Jayhawker Special Collections

No Binding. Condition: Good. This postcard is an unused, undated, full-bleed, divided-back (1907 or later), printed in Germany (1915 or earlier) hand-colored photo published by S A Longenecker (a respected photographer who moved to Rapid City, SD in 1907 and published his own postcards from 1908 until his death in 1909) w/ a simple stamp box outline. It is a handsome piece with minimal soiling, rubbing, creasing, yellowing or wear at edges and corners. The photo is of the most historic stagecoach in existence, the famous Deadwood coach. It was built in 1863, operated until 1913 and was fitted to carry gold from Deadwood to the railroad. To prevent robberies, the coach was accompanied by shotgun messengers with reputations as dead shots and killers to defend the coach. Following its decommissioning, this was also the stagecoach used for many years by Buffalo Bill in his Wild West shows. Postcards are shipped via USPS first class mail with postcards placed between card stock stiffeners inserted into standard mailing envelopes. For customers located outside the United States an extra charge of $3.00 will be requested following initial order and prior to shipping.…

No Binding. Condition: Good. This is a used, full-bleed, divided-back (1907 or later), hand colored postcard. It is a handsome piece despite some soiling, rubbing, creasing, yellowing and wear at edges and corners. The front includes a picture of donkeys carrying wood on a city street along w/ a Lawrence Kans CDS dated 6/15/10 w/ a Flag Cancel. Verso is stamped "Published by Fred Harvey" w/o an acknowledgment of Detroit Publishing. Verso also incl's an indistinct CDS Cancel "A. Transit" tied to 1c stamp w/ separate Rcv'd Stamp below dated 6/10/1910. Perhaps the indistinct A. stands for Alvarado or Albuquerque in support of the Alvarado Hotel, the Harvey House built in Albuquerque along the train route in 1902. As New Mexico's low population prevented it from becoming a State until 1912, dates on the cancels indicate this is a Territorial cover. A scarce Fred Harvey postcard published by Fred Harvey (so stated on verso) w/o the typ correp ref to Detroit Publishing.  Fred Harvey created the first restaurant chain in the U.S., known as the Harvey House In conjunction with the AT&SF RR.  He promoted tourism in the late 1800s and early 1900s throughout the American Southwest by providing clean, reliable restaurants tourists could feel comfortable visiting as well as hotels and tourist shops to provide a full vacation experience. Postcards are shipped via USPS first class mail with postcards placed between card stock stiffeners inserted into standard mailing envelopes. For customers located outside the United States an extra charge of $3.00 will be requested following initial order and prior to shipping.…

No Binding. Condition: Good. These postcards are unused, undated, full-bleed, divided-back (1907 or later), B&W printed photo issues w/ stamp boxes. They are handsome pieces despite some soiling, rubbing, creasing, yellowing and wear at edges and corners along w/ pencil notations on verso. . "542-The Trough, Long's Peak Trail, Estes Park, Colo" - has a printed description and stamp box outline along w/ pencil notes on verso. . "1021-Pike's Peak, From Near Colorado Springs" - has a "Domestic/Foreign" stamp box and no markings on verso. . "1022-In North Cheyenne Canon, Colorado Springs" - has a "Domestic/Foreign" stamp box and no markings on verso. This collection of three postcards was published by Denver's H.H. Tammen Curio Co (HHT Co graphic on verso).  While Tammen may best be known as an early owner and President of the Denver Post, his curio business, which operated between 1896-1953, was a popular novelty dealer, publisher of national view-cards and Western themes in photo-chromolithography, publisher and distributor of colorized prints and postcards shot by different photographers, and Colorado's largest postcard publisher. Postcards are shipped via USPS first class mail with postcards placed between card stock stiffeners inserted into standard mailing envelopes. For customers located outside the United States an extra charge of $3.00 will be requested following initial order and prior to shipping. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition Later Printing. Mylar protected red cloth boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. No dj. Tight binding with lightly chafed square corners, faint shelf wear at t&b spine, light soiling. Pencil notations on fep, sporadic foxing on paste downs/eps to Title page, otherwise unmarked throughout on toning pages. Thirtieth printing as stated, pp 315 with frontis (portrait), 16 illus's and diagrams, and 4 pp adv at back. A personal account of an American Sergeant who fought in the British Army during WWI as a machine gunner in France. Includes "Tommy's Dictionary of the Trenches".…

Cloth Bound. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine / Unclipped pictorial dj. Boards lightly rubbed and soiled, gilt bright with some fading with the slightest rubbing to jacket's extremities. . Pp 497, frontis, illus's . The story of Fort Scott, Kansas from a series of articles authored by Richards, first published in the early 1940s in the Fort Scott Tribune. The book covers the period from the forts founding by the 1st Dragoon, the indian wars, the border war, the civil war, and administration of the Cherokee Neutral Lands . …

Cloth Bound. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Decorated orange cloth boards w/ title blocks to cover and spine. No DJ. Boards are somewhat soiled/rubbed w/ square but lightly bumped corners. Binding is square and tight and pages are clean and unmarked, age-toned and clean throughout, though the last 1/3 show damp staining to upper corners and bk pastedown includes a penciled notation. Stated 7th edition, 1/2 Title, portis, 411 pps. In 1905, Bertha Von Suttner was the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and, it was for this novel. CS Lewis was right, people in Von Suttner's day did not think like we do today. Before Auschwitz, the atomic bomb, and terrorism, the prevailing sentiment about war was that it was glorious. It was the author's view however, that the nations of Europe, as a matter of national pride and individual advancement, seemed to always be spoiling for a fight. Men joined the military with a hope they would see battle. Death in the field was a great honor and, for soldiers who returned home, elevated social and economic status was the norm. This was Von Suttner's attempt to change European culture. And, while she lived out her conviction by trying to persuade Austria not to pursue the course that eventually led to WWI, she died just before the outbreak of hostilities.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Brick-red embossed cloth boards w/ gilt titling and vignette to spine and vignette to cover. No DJ. Boards are soiled/rubbed w/ bumped corners. Text block is square and tight despite cracking to inner hinges at fr/bk pastedowns, PON to fep, pgs are well read and age-toned w/ occas smudges and light foxing (prim to eps), and unmarked except for paren's around a couple of index entries, w/ dusted/soiled pg ends. A new and revised American ed of Dinks and Mayhew "The Dog" w/ Hutchinson's "Dog Breaking" added, 663 pps, frontis, 1873 date incl'd on Title Pg verso, b/w illus's, notes, index. A long-held comprehensive and definitive guide to successful dog-breeding and owning containing a wealth of information on topics incl'g breeding, care, kenneling and field management, conditioning, the pathology and diseases of dogs, etcetera. Forester, Frank (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Brown cloth boards w/ gilt titling in black title boxes on spine and cover. Bright, mylar protected, price-clipped pictorial DJ w/ light soiling/rubbing, chipping/small tears/creasing along edges and chips missing t&b spine and fr cover. Square, tight binding w/ square corners (btms gently bumped) and light spotting to fr cover w/ a hint of wear to btm edges. Text clean and unmarked throughout on lightly read pages. Presumed 1st ed, Pp 223, frontis, publ date on Title Pg verso, Whistle Code. Beebe, known for his unabashed affection for railroading, was the noted publisher of "Territorial Enterprises" made famous by Mark Twain, and worked as a journalist and columnist. The book is a comprehensive presentation of railroading and rail cars.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Blue cloth boards w/ gilt titling on spine and cover / No DJ. Square, tight binding w/ square corners. Boards bright w/ a touch of rubbing/dusting. Text unmarked throughout w/ perhaps an occas smudge on very lightly read pages. Stated 1st ed, 206 pps, publ date on Title Pg and verso, b/w photos, hand drawn sketch maps of hunting areas w/ instructions. The book is both a bio and hunting guide. The subject is a self-taught lawyer who was elected and reelected as a trial judge and became one of Alaska's premier big game hunters in the early 1900s. This book is both a story of his life and a memorial to his most treasured hunting areas, how to access them and how to hunt them. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Tan paper covered boards w/ black titling on cover / No DJ. Square, tight binding w/ square corners lightly soiled and worn at edges and corners. Text clean and unmarked throughout on lightly read age-toned pages w/ staining/light foxing beginning on eps. Title Pg incl's Publ Date but likely a reprint as verso includes orig copyright held by Norman W Henley Publishing 1917, Pp 94, illustrated w/ diagrams incl one fold-out, adverts. Prepared to support the Flying Falcons in France during WWI, this little book incl's diagrams of every part of a typical biplane w/ reference names both in English and French to improve communications between the French and American troops, both those working on and flying the planes. Handsome little gem well preserved for its age. …

Cloth Bound. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Yellow cloth boards w/ sq corners and brown to cover and spine / unclipped pictorial dj has some rubbing, small tears, chipping and pen mark to cover. Paste-downs and eps include map of Fall campaign of Army of Missouri with gift inscription and prev owners' name on obverse, otherwise clean, tight unmarked copy. Pp 265, illus's, photo's, maps (1 fold-out), appendices, biblio, index. The book chronicles the Battle of Mine Creek (aka. Battle of the Osage . Battle the Marais des Cygnes . Battle of the Little Osage .) the only Civil War battle fought in Kansas between uniformed troops and a battle that included one of the most spectacular cavalry charges of the war.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Blue cloth boards w/ titling in gilt on spine and cover in price-clipped, pictorial DJ moderately soiled w/ sm tears/chipping/creasing along edges and folds. Binding tight and lightly skewed, covers bright but lightly rubbed/soiled w/ square corners, some foxing/soiling to paste-downs and facing eps otherwise, text block clean, bright and unmarked throughout on lightly read pages w/ lightly dusted/soiled page ends. 113 pps, 1/2 Title, Title Page verso states "First Printing". Writer, poet and amateur historian , the author was fascinated with the settlement of the Plains, and the lives of those who had been a part of the American migration. This is the most recent of the "Song" books that were combined together in "The Cycle of the West" and concentrates on Jedediah Smith, who Neihardt believed was the greatest continental explorer behind only Lewis and Clark.…

Cloth Bound. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine / no dj. Binding and boards tight with light edge wear, rubbing, bumped corners, soiling and rolled bottom edge of back cover. Prev owner's name inked to fr paste-down and 1/2 Title pg, fep includes pencil ref notes, pages toned with trimmed edges (orig un-cut), sporadic foxing/soiling/smudging otherwise clean and unmarked. Publ date incl on Tile Pg and Verso (which incl's "August 1911), Pp 441, frontis, illus's, appendix, index. The author, one of the last War Governors during the Civil War, writes about Civil War events West of the Mississippi, the Indian Wars, the 2nd Kansas and 83rd U.S. Colored Infantry Regiments, government and politics, and cattle and cowboys. . Nevins I 76, Nevins II 147, Rittenhouse 688, Luther High Spot mention, Custeriana.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Green cloth boards w/ titling in gilt on spine in mylar protected, unclipped, pictorial DJ w/ minor rubbing/soiling and sm tears along peripheries. Binding square and tight, boards clean and bright w/ square corners and minimal rubbing, text block bright, clean and unmarked throughout w/ lightly read age-toned pages and light dusting to top page ends and TEY. 329 pps, 1/2 Title, stated "First Edition", fold-out map, illus's, plates, maps, appends, biblio, index. No 25 in the American Exploration and Travel Series, this is a handsome copy of comprehensive book documenting the expedition by nearly 400 frontiersmen in 1841 wishing to establish a new trade route between Austin and Santa Fe nearly five years before the Mexican War. They underwent a harrowing experience on the trail and an unexpected and crushing defeat with prisoners taken to Mexico City which gave the expedition epic rank in the record of American exploration and travel. . Rittenhouse 373.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Mylar protected green cloth boards w/ gilt titling to spine and gilt titling and vignette to cover. No DJ. Boards are bright w/ square but bumped corners w/ some soiling/rubbing/edge wear. Text block is square but cracked through leaving section from front cover to Title Pg separate, fr pastedown includes prior bookseller description tipped-in, PON inked to ffep, occas clarification/checkmarlk, paren to text and index otherwise, lightly read, age-toned pgs w/ light yellowing/brittleness to edges and soiling/dusting to pg ends (TEB). Presumed 1st Edition (date on Title Pg), 624 pps, b/w illus's, index. A comprehensive treatise regarding all aspects of bird species east of the Mississippi w/ illus's provided by Dr Elliott Coues.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Gray texture woven cloth boards w/ black titling on spine and cover w/ graphic. Bright, mylar protected, unclipped pictorial DJ w/ light soiling/rubbing. Square, tight binding w/ square corners, lightly dusted. Text clean and unmarked throughout on lightly read pages. Presumed 1st ed, map eps, color frontis, publ date on Title Pg matches verso, appends. Beebe, known for his unabashed affection for railroading, was the noted publisher of "Territorial Enterprises" made famous by Mark Twain, and worked as a journalist and columnist. Clegg, a salon photographer of note, owned the last of all private railroad cars which was used by the Authors during the preparation of this book. A profusely illustrated treatise that in pictures, captions and text recreates the glory days when the railroad served the widely dispersed and roaring boom towns of Leadville, Canon City, Creede, Durango, the Manitou Hot Springs and Colorado Springs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Red texture woven cloth boards w/ gilt titling on spine and cover. Bright, mylar protected, unclipped pictorial DJ w/ light soiling/rubbing and chipping/small tears/creasing along edges. Square, tight binding w/ square corners. Text clean and unmarked throughout on lightly read pages. Presumed 1st ed, Pp382, photo eps, color frontis, publ date on Title Pg matches verso, appends. Beebe, known for his unabashed affection for railroading, was the noted publisher of "Territorial Enterprises" made famous by Mark Twain, and worked as a journalist and columnist. The book is a comprehensive study of a previously undocumented matter. In particular, the looped, fringed, frizzled and ferned private rail car. The type used by some of history's most colorful characters from the Vanderbilts, to Lillie Langtree, to Judge Roy Bean, among others.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. Brown cloth embossed boards with gilt title on spine / no dj. Boards soiled, rubbed, edge worn with bumped and frayed corners, loose hinges, chipped and torn spine. Hinge on back paste-down cracked and all pages foxed with toning and soiling. Sixth edition, Pp 256, port. . A collection of the author's speeches explaining the righteousness of the South's cause as the Civil War approached. Vallandigham was arrested and tried in military court after delivering a speech in Ohio deemed to have given aid and comfort to the Confederate cause. This book is believed to be an attempt to prove his loyalty the Union. .…

Cloth Bound. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Clean blue cloth boards w/ silver lettering to spine have square, sharp corners. Unclipped, photo DJ is lightly soiled w/ sm tears/chipping/creasing along edges and fold-overs and two, clean horizontal tears at center of spine. Text block is square and tight w/ bright, clean, unmarked pgs throughout w/ lightly dusted/soiled pg ends. Reprint of original 1932 ed, 1/2 title, portis, 165 pps, b/w illus's and maps, biblio, index. A well researched and detailed account of Gen Funston's career as a guerrilla officer from his furtive transit to Cuba, to his major battles, to his narrow escape from insurrecto and Spanish forces before his return to the U.S. Before Kansas gave the country Ike, it gave the country Funston.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Black decorated cloth boards w/ red title box on spine in unclipped pictorial DJ lightly rubbed/soiled w/ sm tears/chipping at joints, edges and corners. Binding square and tight, Covers bright w/ square, lightly bumped corners, Text block bright, clean and unmarked throughout w/ lightly dusted top page end (TER). 294 pps, illus'd paste-downs, 1/2 Title, frontis flat SIGNED BY AUTHOR, stated "Seventh Printing", illus, b/w & color plates, list of pottery designs, chronology, biblio. A classic on the history, life, and art of noted native american potter Maria of San Ildefonso pueblo. Lefranc, Margaret (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Mylar protected, tan cloth boards with title box on spine and illus on cover. Clean, bright, unclipped DJ with some creasing/small tears/chipping. Clean boards with square tight binding and square corners. Eps incl book purch info penciled in and Contents pg includes pencil marks, otherwise, unmarked, age toned pages throughout. Nice copy. Stated 1st ed, 350 Pps, b/w photos & illus's, folded map, index. . Howes R83, Adams Six-Guns 1827 , Adam's 150 114, Basic Texas Books 167, Dobie p60. From the collection of the late E.P. Lamborn, noted amateur historian and collector of items on plainsmen, crime and criminals of the Middle West in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. His collection of books often include hand-written notations, newspaper clippings and info from friends, relatives, companies, law officers, etc., who dealt with the subject at hand. Remington, Frederic & Lundean, Louis (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Gilt lettering on red cloth boards and spine with light fading and shelf wear; previous owner's name in pencil on fep; 1/3 of back fly leaf ripped and missing; penned dates on back paste down; text clean and unmarked; 13 illustrations; #78 in Larson's Guide to Business History. The book is written by a noted Professor of Business History at Harvard University and discusses the evolution of economics in England and America.…

Cloth Bound. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Mylar protected red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine / dj with light soil, chipping/tears. Soiling/spotting along f&b paste-down hinges otherwise, pages clean and unmarked. Pp 542, port., illus's, maps, index, errata . A reprint of the scarce, highly acclaimed 1910 edition with Introduction added by Homer Croy, the book chronicles the life and times of Quantrill and the Border War. The author describes Quantrill as the bloodiest man in the annals of American history and calls him the Father of the American Outlaw, having taught guerrilla tactics to the James and Younger brothers among others. It also describes Quantrill's activities along the Santa Fe Trail. .Rittenhouse 123, Howes C689, Graff 850, Six-Guns 479.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Gray cloth boards with black lettering on spine and graphic in lower corner of cover. No dj. Tight binding with some soiling, rubbing, bumping and edge wear. From the library of noted KU Anthropologist, previous owner's card taped to paste-down, author personal inscription with date on fep, Signed and dated by Author (Campbell) on Title Pg, light foxing on title page, otherwise, unmarked throughout on toning pages. Illustrated with black and white photos. United States National Museum Bulletin 235 with "References, Military Insignia" tipped-in on rear paste down. SIGNED/DATED on title page by Campbell. A descriptive and interpretive listing of insignia, cap and helmet devices, and shoulder and waist belt plates used by U.S. regular army and uniformed militia during the period 1800-1851. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Brown cloth boards w/ silver titling on spine in mylar protected, unclipped, pictorial DJ w/ light soiling/rubbing/sm tears. Binding square and tight, Covers clean w/ square corners, Text block bright, clean and unmarked throughout w/ lightly dusted/soiled top page ends. 303 pps, illus'd paste-downs, 1/2 Title, portis, presumed 1st Edition, illus, maps, photos, biblio, index. The Author was a physician on a Cheyenne Reservation near the battle field and had long conversations w/ their members at the turn of the century. He wrote this book but, could find no publisher at the time because of its controversial claim. A claim that most of the 7th Cavalry committed suicide rather than suffer horrors at the hands of the attacking warriors and a book that was finally published decades after the Author's death. .Custeriana Mention.…

Cloth Bound. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Clean blue cloth boards w/ minimal wear and sharp corners have titling in gilt to cover and spine. Mylar protected, unclipped graphic DJ is lightly soiled w/ light rubbing and sm creasing/tears to edges. Text block is square and tight w/ lightly read, age-toned pgs w/ lighly dusted/soiled ends that are unmarked throughout. Ffep incl's PON w/ comment about Parsons' being his 'skipper', mark in margin to one para on pg 79, back paste-down incl's bookseller sticker, tipped-in. Stated First Edition, 248 pps,1/2 title, portis, b/w photos. A first-hand account that not only ranks high in naval and medical annals but also provides a record of a year and a half in the life of the naval officer who established the first mobile hospital on a Polynesian island referred to as Elysia that received casualties from the Solomons and other battle areas.…

Cloth Bound. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Bright green embossed cloth boards w/ titling in gilt to cover. No DJ. Boards are clean and bright w/ lightly bumped square corners and wear ltd to t/b spine and upper top corner of fr cover. Text block is tight w/ a slight skew and age-toned pgs are clean and unmarked throughout w/ lighly dusted/soiled ends. Presumed 1st Edition (date incl'd on Title Pg), 136 pps followed by 4 pps War Taxation --4 pps War Debts -- 8 pps Neckar on Peace -- 12 pps Waste of Property by War. This is a copy of the speech given by Senator Chas Sumner, ESQ to the authorities of the City of Boston on July 4, 1845 commemorating the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States. The Senator was known as an able orator, a radical republican during the Civil War and Reconstruction, a senator stripped of his power in a dispute w/ President Grant, and the senator nearly beaten to death on the floor of the Senate by Congressman Preston Brooks following his 1856 anti-slavery speech 'The Crime Against Kansas'.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Bright blue cloth covers w/ titling in gilt on spine and cover in mylar protected, unclipped, DJ w/ light soiling/chipping. Binding square and tight, boards clean and bright w/ slight bubbling/bumping, light staining to glued-area of paste-downs otherwise, text block bright, clean and unmarked throughout w/ light dusting to top page ends . 264 pps, "facsimile of 1876 edition", maps. The book includes descriptions w/ maps and plans of 90 military forts in the western frontier of the 1870s incl'g Fort Dodge, Harker, Larned, Leavenworth, Lyon, Marcy, and Union along the Santa Fe Trail along w/ operational organization of the Dakota, Platte, Missouri, Texas and Gulf Departments as well as lists of Indian Agents, Reservations, and Treaties. . Rittenhouse 519, Howes S394.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Tan cloth boards w/ blacktitling on spine and cover that incl's vignette on spine. No DJ. Text block square and tight. Covers and spine show some soiling/bumping and fr cover has looseness with a slight bow. PO sticker tipped-in to fr pastedown and name inked to ffep, frontis, 381 pps incl's b/w fig's, tables and plates, biblio, and index. Text block pages are somewhat read and ends are lightly dusted/soiled but otherwise clean, bright and unmarked. 5 pg article on .50 Trapdoor Variations tipped-in to bep by PO. This is a reprint of 1933 orig w/ added material and is regarded as a dependable ref by an author famous for his research and collection. . Riling 2136.…

Cloth Bound. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Clean wheat colored cloth boards w/ minimal wear and sharp corners have titling in brick-red to cover and spine. Unclipped photo DJ is lightly soiled/rubbed, sm creasing/tears/chipping to edges, and sunned spine. Text block is square and tight w/ lightly read, age-toned pgs w/ lighly dusted/soiled ends that are unmarked throughout tho ffep incl's two penciled pricing notes and small tear near binding on Pg 233. Presumed 1st Edition (date incl'd on Title Pg), 233 pps,1/2 title, b/w photos, index. A first-hand account by an experienced and widely traveled American military surgeon who spent 10-years in China.…