Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2007. Second printing. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 172 pgs, b&w photos. A thrilling, suspenseful account of a lifetime spent as a professional cougar killer - with fascinating sidelights on forking rattlers, tracking deer, catching trout, and many secrets of hunting and fishing lore. Corners of... More
New York: William Morrow, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 288 pgs, section of b&w photos. A remarkable personal testament by this prash, individualistic, obsessive, intense, competitive and fanatical world-class runner. More
Norman, OK: University of Nebraska Press, 1977. Later printing. Trade Paperback. 5 x 8, 356 pgs, b&w illustrations. Very readable, humorous and insightful classic of ranch life in New Mexico, 1880's to 1930's, including grizzly hunts with Montague Stevens and insights on the homestead period in Catron County. Gift inscription... More
El Paso, TX: Printing Corner Press, 1996. Later printing. Paperback. 10 x 8, 28 pgs, 10 full page color plates. The story of the author/rancher's sighting of a jaguar during a hunting trip in the Peloncillo Mountains along the Southern Arizona/New Mexico border in 1996. Includes the pictures he took... More
New York: Pantheon, 1985. First, thus. Paperback. 6 x 9, 403 pgs, index, notes. A historical study of the development of the West and how, from the earliest days of development, elites of wealth and technological power have controlled the West's most precious resource: water. More
New York: Penguin Books, 1993. Revised. Paperback. 5 x 8, 582 pgs, b&w photos. This is probably the best book ever written on the water wars in the West, from the early days of reclamation thru new beginnings in a modern conservation ethic. More
Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1991. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 293 pgs, index, section of b&w photos. A collection of essays presenting a more balanced view of the western past. More
Tucson, AZ: Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2016. Paperback. 9 x 12, 92 pgs, color photos throughout. "The Mother Road", opened in 1926 and decommissioned in 1984, played a prominent role in the transformation of the nation. Now an international legend through popular culture and the arts, Route 66 has become the... More
Puyallup, WA: 1984. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 272 pgs. Adventure and how-to information on using Bloodhounds for mantrailing, scent discrimination, finding and tracking in police work. The author's hounds get their man & there is good information for any houndman. Great hound book! More
Colorado CIty, CO: Frontier Shadows, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. 9 x 12, 268 pgs, leather bound, color photos throughout. The evidence laid out herein clearly shows that the Lost Adams Diggings are located in the Black Range and not in any of the other places that some who have searched... More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1992. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 30 pgs. This is only certain pages xeroxed from this book: pages 81-103, 125, 199-203 and 269. Sections focusing on Hohokam Rock Art of Southern Arizona and The Jornada Style. More
Dallas: T. & M. Publishing Company, 1963. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 40 pgs, b&w illustrations. This is a xerox copy of a very hard to find treasure huntng book. More
Salt Lake City, UT: Dream Garden Press, 1982. Reprint. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 50 pgs, b&w illustrations. Uncommon companion volume to Footprints in the Wilderness that contains the signs and symbols carved into trees, cut into rocks and formed through the arrangement of stones, that can help you (yes... More
Northridge, CA: Keene Engineering, Inc. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 51 pgs, b&w photos. A fantastic collection of articles that reveal how, where and what equipment to use for gold panning, sluices and dredges, concentrators, diving for gold, gold locations in the U.S. , recovering fine gold and hookah diving. More
Deming, NM: Carson Enterprises, 1968. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11, 14 pgs, b&w maps and charts. A description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in New Mexico. Republished from the original book covering all western states. Previous owner's name written on front cover. More
Encino, CA: Quest Publishing, 1991. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 64 pgs, b&w illustrations. Comprehensive listing of signs and symbols found when treasure hunting, and what they mean. More
LaCrosse, WI: Specialty Publishing Company, 1985. First printing. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 110 pgs, b&w maps. A complete state map guide to lost, buried and sunken treasure. Previous owner's name and date written on cover. More
Tucson, AZ: Published/Printed by the author, 1992. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 54 pgs, b&w photos, maps and illustrations. Now you can unlock the secrets to becoming a successful gold prospector. Signed by the author. Previous owner note written on front cover. More
Salt Lake City, UT: Dream Garden Press, 1989. First edition. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 152 pgs, index, b&w historical photos. Previous owner's name and date on front cover. All about western stagecoaching plus true stories of stage drivers, shotgun guards and road agents, tales of holdups, posses, shoot-outs and... More
Olympia, WA: Washington State Printing Plant, 1959. Paperback. 6 x 8 1/2, 24 pgs, b&w illustrations. A couple of places of blue highlighting and underlining. Original cover has been replaces with plain cover stock. More
Crestline, CA: Mountain Publications, 1990. Paperback. 5 12 x 8 1/2, 42 pgs. Includes using mercury to recover gold, fluxing and firing silver and gold ore, using aqua regia to purify gold, recovering silver from photographic film, and more. This is a xerox copy of the original book. More
Published/Printed by the author, 1988. First printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 44 pgs, b&w illustrations, bibliography. Interesting compilation of symbols ans signs found on treasure maps, and their meanings. More
St. George, UT: The Gold Bug, 1982. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 52 pgs, b&w illustrations. "These are tricks that some old gold miners and friends have taught me; and the stories that were told to my by them." -- the author. A couple places of minor highlighting. More
St. Petersburg, FL: Treasure Trove Publications, 1983. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 23 pgs, b&w illustrations. Obscure little pirate treasure hunting book. Interesting! More
Rialto, CA: Published/Printed by the author, 1990. First edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 51 pgs, b&w photos. Lots of good information for prospectors. More