Search Results: Authors starting with K from High-Lonesome Books

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1959. Second edition. Hardcover. Good+. 6 x 9, 607 pgs, index, lots of red underlining. Contents: preface, 5 parts, 23 chapters, maps and charts, and an index. 5 parts: one - China; two - Japan; three - India; four - Pakistan; five - Indonesia. Includes suggested reading sections within parts. Two of the maps fold out.

Laytonville, CA: Bell Springs Publishing, 1989. Paperback. Good+. 8 1/2 x 11, 190 pgs, b&w illustrations. How to start your own small business, keep your books, pay your taxes and stay out of trouble! A bit dated, but still lots of good info.

Salt Lake City, UT: Peregrine Smith Books, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 8 1/2 x 11, 178 pgs, color photos. A beautiful book, lavishly illustrated, shows the history and humanity of the trade blanket prior to World War II.

New York: Paragon House, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 6 x 9, 337 pgs, inces. An analytical treatment of last stands in battles throughout history, from ancient Greece to Vietnam. The author provides detailed narrative accounts of eleven battles, and examines the political situations in which they occurred.

Pownal, VT: Storey Publications, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 134 pgs, index, drawings/illus/charts. How to improve and conserve your soil, what machinery you'll need, the best "cash" crops, marketing, farmstead skills, etc. A complete modern guide for one serious about making it on the land.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 2007. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 8 x 10 1/2, 224 pgs, index, b&w historical photos. A candid and revealing history of the secret services of the Soviet Union. Analyzes the development of the secret services from the Cheka through to the KGB and their role in such events as the attacks on the peasantry in the 1920s, the Great Purge of the 1930s and the creation of the Gulag camp system.

Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977. Paperback. Good+. 10 x 8 1/2, 150 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Exhibition catalogue, Baltimore Museum of Art, half on Navajo blankets and half on Western Indian basketry. The text provides a good history of the Navajo and the resulting changes in types of blankets; Covers blankets from 1850 to 1960; the baskets are 19th and 20th century west coast and southwest.

Camden, NJ: Thomas Nelson, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 7 x 10, 155 pgs, b&w drawings and photos. Not only does the book survey the history and the development of these historic products, from functional buttons and spoons to the more sophisticated candlesticks, tankards, coffee- and teapots, but more importantly it describes and illustrates, step-by-step, how these products were made. Of interest to collectors, artisans, and students of the subject. Ex-library with the usual markings, in Brodart cover.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 7 x 9, 675 pgs, index, color photos throughout. An encyclopedia of North American birds. An ideal companion to Peterson field guides. Entries include color photos and maps. Covers 680 species that regularly populate North America and 230 that visit occasionally.

New York: Harper Collins, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 6 x 9, 212 pgs, index, notes, bibliography.

New York: Dutton, 0985. Fourth printing. Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 150 pgs, color photos throughout. Najavo blankets and rugs have been avidly sought after and collected for more than two hundred years. Herein is a definitive study.

Palmer Lake, CO: Filter Press, 1974. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 52 pgs, b&w illustrations by Gary Moore. A good introduction to the plants and animals of this region.

New York: Charterhouse, 1973. Second printing. Hardcover. Good+ in Good+ DJ. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 389 pgs, index, mapped endsheets. Fascinating account of the complex events on both sides of the Atlantic that ultimately conspired in America's favor.

Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 6 x 9, 259 pgs, color photos throughout. Ex-library with the usual markings. An informative, beautiful and sometimes poetic writing of one man's life as a birder--From the swamps of Alabama to the icy waters of Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula, to his back yard. This is more than a travelogue; it offers the incisive observations of a passionate naturalist, with commentary on ornithological literature, painting, history, and conservation.

Gallatin Gateway, MT: Wilderness Adventures Press, 1999. First printing. Paperback. Very Good+. 6 x 9, 346 pgs, index, suggested readings, b&w photos, maps. Everything you need to know to hunt upland birds and waterfowl in Minnesota.

Santa Fe, NM: Rydal Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover-spiral. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 293 pgs, index. Stories and accounts of early Albuquerque through a growing boy's eyes and behind-the-scenes accounts of events in which the author participated during his more than fifty years of legal practice in Albuquerque. Ex-library.

Santa Fe, NM: The Rydal Press, 1946. Second printing. Hardcover. Good+. 6 x 9, 339 pgs, b&w historic photos, mapped endsheets. A New Mexico classic: John S. Chisum, Pat Garrett, Thomas Catron, James Hagerman, Albert Bacon Fall, Albert Fountain, Oliver Lee, Charles Eddy, William Hawkins and more. Lots of history!

Santa Fe, NM: Rydal Press, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good- DJ. 6 x 9, 166 pgs, b&w historical photos, map in slot inside back cover. A New Mexico classic; the story of an empire in the northern part of the state from the day sof Governor Armijo to the days of the Vigilantes in Raton. Spine cracked at front but holding.

Santa Fe, NM: Rydall Press, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 6 x 8 1/2, 534 pgs, index, b&w photos, endsheets decorated with maps. Covers Kearny's invasion of New Mexico in 1846, the Confederate invasion of New Mexico, Carleton's Union invasion, the "Long Walk" of the Apaches & Navajos to the Bosque Redondo.

Santa Fe, NM: Rydall Press, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good DJ. 6 x 8 1/2, 534 pgs, index, b&w photos, endsheets decorated with maps. Covers Kearny's invasion of New Mexico in 1846, the Confederate invasion of New Mexico, Carleton's Union invasion, the "Long Walk" of the Apaches & Navajos to the Bosque Redondo. Previous owner's name and purchase date (Feb. 11, 1959) on half title page.