Simla: Government of India Press, 1934. Oversized, 318, tables, glossary, few library markings, corners of a few pages bent, cloth on bds & spine wrinkled & some small tears. More

Homewood, IL: R.D. Irwin, 1965. First Printing. 23 cm, 257, wraps, illus., cover soiled, some wear to top edge of cover. Inscribed by the author. More

Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964. New Edition [stated]. First Printing [stated]. Hardcover. xviii, 120, [6] pages. Frontis illustration. Tables. This is one of the Western Frontier Library series. Includes Introduction by Edward Everett Dale, and a Note by Walter Baron von Richthofen. Chapters include The Great American Desert; The Eldorado of the Day; The Cattle Herds of the West, and Comparative Statistics; Climate, Temperature, Vegetation, and Grass; Branding, Lassoing, Round-Up, Cowboys, Ranch, and Range; Herds and Breeds of Cattle--Labor on Ranch and Range; Cattle-Raising, a Legitimate and Safe Business; The Great Lands in the West--Prices and Future of the Same; Some of the Largest Herds; The Existing Cattle Companies Are Prosperous,and New Ones Are Constantly Being Formed; Choice Ranges for Breeding and Fattening Cattle--The Advantages from Having a Sufficient Number of Good Bulls; Profits in Cattle-Raising, and Fortunes Made Therein; Instances of Profits Realized; Profits to Accrue from a Proposed Plan; The Future of the Cattle Business in the West; Progress of the New West. Originally published in 1885. Excellent descriptions of the Great Plains cattle operations including lists of the leading cattle companies of the early 1880's and tables of projected herd growth. This book is a must for those interested in the physical aspects of the Great Plains area of the West and in the industry which brought wealth and civilization to that part of the United States. Edward Everett Dale (February 8, 1879 – May 28, 1972) was an American historian and faculty member of the University of Oklahoma. He was a proponent of Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier thesis" More

Philadelphia, PA: Am Academy of Pol & Soc Sci, 1943. Hardcover. 24 cm, 279 pages. Tables, diagrams, index, boards somewhat worn, faded, and soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper, ink notation ins fr bd. More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1940. First? Edition. First? Printing. 19 cm, 88, stiff board covers, diagrams, boards soiled and worn at edges and spine, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More

New York: Norton, c1978. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 287, illus., DJ flap price clipped. More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. 21 cm, 273, illus. More

Jim Thorpe, PA: Carbon County Commissioners, c1959. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Staple bound, printed on both sides of the sheet. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Rare surviving copy. 18 pages (including 2 that are blank). Cover is worn and soiled. Some wear at edges and page discoloration. The last page with printing has the date of May 12, 1959 and is information on labeling from the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE Food Distribution Division which was located in New York City. In addition to recipes there is a table that shows how much milk powder to use to replace various amounts of bottle milk. The recipes include some for vegetable dishes, desserts, cheese and meat dishes, bread and muffins, and rice. There is also information on how to use dried whole egg solids (stabilized) in family meals. More

St. Paul, MN: Governor's Study Commission, 1958. First? Edition. First? Printing. 196, maps, figures, tables, apps, some bd wear/soiling. Inscribed by Gov. Orville Freeman to economist John Kenneth Galbraith. More

New York: Viking, 2005. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xi, [5], 575, [1] pages. Maps. Further Readings, Illustrations. Illustration credits. Index. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Signed on title page. Autographed sticker on front of DJ. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American scientist and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee (1991); Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997, awarded a Pulitzer Prize); Collapse (2005); and The World Until Yesterday (2012). Originally trained in physiology, Diamond is known for drawing from a variety of fields, including anthropology, ecology, geography and evolutionary biology. He is a professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2005, Diamond was ranked ninth on a poll by Prospect and Foreign Policy of the world's top 100 public intellectuals. More

Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1991. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xviii, 222 pages. Illustrations. Index to Counties. Index to Towns. Name of previous owner on fep. The post cards are reproduced at 86% to 96% of original size. The post card was, or could be, an inexpensive means of advertising. Cards postmarked in the city that was the subject of the view were particularly sought after. In 1909 one national post card collector's club based in Philadelphia claimed to have ten thousand members. After the Columbian Exposition, several companies began to issue limited edition series of postcards. In the early 1900's Eastman Kodak developed a postcard size paper which photographs could be printed on. The first picture post cards from Georgia were a set of twelve views commemorating the Cotton States Exposition held in Atlanta in 1895 and sold from vending machines. The rest is history and is documents in this monumental and intriguing work. More

State College, PA: Pennsylvania State College, 1946. 24 cm, 540, illus. (inc. 1 fold-out), appendices, index, some scratching and wear to boards. More