Bidspirit auction | Mid-20th Century American Hardcover Books

Mid-20th Century American Hardcover Books - A group of four mid-20th century American hardcover books. The lot includes 'Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods' by John J. Rowlands, a 'Wilderness Edition' with 1947 and 1959 copyrights by W. W. Norton & Company. It features its original blue and green pictorial dust jacket over a green cloth board, black and white illustrations, a map, and a dedication to 'Chief Tibash'. 'The Oregon Trail' by Francis Parkman (1943 copyright, The Heritage Press) has a tan cloth cover with a red, black, and white stylized Native American motif, and internal color illustrations signed by Maynard Dixon. 'Paul Bunyan and His Great Blue Ox' by Wallace Wadsworth (1926 copyright by George H. Doran Company, 1948 edition by Doubleday & Company) retains its blue pictorial dust jacket depicting Paul Bunyan, covering a blue cloth board with a similar white-printed illustration, and includes black and white illustrations with a yellow tint. 'The Hardy Boys: The Clue of the Broken Blade' by Franklin W. Dixon (1942 copyright, Grosset & Dunlap) features a colorful dust jacket illustrating two boys with a broken blade, covering a tan cloth board with a brown printed title and figures, and includes orange pictorial endpapers with a handwritten inscription 'To Bud from Bob, Alice and Marjorie'.