Gov. O.B. Colquitt tells of Early Life and of his Newspaper and Political Experiences. by Oscar Branch Colquitt - 1934

N. Y.: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1938. Book. Illus. by Will James. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Impression of the First Edition. Very Good, With Some Wear To Extremities. The Price-Clipped Jacket Is Quite Edgeworn, With Fraying To Top Edge, But All The Cover Lettering And Illustration Are Clear. There Is A One Inch Inverted V Chip At The Bottom Of The Spine, That Just Clips The Left Side Of The S In Scribners, A Small Chip At Spine Top, And A Hole 1/4 Inch Diameter In Centre Of Back Spine Fold. Nonetheless, All Lettering Is Again Clear And Legible. Overall, This Remains A Presentable Copy. Without The " A ". Second Printing .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. LONE COWBOY- My Life Story- Will James- Illustrated by Author- Charles Scribner's Sons-New York- August 1930- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Scribner colophon and "A" on copyright page- Hardcover:-8vo- VG- no dj- original publishers green cloth with gilt titles on spineand cover and rider on horse with lasso- spine is lightly sun-toned but still legible-light rubs, but square, tight and clean-- 431pp all clean, no tears or writing- profusely illustrated in B&W by author- frontis in glossy B&W of James-the letter-SEE PHOTOS- Will James was born on a Montana Trail in 1892 and orphaned at the age of four, Will followed his guardian a French Canadian trapper named Bopy, to camps scattered from the Yellowstone to the McKenzie River. " In Lone Cowboy, Will on his own after Bopy's death, drifts from one outfit to another, herding cattle, busting broncos, and getting into scrapes before he's old enough to shave or drink at the… Read More

London- UK: W. Nicholson, 1890. INEZ: A TALE OF THE ALAMO- Augusta J. Evans Wilson- W. Nicholson-London-UK- 1890 According to World cat. Hardcover:-8vo- Bevelled maroon cloth with black scrollwork on front, back and spine+ gilt titles- 366pp + 18pp ads-Near FINE/ no dj as issued- SEE PHOTOS- novel about Texas and the Alamo. Pages of Nicholson book ads at the end of the text of the novel. Keywords: Fiction-historical-adventure-west-US-frontier-Americana-Alamo- a superior copy!- (3525) . Early Edition. Cloth. VG++-Near FINE/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Fort Scott, Kansas: Monitor Printing Co, 1900. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Leatherette. Very Good. 145pp; frontispiece portrait of author, other full-page portraits and views from photographs. Bound in grained leatherette, gilt cover title; tail of spine chipped. 6.25" x 4.25" Written on the front endpaper: "Presentation copy from Eugene Ware," historian and author. [Howes, U.S.iana, G240. Decker 24:174--"...a chatty and informative work describing the vicinity of Ft. Scott during the days of the Jayhawkers and Border Ruffians."] This is an expanded version of the 1899 first edition. [Socolofsky & Dean, Kansas Bibliography, 3557.].

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed [9.25x6.25in]; xiii, [10], illustrations, 422 pp., frontispiece color illustration of sea otter by John Webber, 11 illustrations of plates from exploration books by Cook, Vancouver, Dixon, and others, nine tables of trade ships by years, extensive notes and bibliography, index; Black cloth cover with gilt lettering and designs on spine, tan end papers with maps of the world routes and Northwest coast [of North America], all edges trimmed; Black dust jacket with white and tan lettering on front and spine inside white borders with designs, brown-toned illustration of sea otter by Webber on front, review of book on back; Negligible shelf wear to book or dust jacket, short inscription by author on title page. This is a readable scholarly on the fur trade system from the Pacific Northwest to China and then to Europe and America in the late 1700's and 1800's. Gibson is a professor that has focused on geography and… Read More

N. Y.: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1938. Book. Illus. by Will James. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Impression of the First Edition. Very Good, With Some Wear To Extremities. The Price-Clipped Jacket Is Quite Edgeworn, With Fraying To Top Edge, But All The Cover Lettering And Illustration Are Clear. There Is A One Inch Inverted V Chip At The Bottom Of The Spine, That Just Clips The Left Side Of The S In Scribners, A Small Chip At Spine Top, And A Hole 1/4 Inch Diameter In Centre Of Back Spine Fold. Nonetheless, All Lettering Is Again Clear And Legible. Overall, This Remains A Presentable Copy. Without The " A ". Second Printing .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. LONE COWBOY- My Life Story- Will James- Illustrated by Author- Charles Scribner's Sons-New York- August 1930- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Scribner colophon and "A" on copyright page- Hardcover:-8vo- VG- no dj- original publishers green cloth with gilt titles on spineand cover and rider on horse with lasso- spine is lightly sun-toned but still legible-light rubs, but square, tight and clean-- 431pp all clean, no tears or writing- profusely illustrated in B&W by author- frontis in glossy B&W of James-the letter-SEE PHOTOS- Will James was born on a Montana Trail in 1892 and orphaned at the age of four, Will followed his guardian a French Canadian trapper named Bopy, to camps scattered from the Yellowstone to the McKenzie River. " In Lone Cowboy, Will on his own after Bopy's death, drifts from one outfit to another, herding cattle, busting broncos, and getting into scrapes before he's old enough to shave or drink at the… Read More

London- UK: W. Nicholson, 1890. INEZ: A TALE OF THE ALAMO- Augusta J. Evans Wilson- W. Nicholson-London-UK- 1890 According to World cat. Hardcover:-8vo- Bevelled maroon cloth with black scrollwork on front, back and spine+ gilt titles- 366pp + 18pp ads-Near FINE/ no dj as issued- SEE PHOTOS- novel about Texas and the Alamo. Pages of Nicholson book ads at the end of the text of the novel. Keywords: Fiction-historical-adventure-west-US-frontier-Americana-Alamo- a superior copy!- (3525) . Early Edition. Cloth. VG++-Near FINE/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Fort Scott, Kansas: Monitor Printing Co, 1900. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Leatherette. Very Good. 145pp; frontispiece portrait of author, other full-page portraits and views from photographs. Bound in grained leatherette, gilt cover title; tail of spine chipped. 6.25" x 4.25" Written on the front endpaper: "Presentation copy from Eugene Ware," historian and author. [Howes, U.S.iana, G240. Decker 24:174--"...a chatty and informative work describing the vicinity of Ft. Scott during the days of the Jayhawkers and Border Ruffians."] This is an expanded version of the 1899 first edition. [Socolofsky & Dean, Kansas Bibliography, 3557.].

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed [9.25x6.25in]; xiii, [10], illustrations, 422 pp., frontispiece color illustration of sea otter by John Webber, 11 illustrations of plates from exploration books by Cook, Vancouver, Dixon, and others, nine tables of trade ships by years, extensive notes and bibliography, index; Black cloth cover with gilt lettering and designs on spine, tan end papers with maps of the world routes and Northwest coast [of North America], all edges trimmed; Black dust jacket with white and tan lettering on front and spine inside white borders with designs, brown-toned illustration of sea otter by Webber on front, review of book on back; Negligible shelf wear to book or dust jacket, short inscription by author on title page. This is a readable scholarly on the fur trade system from the Pacific Northwest to China and then to Europe and America in the late 1700's and 1800's. Gibson is a professor that has focused on geography and… Read More