THE INDIANS.
New York: Time-Life Books, 1973. Full Leather. 8 1/2 x 11, 240 pgs, index, b&w & color illustrations. A wonderful book looking at the Indians of the West before and after the white man's invasion. More
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THE INDIANS.
New York: Time-Life Books, 1973. Full Leather. 8 1/2 x 11, 240 pgs, index, b&w & color illustrations. A wonderful book looking at the Indians of the West before and after the white man's invasion. More
THE TRAIL TO OGALLALA.
Ft. Worth, TX: TCU Press, 1985. Reprint. Paperback. 6 x 9, 285 pgs. The author describes the trials & tribulations of a three-month cattle drive from South Texas to Ogallala, Nebraska. He tells of stampedes, dangerous river crossings, demanding Indians and struggles for leadership. More
PORTRAITS, LEGENDS AND RITUALS OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS.
Ft. Worth, TX: Published by the author, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 9 x 12, 101 pgs, sepia and white art reproductions. Beautiful collection of impressionist style paintings of North American Indians. More
APACHE DAYS AND TOMBSTONE NIGHTS.; John Clum's Autobiography.
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 192 pgs, index, biblio, b&w historical photos. Clum's remembrances of the years 1877-1887; an Apache Indian agent, Indian fighter, mayor of Tombstone at the time of the gunfight at the OK Corral, founder of the "Tombstone Epitaph", etc...... More
MIMBRES MYTHOLOGY.
El Paso, TX: Texas Western Press, 1989. Third printing. Trade Paperback. 6 x 9, 75 pgs, b&w illustrations. From the Southwestern Studies series, an interesting study of the myths and beliefs of these Indians who left beautiful black and white pottery. More
CUSTER IN TEXAS; An Interrupted Narrative
New York: Sol Lews and Liveright, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 288 pgs, index, b&w illustrations. An interpretation of General Custer's tenure in Texas following the Civil War. Custer, long regarded either as a hero who died with his troops at the Little Bighorn, or as a foolhardy..... More
'DEAR OLD KIT'; The Historical Christopher Carson
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990. First, thus. Paperback. 6 x 9, 250 pgs, index, notes, b&w illustrations. Kit Carson's memoir as dictated to John Mostin in 1856. More
GHOST TOWNS OF THE WEST.
Menlo Park, CA: Lane Publishing, 1971. First printing. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11, 256 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w and color historical photos. A pictorial guide to towns and mining camps that opened the west. More
THE NESTORS; A Story of Homesteading in the Southwest
Kansas City, MO: Burton Publishing, 2000. Second edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 217 pgs. Originally published in 1920, the author's son's reprinted the book in 2000. Includes a note from the sons to the original buyer of the book. Reminiscences of life on the plains at the turn..... More
THE TEXAS BORDER.; And Some Borderliners.
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 8 1/2, 440 pgs, b&w photos, paperback "guide" tucked in at back endsheet. Amusing, extraordinary and informative stories of the Texas Border: spindletop, the bloody Salt Wars, the King Ranch, the Alamo, Big Bend National Park, and much more. Spine of..... More
JOURNEY TO THE HIGH SOUTHWEST.
Seattle: Pacific Search Press, 1986. Third printing. Paperback. 7 x 9, 401 pgs, index, b&w illustrations. A traveler's guide to Santa Fe and the four corners. This uniquely informed narrative invites you to explore a region that includes the Spanish Rio Grande towns in New Mexico and spectacular parks and..... More
THROUGH INDIAN EYES.; The Untold Story of Native American Peoples.
Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Assn, 1995. Hardcover. Pleasantville, NY, 1995. 9 1/2 x 12, 400 pgs, b&w and mostly color illustrations and photos throughout. A fascinating look at our common history as the first Americans experienced it, "facing east" More
THROUGH INDIAN EYES.; The Untold Story of Native American Peoples.
Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Assn, 1995. Hardcover. Pleasantville, NY, 1995. 9 1/2 x 12, 400 pgs, b&w and mostly color illustrations and photos throughout. A fascinating look at our common history as the first Americans experienced it, "facing east" More
THE NEW WORLD'S OLD WORLD; Photographic Views of Ancient America
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2003. Hardcover. 9 1/2 x 9, 270 pgs, b&w photos and maps throughout. This book showcases the remarkable work of photographers who have captured the archaeological landscapes of ancient American cultures from the dawn of photography to the current day. Through essays and..... More
MEXICO EN 1911; Dibujos y caricaturas
Mexico: Liberia de Manuel Porrua, S.A., 1949. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 8, 116 pgs, b&w drawings. Rare book of caricatures of famous Mexicans. Some text, all in Spanish. More
ARCTIC FRONTIERS.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 8 1/2, 232 pgs, index, b&w historical photos. An interesting discussion of U.S. exporations in the far north. More
DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP.
New York: Knopf, 1940. Reprint. Hardcover. 6 x 8, 343 pgs, b&w illustrations. Willa Cather's great novel of New Mexico in the middle of the nineteenth century. A classic! Ex-school library, tapes spine, and the usual. More
MY ANTONIA.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. Later printing. Paperback. 5 x 8, 244 pgs. Cather's 1918 romantic novel of a pioneer woman. More
MY ANTONIA.
New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1995. Later printing. Paperback. 5 x 8, 244 pgs. Cather's 1918 romantic novel of a pioneer woman. More
THE CHIRICAHUA APACHES; A Concise History
Rodeo, NM: ECO Herpetological Publishing & Distribution, 2020. First printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 139 pgs, color photos throughout. A trove of information about the Apache wars of southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and the northern states of Chihuahua and Sonora, a land often referred to as Apacheria. Signed by..... More
OF EARTH AND ELDERS; Visions and Voices from Native America
Missoula, MT: Roundhouse Publishing, 1998. First edition. Paperback. 9 1/2 x 8, 218 pgs, b&w and color photos. A remarkable "Who's-Who" of Native American leaders, artists and actors contribute through interview and prose to create a unique literary experience. More
MEXICAN ART AND THE ACADEMY OF SAN CARLOS 1785-1915.
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1962. Hardcover. 6 x 9, index, b&w photos and illustrations. Was the Royal Academy of San Carlos, founded in 1785 by the King of Spain, beneficial or detrimental to the development of a valid, living art in Mexico? The answer lies in the archives..... More
LOVING PEDRO INFANTE.; A Novel.
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 325 pgs, 1st edition. A novel about love's labors lost unraveling the fictions we weave to justify loving the wrong mate. Ex-library with minimal markings. More
STATEHOOD OF AFFAIRS.
Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, Inc., 2011. First edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 442 pgs. A new novel, imagines a compelling alternative history when New Mexico was at the center of an international conspiracy that threatened statehood. The unjust commitment of a woman to an insane asylum reveals a plot..... More