american west publishing co palo alto california (13 risultati)

Hardbound. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Description: An entertaining and informative book about America's greatest river. Over 200 beautiful illustrations -- both historic and modern -- many in color, plus a special section of Twain's writings. Includes a map. BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards; a Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. index. 4to (11.25 inches tall). 221 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition.

Hardbound. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Description: This is part of the publisher's Western Biography Series. Includes several black and white illustrations; several of these are the work of Alfred Sully. These letters appear here for the first time, collected and edited by Langdon Sully, grandson of the General. Foreword by Ray Allen Billington. From the jacket blurb: ''This offers a vivid word picture of California during the gold rush period, of the Minnesota frontier in the 1850s, of the peninsula campaign of the Civil War, of the Sioux uprising of the 1860s.'' BINDING/CONDITION: brown cloth with gilt spine text; a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. notes, bibliography, index. Tan endpapers. 8vo (about 9.25 inches tall). 255 pages.

Hardbound. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Description: Well illustrated in black and white with maps, historic photographs and contemporary art -- over 100 illustrations. A vigorous, perceptive review of the California story. BINDING/CONDITION: mustard color cloth; a Very Good; with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. The dust jacket is faded at the spine. index, bibliography, appendices. 8vo (9.75 inches tall). 351 pages.

Condizione: near fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. from the introduction, "Another of the casualties of our consumer society is the ancient hope of simply leaning over and plucking material happiness from the earth itself. No more. Today, charge-o-plates and credit cards provide the instant money that brings, so we are assured instant fulfillment." DY6. Brown slipcase, minor chipping bottom, quarter bound leather, tan cloth, sharp corners, 11.25" x 8.75", 287 pages, illustrated.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Palo Alto, California: American West Publishing Co. 1975. Hard Cover. First Edition. No dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very Good w/ Brodart. Beautiful photos accompany a comprehensive coverage of the weather and climates in the western half of North America. ISBN: 0910118485 1975 "First Edition" Stated Inside Cover Reads: "`Weather In The West' Front The Midcontinent To The Pacific By Bette Roda Anderson Great West Series".

Hardbound. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Description: Lavishly illustrated in black and white, with many historic photographs, and includes some color. The entire story of gold and silver mining in the American West from Alaska and California to the conquistadors of Old Mexico. The author's intensive research has uncovered many facts and fresh interpretations, and scores of rarely seen photos. BINDING/CONDITION: olive green cloth; owner's name on the front endpaper; otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. glossary, chronology, note on sources, index. Map endpapers. 4to (11.25 inches tall). 287 pages.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large-format paperback. Entire book is clean, square along the edges and corners, and tightly bound. There is minor edge wear to exterior with tape reinforcement to spine. Text and illustrations are excellent.

Very good with good to very good dust jacket. Two small brown stains on front fly leaf. Dust jacket is darkened in a one inch band across top of front panel, top of back flap, and inside top of back panel. Jacket is also worn at top edges. 4to size.

Very good with good to very good dust jacket. Small bookplate removed from front fly leaf. Dust jacket is faded on spine and is lightly worn at spine tips and corners with a 1/2 inch tear at top front edge. 198 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good with very good dust jacket. Name and address stamped on front fly leaf and back endpaper. Just a bit of writing on front fly leaf. Dust jacket has a small taped over chip at bottom front edge. 384 pages with index. Illustrated.

Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Very good with very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has a vertical crease on back panel, is bumped at bottom front edge and has two small scars at bottom back edge. 207 pages with index and drawings from Leslie's newspaper.