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New York: Bonanza Books, 1968. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 183pp. Fine/fine. Ownership signature on front flyleaf and two text pages. Reprint edition, tight and handsome.

Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co, 1874. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial stamping and black decorative rules. 258pp, (2pp ads). Frontispiece, small engravings. Very good. Mild binding edgewear and hint of rubbing, though tight and internally bright and near fine; inner flyleaf ownership signature. A handsome first edition of this unusual travelogue by the noted… Read more about this item

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1992. Hardcover. Small 4to. Teal blue cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 29pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. Superbly tight, attractive first edition.

New York: Tudor Publishing Co, 1943. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 283pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and faint age toning. A tight, quite nice fourth printing of this reprint edition of what many consider one of the best books on the subject. Outstanding jacket graphics… Read more about this item

Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with silver lettering and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. xvii, 278pp. Tables. Fine/fine. A tight and handsome first edition, inscribed and signed large and bold in black marker on the title page by the author, retired Harley-Davidson chairman and CEO: "Go! / Rich / Teerlink. … Read more about this item

Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1950. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth with brown lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 93pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine/good only. Jacket quite edgeworn, with many edge chips. Tight, nice first edition of this tale of a bizarre 1857 attempt to bring camels to California on a route through Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Handsomely signed… Read more about this item

New York: American Book Company, 1935. Hardcover. Introduction by Jesse H. Newlon. Illustrations by Frank J. Murch and others. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with brown lettering and black and brown pictorial stamping. v, 170pp. Numerous line drawings. Very good. Mild edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition of this young adult history of modes of transportation: horses (pack, saddle, draft, war,… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1964. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. vii, 310pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with spine slightly sunned and several small edge chips. Tight, nice first edition -- and signed small but bold by Havighurst in blue ballpoint on the inner flyleaf. From the library of… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1966. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. viii, 324pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn. A tight and attractive first edition of these (to cite front jacket panel) "Adventures and Discoveries Along American Waterways" from coast to coast.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth spine and orange paper over boards, dust jacket. 312pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good/good. Slight fraying at head and foot of spine. First edition.

Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing Co, 1961. Paperback. 4to. Stiff black pictorial wrappers. 64pp. Illustrations, line drawings, charts. Very good. Minor edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition of this popular guide on "How to Install and Operate R/C in Planes, Boats and Other Models" (to quote the front wrapper).

N.p.: Nebraska State Historical Society, 1972. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xv, 312pp. Color frontispiece, illustrations, maps, tables, map endpapers. Fine/fine. First edition, Volume XXVI of the Nebraska State Historical Society Publications. Fascinating history of Western overland travel prior to the first transcontinental railroad.

Washington, DC: Labor Newspaper, 1971. 73 miscellaneous issues, divided as follows: 1971 = 14, 1972 = 24, 1973 = 13, 1974 = 6, 1975 = 10, 1976 = 6. Folio. Each issue 8pp. Illustrations. Most good to very good. Usual minor age toning expected from newsprint; each folded in half, as issued. Interesting gathering of this union newspaper, "the… Read more about this item

New York: Evelyn Curro, 1955. Hardcover. Oblong 16mo. Green cloth with color front cover label. Near fine. Twelve handsome, color, heavy stock prints, each 8½" X 6", printed rectos only. "Shown in these twelve prints for framing are the ornate Mississippi and Ohio River boats, large and small; the shallow, and rough water boats of the Missouri River and… Read more about this item