Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 2018. First edition. Pamphlet. 6 x 9, 247 pgs, b&w photos. The first full-length biography of Anna Marie Bassett, the first white child born in the notorious outlaw region of Colorado known as Brown's Park. She knew outlaws like Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, became lifelong..... More
Creatspace, 2016. Reprint. Paperback. 6 x 9, 96 pgs. The author's lifetime as a trapper, the work, relations with Indians, the occupations of plainsmen and mountain men when trapping failed, and more. Lots of history. More
Phoenix: Published by Bill McCreary, 1981. Bill McCreary Edition - post 1999. Paperback. 6 x 9, 173 pgs, b&w photos. The story of the shoot-out at the Power cabin in the Galiuro Mountains of Graham County, Arizona in February 1918 - more violent and more deadly than Tombstone's famous Gunfight..... More
New York: Bramhall House, 1951. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 388 pgs, index, b&w photos & illustrations by Tom Lea. The story of the Longhorn, including legend and folklore, the cowboys who came to be, the Spanish conquistadores, Colonial ranching, stampedes & more - told by a veteran storyteller..... More
New York: Bramhall House, 1939. Reprint. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 366 pgs, b&w and color illustrations by Tom Lea. Great Dobie stories about the Lost Adams Diggings, The Lost Tayopa Mine, Scalp Hunters' Ledge and more. More
New York: Knopf, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 255 pgs, b&w illustrations. Some consider this to be the best of Doc Green's books. In his inimitible style ol' Ben tells us how he won and lost as a 1930s horse trader. More
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1971. First Bison Printing. Paperback. 5 x 8, 491 pgs. A first-hand account of Crook's campaigns during the Plains Indian wars and in the Southwest - really brings to life the whole frontier scene. More
Santa Fe, NM: Ancient City Press, 1989. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 223 pgs, index, b&w illustrations and photos. The classic account by a New Mexico lawman. An autobiography about his youth in San Saba County of west Texas to his days as a New Mexico peace officer from..... More
New York: Norton, 1990. Third printing. Paperback. 5 12 x 8, 281 pgs. In this provocative and incisive memoir, the author reveals the Middle East only as a true insider can. Stationed as a journalist in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for most of his seven years in the region, he explodes..... More
Astoria, OR: Gaff Press, 1987. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 117 pgs. Readable stories about the Pacific Northwest fishing industry. The physical book reflects primitive printing and binding almost of the "private press" nature. The black and white illustrations reflect the fishing/nautical narrative. The author has signed the front..... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 115 pgs, color photos throughout. The authors describe 'all aspects of the kite's life cycle, from breeding and nesting, raising young, and hunting and feeding to the kite's annual return to its winter range in South America'..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, 525 pgs, decorated endsheets, introduction by Dorothy M. Johnson. A presentation copy sent by U.S. Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, stamped on title page. Contains five novels; Shane, First Blood, The Canyon, Company of Cowards, and The Kean Land. Ex-library..... More
New York: Norton, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 330 pgs, index, bibliography. The story of a crucial, dwindling natural resource: an invisible ocean of fresh water under the high plains. More
New York: Promontory/Galalad, 1982. Hardcover. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2, 343 pgs, b&w illustrations by the author. Originally published in three volumes in the mid-1950s, American history at the grass roots level. More
Albuquerque, NM: New Mexico Book League, 1996. Second edition. Pamphlet. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 14 pgs. The revised and expanded second edition of this useful guide for book collectors (and dealers) on the basics of book collecting. More
New York: Doubleday, 2003. First edition/First state. Hardcover. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2, 454 pgs. This is the scarce first edition - first state hardcover of one of the best selling mystery/thrillers of all time. Very difficult to find in this condition. This is the first state and has the..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1979. New Edition. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 159 pgs, b&w illustrations. This epigrammic dictionary was first published in 1908: "Patience: A minor form of despairm disguised as a virtue" Suares's drawings greatly complement the word entires. More
Kyle Katz, 2010. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 138 pgs, b&w photos. The author's experiences and views from 65 years living in close contact with nature, experiencing the best and some of the worst it has to offer. More
Sterling, OH: Sterling Publications, 2005. Second edition. Paperback. 65 1/2 x 8 1/2, 304 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. A compilation of lessons learned through two decades of experimentation, plus the repetition of tens of thousands of miles on the trapline and countless hours in the outdoors before, during and..... More
Greenville, PA: Beaver Pond Publications, 1993. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 86 pgs, b&w photos throughout. Discusses equipment, baiting, setting, maintaining the line and long distance trapping. More
Washington DC: National Park Service, 1944. Paperback. 6 x 9, 238 pgs, index, b&w photos. Detailed study of the wolves in this habitat in relation to prey; and discussion of other animal relationships, i.e. bear-ox, coyote-fox, eagle-fox, wolf-fox, grizzly-wolf, relationship of the golden eagle to park fauna, etc. A few..... More
New York: Knopf, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9, 304 pgs, section of color photos. The author's endeavors to radio-track the peregrine. More
New York: Knopf, 2005. Fifteenth priting. Paperback. 4 x 7 1/2, 798 pgs, section of color photos. An all-photographic field guide to eastern birds. Leatherette cover. More
New York: Dodd Mead, 1967. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 309 pgs. Historical fiction based on the life of Govenor Edmund Ross of the New Mexico Territory. Inscribed and signed by the author in 1961. More
Anchorage, AK: Alaska Northwest Publishing, 1992. Second edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 206 pgs, b&w illustrations. The epic story of a pioneer naturalist , Georg Steller and the Russian exploration of Alaska. More