Prettyman W S (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good plus condition hardcover copy of the first edition, 1957, in a very good condition dustjacket (in my lar protector). DJ has some moderate shelfwear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. First Edition Stated. Dj In Plastic, Sl. Edgewear/Shelfwear/Soiling, Price Intact. Book Has V. Sl. Wear, Starting To Have Some Foxing Throughout. P/O Inscription On Ffep. B/W Illus. Index. 174 Pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with straight, secure spine, tight hinges, and clean interiors. Shelf wear as usual, with ink loss on the spine and several small stains on the front and back covers. Features top edge staining in red.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Evidence of previous water damage.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 1st printing. Cloth. 174pp. Map. Index. 174pp. Foreword & Introduction by Cunningham on the work of Prettyman, the historically important Oklahoma & Kansas photographer. The balance of the book is comprised of the Prettyman's photos of Indians, cowboys, home-seekers, the opening of the Cherokee Strip, & even a dead outlaw. Descriptions are supplied by Cunningham. A magnificent collection, including the iconic photo shot of the actual opening of the Strip from the Kansas line. Ex-lib reading copy with rear pocket removed and some tape marks on cover, etc. Herd 1837, 6-guns 1763. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. 1st printing. Cloth. 174pp. Map. Index. 174pp. Foreword & Introduction by Cunningham on the work of Prettyman, the historically important Oklahoma & Kansas photographer. The balance of the book is comprised of the Prettyman's photos of Indians, cowboys, home-seekers, the opening of the Cherokee Strip, & even a dead outlaw. Descriptions are supplied by Cunningham. A magnificent collection, including the iconic photo shot of the actual opening of the Strip from the Kansas line. A fine copy as to the book itself. However, the front panel of the dj is torn away and gone about 3" in and tothe fore edge all the way down. I. e., front panel 4/5ths present. Sad, but I can't do anything about it. Back panel has a couple of chips. Herd 1837, 6-guns 1763.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1957. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant shelfwear to board bottom edges. DJ: Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($5.95); missing small piece at head and top of front panel; wear to tail, tips, and flap fold. Khaki cloth boards and spine with orange and black lettering on the spine. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 174 pp 4to. The author was a photographer from Arkansas City, KS who, with wagon and mules hauled his photographic equipment in 1880-1909 among the 66 tribes that had settled in Oklahoma. During this time he made 10,000 glass plate negatives of Indians, early white rancher, pressing land seekers, the land rushes, settlement itself, and the coming of comparative affluence. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1957. A very presentable copy, some mild foxing to endpapers but contents otherwise clean and unmarked throughout with no notable creases or wear - covers firm, secure, very presentable with just some rubbing at corners from ordinary shelving and storage. Dust jacket is rubbed along edges and spine, and has a few nicks repaired around the outer edges, but no major wear. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 190 x 260 mm. 174 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Britain/UK; 1960s; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 29735.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed., 174 pp., frontis., photos, index, dj, nice in poor dj. 6-Guns #1763 Herd #1837Indians, pioneers, outlaws, etc.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. _____One 7.75 x 6" (19.8 x 15 cm) sepia toned collotype, titled in the plate._____ . _____ Copyrighted by Cornish in Arkansas City, Kansas, it was in fact part of a long series of photos of Native Americans in the Indian Territory taken by Prettyman. _____ "Largely to one man goes the credit for preserving what little is left of the thousands of plates made with such precision and perseverance._____ He was George B. Cornish, a protege and youthful partner of Prettyman's who had a greater respect than his teacher for this monumental record ._____Each time he moved to larger quarters he took along the remnants of the work of.Prettyman._____ To assure their continued existence he made glass positives of many of these plates, which he keep in careful storage._____Never did Cornish attempt to borrow the greatness of his teacher, nor claim the authorship of his work."--Robert E. Cunningham in Indian Territory / A Frontier Photographic Record by W.S._____Prettyman (U.Ok Press, 1957). _____ This is the photo that was used on the jacket of "Indian Territory" ._____.…