WILLARD J. PAGE; Artist on the Southwest Road 1885-1958
Tucson, AZ: Sanpete Publications, 2020. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 10, 80 pgs, b&w and color photos throughout. An interesting look at the life of this litte known Arizona artist. More
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THE COWBOY; An Unconventional History of Civilization on the Old-Time Cattle Range
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1979. First, thus. Paperback. Originally published in 1922. 5 1/2 x 8, 402 pgs, section of b&w photos. A detailed social history of the manners, customs, and daily routine of the men who herded cattle in the late nineteenth century. More
PLAY; How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul.
New York: Avery, 2009. First printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 229 pgs, index. Introduces the significance of play in the lives of animals and humans. More
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME; A Novel
New York: Doubleday, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 226 pgs. A novel with wrenching emotional moments chronicled by a boy who cannot fathom emotion. The effect is dazzling, making for a novel that is deeply funny, poignant, and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose..... More
THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS.
Houston, TX: C.C. Young Printing Company, 1922. First edition. Leather Bound. 5 1/2 x 8, 258 pgs, b&w illustrations and maps. A brief history of Texas from the first American Colonies in 1821 to Annexation in 1846. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and..... More
VARIETY OF MEN.
New York: Charles Scribner, 1967. Book Club. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 270 pgs. Rutherford, G.H. Hardy, H.G. Wells, Einstein, Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, Robert Frost, Dag Hammerskjold and Stalin, and how they affected the shape and spirit of the twentieth century. More
WITTGENSTEIN'S POKER; The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers.
New York: Harper Collins, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 7, 340 pgs, index, chronology, b&w photos. An engaging mix of philosophy, history, biography, and literary detection. The ten minute argument between Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper in Cambridge, England on October 25, 1946. More
TWENTIETH-CENTURY BEATIARY.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. Second printing. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 240 pgs. 24 articles on the curious and wonderful inventions of real or imagined animals. Ex-library, rebound, with the usual markings. More
TWELVE MEN OF ACTION IN GRAECO-ROMAN HISTORY.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1952. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2, 108 pgs, index. Twelve vivid vignettes of men who grappled with issues in their own time that have parallels today. More
WITNESSES FROM THE GRAVE; The Stories Bones Tell.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1992. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. 4 x 7, 322 pgs, section of b&w photos. Interesting account of forensic medicine and the information that can be gleaned from skeletons. Many case studies. More
OLIVE LEAF EXTRACT; Nature's Antibiotic
New York: Kensington Books, 1997. Later printing. Mass Market Paperback. 4 x 7, 223 pgs. Details a compound taken from olive leaves called Oleurupein that provides disease resistant properties and that is effective in treating such afflictions as HIV, Herpes, influenza, sore throats, pneumonia, infections, and much more, in an..... More
SHOOT LOW, BOYS - THEY'RE RIDIN' SHETLAND PONIES; In Search of True Grit
New York: Ballantine Books, 1987. First, thus. Paperback. 4 x 7, 233 pgs. Humor. "Like...a Southern Garrison Keillor with some Charles Kuralt thrown in." More
THE TIGHTWAD GAZETTE III; Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle
New York: Villard Books, 1996. Hardcover. 7 x 9, 272 pgs, index, b&w illustrations. The final edition: achieving financial independence, staying out of debt, smart food shipping, the universal casserole recipe, gift giving in a tightwad utopia, selling your own home, power yard saling and more. More
THE TIGHTWAD GAZETTE II; Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle
New York: Villard Books, 1995. Hardcover. 7 x 9, 293 pgs, index, b&w illustrations. All new help and hints from The Tightwad Gazette's third and fourth years. Penny-pinching pizza, car maintenance tips, how to make a solar box cooker, frugality and the economy, warehouse clubs and savings, budgeting and keeping..... More
THE TIGHTWAD GAZETTE; Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle
New York: Villard Books, 1992. Hardcover. 7 x 9, 307 pgs, index, b&w illustrations. Having discovered that frugality is good for the bank account and the environment, the author started a newsletter for skinflints in 1989. Within a year, 50,000 cheapskates had subscribed to The Tightwad Gazette. Now she has..... More
THE DA VINCI CODE; Special Illustrated Edition
New York: Doubleday, 2004. First edition/First state. Hardcover. 8 x 10, 466 pgs. Generously illustrated with over 150 color and black & white photographs, drawings, and maps of the artwork, symbols, architecture and historic locations in the book. More
DISCOVERING WILD PLANTS; Alaska, Western Canada, The Northwest
Anchorage, AK: Alaska Northwest Publishing, 1998. Fourth printing. Pamphlet. 8 1/2 x 11, 356 pgs, b&w and color photos and illustrations. Descriptions of 147 plants, including wildflowers, trees, shrubs, berries, lichens, mosses, algae, and fungi. 190 color photographs including b/w drawings of each plant. Traditional Native American and European uses..... More
THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA; A Natural History of Four Meals
New York: Penguin Books, 2006. Later printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 450 pgs. An ecological and anthropological study of eating offers insight into food consumption in the twenty-first century, explaining how an abundance of unlimited food varieties reveals the responsibilities of everyday consumers to protect their health and the environment..... More
FACING THE MUSIC.
New York: Summit Books, 1981. Paperback. 6 x 9, 464 pgs, index. A collection of the finest pieces Harold Schonberg wrote in more than two decades as senior music critic of The New York Times. More
POSTMORTEM; A Mystery Introducing Dr. Kay Scarpetta
New York: Scribner, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 293 pgs. This novel is a winner of the British John Creasey Award, the French Prix du Roman d'Adventure and the American Edgar Award. The author's first novel. Dust jacket knicked in places. More
THE LIVES AND TIMES OF ARCHY & MEHITABEL.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950. Later printing. Hardcover. 4 1/2 x 7 1/2, 477 pgs, b&w illustrations, introduction by E.B. White. Prose, "rich and satisfying, full of sad beauty, bawdy adventure, political wisdom, and wild surmise; full of pain and jollity, full of exact and inspired writing." More
WOLFVILLE DAYS.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1902. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2, 311 pgs, frontispiece by Frederic Remington. Classic story of cowboy life in the old west. More
MOUNTAINS AND MOLEHILLS.
New York: Time-Life Books, 1982. Reprint. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of the first British edition in 1855. 5 x 7, 443. Marryats tale of the disasters that dogged his steps from England to San Francisco and the gold fields. Amusing and interesting account of life in those days. More
GERONIMO; His Own Story
New York: Ballantine Books, 1971. Revised. Mass Market Paperback. 5 x 7, 208 pgs, b&w photos. The autobiography of a great patriot warrior. More
POLIO; An American Story
New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. First, thus. Paperback. 6 x 9, 342 pgs, section of b&w photos. The gripping story of terror that struck at babies through grandparents. Based on the papers of Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin, and other key players, the story continues through the founding of The..... More