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
Western Americana
DAKOTA COWBOY.; My Life in the Old Days.
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1964. Reprint. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 317 pgs, b&w illustrations. The author's reminiscences of cowboying at the turn of the century in the Northern cow country. Fold-out map at front of book. More
A PORTRAIT OF PANCHO.; The Life of a Great Texas: J. Frank Dobie
Austin, TX: The Pemberton Press, 1965. First printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 164 pgs, b&w photos. Biography, critique and lots of photos; captures the true spirit and life of Texas' greatest man of letters, J. Frank Dobie. More
LA ESENCIA GRAFICA KYRON 1972-1988, MEXICO.
Santo Domingo: 1988. Paperback. 8 x 10, 96 pgs, b&w illustrations and photos, printed on light brown paper. All in Spanish, an art book. More
I, JUAN DE PAREJA.
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1993. Reprint. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 180 pgs. Historical novel based on the life of Juan de Pareja, the black assistant to the 17th-century Spanish painter Velazquez. More
I, JUAN DE PAREJA; With Connected Readings
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2005. Reprint. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 160 pgs. Historical novel based on the life of Juan de Pareja, the black assistant to the 17th-century Spanish painter Velazquez. More
TREASURE IN THE DUST.; Enduring Gold and Silver's Century of Divorce.
Fresno, CA: Panorama West Books, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 177 pgs, index, notes, bibliography, mapped endsheets, b&w historical photos. Colorful stories of one family's experience in the early American mining scene, and tracing the origins of the U.S. Mining Laws adopted by the U.S. Government in 1876..... More
ON THE BORDER WITH CROOK.
New York: Time-Life Books, 1980. Later printing. Leather Bound. Classics of the Old West Edition, originally published in 1891. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 491 pgs, facsimile reproduction. A first-hand account of Crook's campaigns during the Plains Indian wars an din the Southwest - really brings to life the whole..... More
DEATH IS INCIDENTAL; A Story of Revolution
Chicago: Willett, Clark & Company, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 111 pgs, illustrated with b&w block prints, decorated endsheets. "A story that illuminates momentarily the long Mexican revolution as a flash of lightning might reveal a forest in the midst of a night of storm." More
THE TORTILLA CURTAIN.
New York: Penguin Books, 1996. Reprint. Paperback. 5 x 7 1/2, 355 pgs. A rich and moving novel about the price of the American Dream. More
MORE THAN PETTICOATS; Remarkable Idaho Women
Guilford, CT: Twodot Press, 2001. Second edition. Paperback. 5 x 9, 151 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w historical photos. Tells the history of the Gem State through the stories of thirteen pioneering women, all born before 1900, who made a profound impact on Idaho. More
"LOS BILITOS": THE STORY OF "BILLY THE KID" AND HIS GANG.
New York: Carlton Press, 1980. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 255 pgs, b&w historical photos and illustrations. From a manuscript handwritten in 1880 by Charles Frederick Rudulph, a member of Garrett's historical posse. Inscribed and signed by the author. More
FIGHTIN' FOOL.
New York: Dodd Mead, 1987. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 186 pgs. A classic western in typical Brand style; a two-man army on the march. Ex-library. More
RIDER OF THE HIGH HILLS.
New York: Dodd Mead, 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 218 pgs. Set in the wild highlands of the West, this is a thrilling story, alive with dramatic scenes. Ex-library with usual markings. More
RIDERS OF THE PLAINS.
New York: Dodd Mead, 1940. Second edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 279 pgs. There was no place for Hale in the West--unless he carved one out with his wits and his gun. He battled the Westerners' scorn for a cripple and brought new life to the family ranch. But..... More
TRAILS WEST.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1979. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 210 pgs, illus/color photos. Takes a modern day journey over the Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, and others, comparing the history of each with the current reality. A fine Western heritage book with chapters by Wallace Stegner, Mark Simmons, Don..... More
TRAILS WEST.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1979. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 210 pgs, illus/color photos. Takes a modern day journey over the Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, and others, comparing the history of each with the current reality. A fine Western heritage book with chapters by Wallace Stegner, Mark Simmons, Don..... More
TRAILS WEST.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1979. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 210 pgs, illus/color photos. Takes a modern day journey over the Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, and others, comparing the history of each with the current reality. A fine Western heritage book with chapters by Wallace Stegner, Mark Simmons, Don..... More
EAST OF THE CASCADES.
Portland, OR: Binford & Mort, 1964. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 304 pgs, index, lots of b&w photos, endsheets decorated with maps. Prehistoric history, Indians and the first white men, the range lands, settlement of the country, railroads, etc. of this beautiful country. Gift inscribed on half title page..... More
THE LAST COWBOYS.
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 129 pgs, index, biblio, notes, b&w photos. Subtitled "Closing the Open Range in SE New Mexico 1890s-1920s", the first indepth look at what the cowboys did once the frontier closed. More
BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE.
New York: Bantam Books, 1972. 16th printing. Mass Market Paperback. 4 x 7, 458 pgs, section of b&w photos. The history of the Indian Wars from the Indian's point of view. More
BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE.; An Indian History of the American West.
New York: Henry Holt, 1991. Later printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 487 pgs, index, b&w photos. The history of the Indian Wars from the Indian's point of view. More
NUGGETS OF NEVADA COUNTY HISTORY.
Nevada City, CA: Nevada County Historical Society, 1984. Second edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 143 pgs, b&w historical photos. Historical events and personalities of Nevada County, California. More
LABRADOR DIARY - 1915-1925; The Gordon Journals
Cartright, Labrador: Anglican Parish of Cartwright, 2003. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 228 pgs, b&w photos. Very scarce: based on the journals of Henry and Clara (nee Ashall) Gordon who worked coastal Labrador at the beginning of the twentieth century. More