Friday, May 31, 2019

My First Buffalo Hunt by Thomas R Armstrong

Softcover, 24 pages. Good condition, has bumped corners, light cover soiling, some coloring by a child on front cover. Interior is toning, has minor soiling on a few pages. Text is clear. Contains Buffalo Hunt and a photo and brief bio about Buffalo Bill.

Author Name: Thomas R Armstrong
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Self Published: 1915
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020430
Keywords: WESTERN VERSE
Price: $50.00

Thursday, May 30, 2019

The Whispering Wind Poetry By Young American Indians by Terry Allen

Hardcover. Near fine condition. DJ is price-clipped and in mylar. Poetry from the Institute of American Indian Arts. Young American Indian poets' dreams, hopes, yearnings and flashes of insight. Hard to find in hardcover.

Author Name: Terry Allen
Publisher: Doubleday: 1972
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020230
Price: $75.00

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Graining the Mare: The Poetry of Ranch Women by Teresa Jordan

Trade paperback. Very good condition, light cover edgewear, second printing. Western women's lives in poetry.

Title: Graining the Mare: The Poetry of Ranch Women
Author Name: Teresa Jordan
Publisher: Layton, Utah, U.S.A., Gibbs Smith: 1994
ISBN Number: 0879056266
ISBN Number 13: 9780879056261
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020282
Price: $15.00
 

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

My First and Last Buffalo Hunt by T R Armstrong

Softcover, 32 pages. Good condition, cover wear and discoloration, first and last pages have some foxing, last page has a small color blot from bleedthrough from cover, name and date on back of front cover. Includes the poem "Buffalo Hunt", another "The Indian's Lament, and a couple of pages devoted to Buffalo Bill Cody with two photos and text.

Author Name: T R Armstrong
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Self Published: 1918
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020423
Price: $40.00

Monday, May 27, 2019

Pastures, Ponies and Pals : Cowboy Poetry and Songs for Children by Anne Slade, Doris Bircham

Softcover, 42 pages. Good condition, cover shows wear, starting to split at bottom of spine, as some creases. Interior is clean and bright. Signed by both authors on back of front cover. The authors have conducted workshops in southwestern Saskatchewan with students from kindergarten to grade seven. Rural poems.

Author Name: Slade, Anne; Bircham, Doris
Publisher: Piapot, SK, Canada, Doris Bircham: 1993
ISBN Number: 0969760310
ISBN Number 13: 9780969760313
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Good
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 020411
Price: $10.00
 

Sunday, May 26, 2019

Ramblings of a Cowboy Bard by Seth M Webster

Oversized softcover. Near fine condition, one minor soil spot on front cover. Signed on title page, unpaginated. A cowboy's poems about his life. Down home poetry you can read with simple pleasure.

Author Name: Seth M Webster
Illustrator: Hillary Brown
Publisher: Self Published: 1994
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 020278
Keywords: COWBOY POET POETRY
Price: $40.00
 

Saturday, May 25, 2019

Cowboy Poems From Mona Flats by Scott Redington

Trade paperback. Very good condition, two small soil marks on cover, bottom of cover has been bumped and has a very small tear. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. Cowboy rancher poems, many flavored with humor.

Author Name: Scott Redington
Publisher: Sheepshear Press: 1989
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 020741
Keywords: COWBOY POETRY
Price: $20.00
 

Friday, May 24, 2019

Cowboy Boots and Other Stories by John Sater

Trade paperback. Very good condition, cover shows light wear. 44 stories about rural America and how things were and how they are now.


Author Name: Sater, John
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Sandpoint, Idaho, U.S.A., Keokee Co Pub Inc: 1995
ISBN Number: 1879628031
ISBN Number 13: 9781879628038
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020332
Price: $10.00
 

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Horse-Thief Gulch by Samuel Harkness

Hardcover. Very good condition, spine ends bumped, name on front free endpaper, pages toning. DJ is good, has some chips at bottom of spine, light soiling, spine has some rubbing. Hard to find with DJ. Verses about mining camps.

Author Name: Samuel Harkness
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: J H Sears: 1928
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020092
Keywords: MINING CAMP POETRY,
Price: $75.00
 

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

The Golden West in Story and Verse by Rufus A Coleman

Hardcover, no DJ. In good condition, board edgewear, spine ends bumped, pages toning. Sections include: Indian Legends, Indian Life and Customs, The Explorer, The Trapper, The Settler, The Miner, The Outlaw and the Gambler, The Missionary, Early Neighbors, The Freighter, Stagecoach Days and many more.
 
Author Name: Rufus A Coleman
Publisher: Harper & Brothers: 1932
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020265
Keywords: WESTERN STORY VERSE
Price: $10.00
 

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Trading Horses with Rudy & Rose by Rudy Gonzales

Softcover, 38 pages, unpaginated. Near fine condition, minor soiling on the back cover. This is Rudy's poetry about being traders, farriers, trainers, cowboy poets, and buckaroos. He and his wife live in Idaho.

Author Name: Rudy Gonzales
Publisher: Self Published: 1987
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020395
Keywords: COWBOY POETRY
Price: $15.00

Monday, May 20, 2019

Feelings by Ross Hardwick

Softcover, 68 pages. Near fine condition. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. Poetry written by a young cowboy author.

Title: Feelings
Author Name: Ross Hardwick
Publisher: Ro-Ma: 1976
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 020428
Keywords: WESTERN VERSE POETRY
Price: $25.00

Sunday, May 19, 2019

The Tale Goes With the Hide Memoirs of a Bullshooter by Rod Paisley

Hardcover. Near fine condition, slight spine twist. DJ is very good, minor soiling and some tiny tears at edge, now in mylar cover. Signed, inscribed and dated on front endpaper by author. Humorous stories and adventures. How about the man who had his watch fixed by a Chinese jeweler and then finds out later instead of the jewels in the watch he now has rice.

Author Name: Rod Paisley
Publisher: Carlton Press: 1980
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 020271
Keywords: COWBOY HUMOR
Price: $20.00

Saturday, May 18, 2019

Sage Street by David L. Roberts

Trade paperback. Near fine condition, minor cover wear. Signed and inscribed on title page. Stories about western rural America.

Title: Sage Street
Author Name: Roberts, David L.
Publisher: Skyline West Press/Wyoming Almanac: 1991
ISBN Number: 0914767208
ISBN Number 13: 9780914767206
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 020337
Keywords: WESTERN STORIES
Price: $15.00

Friday, May 17, 2019

Doctor Leeds' Selection of Popular Epic Recitations: For Minstrel and Stage Use by Robert X Leeds

Hardcover. Near fine condition. Many of these poems have not been published in almost 100 years. A few represent a new generation of poets. Edgar Allen Poe, The Shooting of Dan McGrew, Christmas Tales and many, many more.

Author Name: Robert X Leeds
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A., Epic Pub Co: 1999
ISBN Number: 0967402506
ISBN Number 13: 9780967402505
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020260
Price: $20.00

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Ballads of the Sierra by Rick Richardson

Trade paperback. Near fine condition. Signed by author and dated on back of front cover. Stories of the west in verse. Good times, bad times, greed and women and drink.

Author Name: Rick Richardson
Publisher: Self Published:
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 020303
Price: $12.00

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Listen to Her Rodeo: Poems of an Alberta Cowboy by Doug Richards

Hardcover. Near fine condition. DJ is very good, light edgewear. Signed and inscribed by the author. Also signed by illustrator. Numbered edition, #198 out of 200. Fun poetry by a cowboy with a good sense of humor!

Author Name: Richards, Doug
Illustrator: M J MacKenzie
Edition: Limited
Publisher: Steinbach, MB, Canada, Derksen Printers, Limited: 1995
ISBN Number: 1550990373
ISBN Number 13: 9781550990379
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 020227
Price: $45.00

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

A Ride Through Rhyme and Other Cowboy Poems by R P Smith

Trade paperback. Near fine condition, signed and inscribed on title page. A mix of God and cowboy. Fourth generation to raise to cattle on Pinecrest Ranch in Custer County Nebraska, he shares his faith and calls to mind the blessings that God has given His people.

Author Name: R P Smith
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Field Mouse Productions: 1995
ISBN Number: 0963365126
ISBN Number 13: 9780963365125
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 020300
Keywords: COWBOY POETRY VERSE
Price: $10.00

Monday, May 13, 2019

Rhymes on the Range: Poetry by Mike Puhallo, Brian Brannon, Wendy Liddle

Trade paperback. Near fine condition. Poetry about cowboys, interspersed with humor.

Author Name: Puhallo, Mike;Brannon, Brian;Liddle, Wendy
Publisher: Blaine, Washington, U.S.A., Hancock House Pub Ltd: 1995
ISBN Number: 0888393687
ISBN Number 13: 9780888393685
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020297
Keywords: COWBOY VERSE CANADIAN
Price: $10.00

Sunday, May 12, 2019

West of Powder River by Powder River Jack H Lee

Hardcover, no DJ. In near fine condition, buckram cloth with illustrated front cover, binding is solid, text and illustrations are bright and clean, pages toning a bit, blurb panel of DJ accompanies the book. First edition stated, signed and inscribed and illustrated on front endpaper by author. Twelve illustrations from drawings of Mr. Paul Honore. Cowboy poetry.

Author Name: Powder River Jack H Lee
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Huntington: 1933
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 020866
Price: $150.00

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Prose Sketches and Poems: Written in the Western Country by Albert Pike

Hardcover. Near fine condition. Originally published in 1834 by New Mexico's first Anglo-American short story writer and poet. One of the earliest American travel accounts from the Mexican borderlands.

Author Name: Pike, Albert
Publisher: College Station, Texas, U.S.A., Texas A & M Univ Pr: 1987
ISBN Number: 0890963053
ISBN Number 13: 9780890963050
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020582
Keywords: WESTERN AMERICANA
Price: $25.00

Friday, May 10, 2019

Rhymes of the Wild & Wooly by Phil LeNoir

Softcover, 22 pages. Very good condition, cover beginning to split at top and bottom of spine, a few soiled spots on cover. Includes: The Hangin' O' Wampus Pete, Down On the Ol' Bar-G, The Finger of Billy the Kid, My Name is Charley Siringo, Helltown's First Sky-Pilot, Ol' Dynamite, Killer Keller, The Puncher Poet, Eventide in Cowboy Land, Bogged, and others.

Author Name: Phil LeNoir
Publisher: Self Published: 1920
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020377
Keywords: COWBOY POETRY
Price: $150.00

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Fishin' Poems and Others by Phil Carspecken

Hardcover, no DJ. Very good condition, boards show edgewear, pages toning. Poetry from a simpler time.

Author Name: Phil Carspecken
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Phileo Publishing Co: 1922
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020135
Keywords: WESTERN POETRY
Price: $20.00

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Cowpunchers, Sheep Herders and Plain Pig Farmers by Gwen Petersen, Jeane Rhodes

Trade paperback. Very good condition, light cover wear and soiling. Wild west limericks - all good fun!

Author Name: Petersen, Gwen;Rhodes, Jeane
Illustrator: Alan Rhodes
Publisher: Montana, U.S.A., Laffing Cow Press: 1985
ISBN Number: 0934318573
ISBN Number 13: 9780934318570
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020293
Keywords: WILD WEST LIMERICKS
Price: $8.00
 

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Red Wind of Wyoming by Peggy Simson Curry

Hardcover, no DJ. Very good condition. Signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper. Verse about Wyoming and the west.

Author Name: Peggy Simson Curry
Publisher: Sage Books: 1955
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 020098
Price: $30.00

Monday, May 6, 2019

Western Poems and Short Stories Volume 1 by Ralph Reed Payton

Hardcover. Near fine condition. DJ is very good, has two small soil spots on front cover, now in mylar. Signed and inscribed on frontispiece by author. Earthy poems about western life and animals.

Author Name: Payton, Ralph Reed
Publisher: Edinburgh, Scotland, Pentland Press Ltd: 1988
ISBN Number: 0946270503
ISBN Number 13: 9780946270507
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 020228
Keywords: WESTERN POETRY,
Price: $25.00

Sunday, May 5, 2019

A Legend of the Colorado and Other Poems by Paul C Blackwell

Hardcover. Near fine condition, very minor bumping to corners and spine ends, foxing on endpapers. DJ is fair, chips and pieces missing, coffee stain, now in mylar. Inscribed and signed on the half-title page by author. His poems deal with Indians, cowboys, tall tales, and legends of rivers and mountains, silver and uranium.

Author Name: Paul C Blackwell
Illustrator: Catherine M Richter
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Denver, CO, U.S.A., World Press: 1954
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Fair
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 020234
Keywords: WESTERN POETRY
Price: $50.00

Saturday, May 4, 2019

Western Poems by Olephia "Leafy" King

Softcover, 40 pages. Near fine condition, second printing. Signed on title page by author. Nevada poetry.

Author Name: Olephia "Leafy" King
Publisher: Self Published: 1966
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 020382
Keywords: WESTERN POETRY
Price: $20.00
 

Friday, May 3, 2019

R U Lazy 2: The Cowboy Poetry of Ira Cowpoke by A. G. Nelson

Trade paperback. As new. With fun poetry about how to stay on a bronc without using your hands and the correct procedure for shopping for your wife's bra, amongst others.

Author Name: Nelson, A. G.
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Pseudo Pub: 2000
ISBN Number: 0970645902
ISBN Number 13: 9780970645906
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: As New
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020317
Keywords: HUMOROUS POETRY WESTERN VERSE
Price: $20.00
 

Thursday, May 2, 2019

The Mountain Men (A Cycle of the West Ser., Vol. 1) by John G Neihardt

Trade paperback. Bison Books, fourth printing, 1971. In very good condition, cover creased at spine and in right lower corner of front cover, ex-schoolbook. The Song of Three Friends; The Son of Hugh Glass, and, The Song of Jed Smith.


Author Name: Neihardt, John G.
Publisher: Lincoln, NE, U.S.A., University of Nebraska Press: 1971
ISBN Number: 0803257333
ISBN Number 13: 9780803257337
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 009875
Price: $8.00
 

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Songs of the Cowboys by N Howard "Jack" Thorp

Softcover, 50 pages. Near fine condition, second printing. A reprint of the original 1908 edition, the first cowboy songbook published in America. 24 songs.

Author Name: N Howard "Jack" Thorp
Publisher: Carlisle, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Applewood Books: 1989
ISBN Number: 1557091226
ISBN Number 13: 9781557091222
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020402
Keywords: COWBOY SONGS VERSES
Price: $15.00