Introduction Ray Billington (11 results)

Paper Back. Condition: Acceptable.

Hardbound. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Description: Among the papers presented here are: The Significance and Value of the Overland Journal by Dale L Morgan; The California Gold Rush Reconsidered by J S Holliday; The Persistence of Horse-Drawn Transportation in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1865-1900 by Oscar Osburn Winther; Mothers of the Mixed-Bloods; The Marginal Woman in the History of the Upper Missouri by John C Ewers; Quanah Parker, Indian Judge by William T Hagan; Mounted Riflemen: The Real Role of Cavalry in the Indian Wars by James S Hutchins; Mackenzie Against Dull Knife: Breaking the Northern Cheyennes in 1876; and more. BINDING/CONDITION: dark turquoise cloth with black text; the top edge of the text block is lightly foxed, otherwise a Very Good- book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. notes, index. 8vo (9.5 inches tall). 216 pages + ads.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing March 1964. 171 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First English Language Edition. Westerners Keepsake #133. Very good in lightly used beige printed wrappers with a little dust soiling to covers. 85 pages. A new translation of the original German edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Softcover/NF w/trace edge & surface wear w/price sticker to upper back corner. Brilliant general history of Utah by scholar Dale Morgan (1914 - 1971). First published 1947; this a reissue of 1973 w/an in depth introduction from Ray A. Billington. Story of Great Salt Lake & its tributary area from early geologic times to the present, and the many exploration & trading expeditions by the Spanish, British and Americans in the Great Basin. 432 pgs w/map & b/w photos, in 20 chapters. Mezmerizing accounts from the first Americans to newcomers, and religious empires to railroads, and resorts.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 279 pages.

Trade Paperback. First Edition. Westerners Keepsake No. 133. 85 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in cream printed wrappers (paperback).

Hardcover. 248p., corners bumped, sticker scar on free front endpaper, else very good condition in an unclipped and shelf worn dj with a chipped spine panel. Journal of the abolitionist descended from free blacks.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. xviii, 279. Frontispiece photo of "the Cavalier" posing at Camp Cheyenne, 1890. Profusely illustrated, mostly with modern-day photos of extant relics of the opening of the West. Index. Nine maps are featured. With a list of suggested reading. Orange cloth with stamped lettering on spine. In a perfect dust jacket. A solid, attractive copy of this handsome production. Covers military forts and battle sites that are either in the Park system or are eligible for designation in the Park system in the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Blue cloth. Lean to spine. Foxing throughout. Dust jacket faded and soiled with chips and tears.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Handsomely produced large 4to. in maroon buckram. Front cover decorated with gilt Spanish Conquistador on horseback. From a Limited Edition of 540 copies, this is number 368. A bright and fine copy. [search our listings for other volumes from this series which includes much primary source material on the West] Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.