Search Results: Americana from Book Happy Booksellers

Rainbow Lake, NY: Jack Woods, 1995. Third Edition. Softcover. Fine. 130pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, as new, Fine condition. Signed by Author. Stories based on Adirondack pioneers.

Privately Printed, 1978. Softcover. Very Good-. 122pp; Minor creasing to covers, covers slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Signed by Translator & Editor on Foreword page. Translation from the Swedish of "En Prarieunges Funderingar." The author immigrated from Sweden to the United States when she was three years old with her family, led by her father, Pastor Olof Olsson. Illustrated with line drawings.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. 89pp; Green cloth boards in plain cream-colored DJ, a few short tears to DJ, clean, tight copy, Near Fine/VG- condition. Publisher's leaflet laid in. Biography follows checkered career of one of California's most articulate and prolific promoters. Publication No. 176.

Fort Collins, CO: Privately Printed, 1953. First Separate Edition. Softcover. Good+. Wraps; 24pp; Pamphlet with green paper covers, covers slightly age-toned with slight handling wear, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Article about Buffalo Bill Cody and his horses, which originally appeared in the 1948 Livestock Annual of Western Farm Life. Illustrated with photos.

Albuquerque, NM: Oma McFall-Nugent, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good+. 100pp; Covers clean & square, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Signed by Author. Diary and stories of Fred O. McFall who worked for the Spur Ranch in Texas, edited by his daughter. Illustrated with photos.

Middlebury, IN: Freeman L. & Lizzie Yoder, 1999. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 288pp; Navy blue boards with gilt titling to front & spine, boards clean & square, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. First-person accounts by the Plain People (Amish, Mennonites, Brethren) in the 1920s to the 1940s, mostly from Indiana. Illustrated.

Minneapolis, MN: DEA Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/None. 194pp; No DJ, tan cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Signed by Author. History of Enfield, Minnesota from 1850-2000. Illustrated with photos.

Seattle: The Shorey Book Store, 1967. Facsimile Reprint. Softcover. Very Good. Wraps; 68pp; Minor staining to covers, interior clean & tight, VG condition. Facsimile reprint (limited to 100 copies) of book originally published in Salt Lake City in 1893. Recounts the pioneer days of 1849. Partial contents: George Francis Train; A Terrific Dash Down the Sierras; Stage Lines of the Early Days; Gambling in Placerville; The Last Procession of the "Argonauts"; more.

Helena, MT: Western Horizons Books, 1985. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 163pp; Previous owner's address label inside front cover, else clean, tight copy, VG+ condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author. From front cover: "An authentic and lively history of the fascinating prize fight game and other activities spanning seventy-five years, 1864-1939 from Montana territorial days." Illustrated with photos.

Newport News, VA: Privately Printed, 1948. First Edition. Softcover. Good+. Wraps; First Edition; 44pp; Textured cream-colored paper covers bound with brown string, brown titling to front, "40" stamped to flyleaf, light dampstaining to a few pages, author's handwritten notes to a few pages, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Inscribed & Initialed by Author on title pages and Signed by Author on page 42. Letter from gentleman from Virginia to his nephew and namesake, containing stories & recollections from his life, with information on southern practices, attitudes on race and more. Illustrated with three photos.

Halvor Stenson. Softcover. Good. 8-1/2 x 11 Wraps; 28pp; Highlighting on a few pages, binding is sound, Good condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author. Autobiographical material by midwestern farmer who migrated to the Pacific Northwest in the 1930s. Illustrated with photos. Published circa 1980.

Frazier Park, CA: RRCMHS, 2000. Softcover. Fine. 8-1/2 x 11 Softcover; 397pp; Clean, tight copy, Fine condition. First-hand accounts of people living in the mountains of southern California from 1860 to 1960. Illustrated with photos.

Cortez, CO: Jim Neeley, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Good+. Wraps; 59pp; Handling wear & minor creasing & rubbing to covers, a few small light stains in text, else text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. First-hand account of a dude wrangler around Mesa Verde, Colorado in the 1930s.

Freeman, SD: Pine Hill Press, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8-1/2 x 11 Softcover; 98pp; Textured card covers, clean, tight copy, VG condition. Story of the Hutchinson family's pioneer life in South Dakota. Illustrated with photos.

San Jose, CA: Harlan-Young Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; 27pp; DJ price-clipped with minor chipping & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine/VG condition. Edition limited to 400 copies. Letters between two lodges of the I.O.O.F. regarding alleged misconduct on the part of a member, the said "misconduct" being marriage to an African-American. From front cover: "This near-century old series of letters reads like a present-day controversy. The problem was serious for the day, but was solved in a sage-like manner that would do credit to present decisions.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1973. Comstock Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Ballantine # 23675); Paperback; 180pp; Pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Compilation of writings on colorful personalities of the American Southwest.

Eagle River, AK: Ember Press, 2014. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 258pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, as new, Fine condition. Stories from Alaska's history. Illustrated with photos.

Privately Printed, 1960. First Edition. Softcover. Good+. 8-1/2 x 11 Softcover; 156pp; Gift inscr. to flyleaf, staining to covers & edges, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+ condition. Autobiography of a pioneer, whose family traveled across the United States by covered wagon. Illustrated.

Tucson, AZ: Privately Printed, 1983. Softcover. Very Good. 264pp; Text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Short pieces on Southern Arizona history for the general reader. Illustrated with cartoons.

Woodstock, NY: Stonecrop, 1970. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8-1/2 x 11 Cloth in DJ; 209pp; DJ slightly edgeworn with a few short tears, boards square, clean & bright, endpapers illustrated with map, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG- condition. History of the village and community of Woodstock, New York. Illustrated.