New York: Atheneum, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautifully illustrated version of this song,issued 100 years after the trip Bates took to Colorado and the top of Pike's Peak, which inspired her to write this. Each impressionistic painting by Waldman is a double page full color picture of one of the wonders of the United States - natural and manmade. Identification of the scenes at the back of the book; the words and music (by Samuel A. Ward) to the song printed in deep purple on lilac endpapers. Unpaginated, large format. ISBN: 0-689-318618.

Chapel Hill, NC: University Of North Carolina Press, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An analysis of the five novels which make up the Leather-Stocking tales - The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, and so on, published between 1823 and 1841, and generally considered America's first major works of fiction - in the order in which they were written. Preface, list of principal works of Cooper, works cited, notes, index. xxvii, 292 pp. ISBN: 0-8078-19751.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in 'The American Trails Series' edited by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. An account of the trail first formed by those who came across the landbridge from Siberia to Alaska, and migrated south down the Rockies and into Mexico - includes the wandering by Native Americans, by the Spanish, French fur traders, the trail to the Klondike and more. Maps, annotated bibliography, index. 383 pages.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - "In a dazzling literary debut, [filmmaker] Peter Davis has mapped the passions of one American town and the conflicts and harmonies that unite and divide the townspeople." An account of 6 years in the life of Hamilton, Ohio. 331 pp. ISBN: 0-671-245562.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - "In a dazzling literary debut, [filmmaker] Peter Davis has mapped the passions of one American town and the conflicts and harmonies that unite and divide the townspeople." An account of 6 years in the life of Hamilton, Ohio. 331 pp. ISBN: 0-671-245562.

New York: Harper Collins, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An unusual alphabet book, with de Mejo's famous paintings of American myth and legend used to illustrate the letters of the alphabet. Includes 2 pages of notes on the stories behind the paintings. Large square format, unpaginated, bound in red boards with gilt lettering. ISBN: 0-060205164.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Hardcover - Illustrated with many photographic plates. Frontispiece of a fold-out map of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The 'heartland,' agriculture, fishing, creativity (including Frank Lloyd Wright) are just some of the topics covered. Index. 312, x pp.

Toledo, OH: The Toledo Blade, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - The history of one of the first newspapers established west of the Alleghanies and one of the few newspapers established prior to 1850 still in existence. Photographs. 4374 pages including notes and index.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. SIGNED first edition - An account of his journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific using inland waterways of the United States - a trip which covered 5000 miles - this except includes Part VII - the Lower Missouri River. Double page schematic of the 'Nikawa.' SIGNED on the title page. 31 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. First edition - An account of his journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific using inland waterways of the United States - a trip which covered 5000 miles - more than any other cross-country river traveler has ever managed, and which often retraced the journey of some of our most famous explorers from Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark Maps, photographs. xii, 506 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of his journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific using inland waterways of the United States - a trip which covered 5000 miles - more than any other cross-country river traveler has ever managed, and which often retraced the journey of some of our most famous explorers from Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark Maps, photographs. xii, 506 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-395-636264.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of his journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific using inland waterways of the United States - a trip which covered 5000 miles - more than any other cross-country river traveler has ever managed, and which often retraced the journey of some of our most famous explorers from Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark Maps, photographs. xii, 506 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-395-636264.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. SIGNED first edition - An account of his journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific using inland waterways of the United States - a trip which covered 5000 miles - more than any other cross-country river traveler has ever managed, and which often retraced the journey of some of our most famous explorers from Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark SIGNED on the half title page. Maps, photographs. xii, 506 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. SIGNED first edition - An account of his journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific using inland waterways of the United States - a trip which covered 5000 miles - this except includes Part VII - the Lower Missouri River. Double page schematic of the 'Nikawa.' INSCRIBED on the title page. 31 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - His second book, this one an in-depth exploration of the history and people of Chase County in the Flint Hills of central Kansas - the last remaining grand expanse of tallgrass prairie in the US. 624 pp. Map endpapers.

New York: Hyperion, 2002. dj. Hardcover first edition - A journey through America based on the idea of looking at the principles on which America was founded, and then searching for how those principles have survived. The authors found that they 'have been shaken, molded, adapted and assaulted, yet remarkably they endure.' A beautifully produced, oversized book filled with full-color photographs and thought-provoking text with an original issue price of $50.00. Includes a reading list, source notes, index. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-67086.

Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the life of Stump who learned as the basket making tradition as a boy of 17 in Hocking, Ohio, and who continued this all his life, and also a detailed look at the process of making white-oak, round-rod baskets. Based on many years of oral interviews, and well-illustrated with photographs. 241 pages including appendices on traditional basketmakers of all kinds in the US, references, index. Large format. ISBN: 0-8203-11480.

Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing. (1993) dj. Hardcover - An account of the author's journey across America on Highway 50 - from aOcean City, Maryland to Sacramento, California. Double page map. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 219 p. ISBN: 1555910734.

New York & London & South Brunswick: Thomas Yoseloff, (1970.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An interesting and well-researched book which points out that the traditional commonly-held idea that the Southern soldiers wore gray and the North blue was not always true, especially for the Confederates - and that many uniforms were much more colorful - and many units, on both sides, had their own distinctive uniforms. Includes an appendix which lists uniform suppliers to both armies. Illustrated with many black and white photographs and drawings byArthur Wise, bibliography, index. Large format, measuring 11 1/2 inches tall by 8 3/4 inches wide. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-498-067319.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes a long introduction with information about the Shakers and their food preparation, kitchens, etc, plus 100 recipes accompanied by numerous full-page color photographs. Bibliography, index. Oversized format. 151 pp. ISBN: 0-684-801108.

n.p. [Auburn, CA] Catalpa Press, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of humorous folk tales centered on a general store in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, but also equally at home in the bayous of Louisiana, and the front porches of New England. Among the classic themes are the hen-pecked husband, the stubborn mule, the restless ghost and more. SIGNED on the title page by both the author and the illustrator. 135 pp. ISBN: 0-961994304.

n.p. [Auburn, CA] Catalpa Press, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of humorous folk tales centered on a general store in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, but also equally at home in the bayous of Louisiana, and the front porches of New England. Among the classic themes are the hen-pecked husband, the stubborn mule, the restless ghost and more. SIGNED on the title page by the author. 135 pp. ISBN: 0-961994304.

New York: Literary Guild of America, 1928. Hardcover - While this might have been a tongue-in-cheek criticism of the excesses of the "roaring twenties" it is amazing how it still describes the United States -whether it is taken to the road in the chapters "The once open road" and "Caravan" or the fascination with "Bigger and better murders", golf, boxing, movies, junk food ("soda fountains" where "the food is bogus" even though wrapped in strictly sanitary packages) and more. Illustrated with drawings by Howard W. Willard. 263 pp.

New York: Crown, 1981. dj. Hardcover first edition - A large format book illustrated with many photographs. Produced in conjunction with the 5-part teleivision series of the same name. Foreword by Michener, edited by Peter Chaitin. Index. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-517545276.

Newark, Delaware: Spiral Press for Friends of the Curtis Paper Co. 1960. First edition - The 6th publication in a series of Americana commissioned each year by the Curtis Paper Company of Newark, Delaware - this one issued to commemorate Alaska and Hawaii becoming states. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal and printed by the Spiral Press on Curtis paper. 26 pp plus colaphone and large fold-out colored map by David Soshensky.

Newark, Delaware: Spiral Press for Friends of the Curtis Paper Co. 1965. First edition - A brief history of the Mason-Dixon line and how it became so embedded in our national awareness as the dividing line between the free North and the slave holding South. The 12th publication in a series of Americana commissioned each year by the Curtis Paper Company of Newark, Delaware. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal and printed by the Spiral Press on Curtis paper. 26 pp plus colophon and large fold-out colored map by David Soshensky.

Boston & New York: Lee & Shepard / Lee, Shepard & Dillingham, 1876. Hardcover first edition - The title story is about silver mining in Virginia City, Nevada - but this includes a lot more, as the subtitle indicates. Includes a frontispiece., and over 200 illustrations by W.L. Sheppard, Frank Merrill and others. 261 pp plus a final illustration. Slightly oversized.