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BOOK CATEGORY: Western Americana Davidson, Harold G; Borein, Edward Edward Borein, Cowboy Artist: The Life and Works of John Edward Borein, 1872-1945 Description: 189, [1] pp. No. 11 of a limited edition of 350, numbered and signed on limitation page by Harold Davidson. Illustrated with 25 color plates and numerous black and white plates and drawings. Includes appendix, references, and index. Biography followed by notes on Borein's works. "Borein did so many things so well in so many mediums that his name must be placed near the top." Davidson proves this thesis by discussing and illustrating works on the the following media: etchings, water colors, oil paintings, india ink and dry brush, pencil and crayon, wax and clay, leatherwork, articles and short stories, fakes and other oddities. Bound in deep green leather with title gilt and mottled green endpapers. Slipcase covered in the same paper with green leather and gilt labels on front and spine. Paper on bottom edge of slip case rubbed. Driscoll Charles B. Kansas Irish Description: 359 pp. 'Kansas Irish' is the first in Driscoll's trilogy of the immigrant experience: homesteading and growing up on a farm in Kansas. Discoloration along gutters of spine mar an otherwise near fine copy. Dust jacket spine faded, with frayed edges, inside front flap corners clipped but publisher's price of $2.50 remains. Greenwood, Annie Pike We Sagebrush Folks Description: 484 pp. Illustrated with 23 b & w photographs. The Minidoka Irrigation Project, begun in the early 1900's, opened up thousands of acres of Idaho desert. Called the last American frontier, newspaper promotions drew many settlers who had only dreamed of farming; among them, and without her wholehearted support, Annie Greenwood's husband. The book is both record and examination of the povety, politics, humors, and personalities of the author's fifteen years as a farm wife in an area and an era when few farms prospered. Turquoise cloth. Spine lightly sunned, with gift inscription on ffep. Dustjacket spine sunned, edges chipped. Gulick, Bill. Snake River Country. Description: xvi, 196 pp. With index, bibliography. Black cloth, title gilt, map endpapers. Color photographs throughout by Earl Roberge. SIGNED by both author and photographer. Previous owner's inscription on half-title. Price-clipped dustjacket. Oversize book; may require extra postage. Katz, D. Mark Custer in Photographs. A Visual Portrait of America's Most Intriguing Civil War Heroes Description: xvi, 142, [18] pp. Brown cloth, spine title gilt. 11 page chronology; profusely illustrated with b&w photos. A little foxing to top edge. Kelton, Elmer The Art of Howard Terpning Description: 160 pp. Numerous full color reproductions of paintings and details. Terpning worked as an illustrator, contributing cover art for Time and Newsweek. He also created movie posters, most notably for Dr. Zivago and the Sound of Music. He then turned to celebrating Plains Indian culture, artifacts and horses: "I feel privileged to be one of their storytellers." Pourade, Richard F Anza Conquers the Desert. The Anza Expeditions from Mexico to California and the Founding of San Francisco: 1774 to 1776 Description: viii, 216 pp. Red cloth, titles gilt, color photograph label on front panel, map endpapers. Index, color and b&w illustrations, maps. Dustjacket has some edge wear, sunning, water spots. |
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