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FORT CLATSOP Rebuilding an Icon. Portland: Ooligan Pr, 2007. First Edition. ISBN: 1932010181. Book. Small pictorial 4to wraps. 128 pp. Illus. The engaging account of the rebuilding of the famous fort after a 2005 fire. "... fills an important void in telling the 200 year history of three Fort Clatsops." Fine, like new. As New. Paperback. (#SHEL590) $8.95
716. Daily, Charles T. (Publisher). ART WORK ON EASTERN WASHINGTON AND WESTERN IDAHO (complete in 12 parts). Chicago: Charles T. Daily, 1900. First Edition. Book. Dark brown, simulated alligator skin folio wraps, stapled under covers. Unpaginated, but the 12 parts have the following totals: 24pp text; 98 plates presenting 128 photogravures. A stunning presentation of cities, towns, mining camps, & scenic landscapes of this impressive region. "Bird's eye" & street views, sometimes several photos from different angles, with buildings & parks. Locations represented: Spokane, Coeur d' Alene & Lake, Wallace, Wardner, Mullan, Walla Walla, Dayton, Natches River, Moscow, Lake Pend d' Oreille, Spokane River, Yakima River, North Yakima River, Gem, Ellensburg, Burke, Cheney, Rathdrum. Several photos are simply outstanding. Occasional minor abrasions to covers & couple of short tears closed. Occasional blemish on margins. Part 2 has 1 inch triangle loss to lower corner of front cover next to binding. Very, very scarce. Smith 312. Very Good. Paperback. (#1104030) $765.76
717. Dale, Edward Everett (Ed.) (LAFAYETTE, Marie Jean Paul Joseph Roche Yves Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de). LAFAYETTE LETTERS. Harlow, OKC, 1925, 1925. First Edition. Book. Decorated cloth (coat-of-arms in color). 61pp. Illustrated with photos; letters in facsimile. Finely printed, decorated bookseller's label of the Plantation Book Shop, Natchez, Miss., on the front paste down. Some of the original letters of the famous French officer & "his son & other members of the family" were found "in an Oklahoma farm house", the property of a relative of Capt. Francis Allyn, "commander of the ship Cadmus in which Lafayette & his son came to the United Stated in 1824", at which time the Congress & Pres. Monroe placed great honors on him. Front hinge broken after frontispiece. Title-page foxed. Paper of rear paste down has wrinkles. Good. Very scarce. Rader 1031. Good. Hardcover. (#0711074) $95.00
718. Dale, Edward Everett, and Rader, Jesse. READINGS IN OKLAHOMA HISTORY. Row, Peterson & Co., Evanston, 1930, 1930. First Edition. Book. Gilt-stamped cloth. 865pp. A phenomenal compilation of essays & articles from a multitude of sources. Twenty sections, from the Spanish & French in the Mississippi Valley, to the Five Civilized Tribes, to the Civil War in Indian Territory, to ranching, the land openings, statehood, economic & educational development, etc.. Dale was one of the famous profs of history at OU, & Rader was librarian at OU. Some rubbing to top of spine, else fine. No dj, possibly as issued. Very scarce now. Very Good+. Hardcover. (#0711075) $125.00
719. Dale, Edward Everett. FRONTIER HISTORIAN: The Life and Work of Edward Everett Dale. OU, Norman, 1975, 1975. First Edition. ISBN: 0806113057. Book. Cloth. 367pp. The subject was "for many years chairman of the Department of History in the University of Oklahoma". He "dominated the landscape of western historical scholarship" for 50 years. Fine in pc dj which is slightly rubbed at extremities. Fine in Very Good dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#0711076) $25.00
720. Dale, Edward Everett. THE INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST A Century of Development under the United States. U of Okla., Norman, 1949, 1949. Book. Cloth. 283pp.. Illust. Maps. Bibliography. Index. Ink gift inscription on ffep. Former owner's ink stamp on same & on bottom edge. Vg, lacking the dj. Very Good. Hardcover. (#0404027) $16.40
721. Dale, Edward Everett. THE RANGE CATTLE INDUSTRY. U of Okla., Norman, 1930, 1930. First Edition. Book. 4to pictorial cloth with outline of longhorn on cover. 216pp. Several great b/w photos (Cherokee Strip, 101 Ranch, etc.). Maps. Bibliography. Index. One of the most important scholarly books ever published on the cattle trade & cattle trailing industry of the Great Plains. Dale was named by Oklahoma Today as one of the 46 most important greatest thinkers in Oklahoma history. The endpapers are a dramatic art deco presentation of some cattle brands. A good+, tight copy. Spine moderately faded. Cover edges somewhat faded where sun burned. Hinges professionally repaired. The text block is crisp & fine. Rader 1036, Howes D20, Reese 27, Herd 639, Rader 1036. Very Good+. Hardcover. (#0404028) $164.03
722. Dallas, Sandra. CHERRY CREEK GOTHIC Victorian Architecture in Denver. Norman: OU, 1971. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 292pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index of Structures. Index. Picture Map of Denver with same also as pictorial endpapers. Fine in slightly rubbed dj. Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#1402030) $10.93
723. Dalton Brothers). Eye-witness. THE DALTON BROTHERS and Their Astounding Career of Crime by an Eye-witness. Jingle Bob - Crown, NY, 1977, 1977. First Thus. Book. Cloth. 220pp. Illust. Facsimile reprint of the rare 1892 book, this edition with an Introduction by James D. Horan. In contrast to other commentators, Horan praises U. S. Deputy Marshal Ransom Payne, who is credited with sharing the information Eye-witness used in this book. Fine in pc dj, but there is a small "remainder" dot on the top edge. 6-guns 545, 150 #44, Howes D39a. Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#0711080) $19.50
724. Dana, James D. THE GEOLOGICAL STORY Briefly Told. American Book Co., NY, 1895, 1895. First Edition. Book. 12mo pictorial cloth. 302pp. Illustrated with drawings & wood engravings. First few pages with upper corner straightened small dog ear. Bookseller's label front paste down: "The Geo. H. Cox Company .. Owensboro, Ky". Moderate general wear & some soiling to covers. Good +. Tight. Very Good+. Hardcover. (#5002030) $7.70
725. Danehower, Cole. ESSENTIAL WINES AND WINERIES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST A Guide to the Wine Countries of Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, and Idaho (Signed). Portland: Timber Press, 2010. First Edition. ISBN: 9780881929669. Book. 4to pictorial glossy wraps with dj-like flaps. 308pp. Illustrated in color. Bibliography. Index. Photography by Andrea Johnson. Signed by Danehower. Short appendix: "Wine Grape Varieties Grown in the Pacific Northwest. A used book in as new condition. As New. Paperback. (#1011037) $24.31
726. Daniel, John (Signed). THE FAR CORNER Northwestern Views on Land, Life, and Literature. Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2009. First Edition. ISBN: 158243493X. Book. Cloth & boards. 205 pp. Signed by Daniel. Essays in the spirit of Wallace Stegner, et. al., on the Pacific Northwest. Fine, like new in dj. As New in New dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#1003027) $20.24
727. Daniel, John. ROGUE RIVER JOURNAL A Winter Alone. Shoemaker Hoard, Washington D.C., 2005, 2005. ARC. Book. Bound Galley. Pictorial printed wraps. 352pp. The author, a two-time winner of the Oregon Book Award for Literary Non-fiction, has written a memoir of his father, "a charismatic union organizer during the heydays of the American labor movement". This was done as the author spent a winter alone on the Rogue River of Oregon after the presidential campaign & election developments of 2000. Fine. Fine. Paperback. (#0505047ARC) $16.40
728. Daniel, John. ROGUE RIVER JOURNAL A Winter Alone (Signed). Washington, DC,: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2005. First Edition. ISBN: 1593760515. Book. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 352pp. Signed by Daniel. A personal memoir born of a season of reflection in a wild part of Oregon. Fine in dj. As New in New dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#0606030) $16.40
729. Daniels, Zeke, and Christy, Ben (Illus.) (Signed). THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JULIA C. BULETTE Queen of the Red Lights. Virginia City NV: Lamp Post, 1958. First Edition. Book. Gilt-stamped cloth. 65pp. Illustrated very nicely with the work of Christy. Index. Pictorial endpapers. Signed by Daniels & Christy, & dated early in year of publication. Bulette, "kindhearted, charitable and generous" was one of the most popular women on "D" Street in Virginia City, Nevada. "Born a mulatto in London", she met a tragic end, murdered by Jean Marie a Millian in 1867. Fine in dj, the latter with minor wear to extremities & small chip at top of backstrip. Paher 434 (who suggests that Daniels is pseud. of Effie Mona Mack). Fine in Very Good+ dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#1003028) $22.26
730. Danner, Craig Joseph (Signed). The Fires of Edgarville A Novel. Hood River: Crispin/Hammer Pub Co, 2009. First Edition. ISBN: 0970640579. Book. Cloth. 256 pp. Signed by Danner. "Tracing the evolution of a small Oregon lumber town and its connection to the Japanese internment during World War II, (this) is a spellbinding story told with authentic detail and unexpected humor." By the author of the award-winning Himalayan Dhaba. Publisher's promo laid in. Fine, like new in dj. As New in New dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#P2029) $7.75
731. Dary, David. ENTREPRENEURS OF THE OLD WEST. NY: Knopf, 1986. First Edition. ISBN: 0394524055. Book. 1st printing. Cloth & decorated boards. 368pp. Illus. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Endpaper maps. A great survey on the presence of "traders, trappers, wagon freighters, merchants, cattlemen, railroadmen... and other profit seekers." Owner's small library stamp 2x on ffep (1x inked out) & 1x on half-title. Else fine in dj. Near Fine in Fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#1204033) $10.01
732. Dary, David. TRUE TALES OF THE OLD-TIME PLAINS. Crown, NY, 1979, 1979. First Edition. ISBN: 0517536633. Book. 1st edition. Royal 8vo cloth & bds. 278pp. Illustrated with photos, maps & prints. Notes & Credits, Index. Excellent accounts of the plains from Texas to Montana. Fine in pc dj with tear closed at fold of front flap. Fine in Very Good dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#9506041) $15.79
733. Davidson, Catherine W., & RAmona P. Rubio. THE ALCHEMICAL WOMAN A Handbook for Everyday Soulwork. Cultural Tapestries, Ashland (OR), 2007, 2007. First Edition. ISBN: 0980212804. Book. Trade pictorial wraps. 107pp. Bibliography. Illust. The book purports to reconstruct "an age-old system of transformation dating back to Alexandria, Egypt, 200 A.D" & "translates the ancient metaphorical tradition of Alchemy -- practiced by diverse cultures... into a meaningful and practical tool for self-discovery." Fine, like new. As New. Paperback. (#5021018) $12.15
734. Davidson, Levette J. WESTERN CAMPFIRE TALES (Signed). n.p., 1943., 1943. First Thus. Book. Separate offprint from California Folklore Quarterly, 1st thus. Wraps. 14pp. Inscribed by Davidson. A good, short essay on tall tales. Some yellowing to edges. Slightly creased bend to bottom corner; near vg. Scarce. Very Good-. Paperback. (#9311028) $19.68
735. Davies, Julian. A Compendium of Ockham's Teachings: A Translation of the Tactus De Principiis Theologie. Saint Bonaventure, New York, U.S.A.: Franciscan Inst Pubs, 1998. First Edition. ISBN: 1576591298. Book. Trade pictorial wraps. 135pp. Appendix. Glossary, Bibliography. Notes. Private library small label lower spine. Owner's label inside front cover. Owner's embossment top of title page. Scarce. Very Good. Paperback. (#MOR.1.069) $21.26
736. Davies, Sasha. THE GUIDE TO WEST COAST CHEESE: More Than 300 Cheeses Handcrafted in California, Oregon, and Washington (Signed). Portland: Timber Press, 2010. First Edition. ISBN: 9781604690903. Book. Glossy pictorial wraps. 224pp. Illus. Index. Glossary. Signed by Davies along with the words, "Enjoy eating your way through the book." Fine, like new. As New. Paperback. (#Pa019) $20.05
737. Davignon, Ellen. THE CINNAMON MINE Memories of an Alaska Highway Childhood (Signed). Whitehorse: Studio North, 1998. First Edition. ISBN: 0889258724. Book. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 136pp. Frontispiece. Presentation copy signed by the author. Another gift presentation by the giver. "Writing from Johnson's Crossing on the Alaska Highway, Ellen recalls the thrill of discovering a 'cinnamon mine' on the banks of the Teslin River", etc. Fine. Fine. Paperback. (#1302033) $7.50
738. Davis, Claire. SEASON OF THE SNAKE. New York: Picador USA, 2006. First Thus. ISBN: 0312425643. Book. 1st printing of trade paper edition. 276pp. The lead character, Nance Able, is a "scientist tracking rattlesnakes in the wilderness of Hells Canyon, Idaho." By the author of the acclaimed Winter Range. Fine, as new. As New. Paperback. (#0606031) $8.86
739. Davis, Claire. SEASON OF THE SNAKE (Signed). St. Martins, NY, 2005, 2005. ARC. ISBN: 0312425643. Book. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Pict wraps. 276pp. Signed by Davis. Fine. Fine. Paperback. (#5016002ARC) $8.10
740. Davis, Jefferson. GHOSTS, Critters and Sacred Places of Washington and Oregon (Signed). Privately Printed, 1999, 1999. First Edition. ISBN: 1893186024. Book. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 191pp. Illust. Bibliography. Index. Signed & dated by Davis right after publication. Fine, like new. As New. Paperback. (#0811060) $22.27
741. Davis, Mike. Hall, Fernau. The WORLD OF BALLET AND DANCE. Hamlyn, London, et. al., 1970., 1970. First Edition. Book. 1st edition. 4to pict cloth. 140pp. Lavishly illustrated with photos by Davis in color & black/white. Britain, North America, Soviet, National Dance Companies, Europe, etc. Former owners' small addres s sticker on ffep & back paste down. Fine in dj with a couple of corner/edge wrinkles. Fine in Very Good dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#5014026) $12.15
742. Davis, Richard Harding. THE WEST FROM A CAR WINDOW. Harper & Bros, NY, 1892, 1892. First Edition. Book. 12mo silver-stamped decorated & pictorial cloth. 242pp. A variety of truly nice illustrations includes work by Frederic Remington. Much on the opening of Oklahoma, as well as the experienced reporter's observations on other Western locations from Texas to the Rockies, including Creede, Colo.. Nice ink fos of Harry B. Anderson on blank preliminary page dated Jan. 2, 1893. Vg copy of the true 1st edition. Dykes 50 p295, 6-guns 566, Herd 656, Rader 1072. Very Good. Hardcover. (#0711084) $35.00
743. Davis, Ronald L. JOHN FORD Hollywood's Old Master. Norman: OU, 1995. First Edition. ISBN: 0806127082. Book. Cloth. 383pp. Illus. Filmography. Bibliographical Essay. Index. "Davis sketches Ford's life from his childhood in Maine through the many stages of his long and illustrious career." Material on John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Maureen O"Hara, Katharine Hepburn, etc.. Fine, like new in dj. As New in As New dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#1104032) $17.57
744. Davis, William C. THE AMERICAN FRONTIER: Pioneers, Settlers & Cowboys 1800-1899. NY: Smithmark Pub, 1992. First Thus. ISBN: 0831718250. Book. Attractive folio pictorial hardbound. 256pp. Profusely illustrated with vintage photos & prints. Index. Color maps for the endpapers. One of the most desirable modern pictorial survey books on the Old West. Recommended. Fine in dj (1" closed tear on back panel). Fine in Very Good dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#0606032) $16.40
745. Dawn, Marva J. The Hilarity of Community: Romans 12 and How to Be the Church. Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.: Eerdmans Pub Co, 1992. First Edition. ISBN: 0802806570. Book. Trade pictorial wraps. 303pp. Bibliography. Fine copy. As New. Paperback. (#THEOSHEL155) $6.93
746. Dawn, Marva J. Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down: A Theology of Worship for the Turn-Of-The-Century Culture. Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.: Eerdmans Pub Co, 1995. ISBN: 0802841023. Book. 2nd printing. Trade wrappers. 316pp. Bibliography. Forward by Martin E. Marty. About 30 pages have margin marks in ink. Else fine. Very Good. Paperback. (#THEOSHEL152) $5.47
747. Dawn, Marva J. WORSHIP: THE JOY OF OUR PERSONAL DEVOTIONAL LIFE. River Forest: Lutheran Education Assoc., 1985. First Edition. Book. 4to printed wraps. (8pp.). A fine little essay by a fine Biblical theologian for the development of personal faith. Fine copy, with original price in ink on front cover. As New. Paperback. (#THEOSHEL382) $7.29
748. Dawson, E. Lomax. THE CHEYENNE - ARAPAHOE COUNTRY. NY: Carlton, 1968. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 121pp. Informative book on the part of the Indian, & then Oklahoma Territories, where the Mathis Gantz family settled around 1901. Twin Hills, Cloud Chief, Washita County, Colony. In the prior years from 1883 the family was apparently in Kansas. Good+ copy, only noting that a former owner re-glued the hinge between ffep & h-t, so they are not flush with fore edge. No dj. Rather scarce. Good+. Hardcover. (#1111037) $24.76
749. Dayton, Ohio). THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY. Carillon Park, Dayton, (1971), 1971. First Edition. Book. Pictorial wraps. 24pp. Illust. Brief introduction on first railway in New York, but booklet about Dayton, Ohio, electric railway. Small nick bottom of back cover at fold; near fine. Near Fine. Paperback. (#NIC019 - 1) $9.00
750. De Grazia, Ted). DE GRAZIA IN MINIATURE Children Series Book 1. Tucson: De Grazia Gallery in the Sun, n.d., 0. First Edition. Book. Blue hardbound miniature, 2" x 3". (32pp). Frontispiece of the artist. Color illustrations of several of De Grazia's paintings of children. Fine. Scarce. n.d. No dj as issued. Fine. Hardcover. (#SHEL397) $32.80
751. De Grazia, Ted). DE GRAZIA IN MINIATURE Indians Series Book 1. Tucson: De Grazia Gallery in the Sun, n.d., 0. First Edition. Book. Red hardbound miniature, 2" x 3". (32pp). Frontispiece of the artist. Color illustrations of several of De Grazia's paintings of Indians. Fine. Scarce. n.d. No dj as issued. Fine. Hardcover. (#SHEL398) $32.80
752. De Leon, Arnoldo. THE TEJANO COMMUNITY : 1836 - 1900. Albuquerque: Univ of New Mexico, 1982. First Edition. ISBN: 0826305865. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 277pp. Illus. Extensive Notes. Bibliography. Index. Tables. Map. "... the first social history of the political, social, and economic activities of the Tejanos" ("Mexican Americans who lived in Texas in the nineteenth century..."). Fine, like new in dj. As New in As New dust-jacket. Hardcover. (# 9104029a) $17.50
753. de Milford, Louis LeClerc. (Francis McDermott, Ed.). MEMOIR or A Cursory Glance at My Different Travels & My Sojourn in the Creek Nation. Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Son, Lakeside Press, 1956. First Thus. Book. 1st thus. 12mo pict cloth. 257pp. Map. The author "wandered" from France to America in 1775. "Curiosity" led him to the Creek country where he met Alexander McGillivray. Travels, international politics. Creek Indian customs, etc.. Fine. No dj as issued. Fine. Hardcover. (#SHEL723) $11.48
754. De Trobriand, Philippe Regis. Kane, Lucile M., (Trans. & Edit.). MILITARY LIFE IN DAKOTA: The Journal of Philippe Regis De Trobriand. St. Paul: Alvord Memorial Commission (Mississippi Valley Hist. Assoc.), 1951. First Thus. Book. 1st edition thus of the complete text in English, translated from the French edition of 1926. Cloth. 395pp. Bibliography. Index. Illus. Double page map. Notes. Editor's Introduction. General De Trobriand took over "command of Fort Stevenson on the Upper Missouri in 1867." He kept a journal describing all sorts of people in & around the fort. He also wrote about the wildlife of the area. Twelve of his sketches "are reproduced for the first time" in this edition. Fine in pc dj worn at extremities & 1 1/2" back panel tear. Scarce. Fine in Good dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#1209039) $27.51
755. De Trobriand,Philippe Regis. Kane, Lucile M., (Trans. & Edit.). MILITARY LIFE IN DAKOTA: The Journal of Philippe Regis De Trobriand. Alvord Memorial Commission (Mississippi Valley Hist. Assoc.), St. Paul, 1951, 1951. First Thus. Book. 1st edition thus of the complete text in English, translated from the French edition of 1926. Cloth. 395pp. Bibliography. Index. Illust. Double page map. Notes. Editor's Introduction. General De Trobriand took over "command of Fort Stevenson on the Upper Missouri in 1867." He kept a journal describing all sorts of people in & around the fort. He also wrote about the wildlife of the area. Twelve of his sketches "are reproduced for the first time" in this edition. Fine in pc dj with edge tear & long crease to bottom of front panel. Scarce. Fine in Good dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#0505049) $31.16
756. DeArment, Robert K. (Signed). BALLOTS AND BULLETS The Bloody County Seat Wars of Kansas. Norman: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 2006. First Edition. ISBN: 9780806137841. Book. Cloth & boards. 266 pp. Illus. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Map: "Counties of Western Kansas, 1886-1892". Signed by DeArment. "Although other states experienced election fraud and voter intimidation, none approached Kansas in the numbers of violent confrontations, the intensity of the fighting, or the resulting bloodshed." Fine, like new in dj. As New in New dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#1003030) $38.45
757. DeArment, Robert K. ALIAS FRANK CANTON (Signed). OU, Norman, 1996, 1996. First Edition. ISBN: 0806128283. Book. Cloth. 402pp. Extensive Notes. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Signed by DeArment. Excellent modern biography of the gunfighter who spent his career all over the West, including Oklahoma Territory & Alaska. Fine, like new in dj. As New in New dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#0711085) $57.50
758. DeArment, Robert K. JIM COURTRIGHT OF FORT WORTH His Life and Legend. Fort Worth: Texas A & M Univ Pr, 2004. First Edition. ISBN: 9780875652924. Book. Cloth. 287pp. Illust. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Owner's address label on ffep. Courtright "operated on both sides of the law and became a legend in his lifetime and after his death." Fine in dj. Fine in New dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#0909047) $20.25
759. DeArment, Robert; Cunningham, Sharon; Boardman, Mark. REVENGE! And Other True Tales of the Old West (Signed). Lafayette: Scarlet Mask, 2005. First Edition. ISBN: 0975321900. Book. 4to burgundy hardbound with gilt-stamped spine. 227pp. Illust. Indices. Notes. Signed on special applied pictorial label on title page by DeArment, whose large segment on Caldwell's Talbot Gang & the Meaghers forms the heart of this book. Foreword by Frederick W. Nolan. Other historians with essays: John Boessenecker, Paul Cool, Allen G. Hatley, David Johnson, Chuck Parsons, Nancy B. Samuelson. Fine, like new in dj. As New in As New dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#1307027) $50.02
760. DeBarthe, Joe. (Edgar Stuart, Ed.). THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF FRANK GROUARD (Signed). Norman, 1958., 1958. First Thus. Book. 1st printing of new issue. Cloth. 268pp. Inscribed by Editor Stewart on half-title. Also, fos & date of previous owner. "First published in 1894. one of the most intimate, accurate, and valuable books about the Sioux." Upper cover corners slightly bumped, else fine in edgeworn dj. Luther 38, Graff 1035, Howes D183, 6-guns 574, Campbell p186. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#9404035) $39.37
761. Debenat, Jean-Paul (Translated by Paul LeBlond). (Signed by LeBlond). SASQUATCH / BIGFOOT and the Mystery of the Wild Man Cryptozoology and Mythology in the Pacific Northwest. Surrey & Blaine: Hancock House Pub Ltd, 2009. First Edition. ISBN: 0888396856. Book. One of an unstated 100 copies of the 1st printing of the English language translation. Pictorial wraps. 428 pp. Illustrated in color & b/w. Index. Signed by LeBlond in 2009 at the Yakima Bigfoot Roundup. Dr. Debenat "describes his ten-year journey to try to solve the mystery (of the 'wild man' in many cultures) as he explores human prehistoric ancestors and primitive tribes, the nebulous beings of medieval art and folklore, and most especially in North America, the hairy giant of the Pacific Northwest." In one section, Debenat theorizes the evolution of Sasquatch on the phylogenic tree. Fine, like new. Scarce in this printing, signed. As New. Paperback. (#1003032) $81.00
762. Debo, Angie (Ed.) Nelson, Oliver. THE COWMAN'S SOUTHWEST being the reminiscences of Oliver Nelson -- freighter, camp cook, cowboy, frontiersman in Kansas, Indian Territory, Texas and Oklahoma 1878 - 1893. The Arthur H. Clark Co., Glendale, 1953, 1953. First Edition. Book. Original cloth (no dj as issued) with gilt-stamped spine. 343pp. Illus. Brands. Map of "Southwestern Frontier in the 1880's" (includes Texas Panhandle, western one-half of Indian Territory, & southern Kansas) & map of the "Range of Texas Land and Cattle Co." (southern boundary was the Cheyenne & Arapaho Reservation). Index. Owner's small address label & fos on the front paste down. A terrific & important book on the southern plains. The binding is slightly cocked. A vg+ copy & now very scarce. Reese 30. Herd 670, 6-guns 577. Clark 189. Very Good+. Hardcover. (#0711086) $225.00
763. Debo, Angie.

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