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[004987] . CUSTER'S LAST STAND--THE INDIANS' VIEWPOINT. ill. Facsimiles. Abilene, Kansas: Kansas Corral of the Westerners, 1972. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4". Stiff Covers. American History. Fine Special Publication No.1 of the Kansas Corral of the Westerners. Introduction by Minnie Dubbs Millbrook. 2 early Indian accounts of the Battle of the Little Big Horn have not been published since they first appeared in Kansas newspapers nearly a hundred years ago. Reprints of CUSTER'S LAST TRAIL (Lawrence Republican Journal, August 15, 1876) and SIOUX STORY (The Leavenworth Times, August 14, 1881).unpaginated [16pp]. Frontispiece portrait of Custer. Includes a map. Covers and interior are Fine. $15.00

[004985] . TRANSACTIONS OF THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, (1887-88), VOL. XI . ill. Plate, Drawings, Tables. Topeka, Kansas: Clifford C. Baker, State Printer, 1889. Size: Approx. 6 " x 8 3/4". Maroon Cloth. Academy of Science. Good Some articles include: ON THE NEWLY-DISCOVERED SALT BEDS IN ELLSWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS and SOME EXPERIMENTS ON THE RELATION BETWEEN THE TASTE AND THE ACIDITY OF CERTAIN ACIDS by E. H. S. Bailey; several articles by N. S. Goss including ICTINIA MISSISSIPPIENSIS AND AEGIALITIS NIVOSA, NESTING IN SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS; other articles: THE BLACK ROT OF THE GRAPE; FLORA OF KANSAS; PINK AND WHITE TERRACES OF NEW ZEALAND; EARLY STAGES OF THREE MOTHS with 3 illustrations; DICOTYLEDONOUS LEAVES OF THE DAKOTA ROCKS with plate; GEOLOGY OF THE LEAVENWORTH PROSPECT WELL; EVAPORATIVE POWER OF KANSAS COALS with tables; 3 NEW KANSAS BIRDS; KANSAS GRASSES; A NEW FORM OF HYDROMETER with illustration and more. 127 pp. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on front cover. Rubbing and some discoloration mainly to front cover. Spine faded. Watermark starting on page opposite title page, across top edge down 1/4"-throughout interior on top edge. Some pages with mark going down side-always in margin "areas" Always about 1/4" in. Doesn't interfer with text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $30.00

[003110] . AGASSIZ COMPANION,1886-1888,18 Issues. ill. Engravings. Wyandotte, Kansas: Will H. Plank, 1886. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Paper Wraps. Science. Good A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Natural Sciences, Philately and the Interests of the Agassiz Association. 18 issues. 1886: Vol.I, No. 1-4. 1887: Vol.II, No. 1-8, and No. 12. 1888: Vol.III, No. 1-2, No. 5, No. 7, No.11-12(one issue). Some Articles: Insects, Andes, Fauna of Lower Silurian in the vicinity of Lebanon, Ohio: Sea-weeds and Coral, Plant Movements, Fossil Hunt, Botany in Public Schools, Geology, Agassiz, His Life and Works (with portrait engraving), Rocks and Minerals of Maine. ex.-mus. stamp/numbers/or "Agassiz Association, Chapter 158" on front cover. Mild soiling. First issue, 2 1/2"x3", missing piece on front cover; one issue's back cover missing piece and several with paper label residue. All covers are intact. Paper wraps overall Good. Interiors are clean, tight and overall Very Good+. $320.00

[003106] . THE NATURALIST. Feb. 1890. Vol.IV, No. 7.. ill. Etchings. Kansas City, Kansas: R.B. Trouslot & Co., 1890. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". Paper Wraps. Natural History. Very Good Articles: THOSE ELEPHANT PIPES AGAIN by Warren Watson; THE RESURRECTION FERN, by "Arkansaw Hoosier"; PALAEONTOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES IN AND NEAR KANSAS CITY, MO., by David H. Todd; THE ANTERIOR ARTS, by "Ictinus"; and THE PRE-HISTORIC MEN WITH LIEUTENANT FREDERICK SCHWATKA. Last 2 pages with "inducements to new subscribers with etchings of free "specimens" in exchange for a subscription to THE NATURALIST. They include "a fine Barnacle from the Atlantic, a Shark's Egg and an Egg of the Skate, or Two fine specimens of Resurection Plant, from Mexico, or a Mother of Pearl Shell, etc. A choice of 65 different items. Very good condition. No tears. Clean. On front page in article on ELEPHANT PIPES, appears to be a correction to text. a semi-colon is added, a "not" is crossed out, and the word "genuineness" is underlined. Otherwise the publication is VG+. 8 pages unpaginated. Laid in a yellow sheet for subscribing. $50.00

[004671] Bates, Carlos G. And Roy G. Pierce. FORESTATION OF THE SAND HILLS OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS. ill. Plates, Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1913. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Forestry. Very Good- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service-Bulletin 121. "Not only has the tree planting by the Forest Service in the Nebraska sand hills aroused a wide interest, ...it is worth while to give a record of the work which has been accomplished and to show for the benefit of planters the mistakes which have been made and the successes which have been attained..." 49 pp. 13 photographic plates. 14 tables. Brown paper covers, sunned around edges. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Otherwise covers are Very Good. Stapled at spine. Staples rusty. Middle of the publication-page 26-27 rusty staples show and residue. No interference with text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $40.00

[004286] Dunn, Edward D.. DOUBLE-CROSSING AMERICA BY MOTOR, Routes and Ranches of the West. ill. Illus. With Drawings and Maps. New York: G.P. Putnam's, 1933. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2". Car Narrative. Very Good- This charmingly illustrated book contains information about costs, rates and names of places to stay over night on a transcontinental trip. The book is divided into sections, each one consisting of an account of that day's trip, listing mileage, expenses, occasionally suggested reading, and highlights of the day's run. The trip takes in the charming South - Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky; the energetic Middle West - Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and Kanses; the romantic Southwest - Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona; the amazing state of California; a short run into Old Mexico; the Bret Harte frontier country of Nevada and Wyoming; the agricultural lands of Idaho, Dakota and Pennsylvania; a short run into Canada; and the pastoral case of upstate New York. Several ranches along the way are described. Pictorial endpapers. 251 pp. 80 illustrations and maps. Spine dulled and ends slightly rubbed. Otherwise covers are Very Good. Illustrated endpapers. Slight foxing on half title page and on blank page at back. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. Bliss 58. $22.50

[004988] Green, C. R.. LYNDON, OSAGE COUNTY, KANSAS. HISTORICAL GENEALOGICAL DIRECTORY. Lyndon, Kans.: C. R. Green, 1901. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4". Stiff Covers. Kansas. Good "US" AND "OUR NEIGHBORS". "Of more than 3200 Men, Women and Children, who live about Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas. As Revealed by the Assessors' Returns for the years of 1896,1897, and 1900. The author has made diligent inquiry for four years as to their native place, family connections here, names and locations of the children, in many cases the occupation, and various historical notes..." 40 pp. including Appendix and Deaths. Page Numbers "change" towards the last of Appendix. Perhaps copied from another publication.? Blue covers faded around edges and creased. Paper label on front cover taking up the entire cover. Tiny piece at upper edge missing, 2/16"x2/16". Mildly soiled, and showing wear. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Brownish tone to pages. Scarce. $45.00

[003693] Hazard, Daniel L.. RESULTS OF OBSERVATIONS MADE AT THE UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY AT BALDWIN, KANS., 1907 -1909. ill. Foldout Graphs, Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1911. Size: Approx. 8 3/4" x 11 1/2". Soft Cover. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Good+ to Very Good- "The work of the Baldwin Magnetic Observatory began in June, 1900... In October, 1909, the work at Baldwin was discontinued and the instruments were transferred to the newly constructed observatory at Tucson, Ariz." 114 pp. 30 foldout graphs with reproductions of magnetograms showing the principal magnetic storms in 1907-1909. Numerous tables.grey paper wraps. Mildly soiled. ex-mus.numbers on front cover. Spine faded, bottom edge mildly chipped. Overall covers are Good+ to Very Good -. faint ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $45.00

[003677] Hazard, Daniel L.. RESULTS OF OBSERVATIONS MADE AT THE UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY AT BALDWIN, KANSAS. 1905 and 1906. ill. Graphs, Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910. Size: Approx. 8 3/4" x 11 1/2". Soft Cover. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Good+ to Very Good- "The work of the Baldwin Magnetic Observatory began in June, 1900... The work of the Baldwin Observatory during 1905 and 1906 was carried on by the following magnetic observers: L.B. Smith, W.B. Keeling, and S,.A. Deel." 107 pp. 26 graphs with reproductions of magnetograms showing the principal magnetic storms in 1905 and 1906. Numerous tables.Tan paper wraps. Mildly soiled. faint ex-mus.stamp on front cover. ex-mus. numbers on front cover. Spine faded. Overall covers are Good+ to Very Good -. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $45.00

[004651] House of Representatives. SURVEY OF ARKANSAS RIVER. ill. Tables. 1870. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. Arkansas. Very Good+ Letter from The Secretary of War in Answer to A resolution of the House of May 12, 1870, transmitting a copy of a report of S. T. Abert on the survey of the Arkansas River. 33 pp. Covers: Report of the Arkansas River; Description of the Physical Character of the Indian Territory; Indians; Physical Description of the River Valley in the State of Arkansas; Tributaries; Wood, Timber, and Soil of the Indian Territory; Geology of the Arkansas Valley; Wood, Timber, and Soil of Arkansas; Navigation; Trade and Petit Jean Island. Tables of water levels and tables showing discharges with observed and computed velocities complete with equations. Famous Americans in document: Wm. W. Belknap, Secretary of War; A.A. Humphreys, Brigadier General and Chief of Engineers; J. N. Macomb, Colonel of Engineers, Brevet Colonel U.S.A.; and S.T. Abert, Assistant Engineer in charge of survey. Disbound but intact. Clean, tight and in Very Good to Very Good+ condition. The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. The Arkansas generally flows to the east and southeast, and traverses the states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. $50.00

[003881] House of Representatives. CHEROKEE INDIAN LANDS. Joint Resolution fo The Legislature of Kansas. 1866. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. Cherokee Indians. Very Good Praying For such legislation as may enable persons entitled thereto to purchase certain lands under the seventeenth article of the treaty of July 19, 1866, between the United States and the Cherokee Indians. House of Representives. Mis. Doc. No. 91, 43d Congress, 2d session. February 22, 1875. Disbound. 2 pp.(front and back) Very Good. $15.00

[004742] Kellogg, Royal S.. Forest Belts of Western Kansas and Nebraska. . ill. Plates, Tables, Map. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Paper Wraps. Forestry. Good U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service-Bulletin No. 66. " The territory covered by this study embraces Kansas and Nebraska west of the ninety-ninth meridian and Colorado east of the one hundred and fourth meridian. The area...is approximately 47,000 square miles in Nebraska, 34,000 square miles in Kansas, and 28,000 square miles in Colorado, or a total of 109,000 square miles. 44 pp. including Index. 6 plates, 15 tables and one colored map with the Forests in Western Kansas and Nebraska. Paper covers with fading at spine. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. One inch piece at lower left front cover missing and 1/2" on back cover. Overall covers are Good. $35.00

[004986] Landis, Benson Y.. SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS- A CHURCH AND COMMUNITY SURVEY. ill. Photographs, Charts, Tables. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1922. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Stiff Covers. Kansas. Good+ to Very Good- "This pamphlet is one of a series which present the results of a Church Survey in the field of Town and Country, begun under the auspices of the Interchurch World Movement and completed by the Committee on Social and Religious surveys." Contents: Part I: A General View of the Field. I. Introducing Sedgwick County; II. Economic Characteristics; III. The Making of the Rural Community; IV. Social Characteristics. Part II: Religious Life and Institutions: V. The Religious Situation in General; VI. Equipment and Finance; VII. The Ministers; VIII Membership; IX. Organisation and Programme; X. "The Par Standard"; XI The Federated Church at Waco; and XII. Non-Protestant Work. 83 pages including Photographs, Charts, Maps, Graphs, and Tables. Foldout table of Sedgwick County, Kansas with Names of Communities, Populations, Number of Churches, Lodges, Pastors,etc. pp. 30 hinge breaking, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Covers mildly soiled otherwise Very Good. Scarce $100.00

[002574] Stratton, Joanna L.. PIONEER WOMEN, Voices from the Kansas Frontier. ill. Photographs. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981. 8vo. Two-toned Cloth. Kansas. Near Fine / Very Good to Very Good+. ISBN: 0-671-22611-8. True stories of pioneer women which the author discovered in the attic of her grandmother's home. "Never has there been such a detailed record of women's courage or such a living portrait of the women who civilized the frontier...Here are stories o wilderness mothers, schoolmarms, Indian squaws, immigrants, homesteaders and circuit riders. Map endpapers of Frontier Kansas with The Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroads, Kansas Pacific Railroad, Chisholm Trail and the Western Trail. Illus. with photographs from the period and introduced by historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. commenting on its uniqueness and significance. Appendix, Bibliography and Index .319 pp. Book is Near Fine and Dj is Very Good to VG+. A priceless contribution to American history. $15.00