SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS.
Las Vegas, NV: KC Publications, 1966. Paperback. 9 x 12, 32 pgs, color and b&wphotos. Celebrates the new and old in Native American artisan creations. More
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HOPI KACHINAS.; Complete Guide to Collecting Kachina Dolls.
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 7 x 9 1/2, 139 pgs, color photos. You won't believe all the "kinds" of Katchinas pictured and described in this great guide. Ex-library, rebound to hardcover. More
A CLASH OF CULTURES.; Fort Bowie and the Chiricahua Apaches.
Washington DC: National Park Service, 1977. Paperback. 6 x 9, 88 pgs, b&w historical photos. A good history of Fort Bowie, Arizona. More
LAST REFUGE.; The Environmental Showdown in Yellowstone and the American West
New York: William Morrow, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 285 pgs, index, mapped endsheets. The politics of miners, loggers & ranchers of the Old West coming to terms with the New West's tourists, real-estate agents and environmentalists: the writer knows the West. More
WARRIORS.; Navajo Code Talkers
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Publishing, 1991. First printing. Paperback. 10 x 9, 105 pgs, b&w photos throughout. Photos and quotes from seventy-five of the surviving Navajo code talkers who participated in World War II. More
THE "BOBBED WIRE" II BIBLE.
Sunset, TX: Published/Printed by the author, 1971. Paperback. 6 x 9, unnumbered pages (about 150), b&w illustrations. Truly a "bible" on all the different kinds of barbed wire. More
ANN BASSETT; Colorado's Cattle Queen
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
MY SIXTY YEARS ON THE PLAINS.
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
THE LONGHORNS.
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
APACHE GOLD AND YAQUI SILVER.
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
SOME MORE HORSE TRADIN'.
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
ON THE BORDER WITH CROOK.
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
MEAN AS HELL.; the Life of A New Mexico Lawman
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
SANDSTORMS; Days and Nights in Arabia
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
SEA STORIES; Of Dolphins and Dead Sailors
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
THE MISSISSIPPI KITE.
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
THE SHORT NOVELS OF JACK SCHAEFER.
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
OGALLALA BLUE; Water and Life on the High Plains
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
ERIC SLOANE'S AMERICA.
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
USED AND RARE BOOKS; A Primer For Bookfinders
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
THE DA VINCI CODE.
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
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY.
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
AN OLD TRAPPER'S LIFETIME IN THE OUTDOORS; An Autobiography
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
COMPLETE GUIDE TO FARMLAND FUR TRAPPING.
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
BEAR; Baiting & Trapping Black Bear
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