Cowboy: The Enduring Myth of the Wild West by R. Martin

Title: Cowboy: The Enduring Myth of the Wild West
 
Author: Martin, R.

Hardcover, no DJ. Full leather covers, with gilt lettering and designs on the front cover and spine, silk moire endpapers, brown ribbon marker. In near fine condition, very minor bumping of corner, some very minor scuffing of the leather, a slight crease at bottom of front cover. Original magazine advertisement laid in. Deluxe leather-bound edition. Between the 1860s and the 1890s, cowboys rounded up thousands of wild Texas cattle and pushed them north to Kansas railheads. Over 400 exciting photographs and reproductions of famous Western paintings - 200 in color. 432 pages.

Categories: Americana - The People,

Publisher: Edison, New Jersey, U.S.A., Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1983
 
ISBN: 0941434257

ISBN 13: 9780941434256

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Seller ID: 017841

Keywords: COWBOYS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY RURAL,

Price: $150.00

Cowboy Slang by E. Potter

Title: Cowboy Slang
 
Author: Potter, E.

Trade paperback. Golden West, seventh printing, 1994. In very good condition. Cowboy phrases, rodeo information, "bobwire" tales, dictionary of horse terms, and cattle brands. "So drunk he couldn't hit the ground with his hat in three tries."

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A., Golden West Pub, 

ISBN: 091484623X

ISBN 13: 9780914846239 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Seller ID: 016797

Keywords: COWBOYS LANGUAGE SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY, 

Price: $10.00

Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack: Being an Extremely Humorous and Sarcastic Story by Frank Benton

Title: Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack: Being an Extremely Humorous and Sarcastic Story
 
Author: Frank Benton

Hardcover, no DJ, portrait of author on front cover. Western Stories Syndicate, 1903, first edition. In very good condition, corners and spine edges lightly bumped, outside page edges and endpapers show some light foxing, spine is sunlightened, one scratch on back cover. Has several photos and illustrations in black and white. Poetry selections interspersed. Adams, Rampaging Herds #249 - A humorous dig at the railroad companies for the way they handled stock shipments.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Western Stories Syndicate, 1903

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Seller ID: 016749

Price: $100.00

Cowboy Dances: A Collection of Western Square Dances by Lloyd Shaw

Title: Cowboy Dances A Collection of Western Square Dances
 
Author: Lloyd Shaw

Hardcover, no DJ. Caxton Printers, 1945, seventh printing. In good condition, boards have some stains, owners name on front endpapers, pages toning, hinge is being to separate between pages 158 & 159. Has a foreword by Sherwood Anderson, the appendix is Cowboy Dance Tunes arranged by Frederick Knorr. Filled with lots of dance instruction, music, and illustrations of how to.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Caxton Printers, 1945

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Good 

Seller ID: 016917

Price: $15.00

Cowboy Culture: A Saga of Five Centuries by David Dary

Title: Cowboy Culture: A Saga of Five Centuries
 
Author: Dary, David

Hardcover. Alfred A Knopf, stated first edition, 1981. In near fine condition with a very good DJ, top back panel has a couple of short tears at the top and a crease, now in mylar cover. How the Mexicans, Indians and Spanish cowboys and ranchers influenced our cowboys, and the changes our own culture added.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A., Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1981

ISBN: 0394426053

ISBN 13: 9780394426051 

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Seller ID: 016876

Keywords: COWBOYS LANGUAGE SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY,

Price: $25.00

Cow-Boys and Colonels by Edmond Mandat-Grancey

Title: Cow-Boys and Colonels
 
Author: Edmond Mandat-Grancey

Trade paperback. J B Lippincott, 1963, stated first edition. Keystone Western Americana Series. In very good condition, cover wear. The 1887 London edition, unabridged and with an introduction by Howard R Lamar. Narrative of a journey across the plains and over the Black Hills of Dakota.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: J B Lippincott, 1963

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Seller ID: 016823

Price: $15.00

Cow Country Legacies by Agnes Wright Spring

Title: Cow Country Legacies
 
Author: Agnes Wright Spring

Hardcover. Lowell Press, 1976, first edition. In near fine condition, with a very good DJ, has some minor edgewear, now in mylar cover. An intimate portrayal of the lives and times of the gents, ladies, and even some rascals, who fashioned culture out of the rawness of the early West.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Lowell Press, 1976

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Seller ID: 016764

Keywords: WYOMING OLD WEST WESTERN HISTORY, AMERICAN HISTORY,

Price: $40.00

Country Days and Southern Ways by Dwight Holt

Title: Country Days and Southern Ways 

Author: Holt, Dwight

Trade paperback. Sevgo Press, first edition, 1991. In near fine condition. How a family grew up on a farm in Alabama during the days of the Depression.

Illustrator: Amelia Owen

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.A., Sevgo Pr, 1991

ISBN: 0943487285

ISBN 13: 9780943487281 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Jacket Condition: No Jacket 

Seller ID: 017610

Keywords: ALABAMA, FARMING, DEPRESSION,

Price: $25.00

Converting the West: A Biography of Narcissa Whitman by Julie Roy Jeffrey

Title: Converting the West: A Biography of Narcissa Whitman
 
Author: Jeffrey, Julie Roy

Hardcover. University of Oklahoma Press, 1991, first edition. In near fine condition. She wanted to be a missionary to the Indians, but became a martyr instead.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A., Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1991

ISBN: 0806123591

ISBN 13: 9780806123592 

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Seller ID: 016867

Keywords: MISSIONARIES WOMEN BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY RELIGIOUS,

Price: $30.00

Conquistadors in North American History by Paul Horgan

Title: Conquistadors in North American History
 
Author: Horgan, Paul

Trade paperback. Near fine condition. First printing by Texas Western Press, reprint edition. A look at how the conquistadors of Spain made their way to North America, their settlements, and the religion they brought with them.

Categories: Americana - The People,

Edition: First Thus

Publisher: El Paso, Texas, U.S.A., Texas Western Pr, 1982

ISBN: 0874040728

ISBN 13: 9780874040722

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Seller ID: 019786

Keywords: CONQUISTADORS WESTERN HISTORY,

Price: $20.00

Colter's Hell & Jackson's Hole by Merrill J Mattes

Title: Colter's Hell & Jackson's Hole
 
Author: Merrill J Mattes

Trade paperback. Yellowstone Library and Museum Assn, 1976, reprint edition. In near fine condition, minor light cover soiling. The Fur Trappers Exploration of the Yellowstone and Grand Teton Park Region.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Yellowstone Library, 1976

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Seller ID: 016911

Keywords: FUR TRAPPERS, EXPLORERS, MOUNTAIN MEN, OLD WEST, WILDERNESS, WESTERN HISTORY, 

Price: $12.00

Colorado's Colorful Characters by Gladys Bueler

Title: Colorado's Colorful Characters
 
Author: Bueler, Gladys

Trade paperback. Pruett Publishing, 1981, later printing. In near fine condition. A short bio on 83 people who impacted Colorado's colorful history.
 
Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., Pruett Pub Co, 1981

ISBN: 087108595X

ISBN 13: 9780871085955 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Seller ID: 016913

Keywords: COLORADO DESCRIPTION TRAVEL UNITED STATES, 

Price: $12.00

Colorado's Centennial Farms and Ranches: A Century of Seasons by Michael Lewis

Title: Colorado's Centennial Farms and Ranches: A Century of Seasons
 
Author: Lewis, Michael

Hardcover. Beautiful photos by Mr. Lewis. With an introduction by Patricia Nelson Limerick.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: U.S.A., Westcliffe Publishers, 1994

ISBN: 1565790502

ISBN 13: 9781565790506 

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Jacket Condition: Near Fine 

Seller ID: 021865

Price: $15.00

Colonel's Lady on the Western Frontier: The Correspondence of Alice Kirk Grierson by Shirley A Leckie

Title: Colonel's Lady on the Western Frontier: The Correspondence of Alice Kirk Grierson 

Author: Shirley A Leckie

Trade paperback. University of Nebraska Press, second printing, 1990. In near fine condition, light edgewear. Alice was the wife of Benjamin H Grierson, a major general in the Civil War who won fame for a raid that contributed to the fall of Vicksburg. Her letters begin in 1866, when her husband reentered the army as colonel of the legendary "buffalo soldiers" of the Tenth Cavalry, and end with her death in 1888.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A., Univ of Nebraska Pr, 

ISBN: 0803279299

ISBN 13: 9780803279292 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Seller ID: 016838

Keywords: GRIERSON CAVALRY RAID 1863 WOMEN, 

Price: $10.00

Collecting Santa Fe Authors by T N Luther

Title: Collecting Santa Fe Authors
 
Author: Luther, T. N.

Tradepaper. As new. Edition limited to 500 paperback copies, of which this one is #116. Signed by author and illustrator both. Learn all about authors from the Santa Fe area of New Mexico.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: Limited

Publisher: Sante Fe, NM, U.S.A., Ancient City Press, 2002

ISBN: 1580960138

ISBN 13: 9781580960137 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: As New 

Inscription: Signed by Author(s) 

Seller ID: 018880

Keywords: AUTHORS SANTA FE NEW MEXICO, 

Price: $20.00
 

Clio's Cowboys: Studies in the Historiography of the Cattle Trade by Don D Walker

Title: Clio's Cowboys: Studies in the Historiography of the Cattle Trade
 
Author: Walker, Don D.

Hardcover. University of Nebraska, 1981, first edition. In near fine condition, with a very good DJ, light edgewear, back panel has some scuffing, in mylar. The life of a cowboy, his personal and thoughts and feelings. Studies in the Historiography of the Cattle Trade.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1981

ISBN: 0803247133

ISBN 13: 9780803247130 

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Seller ID: 016882

Keywords: COWBOYS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY RURAL, 

Price: $20.00

Claremore's All Will Rogers, Although He Never Lived There by Ernie Pyle

Title: Claremore's All Will Rogers, Although He Never Lived There
 
Author: Ernie Pyle

Article. In very good condition, toned from age and creased from storage, one small piece taped near end of first paragraph on the backside. This is a newspaper clipping date-line Claremont, OK, May 4, written by Ernie Pyle that discusses the newly opened (at that time) Will Rogers memorial. The reverse side of the clipping contains many want ads, mostly for apartment rentals, which prices ranging from $4.00 to $40.00. There is also a portion of Moon Mullins cartoon strip.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Tulsa Tribune, 1939

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Seller ID: 017860

Keywords: ERNIE PYLE WILL ROGERS AMERICAN WESTERN HISTORY, 

Price: $20.00
 

Christmas in Old Santa Fe: Holiday Stories of a Historic City by Pedro R. Ortega

Title: Christmas in Old Santa Fe: Holiday Stories of a Historic City
 
Author: Ortega, Pedro R.

Trade paperback. Sunstone Press, second edition, 1973. In near fine condition. Sante Fe is a city still relying on traditions of its ancient past, and that really shows up at Christmas! Do you know the difference between luminarias and farolitos?

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A., Sunstone Press, 1973

ISBN: 0913270253

ISBN 13: 9780913270257 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Seller ID: 007239

Keywords: CHRISTMAS RELIGION HOLIDAYS COLLECTIBLE, 

Price: $15.00

Children of the Wild West by Russell Freedman

Title: Children of the Wild West
 
Author: Freedman, Russell

Oversized hardcover, ex-library. Clarion Books, 1983. In very good condition, minimal library marks, in mylar cover. Filled with photos of children during the days of cross-country immigration and cultural blending.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Houghton Mifflin, 1983

ISBN: 0899191436

ISBN 13: 9780899191430 

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Seller ID: 016841

Keywords: INDIAN, SLAVES, PIONEERS, RANCHERS, FARMERS, WESTERN HISTORY, 

Price: $12.00
 

Charles M Russell The Cowboy Artist by Ramon Adams, Homer Britzman

Title: Charles M Russell The Cowboy Artist
 
Author: Ramon Adams, Homer Britzman

Hardcover. Trails End Publishing, 1948, stated first edition. In very good condition, pages lightly toned on edges. DJ is fair, has several chips, now in mylar. Inscribed and signed by Ramon Adams and it appears to be initialed by Britzman with an inscription. Ramon's is to Eugene Cunningham (author of Triggernometry, Texas Sheriff, etc.). Book has Cunningham's bookplate on front illustrated endpaper. Well illustrated and full of cowboy stories. Adams - Six Guns #14, Adams - Rampaging Herd #16.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Trails End Publishing, 1948

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Jacket Condition: Fair 

Inscription: Signed by Author(s) 

Seller ID: 016923

Keywords: OLD WEST, CHARLES RUSSELL, WESTERN PAINTER, ARTIST, HISTORY, 

Price: $300.00
 

Century in the Saddle by Richard Goff, Robert H McCaffree

Title: Century in the Saddle
 
Author: Richard Goff, Robert H McCaffree

Hardcover. Colorado Cattlemen's Centennial Commission, 1967, first edition. In near fine condition, several pages still uncut, DJ in mylar. The 100 year story of the Colorado Cattlemen's Association 1867-1967.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: 1967

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Seller ID: 016802

Keywords: COLORADO, DENVER, OLD WEST, WESTERN HISTORY, 

Price: $50.00
 

Cattle-Raising on the Plains of North America by Walter Baron Von Richthofen

Title: Cattle-Raising on the Plains of North America
 
Author: Walter Baron Von Richthofen

Small hardcover. University of Oklahoma Press, 1964, new edition, first thus. In near fine condition, tiny soil mark on bottom outside book pages. DJ is very good, edges show some wear, in mylar cover. Valuable for it's excellent descriptions of the Great Plains area as well as for its lists of the leading cattle companies of the early 1880's. Adams - Rampaging Herd #1892.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Thus

Publisher: University of Oklahoma, 1964

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Seller ID: 016751

Price: $35.00

Cattle & Men by Charles Wayland Towne, Edward Norris Wentworth

Title: Cattle & Men
 
Author: Charles Wayland Towne, Edward Norris Wentworth

Hardcover, no DJ. University of Oklahoma, 1955, stated first edition. In near fine condition, corners lightly bumped. Signed: To Harvey McDougal with best wishes and heartiest greetings. Edward N. Wentworth, on front free endpaper. A comprehensive history of cattle and man's domestication of the bovine - from pre-historic times to modern times. Adams - Rampaging Herd #2318.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: University of Oklahoma, 0

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Inscription: Signed by Author(s) 

Seller ID: 016807

Keywords: CATTLE, OLD WEST, WESTERN HISTORY, DOMESTICATION OF CATTLE, 

Price: $50.00
 

Caspar Collins by Agnes Wright Spring

Title: Caspar Collins
 
Author: Agnes Wright Spring

Hardcover. Columbia University Press, 1927, first edition. In very good condition, pages toning, edges lightly bumped, interior is clean and bright. DJ is good, has some chipping and creasing, moderate soiling of external panels, is toning from age, in mylar cover. Biography of Caspar Wever Collins for which Fort Caspar and subsequently Casper, Wyoming was named. Lieutenant Collins was killed in the Platte Bridge Battle, July 26, 1865. Contains text and reproductions of several of Lieutenant Collins' letters.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Columbia University, 1927

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Seller ID: 016730

Keywords: FORT CASPAR, CASPAR WYOMING, INDIAN WARS, MILITARY HISTORY, AMERICAN HISTORY, 

Price: $150.00
 

Bunkhouse Papers by John Upton Terrell

Title: Bunkhouse Papers
 
Author: John Upton Terrell

Hardcover. Dial Press, 1971, stated first printing. In near fine condition, tiny inkmark on bottom of page outside page edges, DJ shows some soiling, now in mylar cover. His days as a cowboy, sheepherder, telephone lineman, hobo, writer, and tourist.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Dial Press, 1971

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Seller ID: 016810

Keywords: WESTERN HISTORY , HISTORIAN, WRITER, OLD WEST, 

Price: $25.00
 

Buckskin, Calico and Lace : Oklahoma's Territorial Women by Glenda Carlile; Clifton Warren (editor)

Title: Buckskin, Calico and Lace : Oklahoma's Territorial Women
 
Author: Carlile, Glenda; Warren, Clifton (editor)

Trade paperback. Southern Hills Publishing, first, 1990. In very good condition, name marked out on fly leaf. Inscribed "Best Wishes" and signed by the author! The stories of Oklahoma's territorial women. 116 pages.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Oklahoma City, OK, U.S.A., Southern Hills Publishing Company, 1990

ISBN: 0962821403

ISBN 13: 9780962821400 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Inscription: Signed by Author(s) 

Seller ID: 005939

Keywords: OKLAHOMA BIOGRAPHY WOMEN UNITED STATES HISTORY AUTOBIOGRAPHY GENERAL SOCIA L SCIENCE S STUDIES, 

Price: $15.00
 

Buckskin and Blanket Days by Thomas Henry Tibbles

Title: Buckskin and Blanket Days
 
Author: Thomas Henry Tibbles 

Hardcover. Doubleday, 1957. Originally written in 1905. In very good condition, paper is separating at the hinge on front flyleaf, outside page edges toning. DJ is good, has some chipping and a small section missing at the bottom of the front panel and spine, back panel has some soiling, now in mylar. Memoirs of a friend of the Indians. A pioneer, scout, hunter and Indian friend, the story of his life from his youth in Bleeding, Kansas, to the Battle of Wounded Knee.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Doubleday, 1957

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Seller ID: 016759

Keywords: OLD WEST WESTERN HISTORY INDIANS WOUNDED KNEE NEWSPAPER AMERICAN, 

Price: $35.00
 

Broken Country: Mountains and Memory by C L Rawlins

Title: Broken Country: Mountains and Memory
 
Author: Rawlins, C. L.

Hardcover. Henry Holt, 1996, first edition. In near fine condition. Spending some quiet time in the mountains with the sheep and reflecting on life.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Henry Holt & Co, 1996

ISBN: 0805037187

ISBN 13: 9780805037180 

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Seller ID: 016890

Keywords: SHEEPHERDING, MOUNTAINS, WILDERNESS, WEST, 

Price: $15.00
 

British Gentlemen in the Wild West: The Era of the Intensely English Cowboy by Lawrence M Woods

Title: British Gentlemen in the Wild West: The Era of the Intensely English Cowboy
 
Author: Woods, Lawrence M.

Hardcover. Free Press, 1989, first edition. In near fine condition, DJ in mylar. Woods contrasts the often harsh lot of the ordinary cowpoke with the luxurious lifestyle enjoyed by members of the exclusive Cheyenne Club, where gentlemen dines on fresh oysters, smoked fine cigars, and toasted their guests - among them Oscar Wilde and Lillie Langtry - with imported French champagne.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A., Free Pr, 1989

ISBN: 0029356016

ISBN 13: 9780029356012 

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Seller ID: 016895

Keywords: BRITISH AUSTRALIA FRONTIER PIONEER LIFE, 

Price: $20.00
 

Brett, from Bloomsbury to New Mexico: A Biography by Sean Hignett

Title: Brett, from Bloomsbury to New Mexico: A Biography
 
Author: Hignett, Sean

Hardcover. Very good condition, inscription from previous owner on front endpaper. D H Lawrence sought recruits for his utopian colony of "Rananim" and Dorothy Brett answered the call. High in the mountains above Taos, New Mexico, it became a party of three: Lawrence, his wife, and Brett. When Lawrence moves away, Brett follows briefly, but returns to New Mexico.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.A., Olympic Marketing Corp, 1985

ISBN: 0531097757

ISBN 13: 9780531097755 

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Seller ID: 018757

Keywords: ART PAINTING D H LAWRENCE KATHERINE MANSFIELD, 

Price: $18.00
 

Black Range Tales by James A McKenna

Title: Black Range Tales
 
Author: James A McKenna

Hardcover. Owner's small address label on front pastedown. Chronicling Sixty Years of Life and Adventure in the Southwest.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: 1st Edition

Publisher: Wilson-Erickson, 1936

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Jacket Condition: No Jacket 

Seller ID: 022353

Keywords: New Mexico, 

Price: $40.00