Earth Horizon: An Autobiography by Mary Hunter Austin

Title: Earth Horizon: An Autobiography

 

Author Name: Mary Hunter Austin

Softcover, very good condition. Author of some thirty-five books, Mary Austin (1868-1934) settled in Sante Fe. About her life and the writers she met.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: U.S.A., Univ of New Mexico Pr: 1991

ISBN Number: 0826313167

ISBN Number 13: 9780826313164 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Jacket Condition: No Jacket 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 021637

Keywords: Santa Fe, New Mexico, Writer, Writing, 

Price: $10.00

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

Title: Cowboy: The Enduring Myth of the Wild West

 

Author Name: 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 Number: 0941434257

ISBN Number 13: 9780941434256 

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Jacket Condition: No Jacket 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 017841

Keywords: COWBOYS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY RURAL, 

Price: $150.00

Knight in the Sun Harper B Lee First Yankee Matador by Marshall Hail

Title: Knight in the Sun Harper B Lee First Yankee Matador

 

Author Name: Marshall Hail

Illustrator: Tom Lea

Hardcover, no DJ, ex-library. Little Brown & Co, 1962, first edition. In good condition, usual library markings, interior is clean and bright. Signed: For Mrs. Forrest Gresso, with friendship, appreciation, and all good wishes. Marshall Hail, July 19, 1962.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Good 

Type: Book 

Inscription: Signed by Author(s) 

Seller ID: 015952

Keywords: MATADOR, YANKEE, WESTERN HISTORY, HARPER LEE, 

Price: $15.00

Title: Gold Hunter The Adventures of Marshall Bond 

Author Name: Marshall Bond Jr

Hardcover. University of New Mexico, 1969, stated first edition. In very good condition, light board edgewear. DJ is very good, some minor chipping, minor light soiling on front and back panels, has been price clipped, in mylar cover. Includes a post card, laid in, written by author (dated 1-5-70) to Rowland Stebbins Jr., thanking "Steb" for "your kind words" in his review of this book. Marshall Bond (1867-1941) lived the life that every American dreams of. He followed the path of high adventure from one frontier world to another.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: University of New Mexico: 1969

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 016902

Keywords: OLD WEST, EXPLORERS, GOLD MINES, WESTERN HISTORY, 

Price: $75.00

Mountains and Molehills or Recollections of a Burnt Journal by Frank Marryat

Title: Mountains and Molehills or Recollections of a Burnt Journal

 

Author Name: Marryat, Frank

Hardcover, no DJ. Time Life Books, 1982, reprinted from the London edition of 1855. As new. Frank Marryat arrived in June, 1850 in San Francisco and joined the new, scratching society of gold grubbers. He travelled with a pair of Englishmen and three bloodhounds, Marryat arived through the Golden Gate to find San Francisco again in ashes. He was a farmer, a hotel builder, an actor and a gold miner He was only successful on the stage or writing. He died at 29, in 1855. This London edition facsimile contains eight color plates as well as the black and white engravings.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Time-Life Books: 1982

ISBN Number: 0809439980

ISBN Number 13: 9780809439980 

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: As New 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 016863

Keywords: ENGLISHMAN, CALIFORNIA, OLD WEST, WESTERN HISTORY, 

Price: $25.00

The Remarkable Carlo Gentile: Pioneer Italian Photographer of the American Frontier by Cesare Marino

Title: The Remarkable Carlo Gentile: Pioneer Italian Photographer of the American Frontier

 

Author Name: Marino, Cesare

Softcover. As new. Photographs of the early west. His subjects ranged from the gold of British Columbia to remote adobe villages in the Arizona Territory.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Nevada City, California, U.S.A., Carl Mautz Pub: 1998

ISBN Number: 1887694137

ISBN Number 13: 9781887694131 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: As New 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 019501

Keywords: ITALY BIOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHERS AUTOBIOGRAPHY ARTISTS, 

Price: $25.00

This is Texas by Mabelle & Stuart Purcell

Title: This is Texas

 

Author Name: Mabelle & Stuart Purcell

Hardcover, no DJ. Futura Press, 1977, first edition (2,000 copies). In very good+ condition, has Golden Mesa stamped on front fly and is signed there by both Mabelle and Stuart, corners of the book show slight wear. Includes photos and history of the people who make up Texas.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: Limited

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Good 

Type: Book 

Inscription: Signed by Author(s) 

Seller ID: 007822

Keywords: TEXAS; HISTORY; SOUTHWESTERN, 

Price: $15.00

Kit Carson A Portrait in Courage by M Morgan Estergreen

Title: Kit Carson A Portrait in Courage

 

Author Name: M Morgan Estergreen

Hardcover. University of Oklahoma, 1967, second printing. In near fine condition with a very good DJ, price clipped, has some minor edgewear, now in mylar. Signed by author on title page. Born in the wilderness of Iredell County in western North Caroline on December 24, 1809, Kit grew up on the frontier as it moved ever westward. In Missouri, he ran away from the saddlers to whom he had been apprenticed and joined a Santa Fe-bound caravan at Independence. Trader, interpreter, teamster, scout, trapper, guide, express rider, Indian agent, brevet brigadier general, Indian fighter - and more!

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: University of Oklahoma: 1967

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Type: Book 

Inscription: Signed by Author(s) 

Seller ID: 016919

Keywords: OLD WEST, EXPLORER, TRAPPER, KIT CARSON, 

Price: $40.00

A Glossary of Terms Used in Range Management by M M Kothmann

Title: A Glossary of Terms Used in Range Management

 

Author Name: M M Kothmann

Softcover. In very good condition, cover lightening, previous owner name and notes on title page. Second edition, fifth printing. A dictionary type listing of terms used only in range management.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Society for Range Management: 1974

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 017850

Keywords: RANGE MANAGEMENT, CATTLE RANCHERS, 

Price: $15.00

Collecting Santa Fe Authors by T N Luther

Title: Collecting Santa Fe Authors

 

Author Name: 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.

Illustrator: Marilyn Luther

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: Limited

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

ISBN Number: 1580960138

ISBN Number 13: 9781580960137 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: As New 

Type: Book 

Inscription: Signed by Author(s) 

Seller ID: 018880

Keywords: AUTHORS SANTA FE NEW MEXICO, 

Price: $20.00

The Cowboy Reader by Lon Tinkle, Allen Maxwell

Title: The Cowboy Reader 

Author Name: Lon Tinkle, Allen Maxwell

Hardcover, no DJ. Longmans, Green and Co, 1959, first edition. In very good condition, edges lightly bumped, mylar cover. A collection of stories and reminiscences from many old cowboys and story tellers.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.: 1959

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 016901

Keywords: OLD WEST, WESTERN HISTORY, COWBOYS, CATTLE, 

Price: $25.00

William Henry Jackson: An Intimate Portrait The Elwood P. Bonney Journal by Lloyd W Gundy

Title: William Henry Jackson: An Intimate Portrait The Elwood P. Bonney Journal

 

Author Name: Lloyd W Gundy

Trade paperback. Colorado Historical Society, 2000. In very good condition, edge lightly bumped. Based on his diary this is a look at a man whose life and work spanned the development and transformation of the West, from the 1860's to World War II.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., Colorado Historical Society: 

 

ISBN Number: 0870816411

ISBN Number 13: 9780870816413 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 016745

Keywords: JACKSON WILLIAM HENRY 1843 1942, 

Price: $12.00

Cowboy Dances A Collection of Western Square Dances by Lloyd Shaw

Title: Cowboy Dances A Collection of Western Square Dances

 

Author Name: 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 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 016917

Price: $15.00

The South: A Treasury of Art and Literature by Lisa Howorth

Title: The South: A Treasury of Art and Literature

 

Author Name: Lisa Howorth

Coffeetable sized hardcover. Near fine condition. A compilation of the various voices of literature in the south along with breathtaking photos of the land itself.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Publisher: Southport, Connecticut, U.S.A., Hugh Lauter Levin Associates: 1993

ISBN Number: 0883635933

ISBN Number 13: 9780883635933 

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 019023

Keywords: PHOTOS LITERATURE STORIES SOUTHERN UNITED STATES, 

Price: $75.00

Frontier Women by Linda Peavy, Ursula Smith

Title: Frontier Women

 

Author Name: Linda Peavy, Ursula Smith

Hardcover, no DJ, as issued. Barnes & Noble, 1996, first edition. In near fine condition, light soiling on rear cover. The Frontier's Earliest Women, Women on the Overland Trail, Frontier Women in the Rural West, Frontier Women in the Urban West. Filled with photos.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Thus

Publisher: Barnes & Noble: 1996

ISBN Number: 0760701024

ISBN Number 13: 9780760701027 

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 016760

Keywords: FRONTIER WOMEN OLD WEST WESTERN HISTORY, 

Price: $20.00

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 Name: 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 Number: 1565790502

ISBN Number 13: 9781565790506 

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Jacket Condition: Near Fine 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 021865

Price: $15.00

American Legend: The Real-life Adventures Of David Crockett by Buddy Levy

Title: American Legend: The Real-life Adventures Of David Crockett

 

Author Name: Levy, Buddy

Hardcover. Putnam, 2005, first. In near fine condition. At heart, Crockett was unassuming and down-to-earth, obstinate and independent to a fault.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A., Putnam Pub Group: 2005

ISBN Number: 0399152784

ISBN Number 13: 9780399152788 

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 016825

Price: $15.00

The Harvey Girls Women Who Opened the West by Lesley Poling-Kempes

Title: The Harvey Girls Women Who Opened the West

 

Author Name: Lesley Poling-Kempes

Trade paperback. Very good condition, date and inscription on half-title page. They came as waitresses, but many stayed and settled, founding the struggling cattle and mining towns that dotted the west.

Categories: Americana - The People, 

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Paragon House: 1991

ISBN Number: 1557784612

ISBN Number 13: 9781557784612 

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good 

Type: Book 

Seller ID: 020026

Keywords: WOMEN SETTLERS WESTERN HISTORY, 

Price: $12.00