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W001. Adams, Ramon F. & Britzman, Homer E. CHARLES M. RUSSELL THE COWBOY ARTIST - A BIOGRAPHY. Trail's End Pub., 1954. Second edition. HC 6" x 9.5", 350 pp., maroon boards, index, biblio. check list by Karl Yost, numerous color and b/w illus., photos, color pictorial endpapers. Faint evidence of moisture at some time at perimeter of front board, spine head, but not affecting text or endpapers, else EXCELLENT+. Tight binding and hinges; no writing or marking to endpapers or text. w/o dj. $59. dcz0301%.
AM003. Ault, Phil. THIS IS THE DESERT. DM, 1959. First. lib. 8vo, 176 pp. Pictorial cvr. Illus by Leonard Everett Fisher. "The story of America's arid region." But for lib stamps and stickers, E, w/o dj as issued. $6. uuaq.
AM007. Bourke, John G.. ON THE BORDER WITH CROOK. Time-Life, 1980 1st thus (facsimile rpnt of 1891 ed.) 12mo, 491 pp. Part of the "Classics of the West" series. Story of hero of Indian Wars, who defeated Geronimo and Crazy Horse. Beautiful brown leather binding, western device rising fnt cvr, raised bands, all edges and titles gilt, silk page marker. Announcement and loose special bookplate set in. A Fine copy, w/o dj as issued. $24 al99aa
AM057. [California] Lewis, Oscar: SUTTER'S FORT - GATEWAY TO THE GOLD FIELDS. Prentice-Hall, 1966. 1st ed. 8vo, 223 pp, quarter-bound black and gold cl bds, color maps at enprs. 1839 and the story of Capt. John A. Sutter's California Empire. Lib, but fewer than usual scars from: call number to spine, lib labels, sm damage to rear fly where pocket was removed, else VG in dj. $22. 9mdw8
W002. Chadwick, Joseph. GUNSMOKE RECKONING. Gold Medal Books #149, 1951. First edition. pb, 182 pp. An original novel. "Cole Mowbrey's the name; his guns made the law." VERY GOOD in wraps, with plastic laminate on fnt panel starting to separate, else pages clean and pliable. $12. qra0200
W003. Cole, Maude E. WIND AGAINST STONE. Layman House, 1941. First edition. HC 8vo, 327 pp., tan burlap boards. Inscribed by the author. Fact-based novel of settlers on the plains of Texas, near Abilene, in the late 1800s. Previous owner's name at pastedown, else book is EXCELLENT+ in worn, chipped dj. $32. cwr1000%.
SOLD !!AM134. [Colorado] Voynick, Stephen M. COLORADO GOLD. Mountain Pr, Missoula, MT, 1992. 1st. 8vo, 206 pp, Pbd. History of gold mining in Colorado from the Pike's Peak rush to the present. Illus, index, biblio. F in wraps. $9. wqqa
W004. Colter, Eli. THE OUTCAST OF LAZY S. Handi-Book Western #95, 1949. First thus. pb, 159 pp. A cowboy falsely accused finds that proving his innocence is an uneasy mission, for the one person in the world who can prove him innocent is the man who was guilty. Near EXCELLENT in wraps, with early darkening to bottom of text, in tight binding and with flexible pages. $14. qra0200.
AM017. Conard, Howard Louis. "UNCLE DICK" WOOTTON. Time-Life, 1980 1st thus (facsimile rpnt of 1890 ed.) 12mo, 472 pp. Part of the "Classics of the West" series. "The Pioneer Frontiersman of the Rocky Mountain Region. An Account of the Adventures and Thrilling Experiences off the Most Noted American Hunter, Trapper, Guide, scout, and Indian Fighter Now Living. With An Introduction by Maj. Joseph Kirkland." Beautiful brown leather binding, western device rising fnt cvr, raised bands, all edges and titles gilt, silk page marker. Announcement and loose special bookplate set in. A Fine copy, w/o dj as issued. $24 al99aa
SOLD !!W005. Dawson, Peter. THE STIRRUP BOSS. Dell #490, 1949. First thus. pb, 190 pp, beautiful cover art (fnt and rear panels) by Bob Stanley. "Gun law pursues a man who is himself out after a killer." This copy near EXCELLENT with very early darkening to perimeter of fnt endpages only, else very clean and flexible, in wraps that are bright and clean. $9. qra0200.
AM033. DAzevedo, Warren L. HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, VOL 6 - GREAT BASIN. Smithsonian, 1986. 1st. Bibliography, index, maps, photos, 8 3/4 x 11 1/4. Part of the Smithsonians ongoing project to capture the history and culture of the original peoples of North America. Fine, w/o dj as issued. $21. pajk. SOLD !!
W006. Grey, Zane. THE DESERT OF WHEAT. G&D nd (orig. pub 1919), not 1st. HC 12mo, 377 pp, frontispiece + 4 illus. by W.H.D. Koerner. Pencil marks to front fly, else EXCELLENT w/solid hinges and binding, w/o dj. $14. pqa0500
W007. Grey, Zane. THE LIGHT OF WESTERN STARS. G&D, nd (orig. pub. 1914) HC, 378 pp. Reading copy only. $7. pqa0500
W011. Grey, Zane. RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE. G&D, nd (orig. pub. 1912) HC, 335 pp. 4 illus. by Douglas Duer. Reading copy only. $7. pqa0500
W012. Grey, Zane. WANDERER OF THE WASTELAND. G&D, nd (lacking title pg. and fly). HC, 419 pp. Reading copy only. $7. pqa0500
AM007. [Indian Wars] Bourke, John G.. ON THE BORDER WITH CROOK. Time-Life, 1980 1st thus (facsimile rpnt of 1891 ed.) 12mo, 491 pp. Part of the "Classics of the West" series. Story of hero of Indian Wars, who defeated Geronimo and Crazy Horse. Beautiful brown leather binding, western device rising fnt cvr, raised bands, all edges and titles gilt, silk page marker. Announcement and loose special bookplate set in. A Fine copy, w/o dj as issued. $24 al99aa
AM033. [Indians] DAzevedo, Warren L. HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, VOL 6 - GREAT BASIN. Smithsonian, 1986. 1st. Bibliography, index, maps, photos, 8 3/4 x 11 1/4. Part of the Smithsonians ongoing project to capture the history and culture of the original peoples of North America. Fine, w/o dj as issued. $21. pajk.
SOLD !!AM051. [Indians] Heizer, Robert F. HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, VOL 8 - CALIFORNIA. Smithsonian, 1978. 1st. Bibliography, index, maps, photos, 8 3/4 x 11 1/4. Part of the Smithsonians ongoing project to capture the history and culture of the original peoples of North America. Near fine, w/o dj as issued. $25. pajk.
AM103. [Indians] Ortiz, Alfonso. HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, VOL 9 - SOUTHWEST. Smithsonian, 1979. 1st. Bibliography, index, maps, photos, 8 3/4 x 11 1/4. Part of the Smithsonians ongoing project to capture the history and culture of the original peoples of North America. Near fine, w/o dj as issued. $25. pajk.
SOLD !!AM104. [Indians] Ortiz, Alfonso. HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, VOL 10 - SOUTHWEST (Continued). Smithsonian, 1979. 1st. Bibliography, index, maps, photos, 8 3/4 x 11 1/4. Part of the Smithsonians ongoing project to capture the history and culture of the original peoples of North America. Fine, w/o dj as issued. $23. pajk.
SOLD !!AM125. [Indians] Suttles, Wayne. HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, VOL 7 - NORTHWEST COAST. Smithsonian, 1990. 1st. Bibliography, index, maps, photos, 8 3/4 x 11 1/4. Part of the Smithsonians ongoing project to capture the history and culture of the original peoples of North America. As new,w/o dj as issued. $21. pajk.
SOLD !!AM143. [Indians] Wyatt, Gary. SPIRIT FACES. Chronicle, 1995. First US Large 8vo, Perfectbound, 135 pp, color plates. "Contemporary Native American Masks from the Northwest." $9. pajj.
W013. Kelton, Elmer. THE PUMPKIN ROLLERS. Forge, 1996. First edition. HC 8vo, 301 pp. Tale of the Texas frontier. AS NEW in dj. Tight binding and hinges; no writing or marking to endpapers or text. $23. akk201%.
W014. Lea, Tom. THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY. Little, Brown, 1952. BCED HC 5.5" x 8.5", 307 pp. Novel of Texas and Mexico. Pictorial cloth boards nicely illus. by author, as are endpapers. VERY GOOD + in dj worn at extremities. $9. aqw0901
AM057. Lewis, Oscar: SUTTER'S FORT - GATEWAY TO THE GOLD FIELDS. Prentice-Hall, 1966. 1st ed. 8vo, 223 pp, quarter-bound black and gold cl bds, color maps at enprs. 1839 and the story of Capt. John A. Sutter's California Empire. Lib, but fewer than usual scars from: call number to spine, lib labels, sm damage to rear fly where pocket was removed, else VG in dj. $22. 9mdw8
AM071. Maxwell, James A. AMERICA'S FASCINATING INDIAN HERITAGE. Reader's Digest, 1979. First edition. HC 4to, 416 pp. More than 700 illustrations, mostly in color. "The Indians you encounter in this book ... were a remarkably ingenious imaginative people who, long before Europeans arrived in the New World, had developed numerous cultures -- that differed as widely as those of the various nations of Europe -- some 200 languages, and the ability to survive in all the environments that exist between the Arctic Circle and subtropical Mexico." Book is near FINE in dj, w/ tight binding, sound hinges. $14. %aqwrt
W015. McMurtry, Larry. LONESOME DOVE. Simon & Schuster, 1985. BCED. HC 8vo, 821 pp. Pulitzer Prize winning tale of a cattle drive from Texas to Montana in the late nineteenth century. Near FINE in dj. Tight binding and hinges; no writing or marking to endpapers or text. [wra%] $9.
W016. McMurtry, Larry. DEAD MAN'S WALK. Simon & Schuster, 1995. First edition. HC 8vo, 477 pp. Novel. The first adventures of Gus and Call, the Heroes of LONESOME DOVE. AS NEW in dj. $14. pta0700.
AM112. [Nebraska] Sandoz, Mari. LB, 1935. 1st ed. 8vo, 424 pp, photos, pictorial enprs. Bio of author's father set in the upper Niobrara country in western Nebraska. Spine some dark, too a parameters of beige cl bds, else E+ w/o dj. $22. 9ppe8
W017. Nye, Nelson C. CARTRIDGE CASE LAW. Berkley Books #330, 1955. First thus. pb, 123 pp. "The story of Flash Marlatt, the Marshal's deputy, and of how he unmasked the killer of Cramp Leyholt, the murdered miner. It is also the story of Curley Bill Graham, a fast man with his fists or his gun..." VERY GOOD + in wraps. $7. qta0200.
AM103. Ortiz, Alfonso. HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, VOL 9 - SOUTHWEST. Smithsonian, 1979. 1st. Bibliography, index, maps, photos, 8 3/4 x 11 1/4. Part of the Smithsonians ongoing project to capture the history and culture of the original peoples of North America. Near fine, w/o dj as issued. $25. pajk.
SOLD !!AM104. Ortiz, Alfonso. HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, VOL 10 - SOUTHWEST (Continued). Smithsonian, 1979. 1st. Bibliography, index, maps, photos, 8 3/4 x 11 1/4. Part of the Smithsonians ongoing project to capture the history and culture of the original peoples of North America. Fine, w/o dj as issued. $23. pajk.
SOLD !!W021. Remington, Frederic. FREDERICK REMINGTON'S OWN WEST. Promontory Pr, 1960. Not 1st. HC 7.5" x 11.5", 254 pp. Edited with an intro by Harold McCracken. Written and illus by author. Includes 115 illustrations. "The great western artist's eyewitness accounts of his expeditions and adventures on the frontier." Book is near FINE with light rub to spine tail, in lightly worn dj w/ small chip rear panel, early darkening at spine, folds. $15. qwa0700.
AM146. [Rivers] Zwinger, Ann. RUN, RIVER, RUN. Harper & Row, 1975. First edition. 8vo, 317 pp, illus, maps, index. FINE in dj w/1" closed tear front panel, else excellent. A naturalist's journey down one of the great rivers of the West, Wyoming's Green River. $22. hmma%
SOLD !!AM112. Sandoz, Mari. LB, 1935. 1st ed. 8vo, 424 pp, photos, pictorial enprs. Bio of author's father set in the upper Niobrara country in western Nebraska. Spine some dark, too at perimeters of beige cl bds, else E+ w/o dj. $22. 9ppe8
AM115. Siringo, Chas. A. A TEXAS COW BOY. Time-Life, 1980 1st thus (facsimile rpnt of 1885 ed.) 12mo, 366 pp. Part of the "Classics of the West" series. Narrative of life on the Chisholm Trail and other western tales as told by the first cowboy-writer. Beautiful brown leather binding, western device rising fnt cvr, raised bands, all edges and titles gilt, silk page marker. Announcement and loose special bookplate set in. A Fine copy, w/o dj as issued. $24 al99aa
AM125. Suttles, Wayne. HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, VOL 7 - NORTHWEST COAST. Smithsonian, 1990. 1st. Bibliography, index, maps, photos, 8 3/4 x 11 1/4. Part of the Smithsonians ongoing project to capture the history and culture of the original peoples of North America. As new,w/o dj as issued. $21. pajk.
SOLD !!W003. [Texas] Cole, Maude E. WIND AGAINST STONE. Layman House, 1941. First edition. HC 8vo, 327 pp., tan burlap boards. Inscribed by the author. Fact-based novel of settlers on the plains of Texas, near Abilene, in the late 1800s. Previous owner's name at pastedown, else book is EXCELLENT+ in worn, chipped dj. $32. cwr1000%.
W022. Tompkins, Walker A. WEST OF TEXAS LAW. Dell #310, 1948. First thus. pb, 240 pp. Map at rear panel. "The hard-hitting young editor of the longhorn Crusader has stuck his horns into something too big, too dangerous." VERY GOOD in wraps. $9. pqa0200
AM134. Voynick, Stephen M. COLORADO GOLD. Mountain Pr, Missoula, MT, 1992. 1st. 8vo, 206 pp, Pbd. History of gold mining in Colorado from the Pike's Peak rush to the present. Illus, index, biblio. F in wraps. $9. wqqa.
AM141. Wattles, Willard, ed. SUNFLOWERS A BOOK OF KANSAS POEMS. World Co, Lawrence KA. 1914. 1st. 12mo, 187 pp, table of contents, illus by Ivan Schuler. Green cl bds w/gilt title, picture. 179 poems of Kansas. o/n, pencil writing to fly, fnt inside hinge spl 3/4" either end, spine dark, else VG w/o dj. $15 nm98.
AM143. Wyatt, Gary. SPIRIT FACES. Chronicle, 1995. First US Large 8vo, Perfectbound, 135 pp, color plates. "Contemporary Native American Masks from the Northwest." $9. pajj.
AM146. [Wyoming] Zwinger, Ann. RUN, RIVER, RUN. Harper & Row, 1975. First edition. 8vo, 317 pp, illus, maps, index. FINE in dj w/1" closed tear front panel, else excellent. A naturalist's journey down one of the great rivers of the West, Wyoming's Green River. $22. hmma%
SOLD !!AM146. Zwinger, Ann. RUN, RIVER, RUN. Harper & Row, 1975. First edition. 8vo, 317 pp, illus, maps, index. FINE in dj w/1" closed tear front panel, else excellent. A naturalist's journey down one of the great rivers of the West, Wyoming's Green River. $22. hmma%
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