Bourne eulalia sister (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Second Printing. 270pp.; HB mottled salmon w/red; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ lt.salmon w/blue&red; spine sunned; slight rub. Teacher's experiences at Arizona school near the Mexican border. some photos. Signed & Inscribed By Author.…

Zustand: NEAR FINE. First printing. The author's second book, an account of teaching in the 1930s in a one-room school on the Poso Nuevo Ranch, a remote cattle ranch in southern Arizona, 50 miles (a two hour drive) from her own ranch and close to the Mexican border - a school maintained by the county and state to educate the children of vaqueros. Bourne had some radical ideas for the time, including rejecting the idea of only speaking English in the classroom, even though it was the state law then. Among other things, she created 'The Little Cowpuncher', a mimeographed newspaper, written and illustrated by her students (some excerpts are included in this book). Illustrated with a map, drawings and photographs. A title in The Southwest Chronicle Series. 270 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (slight spine slant, previous owner's name in pencil).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st. 270pp.; HB beige w/red; slight rub w/clean,tight pgs. DJ tan w/red; some rub w/wear on edges; spine darkened. "This story of one year's experiences in a Pima County, Arizona, rural school, told by the teacher and pupils at Baboquivari all took place before World War II. ".…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. signed inscribed by Pam Fullerton, as pictured First edition Very good condition soft cover , gently read clean pages. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Upper corner of front free endpaper is clipped, brief gift inscription on half-title page, else near fine in a very good (light soiling), price clipped dust jacket.

First edition. 12mo. Generic inked inscription by the author on the front fly leaf. Cloth, titles stamped in red ink on front cover and spine, [10], 270 pp., foreword, illustrated, maps. Memoirs of teaching in a one-person school on the Poso Nuevo Ranch, a remote cattle ranch in southern Arizona in the 1930's, focusing on the challenges and rewards of teaching in a rural, predominantly Native American community, capturing the complexities of both the educational environment and the cultural dynamics that come into play when working with children from a community with deep roots in both tradition and modern struggles. Fine in dust jacket with a tiny closed tear to the bottom edge of the front cover.…

Small Octavo. 270 pages, map. Signed and inscribed by the author. A teacher who preferred to teaching in a one-room rural school instead of in town though the school was a hundred miles from the ranch which she had homesteaded and from which she drew her livlihood. Here she was free to teach in her own way with students of mixed ages and races. Her children were mostly of the vaqueros who worked on the large cattle ranches. Sister Bourne would read entire novels to the children and then they began to read and were able to write very good English. She began publication of The Little Cowpuncher which were stories written by the children. Some were sad to those on the outside who read them but the children said they were just everyday life, Pages 180-186 have some of those stories which leads us now living nearly a century later that our high school graduates could write as well. A fine copy bound in light brown cloth lettered in red, spine letteringred, in near fine unclipped, pictorial dust jacket with a little piece torn away long bottom edge of front panel.…

dj. Very Good (covers nice, contents clean & tight); minor wear (spine little sunned) d/j. 8vo., blue cloth in dust jacket; 103 pages First Edition. Signed presentation from Bourne on the front endpaper: "Warm greetings to William A. Crowfoot who loves Arizona and friends of long years ago who still live here- Sister--- Eulalia Bourne GF Bar Ranch, Mammoth, Arizona GF." Also with a autographed postcard from Sister, dated "3/21/80" inviting the Crowfoot's to come to her GF Bar Ranch in Arizona. Bourne [1892-1984] was a Southern Arizona homesteader, cattle rancher, author, and legendary school teacher, best known for her "Little Cowpuncher" schools. Illustrated by Pam Fullerton (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Limited Edition. This copy is of a limited edition and is number 41 of 50 copies that are comprised of a small octavo volume and a quarto-sized portfolio containing 10 two-color serigraph plates of the illustrations used in the text. At the back of the book is a glossary of the Spanish terms used in the story. The book is signed by the author on the limitation page and the 10 illustrations are each signed by the artist. Condition: the dust jacket of the book is slightly sun-faded with a light touch of shelf-wear; the front portion of the paper wrap of the portfolio is detached at the front hinge. The book is in fine condition, the DJ and the portfolio are near fine and the plates are in fine condition. 103 pages. Signed by Author(s). …