THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO FISTFIGHT IN HEAVEN A Novel (Signed)
NY: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 223pp. "For E_____ Sherman Alexie 9/18/93". Fine in dj.
Western Fiction & Poetry
RESERVATION BLUES A Novel
NY: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardbound. 306pp. Fine in dj.
TELLING THE NATIVE AMERICAN STORY
Hayden Lake, ID: Convention Recording & Sound, 1995. Soft cover. Not a book. Original tape recording (approx. 60 min.) of the three above authors taken during a panel discussion at the PNBA (Pacific Northwest Booksellers' Assoc.) in Bellevue, WA. They were discussing how authentically writers can write about Native Americans.....
INTERPRETIVE APPROACHES TO WESTERN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Pocatello: Idaho State Univ Press, 1972. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing thus, separate from The Rendezvous. Pictorial wraps. 78pp. Essays by the four contributors on Western novels and literature. Fine. Scarce.
YELLOWSTONE! A Novel on the Exploration of the Future Yellowstone National Park in 1870, Combined with An Account of the Tragic Demise of the Sheepeater Tribe of the Shoshone Confederacy (Signed)
West Linn: Privately Printed, 2001. Limited/Numbered. Soft cover. 1st printing limited to 50 signed copies. 4to pictorial wraps. 348pp. Numbered & signed by Beelart on the title page. Well-written & researched; engaging style. Fine. Very scarce.
WESTERN STAR
NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1943. Hardcover. One-half calf & good looking brown cloth. 181pp. Classic poem of the old Eastern frontier & westward expansion. Copies are as common as hen's teeth, but this one was rebound in a most attractive leather & cloth binding with gilt stamped tooling & titles.....
YOUR ROLLING RIVER: A Novel (Signed)
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 342pp. Signed (signed only) by Binns on the half-title. A novel of the Columbia River by noted historian Binns. It "... has the refreshing effect of a cool, salt breeze blowing across the country it describes..." (from the dj).....
LE BISON NOIR Histoire D'Indiens.
Lausanne, 1896. 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition? Bright pictorial paper over 12mo boards. 79pp. Illust with 6 excellent, bright, dramatic color graveurs. A French novel of the American West & the Comanche Indians. Light edgewear & moderate soiling. Vg. Apparently quite scarce.
CROUTONS ON A COW-PIE Volume II (Signed)
Denver: Coyote Cowboy Co., 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped hardbound. 184pp. Illustrated with wonderfully humorous drawings by Bob Black, Don Gill, David Holl, & Charlie Marsh. Inscribed "For B__ baxter black 1995". Fine in dj.
DUNNY AND THE DUCK Cowboy Poetry (Signed)
Denver & Brighton: Coyote Cowboy Co., 1994. First Edition. Soft cover. Apparently the 1st printing; no printed stated.4to pictorial wraps. 60pp. Wonderfully illustrated with humorous drawings by Don Gill, Bob Black, and Charlie Marsh. Inscribed to B__ & signed "baxter black 1995." Humorous cowboy poetry by the master of the.....
HEY, COWBOY, WANNA GET LUCKY? A Novel (Signed)
NY: Crown, 1994. Later Printing. Hardcover. 9th printing. Cloth. 223pp. Inscribed on the ffep "To B__, Baxter Black 1995". Laid in is an Associate Press newspaper article on Black.
SO WILD A DREAM: A Novel (Signed)
NY: Forge Books, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 395pp. Sources. Signed & dated by Blevins in year of publication. A novel of the fur trade by the author of Give Your Heart to the Hawks. Fine, like new in dj.
ABSAROKA Where the Anguish of a Soldier Meets the Land of the Crow
Raven, Norris (Mt), 2005, 2005. First Edition. Soft cover. Trade pictorial wraps. 197pp. A new Western fiction novel set in modern Wyoming. Fine, as new.
THE JOURNALS OF ETIENNE MERCIER: Queen Charlotte Islands, 1853
Custer WA: Orca Book Pub, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Oblong gilt-stamped pictorial 4to. 38pp. Beautifully illustrated by Miller - Northwest Coastal First Nations scenes in color with some hand-drawn vignettes. Inserted in back sleeve is companion cd, "written and performed by David Bouchard." From website of Quill and.....
MOUNTAIN MAN
Caldwell: Caxton, 1948. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing limited to 500 copies, this being #399. Gilt-stamped cloth. 190pp. This is a book of frontier poems. Uncut. "'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding," thus many page fore edges must be.....
CAVALRYMAN OUT OF THE WEST: Life of William Carey Brown
Caldwell: Caxton, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 442pp. Illus. Rear paste down has tiny bookseller's label, Gardner's Book Shop, Stockton, California. Includes material on Sheepeater Campaign, Ft. Leavenworth, Pacific Northwest, Department of Arizona, War in Cuba, Philippines, Pancho Villa, and other foreign assignments of Brown. Near fine;.....
A COWBOY NEVER LIES 2 (Signed)
Hamilton WA: New West Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Trade pictorial wraps. 204pp. Inscribed & signed by Burnett, but not to any specific person. Fine.
AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW or PROMISE AND FULFILLMENT Farewell to the Old (Signed)
Everett: Privately Published, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to cloth. 469pp. Long inscription by Bye. A fictionalized account of ranching in Dakota Territory by the author of the non-fiction book, Back Trailing in the Heart of the Short Grass Country. Quite collectable. No longer common. Near fine in chipped dj.
TALES OF THE SOUTHWEST (Signed)
NY: Doubleday, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 173pp. Signed by Capps on the half-title. Fine stories by one of the fine authors of Western fiction & a three-time Spur Award winner. The nearly 9pp Intro, an auto-biographical piece by Capps, is worth the price of the book. Fine, but note.....
WHERE THE WEST BEGINS
Sun Valley: n.p., 1940. Soft cover. This item is an original leather presentation of 12 lines from Arthur Chapman's 1917 poem, "Out Where The West Begins." Multicolored but mainly brown an orange leather 6 3/4" x 11" with leather loop for hanging. Illustrated at top and bottom with Native American.....
ELEVEN LADY - LYRICS and Other Poems (Signed)
St. Anthony Guild, Paterson (NJ), 1945, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo gilt-stamped decorated cloth. 95pp. Presentation copy. Issued on the 100th anniversary of "the dedication of the United States to the Immaculate Conception." Foreword by Archbishop Byrne of Santa Fe. Some gilt worn from title on cover, & almost entirely.....
CHOCOLATE LEGS: Sweet Mother Savage Killer? plus NINE OTHER ROLAND CREEK TITLES (all signed)
Columbia Falls MT: Skyline, 2001. First Edition. Soft cover. 9 first printings and 1 second printing. Glossy trade wraps. Various paginations. Maps and illustrations vary by title. Either flat signed by Cheek or inscribed to a couple who collected his work and who were "most of a lifetime" friends of.....
WINTER COUNT (Signed)
Boulder: Johnson, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 211pp. Endpaper maps. Presentation inscription signed by the author to no one in particular. Historical novel of the Indian Wars on the northern plains. A few pps with pencil notes or outlines. Fine in dj.
SUN AND SADDLE LEATHER: Including Grass Grown Trails and New Poems
Boston: Richard G. Badger The Gorham Press, 1920. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. 5th edition. Cloth. 221pp. Illustrated with the famous Montana ranching photos of L. A. Huffman. This copy has a 1921 Christmas gift inscription (non-authorial) marked out & a succeeding ownership signature written above it. Glued to the.....
THE TRACK OF THE CAT A Novel
NY: Random House, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 404pp. Written by the author of the classic, "The Ox-Box Incident." From the dj: "The black panther that dominates (Clark's) new novel is an embodiment and evocation of evil." Near fine in good dj (not price-clipped) with wear at extremities.....