William E Smythe (224 results)

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vol 50, No 1, May, 1895, pp. 85-99, Map, Nicely Illus, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG, 1st ed.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. March , 1896, pp. 742-758, Nicely Illus, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 17pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 13 drawings, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LI, #5, March, 1896. The rise of irrigation on the Plains, harnessing the wind, Professor Blount's method, New Mexico method, Kansas, the art of managing the rain, Lake McMillan, the Pecos Valley Dam, canals, Roswell, associative industries, etc. Illustrations include the pumps and reservoir at Garden City, Kansas, a cabbage field in Garden City, a small farm in the semi-arid region, Lake McMillan, a view of the Pecos Valley Dam, homes along the canal in the Pecos Valley, a shady road near Roswell, fat cattle in an alfalfa field, a piazza scene, and a view of grape picking for the Fresno raisin industry. Housed in protective mylar report cover. Harry Fenn, Mary Hallock Foote (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This copy is VG; the text is clear, bright, and unmarked; binding is tight; but some shelf wear on bottom edge. The covers are near fine: absolutely intact, including color and design, but slight shelf wear on edges. We have a five star rating because of our fulfilment success and because our descriptions are accurate.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. THE CONQUEST OF ARID AMERICA, William E. Smythe, hardcover, some photographs and illustrations, 1911 (4th) printing of 1905 second edition. BOOK CONDITION: fair. The text block is in fairly good condition, with a few tiny tears, some refolded dogears, and a small number of marginal marks. Pages are age-toned. This was a school library book and consequently has the usual library markings and items (date due form, pocket, etc.). It has tape repairs in various places but is consequently intact except for a crack beginning to appear near the back cover. The brown boards are in fair to poor condition (bumped corners and spine, edgewear, tape around all edges, stains, marks). 8 x 5 ½, 360 pages, 26 ounces XX [From the foreword] In the summer of 1899, on a remote ranch in the desert country of Northeastern California, twelve miles from the nearest house and no one living there, as my wife caustically remarked), I put the finishing touches to the first edition of this book. Now, six years to a day, in my library at San Diego, with its seaward gable commanding a view of a populous town and a wide landscape of bay, ocean, mountains, islands, and the bold promontory of Point Loma, I finish my revision of a new and enlarged edition which brings the story of Arid America down to date. There is a curious coincidence between the changed scene and conditions of my work at these two periods and the change in the fortunes of the Cause with which I deal. The irrigation movement of 1899 was comparatively remote from the great heart of the Nation, domiciled in distant deserts, a long way from the nearest house (and almost nobody lived there, too), while the irrigation movement of 1905 is planted in the heart of populous towns and intimately related to the commerce of the world. Six years ago, national irrigation was a dream; today, the dream has come true. Where the subject interested one man at the time the book was first written, it probably interests at least a thousand men at the time when it is re-written. XX Contents: Introduction: On Going West, Young Man, Colonial Expansion at Home, Greatness by Continental Conquest, The Home-Building Instinct of The American People. The Better Half Of The United States, The Blessing Of Aridity, The Miracle Of Irrigation, Real Utopias Of The Arid West, The Mormon Commonwealth, The Greeley Colony Of Colorado, The Evolution Of Southern California, The Revolution On The Plains, Undeveloped America, The Emi)Ire State Of The Pacific, The New Day In Colorado, The Pleasant Land Of Utah, The Crude Strength Of Idaho, The Giant Washington, Oregon In Transition, The Rising State Of Nevada, The Unknown Land Of Wyoming, The Prosperity Of Montana, The Awakening Of New Mexico, The Budding Civilization Of Arizona, The Triumph Of The Movement, The Rise Of A New Cause, On The Anvil Of Congress, Irrigation In The White House, Uncle Sam's Young Men At Work, Preparing Homes For The People, Conclusion: Man's Partnership With God.…

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dec, 1896, pp. 300-307, Extracted from orig vol, begins with Title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a series of pamphlets, VG, 1st ed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Pages are yellowing, and foxing. Spine is beginning to fade, chip, and is cracked at front endpaper.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding. hinges starting. Tanned pages with occasional pencil marks. Decorative cloth over boards is shelf worn, darkened at spine, with label at lower spine. Environmental history of the American southwest. Ex-Library; 7.5" tall; 326 pages.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint.; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. History of San Diego, 1542-1907; an Account of the Rise and Progress of the Pioneer Settlement on the Pacific Coast of the United States . Book.

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