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London ; New York: Norton, 1995. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Very Fine with faintest of shelfwear, in Fine DJ. As New, with remainder mark to bottom edge.. Quarto in pictorial sepia DJ; 218 p. : ill., bibliographical references (p. 217-218); 26 cm. Contents: Foreword / Kim R. Stafford -- Introduction / Anne Heath Widmark -- Buck Ramsey -- Bonnie Trina -- Anthem -- Wallace McRae -- Things of Intrinsic Worth -- Little Things -- Reincarnation -- We Never Rode the Judiths -- Rod McQueary -- Life and Times -- For Woody -- For Souls -- For Life -- Linda Hussa -- The Blue Filly -- In This Moment -- A Birth -- Under the Hunter Moon -- John Dofflemyer -- Upstream -- When the Redbuds Come -- The Sierra's Spine -- Chagoopa Plateau -- Shadd Piehl -- Storm Front -- My Grandfather's and Father's Horses -- Winter Breaks -- Towards Horses -- Paul Zarzyski -- Staircase -- Words Growing Wild in the Woods -- Luck of the Draw -- A Song Moment for Ian Tyson -- Sue Wallis -- A Thousand… Read More

Chicago: S. C. Griggs, 1878. Hardcover. Very Fine copy, with small closed tear to upper edge of a single page. Binding is very bright and crisp.. Octavo in blind-stamp illus rust bds & gilt spine, 292p, adverts, frontis, b/w illus. Interesting if racist observations of California in the late 19th century. An extremely nice copy, scarce thus. Several small skillful b/w illustrations. Author's observations and travel throughout California in the 1860s and 1870s. Train travel. Overland travel.

New York: A.A. Knopf, 2009. 1st edition, tenth printing. Hardcover. An as new / mint hardcover copy in same DJ. No remainder mark.. Octavo in glossy illustrated DJ, 425 p. ; 22 cm. A lovely, gift-quality copy of this heart-rending novel. One of McCarthy's best. The second book of his Border Trilogy. "In the 1930s, two teenage brothers whose ranch in New Mexico was raided by bandits, cross into Mexico to search for stolen horses. The novel follows them through the revolution-torn countryside, meeting soldiers, peasants, priests and thieves, all proffering advice." -- Publisher. // Human-animal relationships -- Fiction. Wilderness areas -- Fiction. Wolves -- Fiction. Boys -- Fiction. Bildungsromans. Historical fiction. Bildungsromans. Authors' inscriptions (Provenance) -- United States -- 21st century. Hidalgo County (N.M.) -- Fiction. New Mexico -- Fiction.

New York: A.A. Knopf, 2009. 1st edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine DJ, with faintest signs of shelf-wear to DJ. Now in an archival Brodart sleeve. Very faint remainder mark to top edge.. Octavo in glossy illustrated DJ, 425 p. ; 22 cm. A very nice copy of this heart-rending novel. One of McCarthy's best. The second book of his Border Trilogy. "In the 1930s, two teenage brothers whose ranch in New Mexico was raided by bandits, cross into Mexico to search for stolen horses. The novel follows them through the revolution-torn countryside, meeting soldiers, peasants, priests and thieves, all proffering advice." -- Publisher. // Human-animal relationships -- Fiction. Wilderness areas -- Fiction. Wolves -- Fiction. Boys -- Fiction. Bildungsromans. Historical fiction. Bildungsromans. Authors' inscriptions (Provenance) -- United States -- 21st century. Hidalgo County (N.M.) -- Fiction. New Mexico -- Fiction.

Tucson, Ariz: Center for Desert Archaeology, 2001. Paperback. Mild crease to bottom front corner else Near Fine+ and unread.. Large quarto in white illus wraps; xxii, 375 p. : ill. (some folded), maps ; 28 cm ; bibliographical references (p. [351]-375). Numerous charts, illus and diagrams in b/w. || Anthropological papers / Center for Desert Archaeology, no. 21. || Indians of North America -- Santa Cruz River Valley (Ariz. and Mexico) -- Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) -- Santa Cruz River Valley (Ariz. and Mexico) Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arizona -- Pima County. Agriculture, Prehistoric -- Arizona -- Pima County. Los Pozos Site (Ariz.) Santa Cruz River Valley (Ariz. and Mexico) -- Antiquities. Arizona -- Antiquities.

Flagstaff, Ariz: Rising Moon, 2005. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ with gift inscription to fron free end paper.. Oblong quarto in color illus DJ; 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm. Signed by the author on title page. "Josephina, a javelina who dreams of becoming a famous ballerina, heads for California hoping to be discovered, but her cousin Angelina takes her to a talent agent who looks strangely familiar." Javelina -- Fiction. Coyote -- Fiction. Ballet dancing -- Fiction. Homesickness -- Fiction. Javelina. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Fiction. Southwest, New -- Fiction.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2005. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. A fine, bright copy in a protective brodart.. Whiteish quarto in brodart (blue spine); xxxi, 114 p : b&w illus ; 26 cm. History; California; Wild West.

New York: Dutton Children's Books, 2002. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ with small upper outer corner edge tear (1/3 inch),. Quarto in color illus DJ; 60 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm ; bibliographical references (p. 59) and index. "When the Lewis and Clark expedition departed on its voyage of exploration in May 1804, North America west of the Mississippi River was a blank area on the map. Lewis and Clark were to fill it in with rivers and mountains, Indian tribes, and animals new to European Americans. Today the West is a completely different place. Every inch has been mapped, and much of its land has been covered by farms, ranches, cities, and towns. Shows the contrast between the American West then and now, aided by old prints, photographs, and paintings." || Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) . Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail -- Description and travel. West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.

New York: Hastings House, 1942. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Spine head has tiny rubbed area at tip of front board joint fold (hardly noticed); else Fine. No DJ. Octavo in handsome color-highlighted creme cloth boards with stamped title; 57, [1] p. front., illus. 21 cm. Mainly gravure photo reproductions. A beautiful little book, with numerous hitorically worthwhiel photos in rich, deep gravure reproductions. // Texas; Photography ; San Antonio (Texas) -- Pictorial works.

Austin: Texas Dept. of Water Resources, 1978. Hardcover. A legitimately deaccessioned ex-library copy. Near Fine thus, in sa uper sturdy library binding.. Two oblong folio volumes custom bound in orange cloth boards; original wrappers preserved; 2 v. (63 and 261pp) : illus in b/w (maps, diagrams). ; 28 x 35 cm; bibl. Uncommon. || Water in Texas. Aquifers -- Texas -- Knox County. Aquifers -- Texas -- Haskell County. Groundwater -- Texas -- Knox County. Groundwater -- Texas -- Haskell County. Water quality -- Texas -- Knox County. Water quality -- Texas -- Haskell County.

New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers, 1978. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Four small tears & few spots to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, light spotting to inside DJ, faint wear to spine head folds & foot folds, barely rubbed corners, else near fine(-) in good+ to very good(-) DJ.. Large quarto in white DJ; 633 p, b&w illus ; 29 cm. Western; Motion pictures -- United States.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. First edition, second printing (stated). Hardcover. Very Fine in Fine DJ with very faint shelfwear. (nearly as new). Small quarto in dark glossy color illus DJ; red and blue paper boards; xiv, 493 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm; bibliographical references (p. 463-478) and index. Sections entitled: A foundation for greatness, 1793-1810 -- Successes and failures, 1810-1818 --- New beginnings, 1819-1820 -- Texas, 1820-1821 -- Mexico, 1821-1823 -- Empresario Estevan F. Austin, 1823-1825 -- Staying the course, 1825-1827 -- Crises, personal and political, 1828-1830 -- We will be happy, 1830-1831 -- The call of duty, 1832-1833 -- Prison, 1833-1834 -- War is our only resource, 1835 -- The road to independence, 1835-1836 -- Home, 1836. || Pioneers -- Texas -- Biography. Pionniers -- Texas -- Biographies. Politieke activiteit. Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836. Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836.Texas -- History -- To 1846. Texas -- Histoire --… Read More

Palo Alto, CA: Chadwick House, 1978. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. A nice Near Fine copy. No DJ.. Large octavo in light grey-brown cloth boards; xv, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 c; index; bibliography: p. [291]-316. Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Public opinion. Public opinion -- Northwest, Old. Northwest, Old -- Politics and government. United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1849. Texas. Mexico.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1978. 12th Printing (Second edition). Paperback. Near fine to Fine; minor rubbing to corners and top edge; as usual. Red octavo paperback ; xviii, 305 p. b&w illus. 21 cm. United States--History--Western.

Austin: Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas, 1954. Offprint. Paperback. Nea Fine Fine with library stamp to front wraps (only marking) ; A legitimately deaccessioned ex-library copy. Spine a wee bit sunned.. Large octavo in pale blue printed waps; pages 709-786 p., 17 p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.; bib. "Reprinted from Journal of paleontology, vol. 28, no. 6, November 1954." Series: Report of investigations, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas, no. 24. || Paleontology -- Cambrian. Paleontology -- Texas.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Near Fine (-) in Very Good(++) lighlty edge-worn DJ.. Oblong folio in pale color-illus DJ; 120 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 32 x 26 cm. Amazing photography of the Great Basin region. Great quoates from well know naturalists about the region. || Photography. Landscapes. Nature. Natural history -- Great Basin. Southwest United States; Western United States ; Great Basin -- Pictorial works. Great Basin -- History. Nevada; Utah ; California. Wilderness. Desert.