Wallen Henry (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Milo Winter (illustrator). A handsome midcentury anthology from Laidlaw's Cultural Growth Series, Your World in Prose and Verse (1942) gathers classic and modern selections of poetry, short fiction, and dramatic excerpts for secondary and high-school students. The editors - Blanche Wallen (New York University), Henry L. Smith (Emory University), Lawrence McTurnan (University of Minnesota), and Louise Abney combine literary excellence with pedagogical intent, pairing works by authors such as Stevenson, Dickinson, and Poe with guidance for reading, speech, and composition. Illustrated by renowned artist Milo Winter, whose frontispiece depicts a vibrant alpine ski scene, this anthology aimed to 'cultivate permanent, worthwhile reading interests' and 'guide and elevate literary taste.' This copy is in Fine condition, pages bright and clean with only light toning, bound in russet cloth stamped in silver and red. Prior owner name (Lillian Black) on front endpaper. A well-preserved and pedagogically rich Depression-era teaching volume.

Paper Covers. Condition: Very Good. Paper covers as new 48 pp. illus. Also An 1861 Confederate Handbill; Petroglyph Rock Rubbings; Use and Significance of Tcamahia.

Göteborgs skolresekommitté. Handledning för skolresor. Framċt, Göteborg 1945. 47,(1) s.+ 1 utvikbar karta. Illustrerad. Klammerhäftad. Lätt nött. 22,5 x 15,5 cm.[#\133382].

First edition. 51 pp. Illus. with 1 folding lithographed map (42 x 55 cm). 8vo. 36th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 34. "The road was surveyed through new country for the benefit of emigrants and prospective settlers. They departed from The Dalles on June 4, and arrived at Camp Floyd, Utah Territory, on August 16. They left Camp Floyd on August 20 and returned to The Dalles. In addition, detachments of the command explored much of central-eastern Oregon. Wallen speaks of travelers being harassed by Indians on the California road during the summer just past," (Wagner-Camp, p. 640-41). Map of "a Reconnoisance for a Military Road from the 'Dalles' of the Columbia River to the Great Salt Lake under the Command of Capt. H.D. Wallen" Also includes the reports of John C. Bonnycastle, Lewis Scholl, Joseph H. Dixon, and D. C. Houston. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill, with his bookplate. Howes W57. Wagner-Camp 367. Graff 4525. Wheat Transmississippi 972a. A very good copy, light damp stain along top edge of text, map with a small tear just crossing the neat line into a blank area, else fine, in near fine binding, small bookplate on pastedown. Modern cloth with morocco label with gilt title.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 12mo. [1], 174 pages, [6] pages publisher advertisements, [1]. Book includes service forms but no illustrations. Red pebble cloth hardcover with gilt title on spine. Light shelf wear and fading to red cloth. Toning to contents. Mild warping to pages in the back. A very good copy. On the front blank end sheet the previous owner, Lieutenant O.H. Dockery Jr. 3rd U.S. Infantry, stamped his name twice and wrote "Dont Steal this good book of O H Dockery 3rd Inf - USA." Dockery also wrote the same inscription on page 168. His name is stamped on the rear blank end sheet with some hand written "Rules of conduct". Dockery's name is also written on the rear paste down. Lt. Oliver Hart Dockery graduated from North Carolina in 1895 and served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War in 1898.

First Edition. Stitched signatures. 25 cm. 51 pp. Folding lithographed map. "The road was surveyed through new country for the benefit of emigrants and prospective settlers. They departed from The Dalles on June 4, and arrived at Camp Floyd, Utah Territory, on August 16. They left Camp Floyd on August 20 and returned to The Dalles. In addition, detachments of the command explored much of central-eastern Oregon. Wallen speaks of travelers being harrased by Indians on the California road during the summer just past." - WAGNER-CAMP 367 GRAFF 4525 HOWES W57.