The American Historical Review: Volume 85, Number 5: December 1980
Washington, DC: American Historical Association, 1980. Wraps. ix, 1055-1347 p. Includes: illustrations, index. 50 pages of advertisements at the back. Footnotes. More
Washington, DC: American Historical Association, 1980. Wraps. ix, 1055-1347 p. Includes: illustrations, index. 50 pages of advertisements at the back. Footnotes. More
New York: Harper's Magazine Foundation, 1999. 29 cm, 100, wraps, illus. (some color), color map, some damage to front cover where mailing label has been partially removed. More
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
Chicago: A Century of Progress, 1933. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 194 pages. Illustrations (a few in color). Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 9 25 inches. Folding map. Cover has some wear, soiling, tears and chips. Corners of some pages creased. A Century of Progress International Exposition was a World's Fair registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), which was held in Chicago, as The Chicago World's Fair, from 1933 to 1934 to celebrate the city's centennial. The theme of the fair was technological innovation. The fair's motto was "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Adapts". Its architectural symbol was the Sky Ride, a transporter bridge perpendicular to the shore on which one could ride from one side of the fair to the other. One description of the fair noted that the world, "then still mired in the malaise of the Great Depression, could glimpse a happier not-too-distant future, all driven by innovation in science and technology." Visitors saw the latest wonders in rail travel, automobiles, architecture and robots. More
Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene Press, c1976. First Printing. 24 cm, 370, illus., chronology, index, edges soiled, some wear and soiling to DJ. 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
Lexington, MA: Heath Lexington Books, 1971. Hardcover. xi, 221 p.; 23 cm. Notes. Index. 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
New York: Arno Press, 1974. Reprint Edition. 24 cm, 168, tables, footnotes, index, some soiling to boards and spine. 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
Aylesbury, England: Hazell Watson and Viney Ltd, 1954. First? Printing. 26 cm, 128, illus., fold-out map, errata, substantial foxing to edges and DJ, DJ worn, discolored, frayed, chipped, sm tears, pcs missing. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. 21 cm, 273, illus. More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1995. Reprint. Later printer. Trade paperback. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 176 p. Illustrations, black & white. Index. 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
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1954. 354, illus., maps, tables, charts, appendix, references, index, DJ worn and soiled: small tears, small pieces missing. 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
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1937. 309, illus., biblio, discolor ins bds, some foxing to text & fore-edge, DJ quite worn & foxed: sm tears, sm pcs missing. 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
New York: Viking, 1985. 24 cm, 502, front DJ flap folded, minor soiling to edges. 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
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997. First Printing. 24 cm, 292, references, index, some library markings, rough spots inside boards where DJ had been pasted and then removed. More
Wilmington, DE: Du Pont, 2007. 24, wraps, illus. (some in color). More
Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 1979. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 48, wraps, references, covers somewhat worn and soiled. Worldwatch Paper, 30; printed on recycled paper. More