Westward the Briton / Robert G. Athearn
1953, 1st edition. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Pages slightly tanned. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #388944
Physical description; 208 pp., 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Contents; The western myth and a last frontier -- Western travel facilities -- The City of the Saints and the Queen City of the Plains -- Hopeful queen cities -- Westerners at home -- The egalitarian West -- Western man: a portrait -- The land of the "cow servants" -- Rich earth and champagne air -- The descendants of Mr. Cooper's Indians -- The case of Blackstone vs. Colt -- "The most American part of America". Subjects; The West Description and travel. British West (U.S.). National characteristics, American. Travel.
Price: €14.95