OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE; The Hope of America
Pecos, NM: Trappist Abbey of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 1951. Second edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 44 pgs, b&w illustrationsand photos. The history of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Four Apparitions. More
Western Americana
LITTLE HERDER IN AUTUMN.
Santa Fe, NM: Ancient City Press, 1988. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 8 1/2, 90 pages, b&w illustrations. In English and Navaho both. Delightful childrens stories by this Newberry award winng author. More
QUIET ONE.
Las Vegas, NJ: Desert Rose Publishing, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 7 1/2 x 10, 64 pgs, color illustrations. A children's story: Quiet One enters this life silently to the surprise of his parents, and so receives his name. As he grows, he learns from his grandfather, Wise Owl - the..... More
RIVER OF THE WEST; A Chronicle of the Columbia
New York: Picador USA, 1997. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 406 pgs, bibliography. A glorious history of the Columbia River of the northwest. More
HORSING AROUND; Contemporary Cowboy Humor
Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press, 1999. First printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 226 pgs, glossary. A wonderful mixture of humor, wisdom, and philosophy can be found in the stories and poems within. More
LIVING IN THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS; Tombstone to Paradise 1923-1925
Rodeo, NM: ECO Publishing, 2023. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 135 pgs, color photos. Memoirs of Esther Close who moved to the Chiricahuas with her ailing husband in the 1920s for the healing climate. More
ANOTHER WAY THE RIVER HAS; Taut True Tales from the Northwest.
Corvallis: Oregon State University, 2010. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 190 pgs. The author's prose rings with a sense of place. He is a native speaker who probes the streams and woods and salmon that run to the heart of what it means to live and love, to work..... More
THE LIFE OF BUFFALO BILL.
New York: Indian Head Books, 1991. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 365 pgs, b&w illustrations. A facsimile reproduction of "The Life of Hon. William F. Cody known as Buffalo Bill The Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide" originally published in 1878. More
THE LIFE OF BUFFALO BILL.
New York: Indian Head Books, 1991. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 365 pgs, b&w illustrations. A facsimile reproduction of "The Life of Hon. William F. Cody known as Buffalo Bill The Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide" originally published in 1878. More
HUMOR OF THE OLD SOUTHWEST.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. Paperback. 5 x 8, 420 pgs, bibliography. The old Southwest was the southern frontier in the early 19th century, not Arizona, New Mexico, etc. Included are representative selections from more than 20 authors ranging from Parson Mason Weems to Davey Crockett to Augustus Baldwin Longstreet to..... More
THE STORY OF BUFFALO BILL.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1952. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 182 pgs, b&w illustrations. For young adults, a fictionalized account of the life of Bill Cody. More
THE JOURNAL OF ANTONIO MONTOYA.
Aspen, CO: Unbridled Books, 1996. First, thus. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 2148 pgs. The author's debut novel, "moves the cool, magical soul of South American realism to the hot, dry, magical heart of the American Southwest." More
A PART OF SPACE: TEN TEXAS WRITERS.
Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1969. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 179 pgs. Sampling of writing from ten Texas writers including John Edward Griffin, Edwin Shrake, Tom Pendleton, William Buford, Ramona Maher Weeks, William D. Barney, John Graves, James Newcomer, Ilse S. Rothrock and Larry McMurtry. Preface by Jim W...... More
"UNCLE DICK" WOOTTON.; The Pioneer Frontiersman of the Rocky Mountain Region
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1957. Hardcover. 4 1/2 x 7, 465 pgs, b&w historic photos and illustrations. An interesting biography of this trapper, freighter, rancher, stage-coach contractor, innkeeper, and all round capitalist in the west in the mid 19th century. More
WAR FOR THE PLAINS.
Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1992. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11, 192 pgs, b&w and color photos and illustrations. From "The American Indians" series, deals with the white intrusion into the Great Plains which led to one of the epic tragedies of American history. By 1890 the original inhabitants had suffered..... More
GERONIMO; An American Legend
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Mass Market Paperback. 4 x 7, 219 pgs. The basis for the movie, "In a land of warriors, in a time of legends, he was the greatest of all..." More
SON OF THE MORNING STAR.; Custer and the Little Bighorn.
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1984. Reprint. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 441 pgs. "The whole story", includes the heroism, the foolishness and above all the brutality of Custer's last stand. More
SON OF THE MORNING STAR.; Custer and the Little Bighorn.
New York: Harper & Row, 1991. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 441 pgs, index, biblio, section of b&w historical photos. "The Whole Story", includes the heroism, the foolishness, and above all, the brutality of Custer's Last Stand. More
SON OF THE MORNING STAR.; Custer and the Little Bighorn.
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1984. Reprint. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 441 pgs. "The whole story", includes the heroism, the foolishness and above all the brutality of Custer's last stand. More
THE BORDER AND THE BUFFALO.; the Untold Story of the Southwest Plains
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1938. Hardcover. 4 x 6 1/2, 480 pgs. An account of the westwardpush after the Civil War and life in the Southwest Plains during the late 1870s and early 1880s. The author was himself a buffalo hunter of the times. Previous owner's..... More
BILLY THE KID.; A Novel.
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 293 pgs, bibliography. A novel that packs accurate history into a dramatic narrative of this famous Western outlaw. More
BILLY THE KID.; A Novel.
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 293 pgs, bibliography. A novel that packs accurate history into a dramatic narrative of this famous Western outlaw. More
BURRO ALLEY.
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1946. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 270 pgs. Corle's famous novel of twelve hours on a Saturday night in 1938 in Santa Fe. Signed and numbered 99 of 1,500. Chunk of dustjacket near top missing. More
COARSE GOLD.
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1952. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 251 pgs. First published in 1942. Limited edition. No. 599 of 1000 copies. Signed by Corle and printer Ward Ritchie. ''A prospector strikes it rich as a young man and then stays on through the long years in the..... More
TEXAS WOMEN; Frontier to Future
Austin, TX: State House Press, 1998. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 375 pgs, b&w photos. Covers twenty-four famous Texas women - from Jane Maria McManus Storms Cazneau to Kay Bailey Hutchison. More