JOY OF COOKING.
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1946. Later printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 884 pgs. A nice edition of this American household classic. Spine cloth worn but binding is good. Clean and nice inside. More about JOY OF COOKING
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COMANCHE DAWN.
New York: Tom Doherty, 1998. Mass Market Paperback. 4 x 6 1/2, 560 pgs. Steeped in Indian mysticism, shows how the long-abused Comanches mastered horsemanship and in a single generation became the fiercest warriors of the Plains. More about COMANCHE DAWN
PEOPLE OF THE WOLF and PEOPLE OF THE EARTH.
New York: Tom Doherty, 1990. Paperback. 4 x 7, two books from the bestselling saga of prehistoric North America. More about PEOPLE OF THE WOLF and PEOPLE OF THE EARTH
KILLER SUMMER.
New York: Putnams, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 267 pgs, mapped endsheets. Sun Valley sheriff Walt Fleming solves another mystery! More about KILLER SUMMER
THINGS AS THEY ARE.
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Co., 1964. First printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 239 pgs. The third "Richard" novel, about a boy growing up in an American Eden and the way that tragedy intervenes. More about THINGS AS THEY ARE
THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY.
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1952. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 307 pgs, drawings by author. Lea's well known and very excellent novel of the El Paso region during the Apache Wars era. Portions of dust jacket glued into book. Ex-library with minimal markings. More about THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY
A DISTANT TRUMPET.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1960. First printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 631 pgs. This well-known author's famous novel of a family and their story of life in the West. More about A DISTANT TRUMPET
OPEN SEASON; Sporting Adventures
New York: Delacorte Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 323 pgs. "The Spawning Run", a great fishing classic, with 10 other tales and essays on outdoor life by one of America's finest contemporary writers. Ex-library. More about OPEN SEASON; Sporting Adventures
HOYLE'S GAMES.
Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners, 1845. Hardcover. 2 3/4 x 4 1/2, 269 pgs. A neat old game rule book contains the rules and practice of Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Quinze, Vingt-Un, Cassino, Put, All Fours, Pope Joan, Thirty-One, Brag, Commerce, Cribbage, Matrimony, Chess, Catch the Ten, Billiards, Tennis, Goff, or Golf... More about HOYLE'S GAMES
THE AMAZING KOLB BROTHERS OF GRAND CANYON; Photographers, Adventurers, Pioneers
Grand Canyon, AZ: Grand Canyon Association, 2017. First edition. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 8, 154 pgs, b&w and color photos throughout. For nearly eight decades Ellsworth and Emery Kolb explored and photographed Grand Canyon from rim to river, rappelling down cliff faces with makeshift ropes and anchors, running the Colorado... More about THE AMAZING KOLB BROTHERS OF GRAND CANYON; Photographers, Adventurers, Pioneers
LET 'ER BUCK; A Story of the Passing of the Old West
Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 2007. Hardcover. Originally published in 1921. 5 x 8, 242 pgs, b&w historical photos. Quality reprint of a neat Old West reminiscence. More about LET 'ER BUCK; A Story of the Passing of the Old West
THE STORY OF COLE YOUNGER BY HIMSELF.
Houston: The Frontier Press o Texas, 1955. Hardcover. Originally published in 1903. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 135 pgs, b&w historical photos. An autobiography of the Missouri Guerrilla captain and outlaw, his capture and prison life, and the only authentic account of the Northfield raid ever published. More about THE STORY OF COLE YOUNGER BY HIMSELF
"UNCLE DICK" WOOTTON.
New York: Time-Life Books, 1980. Later printing. Hardcover. Originally published in 1890. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 472 pgs, b&w historic photos and illustrations, a "Classics of the Old West" edition. An interesting biography of this trapper, freighter, rancher, stage-coach contractor, innkeeper, and all round capitalist in the west in... More about "UNCLE DICK" WOOTTON
SOME PART OF MYSELF.
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 282 pgs, index, b&w family photos. A collection of autobiographical pieces edited by Bertha Dobie after the death of the great story-teller. Covers the period from Dobie's birth in 1888 to the thirties when he was... More about SOME PART OF MYSELF
TREK! - MAN ALONE IN THE ARIZONA WILDS; The Desert Journals of Geoffrey Platts
Tucson, AZ: Published/Printed by the author, 1991. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 199 pgs. The author's journeys and thoughts between 1978 and 1990, a la Ed Abbey. Signed by the author. More about TREK! - MAN ALONE IN THE ARIZONA WILDS; The Desert Journals of Geoffrey Platts
PIONEERS & PREACHERS; Stories of the Old Frontier
Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1980. First edition. Paperback. 10 x 8, 268 pgs, notes, b&w illustrations. Colorful anecdotal stories portray the travail and joy of the pioneer. Taped and well used! More about PIONEERS & PREACHERS; Stories of the Old Frontier
A STREAK OF LUCK; The Life & Legend of Thomas Alva Edison
New York: Seaview Books, 1979. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 565 pgs, notes, index, two sections of b&w historical photos. The life and legend of Thomas Alva Edison, the most prolific scientist in history and, at one time, the best-known American in the world. More about A STREAK OF LUCK; The Life & Legend of Thomas Alva Edison
THE UNITED STATES 1830-1850; The Nation and Its Sections
New York: Peter Smith, 1950. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 614 pgs, index, maps. The final work of this great American historian who opened up a new period in interpreting the history of the United States by emphasizing the importance of the frontier in shaping American culture. Copious neat... More about THE UNITED STATES 1830-1850; The Nation and Its Sections
YEARS OF TRIAL AND HOPE, 1946-1952.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1956. Book Club. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 594 pgs, index. Volume Two of Truman's memoirs. More about YEARS OF TRIAL AND HOPE, 1946-1952
ALL THE SHAH'S MEN; An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror.
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003. Third printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 258 pgs, index, bibliography, notes, section of b&w photos. Operation Ajax, as the plot was code-named, reshaped the history of Iran, the Middle East, and the world. It restored Mohammad Reza Shah to the Peacock Throne... More about ALL THE SHAH'S MEN; An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
MACHINE GUN KELLY'S LAST STAND.
Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 236 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w photos. Based on newspaper reports, court transcripts, literary accounts, and recollections of participants, the author chronicles the abduction of Oklahoma City businessman Charles Urschel in 1933 and his transport to a desolate... More about MACHINE GUN KELLY'S LAST STAND
HERO OF THE EMPIRE; The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill.
New York: Doubleday, 2016. First edition, later printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 381 pgs, index, section of b&w historical photos. Churchill's experience as a prisoner in the Boer War is the jumping off point of this book, and the author puts her narrative gifts to work as she describes... More about HERO OF THE EMPIRE; The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill
SKETCHES OF MOGOLLON ( Pronounced (Muggy-yone)) GHOST TOWN.
El Paso, TX: Published/Printed by the author. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 35 pgs, b&w illustrations. A look at this old west ghost town in southwestern New Mexico. More about SKETCHES OF MOGOLLON ( Pronounced (Muggy-yone)) GHOST TOWN
A BIG YEAR IN A BAD LIFE; The Criminal Career of Reuben Houston Burrow.
England: Palomino Books, 2015. First edition. Leather Bound. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 192 pgs, index, bibliography, section of color photos. Burrow stands out at the head of those who sprang from obscurity into infamy during 1887 as perpetrators of the unprecedented rush of train robberies that would capture innumerable... More about A BIG YEAR IN A BAD LIFE; The Criminal Career of Reuben Houston Burrow
HORSES AT WORK; Harnessing Power in Industrial America
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2008. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4, 322 pgs, b&w historical photos, notes, index. Historians have long assumed that new industrial machines and power sources eliminated work animals from nineteenth-century America, yet a bird's-eye view of nineteenth-century society would show millions of horses supplying the energy... More about HORSES AT WORK; Harnessing Power in Industrial America