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.
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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.....
NAVAHOS HAVE FIVE FINGERS
OU, Norman, 1963, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 249pp. Bibliography. Index. The author really is "authors", as T. D. stands for Terry & Don, who have signed this copy. They lived & served at the Ganado Mission beginning in 1955. Ink place of purchase & year on lower ffep (Santa.....
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.....
WANDERSONG
Caldwell: Caxton, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Silver-stamped cloth. 309pp. Illustrated with drawings by George Bonner. Endpaper maps of "The Upper Missouri River Frontier Montana Territory 1864-1889." Frontispiece portrait of Henry MacDonald, the Montana frontiersman about whom this book was written. Fine copy in near fine and scarce dj.....
HORSE WRANGLER (Signed) Sixty Years in the Saddle in Wyoming and Montana
OU, Norman, 1960, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 296pp. Illust. Index. Signed by Bard. Contains Johnson County War information. Fine in moderately shelf rubbed, pc dj. Signed copies are scarce. 6-guns 136.
EARLY DAYS IN LLANO
Llano, TX: Privately published, 1905. First Edition. Soft cover. Early reprint--1905?-- of rare 1898 book. Small 4to wraps. 76pp. Barler was a Texas cattleman who came to Bastrop County, Texas in 1850 from Ohio. A short book, but full of vivid memories. If you thought chasing outlaws and fighting wild.....
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.....
ZUNI FETISHES: Using Native American Sacred Objects for Meditation, Reflection, and Insight (Signed)
NY: HarperOne, 1993. Soft cover. This is the 7th printing, 1996. Medium-sized 4to pictorial wraps. 170pp. Illus. Notes. Bibliography. Resources. Signed by Bennett. Fine.
ZUNI FETISHES: Using Native American Objects for Meditation, Reflection, and Insight
Harper, NY, 1995, 1995. Soft cover. 7th printing. Small 4to in pictorial wraps. 170pp. Notes. Bibliography. Resources. Fine, like new.
COWBOY LIFE ON THE SIDETRACK Being an Extremely Humorous and Sarcastic Story of the Trials and Tribulations Endured by a Party of Stockmen Making a Shipment from the West to the East.
Denver, 1903. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial cloth. 207pp + photo ad of Denver Union Stock Yard Co., & 2 other full page ads (Denver Live Stock Commission Co. & Flato Commission Co.). Illust/photos. One of the classic cowboy books, from a Wyoming cowboy. References to the Union Pacific RR.....
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.....