Reeve Frank D (68 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good. Used with NO markings in text. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 19 Pages (290 through 309). Stapled binding. A periodical publication with Frank Reeve's article regarding Navajo geography. Evidence of label removal top of front cover. No other defects noted. In early Navajo history, the reader is confronted with certain geographic terms that are not familiar. They are. Cebolleta, Navajo and Piedra Alumbre or Lumbre. Their historical locations are essential in tracing the story of the Navajo people. Fixing the locations is partly a matter of defining words. The Spanish word alumbre means alum, which is a mineral salt. In color it may be either reddish, gray, white streaked white, or it may have a pearly lustre. This is a commercial alum which is used as a mordant in dyeing. The word lumbre means fire, spark from a flint, brightness, lucidity, clearness. The term piedra lumbre was used by Fray Alonso de Benavides in his memorial to New Mexico in the late 1620's describing the country of the Navajo people. Beginning approximately from an east-west line just to the south of Mt Taylor, he wrote of the mountainous country to the north ward as follows: This cordillera runs another fifty or sixty leagues, the which are full of deposits of rock. The term piedra lumbre is thus translated as rock alum, with the translator however, taking the liberty of substituting alumbre for lumbre. It supposedly follows from Fray Alonso's words that the mountain chain is generously endowed with this particular mineral.…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. no jacket present. Revised Second Edition. This hardcover edition shows typical signs of library use, including markings and stamps. The cover is intact but lacks a dust jacket. The binding remains firm, ensuring the book's longevity. Some wear is visible on the cover, consistent with its history as an ex-library book. Harold F. Lee (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. DJ is a little faded and discolored and the top corner of the inside flap has been cut off. Book has a number and a sticker on the front pasted endpage, the book is also starting to get discolored along the tops of the pages. ; DJ has a mylar covering. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 85 pp., frontis, index, page notes, photographs, map of forts New Mexico. A fine, tight, unmarked, unread, sharp cornered copy as photographed. An interesting diary of a Dragoon and the Indian fights and the military hardships Bennett encountered. COLLECTOR QUALITY.…

169 pp. + ads. A pornographic novel. 'Bridgit lived and loved too fast, too recklessly - driven by one burning desire.'. 60425. Paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good.

Paperback. 112p., illustrations, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. With considerable material on Hispanic New Mexico.

Cloth. Condition: Good +. Fair (in mylar). First Edition. Book block clean and tight. Cover edges and corners bumped. Jacket rubbed with wear to extremities. B&W Diagrams (illustrator). Hard Cover.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 8vo; 89 pages; Some handling and wear to the covers with some fading and tape mending to the edges.

Pamphlet. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. (1964). 112 pages. Southwest Series No. 3. Illustrated with photos. Fine, wrappers. (115).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Softcover. Condition: Good+. Good+ softcover edition, no names or marks. Cover has some light soiling and wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 100 pages.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket, trade paperback. The book is a trade paperback in good condition, with some signs of wear typical for its age, such as minor edge and corner wear. The spine is intact, and the pages are clean with no inscriptions or library markings. There is no dust jacket, as is standard for this format. Harold F. Lee (illustrator).…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: Good. The book is in good condition, with the cover intact and showing minimal signs of wear. The binding remains strong, and the pages are clean, free from inscriptions or library markings. No dust jacket is present, as it appears to be a trade paperback edition. unknown (no dust jacket visible). Harold F. Lee (illustrator).…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Red cloth boards in mylar protected illustrated dust jacket. Photographs and illustrations with large fold out map of Territory of New Mexico, 1851 in rear pocket. 85 pp. Light off-setting from map pocket to rear page, Dust jacket lightly worn top and bottom edges with small closed tear. FINE in VERY GOOD dust jacket.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Stiff pr. wraps. Condition: Good. 203pp, plates, stiff pr. wraps vg+ Much on Indian problem.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.