Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 247 pgs.Story follows the Indian fighting in the Montana Territory in the fateful summer and winter of 1876. The Indian chiefs Crazy Horse, Stitting Bull, and Lightning's Friend for the first and only time had formed a...... More
Las Cruces, NM: Barbed Wire Publishing, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 38 pgs, b&w photos. Texas memoir centered around this famous historian. More
New York: Abbeville Press, 1988. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 251 pgs, b&w and color photos. Combined ethno-journalistic and photo documentary of life on the Mexican - U.S. border. Solid, crisp, beautifully produced volume. More
New York: James Miller, 1868. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 7, 317 pgs. A quote from the preface: 'I gathered my materials and nearly completed the work while in Mexico, and was most diligent in my exertions to collect facts... I trust I shall not be charged with either vanity..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1946. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2, 248 pgs, b&w illustrations. One of the many 1940s western stories written for young adults with Gene Autry as the hero. More
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2015. Reprint. Paperback. 6 x 9, 244 pgs. The author's lifetime as a trapper, the work, relations with Indians, the occupations of plainsmen and mountain men when trapping failed, and more. Lots of history. More
Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 8 1/2, 393 pgs, b&w photos. The story of the "Kid" and the Lincoln County War between the years 1864 and 1881. Hard to find. More
Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 2016. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 168 pgs, b&w illustrations. Biography of Harvard educated Episcopal priest Ross Calvin who explained New Mexico and the American Southwest through his books and articles. More
Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 2016. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 168 pgs, b&w illustrations. Biography of Harvard educated Episcopal priest Ross Calvin who explained New Mexico and the American Southwest through his books and articles. More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1966. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 341 pgs, index. The explorations of Chamuscado, Espejo, Cantano de Sosa, Morlete, and Leyva de Bonilla and Humana. More
Rochester, Il: Western Images, 1997. First edition. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, b&w drawings, about 80 unnumbered pages. A nice collection of western art and poetry. More
Santa Fe, NM: Ancient City Press, 1989. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 223 pgs, index, b&w illustrations and photos. The classic account by a New Mexico lawman. An autobiography about his youth in San Saba County of west Texas to his days as a New Mexico peace officer from..... More
New York: Penguin Books, 2001. Second edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 580 pgs. A huge, riveting, deeply imagined novel about the siege and fall of the Alamo. More
New York: Penguin Books, 2001. Second edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 580 pgs. A huge, riveting, deeply imagined novel about the siege and fall of the Alamo. Slight damp stain on upper corner of first 100 pages. More
New York: Skyhorse Publishingq, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. 8 x 10, 176 pgs, b&w and color photos. The pioneering mountain men entered the uncharted American wilderness with nothing but their wits, their survival skills, and what few tools they could carry along with them. Yet just a short time later..... More
New York: Crescent Books, 1993. Hardcover. 9 x 11 1/2, 64 pgs, color photos throughout. Beautiful photographs of the Land of Enchantment. More
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 1990. Second edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 150 pgs, historical photos. Intro by Michael C. Meyer. Subtitled "Clandestine Activities of the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920", the authors sleuth out what went on behind the scenes in the Mexican Revolution. Soft. Good. Cover somewhat curled. More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1976. Paperback. 6 x 9, 167 pgs, index, b&w photos. How cowboys lived, loved and died. How they fared when ranchers switched from running cattle to entertaining dudes, and what the media has made of them. More
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 1995. Second edition. Paperback. High-Lonesome Books, Silver City, NM, 1995, 2nd printing of expanded 1949 volume, lots of historical photos. The author, a former journalist, makes effective use of contemporary newspaper accounts & other sources to produce a very readable short biography of Villa. More
Los Angeles: Fred Harvey, 1919. Fourth edition. Paperback. 9 1/2 x 7, 64 pgs, color illustrations throughout. Neat old travel guide, Some tears and folds to outside edges and extremeties. Interior in better condition than cover. Title page has large tear. Very collectible. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1972. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 531 pgs, index, section of b&w photos, endsheets decorated with maps. An in-depth look at this Mexican ruler and his family. More
Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1991. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 349 pgs. The author's views on the connections between land ethic and work ethic, and between conservation and conservatism. Page notation on front fly. More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989. Paperback. 9 x 12, 155 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w and color art reproductions throughout. A choice selection of Russell's paintings and drawings, each accompanied by a brief commentary. More
New York: Gallery Books, 1984. First printing. Hardcover. 9 x 12, 352 pgs, index, b&w and color historical photos. Pretty coffee-table style book with more than five hundred illustrations including contemporary engravings, paintings, and early photographs embellish a history of the American West that concentrates on the life-styles of Indian..... More
London: Octopus Books, 1974. Hardcover. 8 x 11, 144 pgs, index, b&w and color photos and illustrations. From the early days of the pioneering cattle drives.to modern style ranching.this book captures the real flavor of cowboy life. More