Resultados de búsqueda: Western Americana from Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB

Phoenix: , 1991. Soft Cover. Very Good. Signed by Author. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Red pictorial wraps. Illustrated. Stories of author's various experiences on a cattle ranch in a humorous vein. 145pp.Writer in the monthy magazine Arizona Cattlelog and writer of children's stories. Bio page of author laid-in.

Austin: The Encino Press, 1970. Limited Edition. Oblong Small Octavo. Limited to 850 copies signed by the author. The present copy is number 671. 51(1)pp., Bound in red paper covered boards, spine lettering black, both boards with a photographic image of Mr. Green mountd, housed within a publisher's slipcase with pastedown title. A fine copy.

Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, Inc, 1964. Octavo. 190pp., written anonymously, with notes and bibliography by Jerome Peltier. An eye witness account of the crimes of the Slade gang and originally published prior to the better known "Vigilantes of Montana" by Thomas J. Dimsdale, first issued in 1866.bound in light brown cloth, spine lettering black. A handsome copy, fine in nearly fine clipped pictorial dust jacket lightly rubbed at foot.

Topeka, KS: Fort Hays Kansas State College Studies, 1943. First Edition. Stapled Wrap. Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 55pp. Early treatise on the frontier days of Dodge City, with Bat Masterson, and young Wyatt Earp. Text. Chapter notes. References. In light blue wraps, with black title letter on front cover (spine lightly sunned).

Williamsport, Md: The Zane Grey Collector, 1969. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. wraps, 24pp. Illustrated with period sketches of Betty Zane and Fort Henry in historical magazines. SIGNED by G. M. Farley on title page. In blue printed covers.

Dallas, TX: The Southwest Press, 1930. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 110pp. Inscribed and signed by author to Katherine Dugger. Collected poems, bound in red cloth spine, and marbled paper over boards (clean interior, with wear on two corners of boards, and light insect damage and rubbing to gilt title on spine).

Cordillerea Press, Inc, 1986. First Edition. Quarto. 160pp. Illustrated by Clark Blickensderfer, foreword by Barbara A. Sandweiss. 64 black and white plates, with titles and dimensions. Includes a chronology of shows, and list of plates. In silver lettered black burlap cloth and illustrated dust jacket.

Los Angeles; (1957): The Ward Ritchie Press. First Edition. Octavo. 157pp., Signed by the author. Powell writes about Arizona's dry and wrinkled land, A Southwestern bookseller, street of the second-hand bookshops, land of fiction and more. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over decorative cloth, spine lettering gilt. A handsome near fine copy.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1872. First Edition. Small Octavo. 396p., illustrations. Copyright was in late 1871 but not issued until 1872. Even Wright Howes M-275 made this error, however, modern bibliographers have shown there was no earlier issue. Marcy includes many items from his early career to his experiences in Texas to the development of the Northwest. His descripton of Apache territory as "the most unattractive, barren, desolate, God forsaken and (except for its mines) worthless region within the limits of our entire possessions...Arizona is not, in my judgment, destined to become of much significance." Bound in green cloth central gilt stamp depicitng the US falge, boards bordered in black and gilt, brown coated endpapers, only a small amount of rubbing at head of spine. A handsome copy.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1983. First Edition. Octavo. 445pp., index. This book "will be invaluable to anyone searching for information on the lands along the boundary of the United States and Mexico." Dust jacket has slight fading to the spine.

Texas; (1991): Creative Publishing Co. First Edition. Octavo. Limited to 1000 copies, signed by Chuck Parsons, 159pp., Brown Bowen was John Wesley Hardin's brother-in-law and one of the deadliest gunfighters of all time. Bound in red cloth, spine lettering gilt. A fine copy in near fine pictorial dust jacket.

Dallas, Texas: Self-Published, 2002. First Edition. Fine. Octavo. 324p. The author had written previously on Walter Durbin, Texas Ranger and Sheriff as well as his study on a Texan in the Gold Rush. Original maroon leatherette binding. Excellent work on Texas Rangers and other noted lawmen and the outlaws. A fine copy.

Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1968. Limited Edition. Quarto. Limited to 1000 Copies. Handsome edition listing and describing 24 official books with registered cattle brands going back to 1778, when the practice was dictated by the Spanish governor. 6 plates of illustration. Key to Brands. 45 pp. bound in brown paper covered boards,paper label paste down to upper board decorated with brands, spine lettering black. Near fine.

Los Angeles: Orange County Historical Society, 1989. Cloth. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 339 pp. Limited to 500 copies. Red spine label. Bibliography by city, town, area.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1956. Octavo. 139pp, Signed and inscribed by Illustrator Bill Leftwich along with an original drawing of a man in a sombrero. Those who have read or seen Hud will remember how an outbreak of the Hoof and mouth disease outbreak in 1949 along the Texas/Mexican border produced a treaty that allowed Americans to kill the infected cattle. Other factors entered in and resistance began. Bound in beige pictorial cloth depicting a head of a bull in black, spine lettering gilt over black, A fine copy in a very good pictorial dust jacket with short closed tear edge tear to upper edge of front panel.

Lake Grove, OR: Western Express / Alan Patera, 1990. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 148pp. Facsimiles of historical postmarks, and specialty marks. In printer wraps. Front panel has deep crease (6") from knife line.

(Great West Books, 1996). Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 450 copies and signed Robert J. Chandler.105pp. illustrated with black & white photographs. San Francisco Corral of the Westerners, Brand Book I. Short stories by various people on the history of California and the settlers who traveled there. Bound in full dark brown leather pictorially stamped in gilt, tiny bump to one corner, Previous owner's gift inscription. Near fine.

Fort Worth, Texas: Branch-Smith, 1974. First Edition. Octavo. Inscribed by the author. 188pp., The author helped to found Camp County. This is the local history told by the author who experienced it. A good place to live and to rear a family. Bound in red cloth, spine lettering gilt, A fine copy in a very good dust jacket.

Colorado, TX: Whipkey Printing Co, 1906. First Edition. Octavo. "By One of the Nine/ A Member of Company "E"/ Texas Rangers. 204pp. Illustrated with full-page line drawings and b&w photographs. Includes extracts from newspapers and letters. A sharp and surprisingly tight copy bound in pictorial paper wraps, scattered foxing on edges, lfaint dampstains to upper corner on last five pages (marginal). Slight chipping to foot. with a couple of small chips and a tear to spine.

Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.A.: Creative Pub Co, 1978. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 212p. index. The author describes the neglected account in detail of William Henry Hutchinson's major role in Hardin's arrest (although the legend gives far too much credit to Texas Ranger John Barlcay Armstrong) and he also cites evidence that the reward money was shared with his supposed friends along with his relatives. A major contribution to studies of the outlaw who killed more than any other known badman.