BEFORE COLUMBUS.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. Hardcover. 8 x 8, 32 pgs, color illustrations. Children's book about the pre-history of American cultures. Ex-library with the usual markings. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. Hardcover. 8 x 8, 32 pgs, color illustrations. Children's book about the pre-history of American cultures. Ex-library with the usual markings. More
Fairbanks, AK: Alaska Hunter, 1987. Second printing. Trade Paperback. 6 x 9, 432 pgs, index, b&w photos, maps. Filled with hunting strategies and practical tips and includes the latest in scientific research. Chapters devoted to moose, caribou, deer, elk, black bear, brown beas, mountain goat, Dall sheep, musk ox, gray..... More
Minnetonka, MN: Cy DeCosse, 1987. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11, 160 pgs, index, color photos. Contains updates on equipment, techniques, hotspots, fisheries science, etc. Title page missing. More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1972. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 149 pgs, b&w photos. Close-up photos and instructions on some classic flies. More
New York: Winchester Press, 1974. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 150 pgs, b&w photos. A step-by-step, fully illustrated guide for the beginning fly-tier. Ex-library. More
Detroit, MI: Harlo, 1977. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 63 pgs, b&w illustrations. Reminiscences of a cat lover in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Signed. More
Washington DC: Brassey's Inc., 2004. First edition. Paperback. 5 x 8, 157 pgs. Following the 9/11 attacks and anthrax scares in the USA, plus terrorist strikes in Tokyo, Bali, Mombasa, Riyadh and Casablanca, the British Home Secretary has made it clear to the public that the threat of an attack..... More
New York: Knopf, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 333 pgs, illus/photos. Interesting, literate memoir of the author's adventures, explorations, and political followings in southern Arizona and especially Mexico during the Mexican revolution. More
Eugene, OR: Oregon Council, Inc of the Federation of Fly Fishers, Inc., 1997. First printing. Spiral Bound. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 94 pgs, b&w photos. Instruction manual on how to tie different kinds of flies. Signed by Gretchen Beatty. More
Boston: Appalachian Mountain Club Books, 1989. Second edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 238 pgs, index, b&w photos and illustrations. A comprehensive manual on how to avoid accidents on the river and what to do when they happen. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 552 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w historical photos. Covers from the earliest Spanish explorations in fhe 16th century to the present. More
New York: Dodd Mead, 1947. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 304 pgs. This is the fifth book in the Golden Tales series. With contributions by many authors, including Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Frederic Remington, Gertrude Atherton, Mary Austin, Jack London, Andy Adams and more. Parents' gift inscription on inside of..... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1974. Second edition. Hardcover. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4, 290 pgs, index, foreword by W.W. Newcomb. Focuses on a strip of coastal prairie lying roughly between Corpus Christi and Galveston and once inhabited by the poorly known and much maligned Karankawa Indians. More
Milford, MI: Mott Media, 1985. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 9, 111 pgs. Primer, Pictorial Primer, First Reader, Second Reader, Third Reader, Fourth Reader, Progressive Speller. More
New York: Doubleday, 1989. Third printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 189 pgs. The author, a doctor, describes his search to make a new life and find meaning for himself after contracting polio and become a quadriplegic. More
Charlotte, VT: Garden Way Publishing, 1979. Paperback. 6 x 9, 200 pgs, illus/photos, index. A complete guide to a small scale milk goat operation, including, milking, making cheese, marketing, butchering, and breeding and care of the goats. The best book on homestead goats. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1911. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2, 346 pgs, color frontispiece by J.N. Marchand. The girl ran the "Polka" saloon on a California mountainside, during the heydey of the Gold Rush. The entire population of the mining camp fell in love with her, particularly and deeply..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2, 193 pgs. The story of three generations of Cherokee women, as viewed by the youngest, Lucie, a woman who has been able to use education and her imagination to escape the confines of her rootless, impoverished upbringing. When..... More
Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 2007. First edition. Paperback. 8 x 11, 126 pgs. The author encourages women of all ages to use writing, doodling and downright scribbling for getting to know themselves. Her "lean in close" techniques brim with layers of self-discovery. "There's nothing better than finding a piece..... More
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2001. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 108 pgs. The author, living in Pecos, New Mexico, spreads her joy of home repair; kitchen-table philosophy, leavened with truth, seasoned with sharp observations and a generous helping of comedy. Great reading. More
Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, 1965. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 64 pgs, b&w illustrations and photos. All you need to know to breed and train this sighthounds. More
Austin, TX: Texas Folklore Society, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 115 pgs, b&w photos. The author was a young man in 1894 when he wrote this work; he was a little hesitant to see it published - which first happened in 1943. He worked mostly for the Figure..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1943. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 181 pgs. A great poem recollecting the spirit and the beginnings of America. A classic! More
New York: Harcourt Brace, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 355 pgs, bibliography, section of color illustrations. A collection of stories and essays about humankind's growing away from the cradle of Earth. More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1909. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 453 pgs, 4 color illustrations. "The true narrative of one Dr. John Robinson and of his love for the fair Senorita Valois." More