HOOFBEATS ON THE WIND: Tales of a Sagebrush Cowboy (Signed)
Columbus MT: Stillwater Sun, 1989. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. 4to pictorial wraps. 134pp. Illustrated. Signed by Abarr. A nice Montana cattle item. Vg.
Cowboys & Ranching
THE LOG OF A COWBOY
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing presumed of 2nd edition published by Houghton Mifflin, their Riverside Library. Cloth with gilt spine titles. 387pp. Illus. Previous owner's signature (fos) in ink on ffep with 1936 date. Vg-. Slight fraying to head of spine; endpapers with browning/oxidation. Dj has.....
THE KOHL'S RANCH STORY (Signed)
Mesa AZ: Privately Printed, 2004. Revised Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing of Revised Edition. 4to pictorial glossy wraps (glue bound). 169pp. Illus. Map(s). Signed by the author/compiler. A well-illustrated book on an Arizona ranch family. Fine. Scarce.
THE COWMAN SAYS IT SALTY (Signed)
Tucson: Univ of Arizona, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 163pp. Illustrated with drawings by Vic Donahue. Signed by Adams to no one, "Cordially Yours / Ramon Adams." An excellent work on cowboy words, slang, and phrasing. This is not a glossary but is written in narrative style.....
THE COWMAN SAYS IT SALTY
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth.163pp. Illustrations by Vic Donahue. A good book on the "picturesque speech of the cowboy" by the fine Western authority. Fine in fine dj.
THE LEGENDARY WEST
Dallas: Library of the DeGolyer Foundation & Friends of the Dallas Public Library, 1985. First Edition. Soft cover. Colorful decorated glossy wraps. (64pp). Illus. A useful reference booklet describing 47 rare Western books exhibited at the library. Slight nick at top affecting a few leaf edges, else fine.
THE OLD - TIME COWHAND
Macmillan, NY, 1961, 1961. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. Ltd to 350 copies. Pictorial cloth. 354pp. Illustrated with drawings by the incomparable Nick Eggenhofer. Signed & both Adams & Eggenhofer. One of the great modern treatments of the subject. Fine in original labeled slipcase which has a couple of marks & bit of.....
DRYBELT PIONEERS: Sundial, Enchant, Retlaw
Southern Printing Company Ltd & Book Committees of Sundial, Enchant and Retlow, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped green. Three indices of peoples' names of the three Alberta communities. Illustrated with vintage portraits and photos. Couple of other illustrations and a map or two. The ffep has ink signatures.....
YES, EVEN YOU CAN BE A COUNTRY PERSON
Willow Tree, Roy (Utah), 1996, 1996. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. 2nd edition. Pictorial wraps. 124pp. Inscribed & dated by Allred to your bookseller, "be careful when microwaving dynamite." Country & cowboy humor. Fine. Scarce signed.
AMERICAN COWBOY PREMIER ISSUE
Wichita: WEB, 1994. First Edition. Soft cover. 4to pictorial wraps. 104pp. Illust. A good-looking cowboy magazine. Articles referencing Wyatt Earp, cowboy clothing, furniture, rodeo, cowboy poetry, etc. Fine copy; mailing label. Out-of-print.
HOT IRONS Heraldry of the Range (Signed)
NY: Macmillan, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Decorated cloth. 242pp. Illustrated with small vignettes. Names of Brands on last page. Brands on endpapers. Presentation copy signed by Arnold to the well-known Texas bookman, author, & printer, Al Lowman, & his wife, Darlyne. Laid in review. An early, classic book on Western.....
HOT IRONS Heraldry of the Range
NY: Macmillan, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Decorated cloth. 242pp. Vignettes of brands scattered throughout the text. Endpapers decorated with brands. "Names of Brand" on last page. Fine in chipped dj which is also stained on the back panel. Herd 173.
THE LITERATURE OF THE RANGE CATTLE INDUSTRY A Critical Survey
KC: Kansas City Posse, The Westerners, 1970. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Printed wraps. 19pp. Footnotes. Fine.
DOES IT PAY? A Book on the Stock Industry of Southwestern Kansas
Brenham: Lone Wolf Press, 1997. Limited/Numbered. Soft cover. Facsimile reprint of original 1883 monograph. Ltd to 100 numbered copies. 12mo printed wraps. 48pp. including ads. New Preface by David Dary. Long a true rarity among range cattle industry books, the author issued this little book two years after Brisbin's The.....
BITTERSWEET OASIS: A History of Ashcroft The First 100 Years
Ashcroft BC: Village of Ashcroft, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. 4to pictorial cloth. 59pp. Illustrated with vintage photos. Index. Endpapers with photo of early Ashcroft. Locally published history of this important town on the Thompson River of British Columbia. Ranching, mining, etc. Fine, no dj as issued. Very scarce.....
INDIAN RAIDS IN LINCOLN COUNTY, KANSAS,1864 AND 1869 - Story of Those Killed, With a History of the Monument Erected to Their Memory in Lincoln Court House Square, May 30, 1909
Lincoln, KS: Lincoln Sentinel Print, 1910. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Printed wraps; cover with decorative border. Red image of American flag on back cover. 62pp. Illus. Fldg map. Laid in is stapled 8pp promo, "Subscribers To Lincoln Memorial Monument Fund", with list of dozens of named subscribers &.....
DAKOTA COWBOY: My Life in the Old Days
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 317pp. Illustrated with drawings by John Mariani. Endpaper maps of the Dakota Reservation Range / 1904. The two back leaves, one a blank & the other the free endpaper, are creased vertically. Else fine in near fine, price-clipped.....
LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER Seventy-Five Years in the Pecos Valley
Roswell: Hall-Poorbaugh, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial cloth. 235pp. Illust. Index. Intro by Peter Hurd, with drawing by him on dj. Endpaper map of several counties in New Mexico, drawing by Jose Cisneros. The author was born on a ranch SW of Roswell, in "Old Lincoln County." Info on Pat.....
MARCAS Y SENALES PARA IDENTIFICACION DE GANADO Estado Do Sonora 1963.
Hermosillo, Sonora: Litho-PATIMA, 1963. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition thus. Black 1/4 sheep with giilt titles on spine, and black cloth. Tall 12mo. 676pp. Prologo (1 page), Advertencias (1 page), brands pp 11-531; Indices pp 535-676. An attractive looking Sonora brand book in fine, unused condition. The gilt decoration.....
THE BEEF BONANZA: or, How to Get Rich on the Plains
Norman: OU, 1959. First Thus. Hardcover. 1st printing of Western Frontier Library reprint with Foreword by Gilbert Fite. 208pp. Couple of illustrations. Fine in vg dj.
THE BEEF BONANZA; or How To Get Rich on the Plains, being a description of cattle-growing, sheep-farming, horse-raising, and dairying in the West.
Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott, 1882. Cassette. Bibliographers only cite the 1881 first edition (copyright 1880), & do not mention this 1882 printing, which collates & sizes identical to the 1881 printing. Attractive pictorial gilt & blind-stamped small 8vo cloth. 222pp. Illustrated with several wood engravings. Index. 6pp of additional publications.....
THE FIGHTING NORTHS and Pawnee Scouts Narratives and Reminiscences of Military Service on the Old Frontier
New York & Lincoln: Privately Printed & Nebraska State Hist. Soc. 1932. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. 4to pictorial wraps. 72pp. Illustrated with vintage photos & maps. Printed three columns to a page, a very attractively published book loaded with information on the Indian Wars and the North brothers.....
INDIANS OF THE SOUTHEAST: Then and Now
Abingdon, Nashville, 1973, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Royal 8vo pictorial cloth. 304pp. Illustrated with lots of reproductions of drawings, lithos, engravings, photos (including color, but mainly b/w), even snapshots. Particularly striking is a 2-page color reproduction of "Trail of Tears" painted by Jerome Tiger. Maps. Appendices. Notes. "Places to See.....
REWARD We, the members of the Butte Valley Cattlemen's Association, Offer.
Butte Valley Star, Dorris, Novermber, 1959. 1959. First Thus. Soft cover. Not a book. Original poster offering reward "for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons stealing or butchering any CATTLE or HORSES belonging to the undersigned." R.L. Meglasson , Secretary, & R.J. Taylor, Secretary.....
MODOC COUNTY BRAND BOOK 1951
(Alturas): Modoc County Cattlemen's Assoc, 1951. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing thus. Pictorial wraps. (48pp). Illustrated with brands. Includes history of cattle raising in the county. Slight browning on covers near stapled spine, else fine.