Wheat Carl Introduction (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This is an original 1949 special edition dedicated to the author's brother and with the Carl Wheat introduction. 1949 is the only date listed on the copyright page with no other dates on title page. good used shape.

Hardcover. Condition: Good, But Aged. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. This is an original 1949 special edition dedicated to the author's brother and with the Carl Wheat introduction. 1949 is the only date listed on the copyright page with no other dates on title page. Has a newer cat bookplate neatly applied with no name on it yet on front free end paper - hiding an old address label and the gutter at back has been repaired with glue successfully - yet, still has an interesting unique appearance in its highly taped up original jacket and has an authentic rare type "feel" than just used.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Cloth boards slightly bowed, otherwise near fine, no markings, no bookplate and no remainder mark. In good dust jacket with a little edge wear, a few short tears up to 1/2", tiny paper loss or chip at upper corner of front panel, trace of blue pencil line on rear panel. Not price-clipped. A trade hardcover reprint of the 1936 Grabhorn Press edition. Mallette Dean (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Small folio in paper wraps. Contains facsimile of Lafayette's letter (in French) plus translation into English, and introductory notes by Carl I. Wheat. Condition: slight fading to paper wraps; else near fine. 11 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Inch chip from jacket back. Pages clean. Binding good.With twenty illustrations reproduced from contemporary lithographs and woodcuts, and one map.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 290 pp. Original brown cloth covers, very bright and clean. Bottom of spine a bit bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ lightly soiled; price clipped. Includes illustrations from blocks designed and cut by Mallette Dean. Contents very nice. Mallette Dean (illustrator). …

First Printing. Very Good condition.

Trade Paperback. First Edition. 9 pages. An excerpt of a broadcast given in December 1944 by the news commentator Raymond Gram Swing on the ideals of Woodrow Wilson and the necessity for international collaboration for lasting peace. Limited to 500 copies. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in green wrappers (paperback), sewn.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 289 pages, 8vo. Shelfwear to DJ: light scuffing along edges and covers, price blacked out on front inside flap. DJ in mylar. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good-plus condition. Dean, Mallette (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue boards backed by black cloth spines. Notes. Rare Americana Series Numbers 5 & 6. 142 & 143 pages. Slight edge browning to edge of boards and light shelf wear. Former owner's bookplate in Vol. 2 otherwise both volumes are VERY GOOD.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Fair only. Limited edition. First edition thus. Octavo. 9 x 6". Two volumes: 142pp.; 143pp. plus notes at end of each volume. Blue laid-paper over boards with blue cloth spine in dust jackets. Volume one has toning/ browning to top edge and endpapers toned on both volumes. Dust jackets have edge wear with chips, tears and splits to spine and folds. Zamorano 80 #69.…

Hard Cover. Limited. Hard Cover. HBDJ, DJ is clear acetate with mended tears, Gold & Red decorated cloth Boards, 1949 on title & copyright pg, 1st limited edition, 500 copies, F-/NF-, light rub wear O/W tight Clean, Slight Lean bk, u npaginated , with printed paper spine label, app.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Limited Edition. One of 550 copies, small quarto size, 309 pp., with folding map. This diary, written by the young Lewis Hector Garrard (1829-1887), includes contemporary descriptions of Native Americans, traders, mountain men, with their dress, behavior, and speech, and also includes legendary characters such as Kit Carson. Garrard attended the trial of some of the Mexicans and Pueblos who had revolted against U.S. rule of New Mexico, newly captured in the Mexican-American War, and wrote the only eye-witness account of the trial and hanging of six convicted men (n. b., info from Wiki). This edition of his diary was published by the Grabhorn Press, one of the most highly renowned private presses in America in the twentieth century, run by brothers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn; with woodcuts by Mallette Dean, well-known for the beauty and elegance of his work. This book took the Grabhorns seven months to make, it was the third volume of "the Third and last series of Rare Americana". ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in dark grey decorated paper over boards, natural linen cloth spine, cream paper spine label with black lettering and decorative rules, fore- and bottom edges uncut, title page printed in black, brown, and grey, chapter headings in brown, twenty-five linocut chapter headpieces in colour designed and cut by Mallette Dean; hand-set in Garamond on machine-made paper, binding small quarto size (9 3/4" by 6 3/4"), pagination: [i-xviii], [1]-289 [1, blank], [1,colophon], Third Series of Rare Americana, No. 3, limited edition of 550 copies, unnumbered. This copy with the blue map tipped onto the front free endpaper, being a facsimile of "A Map of the Indian Territory, Northern Texas and New Mexico, Showing the Great Western Prairies, by Josiah Gregg" (often lacking as it was loosely laid in when issued). ___CONDITION: Near fine, the binding clean, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, the colours in the illustrations deep, and entirely free of prior owner markings (note that there is a pencilled notation at the bottom of the rear pastedown from a prior bookseller, with a price of $7.50 and the date of "2(?)/27/36"); the corners somewhat rubbed, else fine. The map is near fine with some offsetting from the endpapers. ___CITATIONS: Grabhorn Press Bibliography, no. 245; Hawk, no. 165; Wright-Howes G70. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the Abe standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help. Dean, Mallette (illustrator). …