Western Americana
RATTLESNAKES.
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 201 pgs. Dobie's classic on the lore of the rattlesnake world. Price unclipped on dust jacket. More
STORIES OF CHRISTMAS AND THE BOWIE KNIFE.
Austin, TX: The Steck Company, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 62 pgs, color illustrations. Published by the Steck Company as a Christmas Greeting for their customers in 1953. Dobie's recollections of three boyhood Christmases and includes his colorful story of the Bowie knife. Includes original glassine dust jacket..... More
THE VOICE OF THE COYOTE.
London: Hammond, Hammond & Co.,, Ltd., 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 386 pgs, b&w illustrations by Olaus J. Murie. In typical Dobie style, the coyote both as he is biologically and as he exists in human imagination - as he is in life, in literature and..... More
THE VOICE OF THE COYOTE.
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 386 pgs, b&w illustrations by Olaus J. Murie. In typical Dobie style, the coyote both as he is biologically and as he exists in human imagination - as he is in life, in literature and around..... More
WILD AND WILY RANGE ANIMALS.
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Publishing, 1980. Hardcover. 5 x 8 1/2, 124 pgs. An attractive little book about animals of the western range, including the roadrunner, mustang, mule, longhorn, white stallion, coyote, and rattlesnake. Brand new. Still in shrinkwrap. More
CONSIDER THIS, SENORA.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994. Reprint. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 241 pgs. A novel of four North American expatriates in a small Mexican village and how the land and the people change them. More
TUCSON TO TOMBSTONE; A Guide to Southeastern Arizona
Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Highways Books, 2001. Reprint. Paperback. 8 x 11, 96 pgs, beautiful color photos and illustrations throughout. The author guides you throuh southeastern Arizona's scenic and recreational attractions, showing all that there is to see and do. More
ROAD AGENTS AND TRAIN ROBBERS.; Half A Century of Western Banditry.
New York: Dodd Mead, 1973. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 274 pgs, index, b&w photos and drawings, decorated endsheets. The story of the dramatic struggle between the criminals and the law during this country's westward expansion. More
THE SANTA FE TRAIL.
New York: Tudor Publishing, 1943. Reprint. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 283 pgs, index, bibliography. An in-depth history of the trail, those who travelled it and why, its part in the settling of the West and more. Cloth on boards chipped, spine frayed at top, some damp staining on most pages..... More
THE MAKING OF LEGENDS; More True Stories of Frontier America
Athens, OH: Swallow/Ohio University Press, 1997. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 272 pgs, index, bibliography, notes, b&w historical photos. Some of the American West's grandest legends are about people who in reality were remorseless killers, robbers, and bandits. These outlaws flourished during the 1800s and gained notoriety throughout the..... More
THREE MEN IN TEXAS.; Bedichek, Webb, and Dobie. Essays by their Friends in the "Texas Observer".
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 285 pgs, b&w photos. A tribute to Roy Bedichek, Walter Prescott Webb and J. Frank Dobie, the three great men of Texas literature. More
MYTHS & LEGENDS OF THE INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST; Navajo, Pima, Apache
Santa Barbara, CA: Bellerophon Books, 1979. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 48 pgs, b&w illustrations (for using in designs, or for coloring). Children's book about these three Indian tribes. More
AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST.
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1988. Fourth printing. Trade Paperback. 6 x 9, 285 pgs, index, bibliography, section of b&w photos. This is a great source book to the more than fifteen Indian groups that comprise the peoples of southwest. Dealing with customs, religious ceremonies, and rituals it..... More
WESTERN HIGH SPOTS; Reading and Collecting Guides.
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Publishing, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 192 pgs, b&w photos, foreword by Leland D. Case. A preeminent book collector and historian presents bibliographic profiles of published Western Americana. More
WESTERN HIGH SPOTS; Reading and Collecting Guides.
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Publishing, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 192 pgs, b&w photos, foreword by Leland D. Case. A preeminent book collector and historian presents bibliographic profiles of published Western Americana. More
MY DOBIE COLLECTION; Keep-Sake Number One
College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1971. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 43 pgs, b&w photos. Dykes' description of many rare Dobie items in his collection. Dykes gave his Dobie collection to the library to fill out their Range Livestock Collection, which he had sold to them. More
THE CATTLE TOWNS.
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1983. Second printing. Paperback. 5 x 8, 396 pgs, index, section of b&w photos. Social history of the Kansas cattle trading centres of Abilene, Ellsworth, Wichita, Dodge City and Caldwell between the years 1867-1885. First 7 sheets loose but in good shape. More
HOW I ROUTED A GANG OF ARIZONA OUTLAWS- and other stories.
Tucson, AZ: Trail to Yesterday Books, 1995. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. 6 x 9, 44 pgs, references, b&w illustrations. Three stories written by Earp for the San Francisco Examiner in August, 1896; the title story plus "Tales of the Shotgun-Messenger Service" and "A Tribute to Bat Masterson" More
THE NEW WARRIORS; Native American Leaders Since 1900
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2001. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 346 pgs, index, list of contributors. Profiles of American Indian men and women who played a significant role in the affairs of their communities and of the nation over the course of the twentieth century. Ex-library with minimal markings..... More
A CAMPAIGN IN NEW MEXICO.
Readex Microprint, 1966. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2, 184 pgs, fold-out map. Edward's account of the expedition of Colonel Doniphan from Santa Fe to Saltillo, Mexico, and down the Rio Grande to a port of embarkation for New Orleans. More
HOMESTEADING THE PLAINS; Toward a New History
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 253 pgs, index, bibliography, charts and photos. Offers a bold new look at the history of homesteading, overturning what for decades has been the orthodox scholarly view. The authors begin by noting the striking disparity between the..... More
THE GOLDEN DOOR.; International Migration, Mexico, and the United States.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 402 pgs, index, bibliography, notes. Sensitive exploration of a potentially disastrous national problem. More
TREASURES OF THE AMERICAN WEST; Selections from the Collection of Harrison Eiteljorg
New York: Balance House, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 11 1/2 x 10 1/2, 172 pgs, color art reproductions. The Harrison Eiteljorg collection is a treasure hunt. The cream of this magnificent collection is an impressive collection of 20th century western art including several from members of the Taos Society of..... More