DRIFT; The Unmooring of American Military Power
New York: Crown, 2012. First edition, third printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 276 pgs, index. More
New Arrivals
DRESS FOR SUCCESS.
New York: Peter H. Wyden, 1975. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 245 pgs, section of color photos. Binding cracked at color plates, but holding. The classic about how the right clothes increase your income, boost your status and project your personality. More
THE HAPPY PRINCE; and other stories.
England: Woodsworth Classics, 1993. Reprint. Paperback. 4 1/2 x 7, 121 pgs. These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems and other stories. More
FRANZ LISZT; An Illustrated Biography
New York: Macmillan, 1967. Second edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 152 pgs, index, b&w illustrations, discography. This is part of a series of composer's biographies by this author. Large chunk missing from front of dustjacket. More
TESLA; The Life and Times of an Electric Messiah
New York: Chartwell Books, 2014. Hardcover. 7 1/2 x 11, 192 pgs, index, historic photos. Despite being incredibly popular during his time, Nikola Tesla today remains largely overlooked among lists of the greatest inventors and scientists of the modern era. Thomas Edison gets all the glory for discovering the lightbulb..... More
THE MURDER OF EDGAR ALLAN POE.
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 211 pgs. A novel in which Auguste Dupin, a dear friend of Poe's, finds out through a thoughtless article that his friend has died. Upset by the article which states that Poe's death will be mourned by..... More
CONSILIENCE; The Unity of Knowledge
New York: Knopf, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 332 pgs. Biologist Wilson argues that the universe is organized -- as the Greeks first theorized, and as the Enlightenment sought to demonstrate -- in terms of a small number of natural laws. More
THE FUTURE OF LIFE.
New York: Knopf, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 8 1/2, 229 pgs, index. The author's impassioned call for quick and decisive action to save Earth's biological heritage, and a plan to achieve that rescue. More
CRUEL & UNUSUAL.
New York: Scribner, 1993. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 273 pgs. When the fingerprints of an executed killer are found at a new crime scene, Dr. Kay Scarpetta takes on her most terrifying case yet. More
A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
New York: Harper Collins, 1997. First American edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 1088 pgs, index, notes. 1580-1997. Complete! More
CHILI DAWGS ALWAYS BARK AT NIGHT.
New York: Villard Books, 1989. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 250 pgs. Grizzard's twelfth collection of outrageous writings, he's one unusual American with a whole lot to say about the things that vex us all: like Rice Krispies, funeral preaching, news that's unfit to print (or even think about..... More
ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION; Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
Orlando: Harcourt, 2006. Later printing. Paperback. 5 x 8, 360 pgs, index, notes. Among its provocative ideas this book argues that language is not a requirement for consciousness; applies the autism theory of 'hyper-specificity' to animals showing that animals and autistic people are so sensitive to detail that they can't..... More
90 SHORT WALKS AROUND JUNEAU.
Juneau, AK: Published/Printed by the author, 1989. Paperback. 5 x 8 1/2, 92 pgs, b&w illustrations. Descriptions, maps and drawings for 90 half day or less walks in the 50 mile span from Echo Cove to Thane. More
THE STORY OF A YEAR: 1848.
London: Cassell Publishers, 1955. Reprint. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 286 pgs, index. A zestful and poignant account of the most tumultuous twelve months in European history: the year of cholera and railways, of the Ten Hours Act and the California Gold Rush. More
HUMOR OF THE OLD SOUTHWEST.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. Pamphlet. 5 x 8, 420 pgs, bibliography. The old Southwest was the southern frontier in the early 19th century, not Arizona, New Mexico, etc. Included are representative selections from more than 20 authors ranging from Parson Mason Weems to Davey Crockett to Augustus Baldwin Longstreet to..... More
NATURALIST.
Washington DC: Island Press, 1994. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 380 pgs, index, section of b&w photos. The memoirs of one of the foremost natural scientists of the modern era, he recalls his lonely childhood collecting ants, snakes, & butterflies, and relates how his early appreciation of nature led to a...... More
LET'S GO ON A LION HUNT; A Photographic Field Guide to Tracking the California Mountain Lion
Cold Trail Press, 2021. First edition. Paperback. 8 x 10, 160 pgs, color photos througout. Dave Fjelline took over 10,000 photographs of mountain lions and lion sign over the course of his career tracking and capturing California mountain lions for research study. He, his friend and fellow lion hunter, Cliff..... More
ANZA'S 1779 COMANCHE CAMPAIGN.; Diary of Governor Juan Bautista de Anza.
Monte Vista, CO: Adobe Village Press, 2001. Second edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 39 pgs, b&w photos, maps. Anza's diary with notations explaining places and historical events. More
RE-TRACING THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL NORTH BRANCH.; Today's OST Travel Guide.
Monte Vista, CO: Adobe Village Press, 1995. Paperback. 6 x 9, 148 pgs, b&w photos, maps. A history of this portion of the Old Spanish Trail and a guide to traveling it today. More
RAWHIDE RAWLINS STORIES.
Franklin Classics. Reprint. Hardcover. A facsimile reprint of the 1921, fourth printing edition. 7 x 10, 60 pgs, lots of b&w Russel lillustrations. Originally published in 1921, wonderful examples of the story-telling ability of the West's great historian. More
APACHE DAYS AND TOMBSTONE NIGHTS.; John Clum's Autobiography.
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 192 pgs, index, biblio, b&w historical photos. Clum's remembrances of the years 1877-1887; an Apache Indian agent, Indian fighter, mayor of Tombstone at the time of the gunfight at the OK Corral, founder of the "Tombstone Epitaph", etc...... More
APACHE AGENT.; The Story of John P. Clum.
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1978. First printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 297 pgs, b&w historical photos. A saga of heroism and adventure which, at the time of its publication, shed new light on Indian history and psychology by a man who lived with them for years..... More
HELLDORADO.; Bringing the Law to the Mesquite.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 256 pgs, index, b&w photos. The author's story mostly of his days as sheriff of Tombstone, Arizona. Quiet, soft-spoken and fearless, he carried law into the mesquite with no unnecessary roar of sixshooters. More
UNDER COVER FOR WELLS FARGO; The Unvarnished Recollections of Fred Dodge.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998. First printing. Hardcover. Western Frontier Library. Originally published in 1969. 5 x 7 1/2, 280 pgs, index, b&w historical photos. The memoirs of Fred Dodge, an undercover man for Wells Fargo, a friend of Wyatt Earp, a detective who brought many desperadoes to..... More
BUNKHOUSE PAPERS; Reminiscences of a Distinguished Western Historian
New York: Dial Press, 1971. First printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 251 pgs, b&w illustrations by Lorence Bjorklund. Artfully written reminiscences of an historian who has know the land and people of the West since before WWI. More