Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.3.
Editore: Arco, 1965
ISBN 10: 0668033851 ISBN 13: 9780668033855
Da: Eryops Books, Stephenville, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. HARDCOVER; with dustjacket and mylar covers; tape stains on inside boards and facing endpages; minor shelfwear; o/w in very good condition. Book.
Editore: Vector Catalyst, 2020
ISBN 10: 1989420109 ISBN 13: 9781989420102
Da: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Condizione: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 0.9.
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Editore: Barnes, NY, 1965
Da: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 160 pp., Photos, Grn Hardback, DJ, 4to, VG in VG DJ, 2nd prntng.
Editore: A. S. Barnes and Co, New York, 1965
Da: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Illustrated by Rosemary Davison Taylor (illustratore). A few small tears to edges of DJ (now in mylar protector) and light foxing to spine of DJ ; 7 3/4 x 10 1/8"; 160 pages. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket.
Editore: Ambit, 2015
Da: Shore Books, London, Regno Unito
Rivista / Giornale
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 96 pages. 3 Fred Voss He s the Man who Danced with Marilyn Monroe 4 Emily Hasler A Stretch of River 10 Sophie Collins The Saints 12 Tom Cook In Memory of Jim Melican 15 Steven Heighton Professions of Love 23 Charles Hewlings Supposals 34 Matthew Gregory Oranges 36 Donald Gardner Out of Sorts 37 Will Burns Hurricane Season 39 Cassandra Passarelli / Oliver McAinsh Writing the Vessels 46 Brendan Prendeville Sculpting with Air 54 Jack West Machinations #6 56 Francine Elena The Elk 57 Colin Falck To Jennifer 58 Lisa Kelly The Shadow Cast 60 Ralf Webb Foreigners 62 Linda Mannheim In Transit 65 Mike Barlow Ned Kelly 66 Daisy Addison Wabi-Sabi 75 Jim Mangnall / Serena Katt Night Thoughts on a Big River 79 Maria Taylor The Pavilion 80 Toby Martinez de las Rivas From Black Sun 82 Lisa Jackson When We Dance We are Devoted 85 Tamar Yoseloff Carmen 86 Annie Katchinska Shabu-Shabu 87 William Akin Silas (Down a Hole) 89 Ian Humphreys Guttersnipe 91 Angela Kirby Blame it on the Rain 92 Henry Mulhall Aptitude Event Artwork on cover by Charles Hewlings.
Editore: A.S. Barnes 1965, 1965
Da: Deja Vu Books, Poplar Grove, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. VG w/ Good dj. Illus with photos. Chapters include: Secret of Western Riding; Equipment Uniquely Western; Modern Western Training; Hackamore with Fiadore for Lunging; Western Horsemanship on Eastern Horses - An Innovation; and Queen for a Day (rodeo queens).
Editore: Barnes, 1965
Da: Bristlecone Books RMABA, Ridgway, CO, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: RMABA
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG green cloth tall octavo hardcover in a like dj. 160pp photos mark free first edition. Complete dj has moderate general wear.
Editore: Other, Other
Da: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. ny (1965) . 160 pages, clothbound, very good condition in dust jacket.
Editore: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017
ISBN 10: 1978320035 ISBN 13: 9781978320031
Da: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 94 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.22 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.
Editore: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018
ISBN 10: 1986296253 ISBN 13: 9781986296250
Da: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 88 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.20 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.
Editore: Western Publishing Company, Los Angeles, 1912
Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Fair. Illustrated by Heisley, George D.; Dutton, A.H. (illustratore). First Edition. Features: Indirection (poem); The E.L. McLeod Collection of Indian Baskets - photo-illustrated article on the most noted collection of the Indians it represents in the world; Date Growing on the Colorado River - photo-illustrated article on the Fan Palm which has been growing profusely in the canyons and foothills of the mountains that surround the Colorado Desert in Southern California for centuries; Summer Climate of the California Mediterranean - article with several wonderful photos including San Diego's Hotel Del Coronado and the beach Tent City at Coronado; The Diver (verses); San Pedro Harbor - excellent photo-illustrated article on a California commercial wonder; The Historic Elements of California Literature (2nd article in a series); Centrifugality; The Spontaniety of God's Great Out-of-Doors - photo-illustrated article on some of nature's springtime plant wonders in California; The Peace Forum; Quit Your Worrying; The Washwoman's Vengeance; In the Editor's Den; Under the Study Lamp; Hemet - In the Valley of a Thousand Hills - photo-illustrated article focusing on W.F. Whittier and his local holdings. [4 ads], 68, [8 ads] pp. Lacking back cover. Very faint library stamps to front cover. Contents unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Fascinating content with black and white photos. ; Illustrator; Sm 4to.
Da: The Raab Collection, Ardmore, PA, U.S.A.
An interesting letter, showing the inside operations and difficulties involved in getting quality troops to the Western frontierFort Crawford stood guard over Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, from 1816 until 1856. In the spring of 1829, troops began to build a new Fort Crawford on an elevated plain located on the mainland, safe from the floods that had plagued the first fort. The new structure was built primarily with quarried limestone, and work progressed slowly. Colonel (and future president of the United States) Zachary Taylor took command of the construction in the summer of 1829, and commanded the fort from then until 1837. Jefferson Davis (later president of the Confederate States of America) was a lieutenant at Fort Crawford, and supervised work at a sawmill on the Yellow River that provided lumber for construction. Troops moved into the new barracks in December 1830. While at the fort, Davis met and fell in love with Taylor?s daughter, Sarah. They would marry in June 1835, making Zachary Taylor Jefferson Davis?s father-in-law. But tragedy awaited, as Sarah died three months into the marriage of yellow fever, devastating Davis and causing ill will with Taylor, who blamed Davis for taking his daughter into an unhealthy climate.Soldiers at Fort Crawford served in many capacities after moving into the second fort. Most notably, troops took an active military role in forcing Native Americans west of the Mississippi River in accordance with the policies of President Andrew Jackson. Troops commanded by Col. Zachary Taylor fought in the Black Hawk War in 1832. On August 27 of that year, Black Hawk surrendered at Prairie du Chien and was jailed at the fort. In 1833, Lt. Jefferson Davis escorted Black Hawk to another prison at St. Louis, which journey also ended Davis?s time at Fort Crawford. The troops at Fort Crawford also worked to build a military road across Wisconsin to connect Fort Crawford with Fort Winnebago in Portage and Fort Howard in Green Bay. Additionally, soldiers from Fort Crawford enforced the relocation of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians from Wisconsin to a reservation in Iowa in the 1830s. "Indian Removal," as the government called it, disrupted lives across the region and was successful in transforming Prairie du Chien from the front lines of enforcing Indian policy to one well behind the lines, leaving Fort Crawford without much of its earlier significance. Soldiers only occupied the fort intermittently after 1849, and the last active troops withdrew from Fort Crawford on June 9, 1856.Fort Snelling was on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Finished in 1825, the fort established US sovereignty in the area, drove British traders away, gaining control of the lucrative fur trade, and established trade relationships with the Native Americans in the area. The fort continued to be a dominating presence for both the native population, settlers, and the US government for another 125 years. Dred Scott was taken to the Fort Snelling area as an enslaved man despite the laws that prohibit slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley.In March 1849 Zachary Taylor became President of the United States. March 1825 Roger Jones became Adjutant General of the U.S. Army. He served in that post until 1852. His son Catesby ap Roger Jones was the commander of the ironclad CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads on the second day of battle with the USS Monitor.Letter signed, Head Quarters 1st Infantry, Fort Crawford, Nov 24, 1833, to Col. Robert Jones, Adjutant General, in Washington. ?On the 11th inst. the recruits for this place & 50 for Fort Snelling arrived here under the command of Capt. O. Ransom of the 2nd Infant & were all turned over to me. The former have been inspected agreeably to the provisions of general order No 21 of 1829. 8 rejected & the balance 52 in number attached to companies "A" "B" "C" "D" & ?I? The only objection from present appearances which can be made to those who have been attached to companies is a want of bone and muscle, some being rather slender & feeble & too large a portion for the number being barely above the height required by regulations for. You will observe by referring to the descriptive Roll out of 17 recruits who were put under march for this place from the General Depot there were only 10 of the number 5 feet 9 inches high & above it (the prescribed height for grenadiers out of which numbers one has been rejected & one deserted before they arrived leaving only 8. Consequently as the grenadiers company belonging to the regiment which is stationed here wanted 20 men to fill it & 16 to equalize it with the other companies. I had to attach 8 men to it who were under the required size which was the case when the last detachment which was No 2 by Capt. Hawkins in May last was distributed. I would therefore suggest that propriety of breaking up the Grenadier company as it appears to me that an attempt to keep it up is but a mere mockery under present circumstances or at any rate while the present superintendent & commanding officer of the principal Depot in the Eastern Department are continued on the recruiting service as I cannot divest myself of the opinion that so far as regards size, injustice has been done this command by the selection of an undue proportion of small men for it.?I make these remarks from a sense of duty alone & if upon examination of the description Rolls of detachments of recruits which have been sent to other regiments from the same depot within the last 12 months it shall appear that there was not furnished recruits of the prescribed height for Grenadiers sufficient to keep up one Company or to any post composed of 5 companies, a number adequate to this purpose then I am ready to acknowledge that I have done injustice to the officers referred to otherwise my opinion of them must remain unchanged. At the time Capt. Ransom arrived with the detachment of recruits the weather was unusually cold for the seas.