. 79pp. A beautiful book printed by Hoyem of San Francisco. A Rounce & Coffin selection. Fine in original glassine dj. (#9205183) $55.77
3794. Wilhelm, Paul (Duke of Wurttemberg). TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA 1822-1824. Norman: OU, 1973. First Thus. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 456pp. Illustrated with paintings by Bodmer, Catlin, King, McKenney, Hall, & Stuart. "Sources Consulted". Index. Maps. Translated by W. Robert Nitske; Edited by Savoie Lottinville. Very slight bump upper front cover corner, else fine in dj which has some general shelf wear. (#1302158) $23.51
3795. Wilk, Stephen. ONE DAY'S JOURNEY (Signed). Calgary: Privately Printed, 1963. First Edition. Book. Silver-stamped cloth with unusual strap binding that, while tight, sound, & in original condition, shows in the gutters of the first few pages. 429pp. Illus. A few maps & charts/tables. Appendices: "Homesteads filed on Lands in TWP. 26,, RGE. 2, W. 5th". "Principle Land Owners North of the Bow River (to date) in the Balzac-Beddington Area". Signed by Wilk. A useful southern Alberta book, "... this book traces the development of the Calgary area... Wilk has gathered the priceless experiences of those pioneers still living and the relatives of those now dead, into a well-documented, romantic history of the West." Contains a wide variety of material in quite some depth. Fine in dj with one small chip/tear. (#1011166) $36.47
3796. Wilkins, Thurman. CLARENCE KING A Biography. Albuquerque: U of New Mexico, 1988. 2nd Edition. Book. 1st printing of 2nd edition, revised & enlarged. Cloth & boards. 524pp. Illustrated with vintage photos. Index & extensive Notes & Bibliography. New Preface to the 2nd edition. The key biography of one of the most important & adventurous men of the West who became the first Director of the U.S. Geological Survey. His mountaineering experiences in the Sierra Nevada were high adventure, indeed. Fine, as new in dj. Pristine. I bought this copy from publisher when it came out; never been opened. (#SHEL701) $35.00
3797. Wilkinson, Renee. MODERN HOMESTEAD: Grow, Raise, Create (Signed). Golden: Fulcrum Pub, 2011. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. 4to pictorial wraps. 198pp. Illus. Index. Signed by Wilkinson. How to start & develop your own veggie garden & raise some farm animals, even in urban spaces. Fine, like new. (#5022060) $20.25
3798. Willard, Helen. POW - WOW and other Yakima Indian Traditions (Signed). Prosser, WA: Roza Run Pub Co, 1990. First Edition. Book. 4to cloth. 116pp. Illustrated with remarkable, candid photos. Signed & dated by Willard in 1994. The author, "a long time friend of the Yakima Indians... has been writing about them and photographing them for about twenty years." She interviewed, recorded, & photographed many of the elders. Fine in dj. Scarce signed. (#0903158) $40.50
3799. Willard, John (Signed). ADVENTURE TRAILS IN MONTANA. Helena: Privately Printed, 1964. First Edition. Book. Cloth with color print of a C. M. Russell painting on front cover. 243pp. Illustrated primarily with pen & ink sketches by Russell. Index of proper names. Large folding map in back, attractively illustrated with various vignettes. A Russell painting reproduced in color comprises the front endpapers. Inscribed "to my talented friend Ben" by Willard on the title page. Foreword by Michael Kennedy & Introduction by Harold McCracken. Trace of wear at bottom edge of cover print, else fine. No dj as issued. Y-R p260, Smith 2984. (#1003159) $40.07
3800. Willard, John. ADVENTURE TRAILS IN MONTANA. Privately Published, Helena, 1964, 1964. First Thus. Book. Pictorial glossy wraps. 243pp. Illust. Index. Gift inscription bottom of title page. A collection of great Montana writing, essentially historical vignettes by Willard, & sponsored by the Montana Historical Society. Pieces were written originally for the Montana Auto Assoc. Good reading copy. Minor bump to text; couple of creases; lightly soiled. Couple of leaves stained. Fold-out map not present. Uncommon. Y-R p260. (#0603172) $9.84
3801. Willard, John. ADVENTURE TRAILS IN MONTANA (Association Signed). Helena: Privately Published, 1964. First Edition. Book. Pictorial (C. M. Russell watercolor) hardbound. 243pp. Index. Large folding map in back, "Frontier Montana Pioneer". Front endpapers with another Russell watercolor. Inscribed "With all good wishes" & signed by Michael Kennedy, Director of the Montana Historical Society, who sponsored the book. Kennedy wrote the Foreword & Harold McCracken wrote the Intro. Fine. We don't see that a dj was issued for this book. Note: this is the 1st ed., but not the ltd ed. Smith 2984. (#1011167) $60.78
3802. Williams, Cecil B. PARADISE PRAIRIE. John Day, NY, 1953, 1953. First Edition. Book. Cloth. 372pp. Somewhat fictionalized story of the settlement of early Oklahoma by a family following the year 1902. Old Oklahoma & Cherokee Strip. Owner's stamp on ffep. Fading to extreme top edge of spine. Vg+ in pc dj. (#0502158) $12.79
3803. Williams, Chuck. MOUNT ST. HELENS A Changing Landscape. Portland: Graphic Arts, 1980. First Edition. Book. Folio cloth & hardbound. 128pp. Illustrated lavishly in color & b/w by a variety of fine photographers. Endpaper maps. Intro by famed Portland photographer, Ray Atkeson. Published shortly after the St. Helen's eruptions. Fine in dj. (#0309160) $19.68
3804. Williams, Clayton. ANIMAL TALES OF THE WEST. San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.: Naylor, 1974. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Attractive pictorial cloth. 221pp. Illustrated with drawings. Williams was a surveyor in Texas in the late 1870s, served as county judge of Pecos Co., and owned farm & ranch land. This book is partly from articles he published in 1908 in the Fort Stockton Pioneer. Fine, crisp copy in pc dj. (#1302159) $30.02
3805. Williams, Cyril E. H., and McGeachie, Pixie. ARCHDEACON ON HORSEBACK Richard Small 1849-1909. Merritt BC: Sonotek, 1991. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 112pp. Illus. Small was an Anglican priest in the SW British Columbia interior serving the Yale, Lytton, Lillooet, & Nicola areas. Fine, like new in wraps. (#1302160) $8.75
3806. Williams, J. R. OUT OUR WAY. NY: Charles Scribners Sons, 1943. Book. Pictorial paper over boards hardbound. Unpag. Some of the best cowboy cartoons "on the romance o' cowpunchin'" ever created. The situations the "boys" find themselves in are gut-buster when drawn by Williams. Bottom corners worn, but a good+ copy. (#0811183) $81.00
3807. Williams, Pamela. HOW TO BREAK INTO PRODUCT DESIGN. Cincinnati: North Light Books, 1998. First Edition. Book. 4to cloth. 144 pp. Illus. Index. Fine in dj. (#lynn072d) $8.86
3808. Williams, Rita. IF THE CREEK DON'T RISE My Life Out West with the Last Black Widow of the Civil War A Memoir. Orlando: Harcourt, 2006. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 319pp. Illus. The author grew up in the Colorado Rockies, living with her aunt, "the last surviving African American widow of a Union soldier.." Near fine in dj. (#1402165) $12.51
3809. Williams, Suzanne; Holub, Joan. HEROES IN TRAINING: Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Signed). NYC: Aladdin, 2012. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 100pp. Signed & dated 2012 by author on title page. Laid in HIT color bookmark. Fine, like new in dj. Signed copies scarce. (#5016066) $27.00
3810. Williams, Walter (Edit.). THE STATE OF MISSOURI An Autobiography (Association copy). Columbia: E. W. Stephens, 1904. First Edition. Book. Gilt-stamped cloth. 608pp. Illus. Abundant maps (folding + partial page county maps). Index. Presentation on front paste down from Roy D. Williams to Thos Evans. Additionally, the bottom one-half of the paste down has a description of the two family's relationship. It appears that Roy Williams ("lawyer of Boonville, MO) was the brother of the editor. A son or daughter of Evans appears to have written this description. Judge William Williams, father of the editor, married Jessie Evans. When you buy it you can figure it out. Also, laid in is a printed one-half sheet on Missouri Commission / Louisiana Purchase Exposition letterhead. It states that this was a complimentary copy from Editor Williams, courtesy of the World's Fair Commission. List of Commissioners is printed. A well worn (especially corners), but tight copy. Cracking to back hinge, but binding is tight. No dj, probably as issued. Rare & unusual association copy. (#1104168) $162.16
3811. Williamson, Ethel. A LIGHT ON THE SEAWAY. St. Catherines: Privately Published, 1973. 3rd Edition. Book. Pictorial wraps. A book about the Port Weller Lighthouse near St. Catherines, Ontariom and the Welland Canal. fos. A little musty, else vg. (#SHEL623) $7.20
3812. Willson, Roscoe G. NO PLACE FOR ANGELS Stories of Old Arizona Days. Phoenix & Tucson: Arizona Republic & Arizona Silhouettes, 1958. First Edition. Book. Gilt-stamped cloth. 275pp. Illustrated by Frank King. Owner's address label on ffep. The last 25pp have a very light tideline stain, with a little resulting waviness top half of pages. Really not very visible. Good+ copy thus. No dj. 6-guns 2416. (#0909182) $10.12
3813. Wilson - Fried, Alice. OUTSIDE CHILD a novel of murder and New Orleans (Signed). Komenar, Walnut Creek, 2007, 2007. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 305pp. Sketch outline of New Orleans. Signed & dated by author in 2007. "a debut mystery novel that reveals more than circumstances of murder and its resolution..." Wilson-Fried's childhood in the Magnolia Housing Project" enables her to "open up the world of native-born New Orleans blacks, ..." Fine, like new in dj. (#5019031) $5.47
3814. Wilson, Arthur W.; Strickbine, Norman L. (photographer). KOREAN VIGNETTES Faces of War (Galley Proofs & original prospective cover artwork). Portland: Artwork, 1996. Special Edition. Book. A special package of this book: Galley Proofs with quite a few notations, corrections, & marks in red or dark pencil. Comb bound pastic covers. 468pp. Illustrated with b/w photocopies of originals. ALONG WITH these proofs comes two art sheets on gray card stock that may have represented prospective covers. Each is titled in original block lettering, "Korean Vignettes" & each features three color vignette drawings by Norma Strickbine. I'm sorry but I am not able to judge what medium was used. The two sheets are 15 1/2" x 19 5/8". Each drawn or painted vignette is about 3" x 6" in size depending on subject. None of these vignettes were used on the cover of the published book. Both author & photographer served in Korea 1950/51. "This book is dedicated to ghe gallant men of all services Army.. Marine Corps.. Navy.. Air Force.. Merchant Marine who in the sacrifice of their lives made it possible for we survivors to return alive to this great nation." The subtitle is this: "201 Veterans of the Korean War Recall that Forgotten War Their Experiences and Thoughts and Wartime Photographs of that Era." This copy in near fine condition & the art sheets likewise. (#SHEL711) $500.00
3815. Wilson, Charles Banks). Hunt, David C. THE LITHOGRAPHS OF CHARLES BANKS WILSON. Norman: OU, 1989. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. 4to gilt-stamped cloth. 270pp. Illustrated in b/w with the wonderful lithographs of Wilson. Index. "Wilson uses his unique and realistic vision to capture the character and diversity of Oklahoma's people, places, and wildlife." His murals "adorn the Oklahoma State Capitol, and his hand-pulled lithographs are collected and displayed nationwide." Fine, like new in dj. (#1307174) $60.03
3816. Wilson, Daniel H. A BOY AND HIS BOT (Signed). NY: Bloomsbury, 2011. ARC. Book. Pictorial wraps. 180pp. Signed by Wilson. By the author of "How to Survive a Robot Uprising." Fine. (#Pa026ARC) $8.86
3817. Wilson, Douglas C. & Langford, Theresa E. EXPLORING FORT VANCOUVER (Signed). Vancouver & Seattle: Ft. Vancouver Nat'l Trust & U Wash, 2011. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. 4to glossy pictorial wraps. 116pp. Fine color illustrations of artifacts, etc. Notes on Sources. Index. Maps. Signed by Wilson. Fine, as new. (#1204154) $28.36
3818. Wilson, Druid. Sando, William J., Kopf, Rudolph. GEOLOGIC NAMES OF NORTH AMERICA INTRODUCED IN 1936 - 1955. U.S. Gov't Printing Office, Wash DC, 1957, 1957. First Edition. Book. Gray printed wraps. 405pp. "A compilation of new geologic names of North America, including Greenland, the West Indies, the Pacific Island possessions of the United States, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands." Slight fading at cover edges. Small ink number on corner of front cover. Owner's address stamped on t-p. Vg. (#0401138) $6.56
3819. Wilson, Gary. Outlaw Tales of Montana. Havre: High-Line Books, 1995. Book. 3rd printing. Pictorial trade wraps. 212pp. Illus. Notes. Bibliography. Map. (#1204156) $4.46
3820. Wilson, Iris Higbee. WILLIAM WOLFSKILL, 1798 - 1866 Fur Trapper to California Ranchero. Glendale: Arthur H. Clark, 1965. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine. 268pp. Illus. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Untrimmed. Owner's name is stamped in gilt lettering at bottom right corner of front cover. Fine. Plain dj of AHC Co. not present. Brunet 307. (#1412164) $40.02
3821. Wilson, James Andrew. JAMES ANDREW WILSON LIFE TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES The Greatest Fighter Living in Texas Written by Himself (dj subtitle): The Bravest Man Who Ever Lived in Texas). Gammel's Book Store, Austin, 1927., 1927. First Edition. Book. Gilt-stamped maroon cloth. 200pp. Illustrated with drawings. A 1962 ink gift inscription is written on the ffep. The author's close & violent encounters in timber country with guns & ax handles actually took place in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, & Arkansas. "In the summer of 1885, when I was a little more than sixteen years old, I ran away from home." Wilson says he was City Marshal of Allenscreek, Tennessee later in his career. Very scarce. Fine in even scarcer dj - the latter slightly soiled & with a couple of small chips. Rader 3686. (#0111170) $44.29
3822. Wilson, Jay Jay, and Wallace, Ron. BLACK WALLSTREET A Lost Dream. Black Wallstreet Publishing & Dularon Entertainment, n.p., 1992, 1992. Limited Edition. Book. Quarto printed wraps. 112pp. Personal tributes, dedications, & references. Written in fiction style, but actually a memoir/history of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 & the destruction of the thriving black business district. "After two years of intense research, investigation, interviews ... (the authors) successfully dissected the mechanics of a Major Black Economic Movement ... BLACK WALLSTREET." Printed at the bottom of the front cover: "Black, Jewish And Indian People Worked Successfully Against All Odds!" " Uncensored". Published in an unstated limited printing, this book undoubtedly opened up this forgotten event for more books that have been published in the last few years. Fine. Very scarce. (#SHEL253) $49.21
3823. Wilson, Raymond. OHIYESA: Charles Eastman, Santee Sioux. Urbana: Univ of Illinois, 1983. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 219pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Review copy with publisher's review request laid in. Among many other things, Eastman "served as government physician at the Pine Ridge Agency (and tended casualties at Wounded Knee).." He was "one of the most highly educated and influential Indians of his time." Fine in dj. (#1302161) $32.52
3824. Wilson, Rev. J. H. (James Hall). LIFE AND LABOUR IN CHRIST'S VINEYARD Illustrated by Analogy and Example. London: The Book Society, 1877. First Edition. Book. 12mo gilt stamped, decorative blind-stamped cloth. 227pp. Illustrated with three engravings ("The Penny Theatre in Albion Street...", The Chapel that took the place of the Penny Theatre", "Albion Street Chapel, with side view..." Presentation copy from the author to Wm. Sommerville, Esq.. and dated Nov. 26th, 1877. The book is the account of the founding of the chapel along the docks in Aberdeen, Scotland, started by Rev. Wilson, an apparently well-known pastor & temperance spokesman in England and Scotland. He was also well-acquainted with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, who supported his chapel. He appears to have written eight books, and this one was apparently his last. All titles are very scarce, and this title is found in only one library. While much of the volume has to do with the spiritual life with a purpose to personal reform from alcohol, there are interesting social and ethic insights, such as having to do with the witness of the Gospel to Muslims. Wilson cites various population figures as to trades, poverty, etc.. Light to moderate wear to extremities, this is a bright, sound copy. Rare. (#5003057) $243.00
3825. Wilson, T. A. IN PURSUIT OF A LEGEND : 72 Days in California Bigfoot Country. Tucson: Iceni, 2005. First Edition. Book. Pictorial wraps. 216pp. 7 line ink notation on "Note to Reader" page by a an Oregon researcher. The criticism of this book would be that the author changed names of locations. Fine copy. (#SHEL677) $11.25
3826. Wilson, Woodrow). FARMERS! HOUSEWIVES! CHILDREN! THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES APPEALS TO YOUR PERSONALLY. U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Wash. D. C., (1917), 1917. First Thus. Book. Original rare & large broadside printed in red & black on lightweight poster paper & issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Not dated, but quite apparently issued shortly after the United States entrance into World War I in the spring of 1917, these are extracts from the address of President Woodrow Wilson to be "read carefully by every one who produces or can produce food and by all who consume food." This broadside was particularly a call for farmers to be especially efficient in production, for young men & boys to spare no labor in their farm work, for middlemen to be honest & not ring up big profits, & for households (wives) to grow gardens & otherwise be productive. Masthead reads, FARMERS! HOUSEWIVES! CHILDREN! THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES APPEALS TO YOUR PERSONALLY. "We must supply abundant food for ourselves and for our armies and our seamen not only, but also for a large part of the nations with whom we have now made common cause." The broadside is 21"x 30". It is folded & in very good condition with a few short margin tears & a couple of edge tears at folds. There are a total of six black & white half-tone photos, three at the top & three at the bottom. (1917) (#5021017) $162.00
3827. Wilstach, Frank J. WILD BILL HICKOK The Prince of Pistoleers (Association copy). Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, 1926, 1926. First Edition. Book. Gilt-stamped cloth. 304pp. Illust.. This copy is the Jerome Peltier copy, with a laid-in, three page handwritten letter from Joseph Stremel dated 1/7/54. In this letter Stremel, who "ran a plumbing shop in Hayes City", relates that an old-timer named Hooper told him two Hickok stories, one involving the arrest of a man who had killed seven soldiers, & the other about a trick Hickok used to kill a cowboy who had threatened to kill him. Both incidents happened in or near the building Stremel used as his shop. Laid in also is a magazine article, "The West's Top Triggerman", by J. L. Beardsley. This copy good, soiled with some spots, & with wear on the bottom edge of the back cover. However, it does have the elusive dust jacket: a few tiny chips & a closed tear near the bottom of the backstrip. 6-guns 2425, Howes W545, Rader 3689, Dobie p141. (#0511167) $147.62
3828. Wimmer, Duane (Ed.); Ayers, C. W. CHARLEY A Voice from the Past; Travels and Travails Throughout the West; C. W. Ayers Stories. Moab: Privately Printed, 2002. First Edition. Book. 1st printing thus. Pictorial wraps. 400pp. Illus. Ayers died in 1962, & his extensive journals/accounts make for some interesting reading. Kansas, Utah, New Mexico & Colorado material. Fine. Uncommon. (#1506153) $26.16
3829. Wincester, Simon. THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary (Signed). Oxford, NY, 2003, 2003. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 260pp. Illust. Index. Bibliography. Endpaper maps. Signed & dated by Winchester soon after publication. A wonderful book to read, this is the author's latest book. Fine, as new in dj. (#5010022) $32.00
3830. WING SANG CO. WING SANG CO. - VANCOUVER. Vancouver B. C.: Wing Sang Co., 1930. Paper. Letterhead sheet of Wing Sang Co., 51 Pender Street East, Vancouver, British Columbia. Dated Oct. 21, 1930. Printed list of info regarding Salt Herring catches & shipping. The company was established in 1889. Curled & minor tears lower left corner. Two punch holes at top for filing. Basic but interesting piece of Vancouver paper ephemera. (#SHEL675) $9.00
3831. Wingert, Paul S. Prehistoric Stone Sculpture of the Pacific Northwest. Portland: Portland Art Museum, 1952. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. 4to pictorial wraps. 34pp + b/w plates. Illus. Maps. Bibliography. Vg. Scarce. (#1506154) $47.09
3832. WINTER ON THE NILE (signed & author's letter laid in). Warner, Charles Dudley. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. Book. 10th edition. Green cloth with lovely gilt boat on cover. 496pp. Frontispiece. Chapter head decorations. Index. One-half page author's ink hand-written letter (als) tipped on to ffep as full page folded, signed it in Hartford, Aug 5, 1888, directed apparently to his niece. On front blank page the author also presented this copy to the college with his compliments, dated Aug 1888. Wiki says, "an American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain." Gentle ex-lib with couple of college library stamps & call number; call number removed from spine & rubbed at those points on lower spine. Moderate wear to extremities. Vg. (#SHEL726) $60.00
3833. Winter-Irving, W.A. BEYOND THE BITUMEN. Adelaide, 1971., 1971. Book. Cloth. 200pp. Illust. "a life of men and horses, cattle, sheep and dogs" in Queensland, Australia, in the 1920s & 30s. Great reading! Fine in dj. (#9708168) $18.04
3834. Winther, Oscar Osburn.