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
Western Americana
SUN IN YOUR EYES; New Light on the Southwest
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
OUTLAWS AND LAWMEN OF THE WEST; Volume II
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
THE CATTLE KINGS.
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
BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN.
New York: Doubleday, 1978. Hardcover. 6 x 8 1/2, 252 pgs, sections of b&w photos. Autobiography of the "Singing Cowboy" More
GRAND CANYON: AN ANTHOLOGY.
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
WORKING IN THE DARK; Reflections of a Poet of the Barrio
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
TOMBOY BRIDE.; A woman's personal account of life in mining camps of the West.
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
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANS.; Arts & Crafts, Tribes, Ceremonials
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
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
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
SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN CEREMONIALS.
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
SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN CEREMONIALS.
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
"WE'LL ALL WEAR SILK HATS"; The Erie and Chiricahua Cattle Companies and the Rise of Corporate Ranching in the Sulphur Spring Valle of Arizona, 1883-1909.
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
JUAREZ - HERO OF MEXICO.
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
ROBBERS ROOST RECOLLECTIONS.
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
THE WILD BUNCH AT ROBBERS ROOST.
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
THE GREAT SOUTHWEST: THE STORY OF A LAND AND ITS PEOPLE.
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
IN THE DAYS OF VICTORIO.; Recollections of A Warm Springs Apache.
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
THE DELIGHT MAKERS.
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. Paperback. 5 x 8, 490 pgs. A novel of prehistoric Pueblo Indians. More
THE DELIGHT MAKERS.
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
THE DELIGHT MAKERS.
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. Paperback. 5 x 8, 490 pgs. A novel of prehistoric Pueblo Indians. More
INDIANS OF THE RIO GRANCE VALLEY.
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
TRAVEL GUIDE TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
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
BANISTER - A PIONEER GREER COUNTY FARM FAMILY.
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