HOT IRONS; Heraldry of the Range
New York: Macmillan, 1940. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 242 pgs, decorated endsheets. A classic history of cattle brands. More
New York: Macmillan, 1940. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 242 pgs, decorated endsheets. A classic history of cattle brands. More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2, 253 pgs, illustrations and decorated endsheets. A 1940s introduction to the sun country, part desert, part plains, part mountains -- our American Southwest. Plains lore, desert talk, and mountain medicine. More
Renton, WA: Lone Pine Publishing, 2001. First printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 240 pgs, b&w historical photos. In the Old West, the law was fragile, the men were armed, tempers were short and socializing took place over shots of rotgut whiskey on a card table in a saloon..... More
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1972. Later printing. Paperback. 5 x 8, 308 pgs, index, notes, b&w photos, fold-out map. An intellectual evaluation of the pioneer cattleman in his unique western habitat; cattle wars, cowtown disorders, the cattle man as a manager and employer, etc. More
New York: Doubleday, 1978. Hardcover. 6 x 8 1/2, 252 pgs, sections of b&w photos. Autobiography of the "Singing Cowboy" More
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1978. Paperback. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 258 pgs. There have probably been more pictures than words published about The Grand Canyon. And while there are some photographs included in this book it a book of stories by 23 of the most talented authors about this..... More
Santa Fe, NM: Red Crane Books, 1992. First edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 168 pgs. The author passionately explores the troubled years of his youth, from which he emerged with heightened awareness of his ethnic identify as a Chicano, his role as a witness for the misunderstood tribal..... More
Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing, 1979. Second edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 273 pgs, b&w photos. Reminiscences of an early mining engineer's wife. More
Las Vegas, NV: KC Publications, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. 9 x 12, 215 pgs, index, color photos and illustrations throughout. A pretty coffee-table style book featuring the people and arts of the Indian culture in Arizona and New Mexico. More
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
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
Las Vegas, NV: KC Publications, 1974. Third printing. Paperback. 9 x 12, 64 pgs, b&w and color photos. Covers early man in the southwest to their first contact with Europeans to the tribes as they are today: Acoma, the different Apaches, Navjo, Santa Clara, Taos, Zuni and many more. More
Las Vegas, NV: KC Publications, 1992. Later printing. Paperback. 9 x 12, 64 pgs, b&w and color photos. Covers early man in the southwest to their first contact with Europeans to the tribes as they are today: Acoma, the different Apaches, Navjo, Santa Clara, Taos, Zuni and many more. More
Tucson, AZ: Westernlore Press, 1994. First printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 219 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w historical photos. The story of two Cochise Countuy ranches: one, a household name among Arizona stockraisers; the other virtually unknown today. Signed by the author. Hard to find. More
St. Louis, MO: Webster Publishing, 1949. Second edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 122 pgs, b&w illustrations, decorated endsheets. Biography of the Indian boy who rose to become Mexico's greatest leader in the 19th century. For young adults, adapted from the first edition. More
Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1976. Paperback. 6 x 9, 196 pgs, b&w historical photos. A family memoir of cattle raising in the southern Utah area called Robbers Roost where the terrain was also home to Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch. More
New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1971. Second edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 255 pgs, index, b&w photos,mapped endsheets. As a girl growing up on a ranch in Robbers Roost (Utah), she heard the legends and knew people who remembered the outlaws. Here are her stories of Butch Cassidy, Gunplay Maxwell..... More
Palo Alto, CA: American West Publishing, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11 1/2, 288 pgs, b&w and color photos throughout. A pretty coffee-table style book, captures the exciting panorama of the Southwest. More
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 221 pgs, index, biblio, b&w photos. The reminiscences of James Kaywaykla, who told the author the stories of his fellow tribesmen and their years on the warpath in the 1880s. More
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. Paperback. 5 x 8, 490 pgs. A novel of prehistoric Pueblo Indians. More
New York: Dodd Mead, 1918. Reprint. Hardcover. Originally published in 1890. 4 1/2 x 7, 490 pgs. Bandelier's classic novel of primitive New Mexico and the Indians who lived there. Ex-library, rebound, with the usual markings. More
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. Paperback. 5 x 8, 490 pgs. A novel of prehistoric Pueblo Indians. More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1937. Hardcover. 7 x 9, 274 pgs, index, b&w and color historical plates. From the Handbooks of Archaeology series, an indepth look at the Rio Grande pueblos. Ex-library rebound with the usual markings. More
Menlo Park, CA: Lane Publishing, 1974. Paperback. 8 x 11, 160 pgs, b&w photos and maps. Somewhat dated but still a nice introduction and guide to Southern California. More
Roswell, NM: Old-Time Publications, 1991. First edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 184 pgs, b&w photos. Stories of homesteading in Greer County, Oklahoma. Events, humorous and serious that occurred on the Banister Farm during the author's growing up years in the 1920's and 30's. More