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: 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
Columbus, OH: A.R. Harding Publishing. Paperback. 5 x 6 1/2, 176 pgs, b&w photos and drawings. Lots of info on how to tan and make leather from cattle, horse, calf, sheep, goat, deer and other hides and skins; also explains how to skin, handle, classify and market the hides and..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 323 pgs. Short bios on good guys of the West like Elfego Baca, John Simpson Chisum, George Augustus Frederick Ruxton, John Capen Adams and more. Ten in all. Ex-library with the usual markings. More
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1983. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 197 pgs, illus. Tells all about preparing skins and furs, from coyote pelts to fish skins, from tanning to marketing, to making your own moccasins. More
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2004. First edition, later printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 310 pgs, b&w historical photos. Short biographies of fifteen notable gunmen of the old Southwest, most of them largely lost to history. Well documented with a remarkable collection of old photographs. Front cover and top 2..... More
Tucson, AZ: Westernlore Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 9, 199 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w historical photos. Interesting biography of this turn of the century soldier who fought in the Philippines in the wake of the Spanish-American War, was with Pershing on his mission to catch Pancho Villa..... More
New York: Dodd Mead, 1973. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 274 pgs, index, b&w photos and drawings, decorated endsheets. The story of the dramatic struggle between the criminals and the law during this country's westward expansion. More
New York: Avenel Books, 1980. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 786 pgs. Includes The Lone Star Ranger, The Rainbow Trail, Under the Tonto Rim and Wyoming. Small piece of cover cloth missing off of front cover. More
New York: Avenel Books, 1980. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 786 pgs. Includes Riders fo the Purple Sage, To the Last Man, The Thundering Herd, The Hash Knife Outfit, and West of the Pecos. More
Toronto: Doubleday, 1995. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 440 pgs, three sections of b&w photos. "Berton tells the stories behind the stories. Berton has lively anecdotes about such figures as John Diefenbaker, Brian Mulroney, and his television show guests, from Lenny Bruce to Malcolm X. He watches the Berlin..... More
Toronto: Collins Publishers, 1983. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 223 pgs. Medicine in pioneer Alberta in the mid-fifties. More
New York: Viking Press, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 296 pgs, index. A classic adventure story of single-minded obsession, physical hardship, and the restless sense of wonder that every explorer has in common. More
Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 390 pgs, b&w historical photos. The author grew up in the cowboy life style of the 1930s and 40s, spending summers with two old-time cowboy uncles in various locations around Colorado. During this time, in the settings of..... More
New York: Dial Press, 1971. 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. Ex-library with the usual markings. More
New York: Bonanza Books, 1949. Reprint. Hardcover. 5 12 x 8, 294 pgs, index, b&w historical photos. The exciting, true stories behind the rise, reign and fall of the West's most notorious outlaws - the James-Younger gang, and Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch. More
New York: Bantam Books, 2004. Later printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 452 pgs. Thirty classic frontier tales: legends of honor and betrayal, greed and sacrifice, cowardice and courage. More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986. Later printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 324 pgs, index, biblio, b&w photos, maps & drawings. A wonderful look at law and enforcement in the Old West from the war on the ranges, to vigilantes, to the arms of the law like..... More
New York: Dodd Mead, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 307 pgs, index, bibliography, notes, section of b&w historical photos. An informed and highly readable account of one of the most violent periods of the American West: true tales of battles, massacres and murders and the men on both..... More
New York: Bantam Books, 2003. Later printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 424 pgs. Thirty-five classic frontier tales: legends of honor and betrayal, greed and sacrifice, cowardice and courage. More
Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 2002. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 255 pgs, b&w and color photos, b&w illustrations. A glorious tribute to men in the saddle who have proved themselves as some of the strongest fibers in the fabric of American tradition. Signed and inscribed by Ford and Webb. More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of the first American edition in 1855. 5 x 7, 393. 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
New York: Crown, 1972. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 209 pgs, photos. The true story of one woman's desperate struggle to homestead in northern Canada during the 1930's. Lots of hunting, trapping, and dog sledding. Classic account within the genre, this book drew a great response upon publication. Dust..... More