BUTCH CASSIDY; The Lost Years
New York: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2013. First printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 282 pgs. Western fiction No dust jacket. Some pages in back half of book have damp wrinkling. A reading copy only. More
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TALES OF CANYONLANDS COWBOYS.
Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1997. Paperback. 6 x 9, 211 pgs, index, b&w photos. The editor interviews cattlemen and women about ranching in the rugged canyonlands region of southeastern Utah. Personal stories and anecdotes from the colorful characters who ground out a hard living on ranches of the... More
TWO AGAINST CAPE HORN.
New York: Norton, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 288 pgs, index, b&w and color photos throughout. A tale of high adventure at sea in one of the least known parts of the world. The author has managed to escape the confines of a pure sea story and touch... More
THE BONANZA KING.
New York: Scribner, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 466 pgs, index, b&w historical photos and maps. The rags-to-riches frontier tale of an Irish immigrant who outwits, outworks, and outmaneuvers thousands of rivals to take control of Nevada's Comstock Lode. Born in 1831, John W. Mackay was a penniless... More
PONDORO.; Last of the Ivory Hunters.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 354 pgs, section of b&w photos. A great book of stories of hunts for elephant as well as rhino, hippo, buffalo, lion and leopard and non-dangerous animals like giraffe, oryx, wildebeest, baboon, wart hog and many more. More
ARCHIBALD THE ARCTIC.
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 399 pgs, b&w photos, mapped endsheets. The adventurous life story of the famous Scotsman who dared the desolate wastes of Baggin Land and beyond, where no white man had ever been, to bring Christianity to the Eskimo. Wobbly... More
BOB SHARP'S CATTLE COUNTRY.; Rawhide Ranching on Both Sides of the Border.
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1985. 6 x 9, 286 pgs, b&w illustrations. Classic story of a lifelong cowboy and cattle man in the Southwest. More
STAGECOACH.; Wells Fargo and the American West.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 250 pgs, two sections of b&w historical photos. A fascinating and rare combination of Western and business history. Gift inscription on front fly. No dustjacket. More
DAKOTA COWBOY.; My Life in the Old Days.
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1964. Reprint. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 317 pgs, b&w illustrations. The author's reminiscences of cowboying at the turn of the century in the Northern cow country. Fold-out map at front of book. More
NINE YEARS IN THE SADDLE.
Salado, TX: Salado Press, 1998. Audio. Two cassette tapes in case. The author's father's stories of trail life during the depression years: roping and tying up lions for a dude ranch, selling bootleg booze to a sheriff, surviving an armed showdown with a neighbor and lion hunts with the Lee's. More
TIBET; Reflections From The Wheel Of Life
New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1993. First edition, later printing. Hardcover. 10 x 10, 203 pgs, index, bibliography, color photos throughout. Offers lively and engaging, intimate and bawdy, humorous, tragic, revealing and inspiring stories of the Tibetans and reveals their extraordinary perception of their everyday lives. More
WITH WOLVES.
Washington DC: World Wildlife Fund, 1995. First edition. Paperback. 11 x 8 1/2, 64 pgs, color photos throughout. Full page color photos of wolves with thoughtful quotes on facing pages. More
KUNDUN; A Biography of the Family of the Dalai Lama
Washington DC: Counterpoint, 1997. First printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 392 pgs, index, section of b&w photos. A story of reincarnation, coronation, heartbreaking exile, and finally the tenacious efforts of a holy man to save a nation and its people. More
AMONG THE BEARS; Raising Orphan Cubs in the Wild
New York: Henry Holt, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 289 pgs, index, bibliography, section of color photos. The truly amazing story of the authors' interaction with wild black bears in New Hampshire's mountains. "Än absorbing, often searing account of one of the world's most interesting animals, this... More
PHANTOM VOICES IN TIBET.
Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2000. Paperback. 6 x 9, 218 pgs, b&w illustrations. A weave of history and present reality, as the past bears witness to the changes facing Tibet today. More
THE OLD SCHOOL (Adventures Of An Old Game Warden); Stories from A Game Warden
Manistique, MI: Published/Printed by the author. First printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 207 pgs, b&w photos. Humorous, backwoods, outdoor tales put together by retired a Michigan Conservation Officer . Inscribed and signed on the front fly. Slight damp wrinkling. More
SOME CALL IT LUCK, SOME SKILL, BUT JUST MAYBE STUPIDITY? (Can We Ever Really Tell); Stories from A Game Warden
Manistique, MI: Published/Printed by the author. Third printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 119 pgs, b&w photos. Humorous, backwoods, outdoor tales put together by retired a Michigan Conservation Officer . Inscribed and signed on the front fly. More
HUMANS ARE NUTS! (And We Sure Have Fun Proving It); Stories from A Game Warden
Manistique, MI: Published/Printed by the author. Second printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 119 pgs, b&w photos. Humorous, backwoods, outdoor tales put together by retired a Michigan Conservation Officer . Inscribed and signed on the front fly. Slight damp wrinkling. More
LET ME BE FREE.; The Nex Perce Tragedy.
New York: Harper Collins, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 403 pgs, index, biblio, notes, b&w historical photos, endsheets decorated with maps. The story of the U.S. Army's war against seven hundred Nez Perce men, women and children. More
A DEER GETS REVENGE; Stories from A Game Warden
Manistique, MI: White Pine Publishing. Second printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 102 pgs, b&w photos. Humorous, backwoods, outdoor tales put together by retired a Michigan Conservation Officer . Inscribed and signed on the front fly. A small bit of crayon coloring on front fly. More
WOLF; Spirit of the Wild
Florence, KY: The Nature Company, 1993. First printing. Hardcover. 11 x 10 1/2, 182 pgs, color photos throughout. A celebration of wolves in word and image. Pretty coffee-table style book. Ex-library with the usual markings. More
MONARCH OF DEADMAN BAY.; The Life & Death of A Kodiak Bear.
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 188 pgs, illustrated by Charles Frace. A novel of a man-killing Kodiak, with insights of bear in man's world, and vice-versa. Ex-library with the usual markings. More
ANATOMY OF A MURDER.
New York: St Martin's Press, 1958. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 437 pgs. Traver's famous novel of murder, trial, and the people who engaged in the proceedings. More
OUT OF THIS WORLD.; Across the Himalayas to Forbidden Tibet.
New York: Greystone Press, 1950. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 320 pgs, b&w photos, mapped endsheets. The story of the author and his father's trek to the Dalai Lama's throne in Lhasa. Ex-library with the usual markings. More