Western Americana from Bee Creek Books

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1978. 207 pp. with index. Green covers with photograph on front cover. Cover corners bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, wear and rubbing to spine edges/creases, remains of price sticker on back cover lower corner. Spine ends bent and rubbed. Missing DJ. Interior tight, clean. Book in VG- to VG condition.. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Illus.… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954. 450 pp. with index. Missing DJ. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed with exposed boards, some fading and wear to edges. Spine ends are worn and creased with tears to cloth, spine face has small tears near title, top of spine pulled away from interior. Endpapers are decorative maps of the… Read more about this item

United States: American West Publishing Company, 1969. With a foreword by Wallace Stegner. B/W and color photographs throughout. Endpapers are topography map of the Grand Canyon. 310 pp. with index. Orange covers with gilt title on spine and gilt image of a driftwood horse on front. Missing DJ. Light wear to cover corners and edges, spine ends are bent… Read more about this item

The Hague: Mouton & Co. , 1956. Article by Paul H. Ezell: FRAY DIEGO BRINGAS, A FORGOTTEN CARTOGRAPHER OF SONORA. pp.150-158. Two full-page maps with Bringa's Itinerary October 1795, and Bringa's Map of the Gila River region and the Coast of California. Another full page with Geographical Description and the sketch map of Sonora. All figures (illustrations) are… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Book Eight of The X Bar X Boys Books series. 218 pp. Missing DJ. Gray cloth covers with brown and black title lettering on front and spine. Cover corners bumped and rubbed to boards, spine edges rubbed and worn, cover faces quite dirty, spine is wavy and creased with some… Read more about this item

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. Portions of this book appeared as short sketches in Woman's Home Companion, The American Mercury and the author here makes due acknowledgment of the graciously given permission to reprint. 346 pp. Brown pebbled cloth covers with gilt title on front cover, blue text block title on spine. Cover corners and edges are bumped and… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1932. 340 pages with bibliography and index. Green cloth covers with faded gilt title lettering on front and spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges rubbed, soiling and darkened edges on both cover faces, scuffing on covers and spine, spine ends are bent and torn. Page ends dirty. Inscription from previous owner… Read more about this item

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1966. "This is the exciting story of the mustang -- not of any one mustang, but of all wild mustangs who once roamed proud and free throughout the west. It is also the story of a slender fury of a girl who shook America awake to the danger threatening the mustangs from relentless killers, and… Read more about this item

New York: Pocket Books, 1968. 278 pp. Mass market paperback, stated first printing. Significant wear to cover edges, corners: creasing, bending, cut to top back cover, tears to joints, spine is creased, spine ends torn. Red page edges. Interior pages browning, otherwise clean.. Paperback. Good. Size: Approx. 4 1/4" x 7". Western.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. Introduction by J. Frank Dobie. Gift inscription by author on half title page "Sincere Good Wishes To Dorothy Taylor Hughes From J. R. Williams". Printed 1951 with 'A' on copyright page. 103 pp. Brown cloth resembling wood covers. Missing DJ, but book protected by homemade plastic cover. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1918. "All of this universe known to me in the year 1864 was bounded by the wooded hills of a little Wisconsin coulee, and its center was the cottage in which my mother was living alone--my father was in the war." 467 pp. Black cloth covers with red and gilt image of covered wagon on… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Charming story about a boy and a girl coming west from a big city. Illustrated by the author. 241 pp. Orange cloth covers with black lettering and artwork of children roping on front. No DJ. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges bumped, dirt smudges to cover… Read more about this item

Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1921. 255 pp. Red covers with image of horse and rider on front. Cover corners are bumped, particularly top corners, and corners and edges rubbed. Spine ends are bent and starting to fray. Brown top page edge. Front hinge broken, back hinge starting to break at top. Interior… Read more about this item

Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1921. Grace Harlowe Overland Series. 253 pp. Blue covers with image of horse and rider on front. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, fading to top cover edges. Spine is yellowing from sun exposure, ends are bent and starting to fray. Broken front hinge. Interior pages… Read more about this item

Roslyn, New York: Walter J. Black, Inc. 400 pp. Red covers with tan spine. Glassine DJ is browning from age, significant chipping and tears to lower spine, corners. Book corners are lightly bumped. Blue top page edge. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG+ condition.. Cloth. Very Good+/Good. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1911. 337 pp. Well-read copy. Green decorative covers have significant rubbing to edges, corners bumped, and some stains to both front and back. Front hinge broken. Foxing and browning to interior pages, but does not interfere with text. Overall book in Good condition.. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by W. Herbert… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1912. Being the adventures in the years 1842-43-44 on trail over mountains and through deserts from the east of the Rockies to the west of the Sierras, of Scout Christopher Carson and Lieutenant John Charles Fremont, leading their brave company including the boy Oliver. Fictional version of Carson-Fremont explorations. Rail Blazer Series. … Read more about this item

Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1952. Social Science Bulletin No. 20. Vol XXIII, No. 2 of the University of Arizona Bulletin 132 pp. Maps, charts, Branding illustrations, tables and bibliography. Stiff covers. Tear at front bottom edge, 1"x1/4", otherwise covers are VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. . Paper Cover. Very Good to Very… Read more about this item

Arizona: Nel Cooper, 1974. Index of "Stories": He 'et His Beans with His Knife; A Brief History of Wagoner; The Big Black Stallion; Rustlers Roost; The First Mustangs; Victor, The Steeldust Stallion; Buffalo Ride; One Legend of the Hassayampa Safe; "Could One of These Have Been the Frenchman Who Later Made the Stone Arrastra Wheels?"; and The Feuder. 47 pp.… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner, 1943. "In this book is a variety of writings that tell of the cowboy's riggings, the cowboy today, and why the high heels, the big hat and such like, along with experiences in narrow escapes that's all in the day's riding." Filled with illustrations by the author. 251 pp. Soiling to covers, fraying to spine ends.… Read more about this item