Tom Canby (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. U.S. Postal Service. 1993. Hardcover (red-brown leatherette, issued without dust jacket). Folio. Pictorial endpapers front and back. Profusely illustrated throughout in color and black and white. 80 pages.

1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered maroon imitation leather (Fine), slipcase (Fine). Pp. 80, illus with coloured b&w photos + all stamps complete (no inscriptions).

Gebundene Ausgabe, Leder. Condition: Sehr gut. 80 S., ill. Einband leicht berieben, ansonsten sehr gut erh. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1070.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. As new condition maroon bonded leather boards with gray front cover lettering and gold spine lettering. Includes Introduction by Roy Rogers and Acknowledgments. Profusely illustrated with color photographs and black-and-white photographs. Actual stamps not included, only the reproduced photographs thereof. "The "wild West" as we think of it lasted for surprisingly few of our nation's 200-plus years. Th epic "long drives," which shaped our image of the cowboy, flowed out of Texas for a mere two decades. The heyday of the miners passed almost as quickly. So did the frontier of the leathery breed of trappers known as mountain men, and that of the Indians defending their grassy plains teeming with buffalo. Most fleeting of all was the romantic moment of the Pony Express, whose hoofbeats sounded for less than two years. Yet the remarkable era of the frontier - the era commemorated in this issue of stamps - left a lasting brand on the American character. The cowboy - black, white, and Mexican - remains the quintessential outdoor American, and his code of honor still imparts values. The feathered Plains Indian astride his pony is, in our mind's eye, the Native American. Sacagawea, Nellie Cashman, and Annie Oakley will always exemplify the determination of women to excel in what truly was a man's world. The buffalo, once the mightiest physical presence on the planet, reminds us of the consequences of thoughtlessly abusing nature. The color, romance, and character of the old West come together appealingly in this issue of stamps, as they do in the fascinating photographs and narratives of "Legends of the West." The stamps are unique in several ways. Never before has our postage collectively honored the great figures of the frontier. Never before have stamps possessed such vivid colors and clarity of reproduction. Most unusual of all, this collction - and only this one - presents on the back of each stamp a brief biographical sketch of the subject shown on the front. Let me voice one regret - our space here is far too limited to do justice to the extraordinary people we celebrate in this commemorative issue. The tireless mountain men and scouts - Jim Bridger, Jim Beckwourth, Kit Carson - deserve not only volumes of pictures and text, but a special edition atlas. The Native Americans - Chief Joseph, Sacagawea, Geronimo - cry out for thoughtful analysis of their complex lives and culture. Nellie Cashman and Annie Oakley both shine like the evening star, beckoning us to learn more of their inspiring lives. What motivated those legendary, iron-nerved lawmen - Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Bill Tilghman, and Wild Bill Hickok? And the driven Pathfinder, John Charles Fremont? Naturrally I feel a special closeness with those two great American cowboys, Bill Pickett and Charles Goodnight. And of course, with Buffalo Bill Cody, who rode his rich experience as a plainsman onto the entertainment stage. This special edition also gives us sketches of the frontier itself - the realm of the Plains Indians, the wildlife they lived among, the open range of the cowboy, and - not surprisingly for the Postal Service - their struggle to deliver the mail to the frontier West. These too are brief. Let this whet our appetite to learn more about an incomparable era and the diverse people who shaped it. I am proud to introduce this impressive commemoration of the frontier West, which I have been privileged to portray to the world for so long. Happy Trails! - Roy Rogers, from the Introdcution.