Table of Contents for our Old West Books

Wyatt Earp - Tombstone | Superstition Mountains | Arizona | Military | Southwest | Spanish Exploration & Borderlands |

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The American West | Buffalo Bill Wild West Shows, Rodeos and Western Movies | Cattle & Cowboys | Life on the Frontier | Mexico | Mormons | Texas | Western Exploration | Ephemera

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Horses | Mining | Natural History | Transportation | Weapons

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More Old West Books Check out our previously featured titles

• The Western Frontier Library Series from the University of Oklahoma Press

• The Lakeside Classics

Revised November 15, 2008

* Denotes Southwest Books of the Year selection

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Texas Devils: Rangers & Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande, 1846-1861


Michael L. Collins

University of Oklahoma Press, 2008. Dust jacket. $26.95



The Texas Rangers have been the source of tall tales and the stuff of legend as well as a growing darker reputation. But the story of the Rangers along the Mexican border between Texas statehood and the onset of the Civil War has been largely overlooked - until now.

This engaging history pulls readers back to a chaotic time along the lower Rio Grande in the mid-nineteenth century to reexamine the acitivites of Texas partisans.


Mining a rich vein of primary sources, Collins demonstrates that the Texas Rangers contributed to the violence and were often brutal in their injustices against Spanish-speaking inhabitants, who dubbed them los diablos Tejanos - the Texas devils.



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• Abbott, Carl. How Cities Won the West: Four Centuries of Urban Change in Western North America. From Alaska to the Mississippi and from Tijana to Canada, Abbott explores the complex urban history of Western Canada and the U.S. University of New Mexico Press, 2008. Dust jacket. $34.95
  
  
• Adams, Ansel and Robert Adams. Reinventing the West: The Photographs of Ansel Adams and Robert Adams. Addison Gallery of American Art. Soft cover. $25.00
  
  
• Adventures in the West: Stories for Young Readers. Edited by Suzanne George Bloomfield and Eric Melvin Reed. Stories written by such authors as Lummis, Olaf Baker, Enoch Mills, James Schultz, L. Frank Baum and Mary Austin. University of Nebraska Press, 2007. Soft cover. $19.95
  
  
• The American Heritage Book of Great Adventures of the Old West. Compiled by the Editors of American Heritage. Introduction by Archibald Hanna, Jr. Stories ranging from Zebulon Pike by Donald Jackson, the storming of the Alamo by Charles Ramsdell and Geronimo by E. M. Halliday. From the collection of Western artist Harvey Johnson. American Heritage Press, 1969. Dust jacket worn at the edges. $22.50
  
  
• Andrew Smith, Inc. The American West 1867 - 1930. Catalog No. 2 of Fine American Photography, including works by Barthelmess, Curtis, Fly, Gardner, Hillers, Vroman and Wittick. Andrew Smith, Inc., 1983. Oblong wraps. $25.00
  
  
• SOLD Andrews, Ralph W. The Photographers of the Frontier West: Their Lives and Their Works - 1875 to 1915. Bonanza. Dust jacket. $30.00
  
  
• Armstrong, Robert D. Nevada Printing History: A Bibliography of Imprints & Publications, vol. 1: 1858-1880 - vol. 2: 1881-1890. 2 volumes. University of Nevada Press, 1981-1991. Dust jackets. $100.00
  
  
• Arnold, Sam. Sam Arnold's Fryingpans West. Cookbook from the national TV series on Food and Drinks from the Frontier. Illustrated. Arnold and Co., 1985. Soft cover. $15.00
  
  
• Austerman, Wayne R. Sharps Rifles and Spanish Mules: The San Antonio - El Paso Mail, 1851 - 1881. Reading almost like a western novel, this well-documented history of a frontier business enterprise reveals the turbulent career of a stagecoach line that stretched from San Antonio to El Paso and at times reached to Santa Fe and San Diego. 1st edition. Texas A&M University Press, 1985. Dust jacket. $40.00
  
  
• * Babb, Sanora. On the Dirty Plate Trail: Remembering the Dust Bowl Refugee Camps. Photographs by Dorothy Babb. Edited with introduction and commentaries by Douglas Wixson. A photograhic view and vivid firsthand account of the Dust Bowl refugees, the migrant labor camps and the growth of labor activism. University of Texas Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $24.95
  
  
• Babbitt, Bruce. Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use in America. The former Secretary of the Interior makes a case for a new national land use policy. Island Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $25.95
  
  
• SOLD Badlam, Alexander. The Wonders of Alaska. With illustrations and maps. Contains all kinds of information on Alaska. Bancroft Co., 1890. Blue decorative cloth with minor wear. $135.00
  
  
• Bancroft, Caroline. Colorful Colorado: Its Dramatic History. Condensed history with lots of information. Johnson Books, 2002. Wraps. $6.95
  
  
• Bancroft, Caroline. Unique Ghost Towns and Mountain Spots. Assisted by Daniel K. Peterson. Johnson Books, 2002. Wraps. $5.95
  
  
• SOLD Banks, Eleanor. Wandersong. The story of an American family on the Upper Missouri River Frontier, Montana Territory, 1864-1889. Signed author's presentation copy to Loretta Young. 1st edition. Caxton Printers, 1950. Dust jacket. $50.00
  
  
• Barkan, Elliott Robert. From All Points: America's Immigrant West, 1870 - 1952. The story of the true wealth of America - the diversity of its people. Indiana University Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $39.95
  
  
• Barnes, Christine. Great Lodges of the National Parks. Photography by Fred Pflughoft & David Morris. An illustrated history celebrating the archtectural treasures placed in the midst of astonishing natural beauty. The companion book to the PBS television series. W. W. West, 2002. Dust jacket. $35.00
  
  
• Barris, Ted. The Spirit of the West. Photographs by Dudley Witney. Pictgorial image of the West from landscapes to people. Chartwell Books, 1987. Dust jacket oversize. $17.50
  
  
• Bartimus, Tad and Scott McCartney. Trinity's Children: Living Along America's Nuclear Highway. Report by two AP hournalists on the history of the nuclear-weapons industry and its impact on employees and neighbors. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. Dust jacket. $21.95
  
  
• Bauer, Linda and Steve. Recipes from Historic America: Cooking & Traveling with America's Finest Hotels. Chronicles the past and present of 45 inns, hotels and restaurants across the country, including the Hermosa Inn, La Fonda, the Cliff House at Pikes Peak, and the Hotel del Coronado. Bright Sky Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $29.95
  
  
• Beasley, Conger, Jr. Spanish Peaks: Land and Legends. Photographs by Barbara Sparks with a foreword by Ann H. Zwinger. A history of the Spanish Peaks Wilderness region in Colorado with the telling of many legends and tales. University Press of Colorado, 2006. Soft cover. $27.95
  
  
• Beasley, Conger, Jr. Spanish Peaks: Land and Legends. Photographs by Barbara Sparks with a foreword by Ann H. Zwinger. A history of the Spanish Peaks Wilderness region in Colorado with the telling of many Native American legends and tales. University Press of Colorado, 2001. Dust jacket. $49.95
  
  
• Bechdolt, Frederick R. Tales of the Old-Timers. Previous owner's inscription dated 1924. 1st edition. Century Co., 1924. Tan cloth with pictorial writing. $40.00
  
  
• Bechdolt, Frederick R. When the West was Young. Previous owner's initials on front endsheet. Some damage on first sheets. 1st edition. Red cloth. $20.00
  
  
• Becker, Chris. Death in the West: Fatal Stories from America's Last Frontier. The true and horrifying tales recounted of those tourists and seasoned adventurers who encountered misfortune. Northland Publishing, 2007. Colorful soft cover with bear ready to attack. $16.95
  
  
• Bell, Horace. On the Old West Coast: Being further Reminiscences of a Ranger, Major Horace Bell. Edited by Lanier Bartlett. Stories of a California ranger. Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Black cloth with paper labels. $45.00
  
  
• Bennett, Estelline. Old Deadwood Days. The story of this frontier town with such characters as Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Mineral Jack and Belle Haskell lived or passed through. Univerwsity of Nebraska Press. Soft cover. $18.95
  
  
• Berton, Pierre. The Klondike Quest: A Photographic Essay 1897-1899. Photographic research by Barbara Sears. A selection of 200 images of the towns, miners, people, and landscape. 1st American Edition. Little, Brown & Co., 1983. Dust jacket. $75.00
  
  
• Blair, Margaret Berry with R. Palmer Howard. Scapel in a Saddlebag: The Story of a Physician in Indian Territory: Virgil Berry, MD. Biography of a doctor who practiced at the turn of the 20th Century and raised his family in the Indian Territory. Western Heritage Books, 1979. Pale green boards. $40.00
  
  
• Borneman, Walter R. Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land. The first up-to-date comprehensive history of Alaska - from Russian fur traders to the Gold Rush, extraordinary railroads, World War II, the oil boom, and the fight over ANWR. Signed by the author. 1st edition. HarperCollins, 2003. Dust jacket. $34.95
  
  
• Bourseiller, Philippe. America's Parks. Photographs by Bourseiller, with essays by Jean Francois Chaiz, Gary Ferguson and Roger Cans. Color photographs of America's wonders. Abrams, 2006. Dust jacket, oversize. $55.00
  
  
• SOLD Braden, Twain. Ghosts of the Pioneers: A Family Search for the Independent Oregon Colony of 1844. The story of a family's journey on the Oregon Trail today following the trip that families took over 150 years earlier. Lyons Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $24.95
  
  
• Brier, Warren J. The Frightful Punishment: Con Orem and Montana's Great Glove Fights of the 1869's. A new facet of the Montana frontier hammered out by the fists of Con Orem in the 1860's. 1st edition. University of Montana Press, 1969. Dust jacket. $25.00
  
  
• Brown, Larry K. Coyotes & Canaries: Characters Who Make the West Wild . . . and Wonderful! Chapters on Tom Horn, Cheyenne Indians Baseball Team, Chinese Miners, Owen Wister, etc. Signed and numbered by the author. High Plains Press, 2002. Casebound. $35.00
  
  
• Brown, Mark H. and W. R. Felton. The Frontier Years: L. A. Huffman, Photographer of the Plains. Over 100 photographers from the famous Huffman originals taken while he treked in the Montana, Wyoming, and Dakota territories. Bramhall House. Dust jacket. $35.00
  
  
• SOLD Brown, Randy and Reg Duffin. Graves and Sites on the Oregon and California Trails. Provides historic information and photographs of the sites. 2nd edition. Oregon-California Trails, Association, 1998. Oversize soft cover. $17.95
  
  
• Brown, Randy. Historic Inscriptions on Western Emigrant Trails. Illustrated history and listing of inscriptions, providing location, name and dates. Oregon California Trails Association, 2004. Oversize soft cover. $29.95
  
  
• Browning, James A. The Western Reader's Guide: A Selected Bibliography of Nonfiction Magazines, 1953-91. 1st edition. Barbed Wire Press, 1992. Dust jacket. $30.00
  
  
• Brant, Kathleen. Western National Parks' Lodges Cookbook. Recipes mixed with fascinating histories of the fifteen gread lodges in ten national parks, including Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Zion, Yosemite and Glacier. Filled with wonderful photographs. Northland Publishing, 2007. $24.95
  
  
• Campbell,Neil. The Rhizomatic West: Representing the American West in a Transnational, Global, Media Age. Shows how the West continually breaks away from a mainstream notion of American "rootedness" and renews and transforms itself into various cultural forms. University of Nebraska Press, 2008. Dust jacket. $50.00
  
  
• SOLD Campbell, William C. From the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch: A "News-History" of Helena and Its Masonic Lodges. Compiled from the files of Helena newspapers. 2 volumes. Autographed by the author. Ashton Printing and Engraving, 1964-1965 (vol. 1, second printing). Case bound. $105.00
  
  
• Capstick, Peter Hathaway. Death in the Silent Places. Former big-game hunter recounts the exploits of some of the greatest hunters in the past. St. Martin's Press, 1981. Dust jacket. $23.95
  
  
• Carolan, Herbert. Motor Tales and Travels in and Out of California. Contains trips to Arizona and Nevada along with photographs. Includes the original packing slip from the publisher. 1st edition. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. Blue cloth. $35.00
  
  
• Catholicism in the American West: A Rosary of Hidden Voices. Edited by Roberto R. Trevino and Richard V. Francaviglia. Introduction by Steven M. Avella. A collection of works from the 2004 Walter Prescott Webb memorial lectures that discuss the influence on Catholicism on the social and historical development of the American West. Texas A&M University Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $29.95
  
  
• Chapman, Arthur. The Pony Express. Classic history of this Western experience. G. P. Putnam's, 1932. Tan cloth. $50.00
  
  
• Christensen, Bonnie. Red Lodge and the Mythic West: Coal Miners to Cowboys. The story of a mining town and how it endured the vagaries of the West's unpredicatable extractive-industries econony - connecting it to a myriad of larger events and historical forces. University Press of Kansas, 2002. Dust jacket. $34.95
  
  
• Clark, Sterling B. F. How Many Miles From St. Jo? The Log of Sterling B. F. Clark, A Forty-Niner, with Comments by Ella Sterling Mighels together with a Brief Autobiography of James Phelan, 1819-1892, Pioneer Merchant. Privately printed in San Francisco, 1929. Marble boards with red spine and paper label. $75.00
  
  
• Cleland, Robert Glass. From Wilderness to Empire: A History of California. Edited by Glenn S. Dumke. A combined and revised edition of From Wilderness to Empire and California in Our Time. Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. Dust jacket. $15.00
  
  
• Colorado & Southern Railway. Picturesque Colorado. A Story of the Attractions of the Wonderful Rocky Mountain Region Told in Pictures and Words. T. E. Fisher, 1900. Green wraps. $50.00
  
  
• Convis, Charles L. Explorers of the Old West. True tales of the Old West, fascinating stories about the little known and little known stories about the famous, includes such characters as Peter Skene Ogden, John Ledyard, Francisco Garces, Pierre Radisson and Bonneville. Pioneer Press, 2003. Soft cover. $7.95
  
  
• Convis, Charles L. Frontier Preachers and Prophets. True tales of the Old West, fascinating stories about the little known and little known stories about the famous, includes such characters as Narcissa Whitman, Anthony Ravalli, Hector McLean, Edwin Alden and Endicott Peabody. Pioneer Press, 2003. Soft cover. $7.95
  
  
• SOLD Convis, Charles L. Teamsters, Packers & Bullwhackers. True tales of the Old West, fascinating stories about the little known and little known stories about the famous, includes such characters as William Manly, Zack Sutley, Bill Hooker, J. L. Sanderson Stage Line, Death Valley Borax Wagons. Pioneer Press, 2003. Soft cover. $7.95
  
  
• Corbett, Christopher. Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express. An authoritative and entertainingly written chronicle of the Pony Express, that for the first time, explores the tall tales and long-obscured truths about this myth-laden piece of Western Americana, and in the process, exposes how the myths came to be. 1st edition. Broadway Books, 2003. Dust jacket. $23.95
  
  
• SOLD Craig, Nute. Thrills 1861 to 1887. Interesting piece of a man's adventures from the Civil War to in the West, including his days in Wyoming. 1st edition. N.N.Craig, 1927. Brown cloth. $65.00
  
  
• SOLD Crampton, C. Gregory and Steven K. Madsen. In Search of the Spanish Trail: Santa Fe to Los Angeles, 1829 - 1848. The first study to locate and map the historic Spanish Trail. Illustrated with map and photographs. Gibbs - Smith, 1994. Soft cover. $24.95
  
  
• Crossing the Frontier: Photographs of the Developing West, 1849 to the Present. Catalog of images including the range, Native Americans, and topography of the American West. Curated by Sandra S. Phillips, Richard Rodriguez, Aaron Betsky and Eldridge M. Moores. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Chronicle Books, 1996. Soft cover oblong. $29.95
  
  
• Dary, David. Cowboy Culture: A Saga of Five Centuries. "Dary tells the unvarnished truth about cowboys and analyzes the cultural forces of the cowboy myth." Winner of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Wranger Award, Western Writers of America Golden Spur Award, and Westerners International Best Nonfiction Book Award. University Press of Kansas, 1989. Softcover. $14.95
  
  
• Dary, David. The Oregon Trail: An American Saga. A major one-volume history of the Oregon Trail from its earliest beginnings to the present. 1st edition. Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Dust jacket. $35.00
  
  
• Dary, David. Red Blood and Black Ink: Journalisn in the Old West. University Press of Kansas, 1998. Softcover. $15.95
  
  
• Dary, David. The Santa Fe Trail: Its History, Legends, and Lore. The book makes clear how in the early years trade started and stopped at the whim of the Spanish, and how the trail finally grew and prospered, bringing the settlement of new towns and the creation of new wealth along the route. We also learn how the rapid spread of the railroads across the country inexorably replaced the long caravans of mule- and ox-drawn wagons, and the way of life they represented. 1st edition. Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Dust jacket. $30.00
  
  
• Dary, David. True Tales of the Prairies & Plains. Stories gleaned from old newspaper accounts and little-known sources, reflecting Dary's intimate knowledge of the flat open region. University Press of Kansas, 2007. Dust jacket. $24.95
  
  
• Davies, Pete. American Road: The Story of an Epic Transcontinental Journey at the Dawn of the Motor Age. On July 7, 1919, an extraordinary cavalcade of military motor vehicles set off from the White House on an epic journey - the goal was California and among the people traveling was a young officer, Dwight Eisenhower. Henry Holt and Co., 2002. Dust jacket. $26.00
  
  
• Davis, Robert Murray. The Ornamental Hermit: People and Places of the New West. A series of essays that on the American West that evoke various emotions. Texas Tech University Press, 2004. Dust jacket. $24.95
  
  
• DeArment, Robert K. Knights of the Green Cloth: The Saga of the Frontier Gamblers. First Edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 1982. Dust jacket. $39.95
  
  
• Del Mar, David Peterson. Beaten Down: A History of Interpersonal Violence in the West. Broad in its chronological and cultural sweep, this book examines violence in the Pacific Northwest beginning with Native American cultures before colonization and continuing into the mid-twentieth century. Drawn on an array of sources, including newspaper accounts, autobiographies, novels, oral histories, historical publications and court cases. University of Washington Press, 2002. Dust jacket. $40.00
  
  
• Demlinger, Sandor. Stagecoach: Rare Views of the Old West 1849-1915. Over 280 rare and often unpublished vintage photographs explore life in the Old West, supported with narratives, many in the first person and important historical information. Schiffer, 2004. Soft cover. $24.95
  
  
• Denver Chamber of Commerce. Ninth Annual Report of the Denver Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade. 1891. Red cover, Wraps. $60.00
  
  
• SOLD Dial, Scott. A Place to Raise Hell: Cheyenne Saloons. Stories and photographs of events in these places of relaxation and entertainment. Johnson Publishing Co., 1977. Soft cover. $9.00
  
  
• Di Certo, Joseph J. The Saga of Pony Express. Literary adventure experiencing the lore, romance, and history of the Pony Express. Mountain Press, 2003. Soft cover. $17.00
  
  
• Dobie, Charles Caldwell. San Francisco: A Pageant. 1st edition. Wonderful pencil sketches by E.H. Suydam help illustrate the flavorful personality of the city of the Golden Gate. D. Appleton-Century Co., 1939. Previous owner's name inscribed front page. $30.00
  
  
• Dorst, John D. Looking West. Through a series of Western texts—folkloric, photographic, literary, and historical—Dorst outlines another pattern of looking west, one characterized by optical distortion, faulty vision, and the ambiguous intersection of spectatorship, display, and covert observation. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997. Maroon cloth. $45.00
  
  
• Drennan, William R. Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders. Fascinating and insightful examination of a Wisconsin crime of the century that changed Wright's life. University of Wisconsin Press, 2007. Dust jacket. 29.95
  
  
• Drennan, William R. Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders. Fascinating and insightful examination of a Wisconsin crime of the century that changed Wright's life. Terrace Bookis,2007. Soft cover. $16.95
  
  
• SOLD Dubin, Lois Sherr. The History of Beads from 30,000 B.C. to the Present. Illustrated history with a chapter on North American beads. Harry N. Abrams, 1987. Dust jacket oversize. $100.00
  
  
• Duke, Donald. "The American West in Postage Stamps. Issue of Branding Iron published by the Los Angeles Corral of Westerners, June 1980, Number 139. Wraps. $7.50
  
  
• Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne. Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie. A classic in contemporary Oklahoma literature - story of growing up poor during the 1940s and 1950s. University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. Soft cover. $14.95
  
  
• Emmerling, Mary. Mary Emmerling's American Country West: A Style and Source Book. Text by Carol Sama Sheehan, photographs by Michael Skott, designed by Richard Trask. Captures the Indian Southwest of Arizona and New Mexico, the rural ranchlands and farmlands of the American West. 1st edition. Clarkson N. Potter, 1985. Dust jacket. $35.00
  
  
• Enss, Chris. How the West was Worn: Bustles and Buckskins on the Wild Frontier. Fashion that shaped the old west, filled with contemporary photographs and drawings. TwoDot, 2006. Soft cover. $16.95
  
  
• Essays for Henry R. Wagner. Essays by Charles L. Camp, Francis P. Farquhar, George L. Harding, Dorothy H. Huggins and Carl I. Wheat. Most focus on the history of California. Limited to 260 copies. Stains on corners of front endsheets. Grabhorn Press, 1947. Decorative paper boards with a few corners rubbed. $100.00
  
  
• Etulain, Richard W. and Michael P. Malone. The American West: A Modern History, 1900 to the Present. Second edition. Preface and new chapter by Etulain on the new Western Generation. A hisgtorical overview of the post-1900 West. University of Nebraska Press, 2007. Soft cover. $19.95
  
  
• Etulain, Richard W. & Ferenc M. Szasz. The American West in 2000: Essays in Honor of Gerald D. Nash. During his long distinguished career, Gerald Nash made several major contributions to the study of modern American history. This collection of essays on the recent American West testifies to the extensive impact that he has had on shaping the contours of these historical fields. Contains ten original essays by historians as Art Gomez, Donald Pixani, Majorie Bell Chambers, Gene Gressley and others. 1st edition. University of New Mexico Press, 2003. Dust jacket. $29.95
  
  
• Etulain, Richard W. Beyond the Missouri: The Story of the American West. The sramatic story of the West from its prehistory to the present, covering the region from North Dakota to Texas states to the Pacific Coast. Provides a fresh, balanced narrative of this geographically and culturally vast area and emphasizes two themes: change and complexity. University of New Mexico Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $39.95
  
  
• Etulain, Richard W., ed. Western Lives: A Biographical History of the American West. Full of intriguing life stories of such people as Stephen Austin, Lewis and Clark, Jedediah Smith, Narcissa Whitman, John Muri, Jeannette Rankin, Walt Disney and Rosie the Riveter; the fifteen essays in this collection weave a selection of those lives together to focus on the main currents in the region's history. University of New Mexico Press, 2004. Soft cover. $23.95
  
  
• Evans, George W. B. Mexican Gold Trail: The Journal of a Forty-Niner. Edited by Glenn S. Dumke with a preface by Robert Glass Cleland. Fascinating journal of a trip across Mexico, through Arizona to California. 1st edition. Huntington Library, 1945. Dust jacket with top of spine missing. $35.00
  
  
• Evans, George W. B. Mexican Gold Trail: The Journal of a Forty-Niner. Edited by Glenn S. Dumke with a preface by Robert Glass Cleland. Fascinating journal of a trip across Mexico, through Arizona to California. Huntington Library, 2006. Soft cover. $24.95
  
  
• Evans, Lawton B. With Pack & Saddle: Famous American Frontier Stories. Illustrated by R. A. Ewing. Previous owner's bookplate on front endsheet and minor discoloration. 1st edition. Milton Bradley, 1930. Black cloth. $20.00
  
  
• Evans, Sterling. Bound in Twine: The History and Ecology of the Henequen - Wheat Complex for Mexico and the American and Canadian Plains, 1880 - 1950. Drawn from extensive research, this is an intricate story that binds labor, social, agricultural, political, diplomatic and environmental history - focuses on the Mexican twin industry and touches on the Yaqui Indians. Texas A&M University Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $42.00
  
  
• F. Jay Haynes, Photographer. Gatherined in this volume are 160 representative photographs that span Haynes' diverse career and the expanse of country he traveled. Montana Historical Society, 1981. Dust jacket, oblong. $50.00
  
  
• SOLD Fallows, Rev. Samuel. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror. Also contains Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius by Richard Linthicum and additional material by Trumbull White. A comprehensive and connected account of the earthquake and fire with photographs. Hubert D. Russell, 1906. Cloth with paper label, minor fading of printing. $50.00
  
  
• Farrell, Cliff. The Mighty Land. The colorful true story of the men and women of the Old West - from Custer to Buffalo Bill and Carrie Nation. 1st edition. Dust jacket with minor wear. $20.00
  
  
• SOLD Feitz, Leland. Myers Avenue: A Quick History of Cripple Creek's Red-Light District. The story of a small area of this Colorado town, with photos. Previous owner's name on title page. Golden Bell Press, 1968. Wraps. $12.50
  
  
• Fergusson, Erna. Murder & Mystery in New Mexico. Nine true murder mysteries that leave the reader speculating. Black and white photographs of murder suspects and crime scenes.1st edition. Merle Armitage Editions, 1948. Dust jacket. $50.00
  
  
• Fitzharris, Tim. Big Sky: Wild West Panorama. An iconic collection of beautiful color panoramic views of the North American West with texat and photographs by the author. Firefly, 2006. Dust jacket. $45.00
  
  
• SOLD Fletcher, Patricia K. A., Dr. Jack Earl Fletcher and Lee Whiteley. Cherokee Trail Diaries: v.1. 1849. A new route to the California gold fields -- v. 2. 1850. Another new route to the California gold fields. Contains excerpts of diaries from the early pioneers. Caxton Printers, c. 1999. Red cloth oversize. $85.00
  
  
• Flores, Dan. The Natural West: Environmental History in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. This volume offers essays reflecting the natural history of the American West. University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. Dust jacket. $29.95
  
  
• Forging a West that Works: An Invitation to the Radical Center: Essays on Ranching, Conservation, and Science. Papers on drought, environmental issues, watershed and ranching. Quivira Coalition, 2003. Soft cover. $18.95
  
  
• Fradkin, Philip L. Stagecoarch, Wells Fargo and the American West. Both a colorful work of frontier history and corporate biography. Free Press, 2003. Soft cover. $14.00
  
  
• Galbreath, Lester. Campfire Tales: True Stories from the Western Frontier. Crowded with trail-driving cowboys, whiskey-guzzling gunslingers and fierce-riding Indians, this book captures the drama and excitement of the western frontier. Bright Sky Press, 2005. Soft cover. $19.95
  
  
• Galen Rowell: A Restrospective. Compiled by the editors of Sierra Club Books. Beautiful oversize book filled with color photographs by this noted photographer. Sierra Club Books, 2006. Oversize dust jacket. $50.00
  
  
• Garry, Jim This Ol' Drought Ain't Broke Us Yet (But We're All Bent Pretty Bad). Gary shares his special stories about Western life and the land that defines it from haunting ranches to retirement homes. 1st edition. Orion Books, 1992. Dust jacket. $18.00
  
  
• George-Warren, Holly and Michelle Freedman. How the West was Worn. Introduction by James H. Nottage and foreword by Marty Stuart. A round-up of the many different styles of Western wear, from fringed chaps and embroidered jeans to silver-studded and rhinestone suits. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Harry N. Abrams with the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, 2001. Dust jacket. $45.00
  
  
• Gerstaecker, Frederick. Wild Sports in the Far West. Translated from the German with tinted illustrations by Harrison Weir. Experiences of the author while traveling through America from New York to New Orleans - going to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas. Geo. Routledge, 1856. Blue cloth, gold embosse with wear on edges. $150.00
  
  
• Ghent, W. J. The Road to Oregon: A Chronicle of the Great Emigrant Trail. Story of the early overland adventure. Pictorial map on endsheets. Tudor Publishing Co., 1934. Dark green cloth. $25.00
  
  
• Glazier, Captain Willard. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback; Being the Story ofa Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Development of Cities and Towns along the Route; and Regions Traversed beyond the Mississippi; Together with Incidents, Anecdotes and Adventures of the Journey. Edgewood Publishing Co., 1900. Blue Decorative Cloth. $35.00
  
  
• Gold Gals Guns Guts: A History of Deadwood, Lead & Spearfish, 1874-1976. Edited by Bob Lee with a new introduction. GThrough photographs, newspaper accounts and lively text, the history of the Black Hills communities of Deadwood, Lead and Spearfish from the time of the Custer Expedition to the U.S. Bicentennial is brought to life. South Dakota State Historical Society Press, 2004. Soft cover. $24.95
  
  
• Gomez, Laura E. Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race. Analyzes how the racialization of Mexicans were embodied in the 19th century ideology of Manifest Destiny. New York University Press, 2008. Soft cover. $21.00
  
  
• Great Ghost Towns of the West. Photography by Tom Till; Essay by Teresa Jordan. Discover for yourself the enchantment of old ghost towns, the mysterious essence still emanating from these deserted communities. Graphic Arts Center Publishing, 2001. Dust jacket. $39.95
  
  
• Greene, A. C. 900 Miles on the Butterfield Trail. Incorporating newly found historical documents and changes in the landscape, as well as exploring myths and legends that surround the Butterfield Trail. 1st edition. University of North Texas Press, 1994. Dust jacket. $35.00
  
  
• Hafen, LeRoy R. and Ann Hafen. The Colorado Story: A History of Your State and Mine. Illustrated history with lots of facts and stories. Old West Publishing Co., 1954. Red pictorial cloth. $18.50
  
  
• Hafen, LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen. The Joyous Journey: An Autobiography. Richly detailed account of the childhood on the Mormon frontier and their life as prolific writers. 1st edition. Arthur H.Clark and Fred A. Rosenstock, 1973. Dust jacket. $20.00
  
  
• SOLD Hage, Wayne. Storm Over Rangelands: Private Lands in Federal Lands. A project of the Federal Lands Conference. 1st edition. Free Enterprise Press, 1989. Soft cover. $9.95
  
  
• SOLD Hague, Harlan. The Road to California: The Search for a Southern Overland Route 1540-1848. American Trails Series XI. 1st edition. Arthur H. Clark Co., 1978. Red cloth. $75.00
  
  
• Harlow, Alvin F. Old Waybills: The Romance of the Express Companies. 1st edition. The story of the pony express, Wells Fargo and others that delivered the mail. Previous owner's inscription on front endsheet. D. Appleton-Century Co., 1934. Red cloth. $100.00
  
  
• The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced: A Century of Change, 1899-2001. Edited by Thomas S. Litwin and foreword by David Rockefeller Jr. A unique and valuable perspective of a century of dramatic change in Alaska. Following the ship's route, the book addresses wilderness conservation biology and ecology, American history, natural hisotry, anthropology, and travel and exploration. Rutgers University Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $29.95
  
  
• Hartman, Monte. America's 100th Meridian: A Plains Journey. Photographs and text by Monte Hartman with an essay by William Kittredge. Colorful images enhance this story of travel across the Plains. Plains Histories Series. Texas Tech University Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $39.95
  
  
• SOLD Haskell, William B. Two Years in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold-Fields 1896-1898: A Thrilling Narrative of Live in the Gold Mines and Camps. Preface by Terrance Cole. This classic reprint is details the personal experiences and adventures in the gold regions of Alaska and the Klondike, detailing hardships and privations of miner's life. University of Alaska Press, 1998. Dust jacket. $34.95
  
  
• Hausladen, Gary J. ed. Western Places, American Myths: How We Think About the West. The essays are the work of a dozen scholars from several disciplines, all examining the West as both an actual region and as an enduring element of American culture, demonstrating how today's West is the result of a long and continuous process, a constant reinvention and redefining of place. 1st edition. University of Nevada Press, 2003. Dust jacket. $49.95
  
  
• Hayes, Derek. Historical Atlas of the California: With Original Maps. Using more than five hundred historical maps and other illustrations from rough sketches drawn in the field to commercial maps to works of art, the story of California's past is told from a unique visual perspective. University of California Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $39.95
  
  
• Hayes, Derek. Historical Atlas of the United States: With Original Maps. Using more than five hundred historical maps from collections around the world, this stunning book is the first to tell the story of America's past from a geographical perspective. University of California Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $39.95
  
  
• Heitz, Lisa Hefner. Haunted Kansas: Ghost Stories & Other Eerie Tales. A rich collection of local legends and oral histories. University Press of Kansas, 1997. Soft cover. $14.95
  
  
• Hicks, John Edward. Themes from the Old West. A selection of stories about mountain men, early pioneers, cowboys and cattle kings, mining camp, outlaws and lawmen. 1st edition. Midamericana Press, 1962. Dust jacket. $35.00
  
  
• Hine, Robert V. and John Mack Faragher. The American West: A New Interpretive History. Presents the West both as a frontier and a region, real and imagined, old and new; people of all ethnic groups and how they were affected when different cultures met and clashed. A cooncise and engaging survey of frontier history. Yale University Press, 2000. Red cloth. $40.00
  
  
• Hine, Robert V. and John Mack Faragher. The American West: A New Interpretive History. Presents the West both as a frontier and a region, real and imagined, old and new; people of all ethnic groups and how they were affected when different cultures met and clashed. A cooncise and engaging survey of frontier history. Yale University Press, 2000. Soft cover. $19.95
  
  
• Hirsch, Jerrold. Portrait of America: A Cultural History of the Federal Writers' Project. Hirsch treats the FWP not as a peculiar product of the 1930s, but as an important part of America's cultural and intellectual history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By emphasizing the cultural and historical influences, he explains persuasively why the guidebooks should be seen as transcending the 1930s. University of North Carolina Press, 2003. Soft cover. $19.95
  
  
• SOLD Hoagland, Edward. Notes from the Century Before: A Journal from British Columbia. Story of the author's trip to the wild country of British Columbia in 1966 and his record of a way of life that was in the process of disappearing at the time he was visiting. 1st edition. Random House, 1969. Black cloth with bronze decorative design. $50.00
  
  
• Holliday, J. S. Rush for Riches: Gold Fever and the Making of California. Vivid in details and powerful in its interpretations, this remarkable book carries the story of the 1849 gold rush through the following decades to the climatic year, 1884. Oakland Museum of California and University of California Press, 1999. Dust jacket. Special $27.50
  
  
• SOLD Hollywood's West: The American Frontier in Film, Television & History. Edited by Peter C. Rollins and John E. O'Connor. The national's leading film scholars analyze popular conceptions of the frontier as a fundamental element of American history and culture - examining classic Western films and programs that span nearly a century. University Press of Kentucky, 2005. Dust jacket. $40.00
  
  
• Holt, Marilyn Irvin. The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America. Story of a unique emigration when at least 200,000 children were sent West to find a better home for the urban poor. University of Nebraska Press, 1994. Soft cover. $14.95
  
  
• Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas. Photography the Frontier. Contains biographies and pictures of a large number of the photographers of the frontier - beginning in the 1840s when the first photographers ventured west with government exploration parties. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. Dust jacket. $27.50
  
  
• Hooper, S. K. Rhymes of the Rockies : or, What the poets have found to say of the beautiful scenery on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Poole Brothers, 1887. Wraps with wear. $27.50
  
  
• Horgan, Paul. Josiah Gregg and His Vision of the Early West. A revised biographical portrait with a new interpretation and analysis of Gregg's Commerce of the Prairies. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Dust jacket. $20.00
  
  
• SOLD Horsman, Reginald. Feast or Famine: Food and Drink American Westward Expansion. The first comprehensive account of food and drink in winning of the West, describing the sustenance of successive generations of western pioneers. University of Missouri Press, 2008. Dust jacket. $39.95
  
  
• Howard, Robert West, ed. This is the West. Stories by Western historians - "Cookie" by Ramon Adams, "The Soldiers" by Stanley Vestal, "Apache Electronics" by Bert Fireman and many more. Compiled by the Chicago Corral of Westerners. Rand McNally & Co., 1957. Brownish cloth. $30.00
  
  
• Howard, Robert West, ed. This is the West. Stories by Western historians - "Cookie" by Ramon Adams, "The Soldiers" by Stanley Vestal, "Apache Electronics" by Bert Fireman and many more. Compiled by the Chicago Corral of Westerners. Cover illustration by Nick Eggenhofer. Signed by the artist on the cover. Signet Book, 1957. Soft cover with some wear. $19.00
  
  
• Hunsaker, Joyce Badgley. Seeing the Elephant: Voices from the Oregon Trail. This mass overland migration forever changed our nation and altered the way Americans saw themselves. The essential one-volume resource for all students of the Oregon Trail. Texas Tech University Press, 2003. Dust jacket. $24.95
  
  
• Hurt, R. Douglas. The Great Plains during World War II. Although the impact of WWII was not as transformative for the Great Plains as it was for other areas of the US, it was still significant and tumultous; This is the first book to examine the effects of the war on the region and the responses of its residents. University of Nebraska Press, 2008. Dust jacket. $34.95
  
  
• Hutchins, Daniel D. Wheels Across America: Carriage's Art & Craftsmanship. Volume 1 of a new series, containing information on early carriage makers and dealers, vintage advertisements, catalogs and many illustrations. Tempo International Publishing Co., 2004. Pictorial casebound. $45.00
  
  
• Images of the West: Survey Photography in French Collections 1860 - 1880. Edited by Francois Brunet and Bronwyn Griffith with essays by Brunet and Mick Gidley. Contains prints from the glass-plagte photographs taken as part of the U.S. federal surveys - with such breathtaking views of Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, and Native Americans, such as the Navajo in Canyon de Chelly. Photographers include O'Sullivan, Hillers, Jackson, and Watkins. Musee d'art americain giverny terra foundation for american art, 2007. Casebound, $49.00
  
  
• Jackson, Louise A. The Mule Men: A History of Stock Packing in the Sierra Nevada. The first comprehensive examination of the Sierra packers, mules and the stations. Mountain Press, 2004. Soft cover. $12.00
  
  
• SOLD Jackson, William Henry. Time Exposure: The Autobiography of William Henry Jackson. Illustrated with photographs, paintings, and drawings by the author. Previous owner's name and bookplate on front endsheet. 1st edition. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1940. Blue cloth cover with minor wear. $75.00
  
  
• Jackson, William Henry. William Henry Jackson's "The Pioneer Photographer." Compiled, edited and annotated by Bob Blair. With original text from the 1929 edition by Jackson in collaboration with Howard R. Driggs. Foreword by Lee Whittlesey. Museum of New Mexico Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $39.95
  
  
• Jacoby, Karl. Crimes Against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation. This innovative study of the early American conservation movement reveals the hidden history of three of the nation's first parks: the Adirondacks, Yellowstone, and the Grand Canyon. 1st edition. University of Californian Press, 2001. Dust jacket. $39.95
  
  
• James, Harry C. Western Campfires: Reminiscences of Western Camping over Half a Century. Tales of the Trailfinders and their activities from the Grand Teton, to the Hopi villages to Zion National Park. Author's signed presentation copy to the publisher, Paul Weaver. 1st edition. Northland Press, 1973. Dust jacket. $40.00
  
  
• Johnson, Susan Lee. Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush. Explores the dynamic social world created by the gold rush in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of Stockton - viewing the Mexican families who worked the mines, did the wash and rose up against Anglo rule; the California Indians who tried to maintain their own customs but helped build the sawmill - and more. W. W. Norton & Co., 2000. Dust jacket. $29.95
  
  
• SOLD Junkin, Elizabeth Darby. Lands of Brighter Destiny: The Public Lands of the American West. Written by a national news correspondent, this is a discussion of public lands and the agencies that manage them. Fulcrum, 1986. Dust jacket. $13.95
  
  
• Kahim, Sharon and Laurie Rufe. In the Shadow of the Rockies: A Photographic History of the Pioneer Experience in Wyoming's Big Horn Basin. Presentation copy signed by the authors. Northwest Community College, 1983. Soft cover. $22.50
  
  
• Kelsey, D. M. History of Our Wild West and Stories of Pioneer Life. From experiences of Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill, Kit Carson, Sam Houston, Generals Crook, Miles and Custer, Great Indian Chiefs, Geronimo and Sitting Bull. Illustrated. John D. Stanton Co., 1901. Red cloth. $35.00
  
  
• Kemmis, Daniel. This Soverign Land: A New Vision for Governing the West. Kemmis offers a radical new proposal for keeping public lands public but shifting their jurisdicition from nation to region. Island Press, 2001. Dust jacket. $22.95
  
  
• Ketchum, William C., Jr. Western Memorabilia: Collectibles of the Old West. Photography by Alan Joy. Illustrated catalog of artifacts from the cowboys to Indians to the trains to the mountain men. 1st edition. Rutledge Books, 1980. Brown leatherette and dust jacket with wear on front. $30.00
  
  
• SOLD Keyes, Nelson Beecher. The American Frontier: Our Unique Heritage. An anecdotal history of our country's early days from the explorations of the Vikings to the fencing of the Texas Range. 1st edition. Hanover House, 1954. Dust jacket. $17.50
  
  
• Kitses, Jim. Horizons West: Directing the Western from John Ford to Clint Eastwood. This greatly expanded new edition, provides definitive critical analysis of the six greatest film-makers of the Western genre: John Ford, Anthony Mann, Budd Boetticher, Sam Peckinpah, Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood. New edition. bfi Publishing, 2004. Soft cover. $24.95
  
  
• Klein, Maury. The Life and Legend of Jay Gould. Biography of the ruthless businessman who helped start the transcontinental railroad system and the Union Pacific. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986. Dust jacket. $27.50
  
  
• Klett, Mark, Project Director. Third Views, Second Sights: A Rephotographic Survey of the American West. An end of the century geographical exploration patterned after the first surveys of the nineteenth century updated with new techniques and sensibilities. Museum of New Mexico Press, 2004. Dust jacket. $60.00
  
  
• Knipmeyer, James H. Butch Cassidy was Here: Historic Inscriptions of the Colorado Plateau. A collection of hundreds of inscription photographs from Spanish missionaries and colonizers, Mormon pioneers, amateur archaeologists, outlaws, and miners who left their mark on southwestern history. University of Utah Press, 2002. Soft cover. $24.95
  
  
• Krause, A. Frank Jr. Riding the Ghost Town Trail. Stories of ghost towns in the American West. Limited edition of 250 numbered and signed copies, No. 89. The Great Western Series, No. 6. Potomac Corral, The Westerners, 1969. Hardcover. $50.00
  
  
• Landrum, Ney C. The State Park Movement in America: A Critical Review. Landrum places the movement for state parks in the context of the movements for urban and local parks on one side and for national parks on the other, tracing the evolution of the state park movement. University of Missouri Press, 2004. Dust jacket. $44.95
  
  
• Lause, Mark A. Young America: Land, Labor and the Republican Community. Story of radicalism, social and labor movements in the United States during the nineteenth century. University of Illinois Press, 2005. Soft cover. $20.00
  
  
• Lavender, David. One Man's West - New Edition. Line drawings by William Arthur Smith. Introduction and afterword to the Bison Books edition by David G. Lavender, tribute to the author by David W. Lavender. The story and experiences of this remarkable historian's time on the Western frontier in the 1930s and 1940s. University of Nebraska Press, 2007. Soft cover. $19.95
  
  
• Lee, Mabel Barbee. Cripple Creek Days. Story of this Colorado ghost town told by a woman who lived during the gold mining hey-days.1st edition. Previous owner's name on front endsheet. Doubleday & Co., 1958. Dust jacket. $25.00
  
  
• Lee, Russell. Russell Lee Photographs. Foreword by John Szarkowski, introduction by J. B. Colson. University of Texas, 2007. Dust jacket. $50.00
  
  
• Le Sueur, Meridel. North Star Country. Edited by Erskine Caldwell. American Folkways series. Stories of the Minnesota, Wisconsin and Great Lakes region from fur trappers to farmers. 1st edition. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945. Blue cloth. $30.00
  
  
• Limbaugh, Ronald H. Rocky Mountain Carpetbaggers: Idaho's Territorial Governors 1863-1890. A study of Idaho's early political leaders. Illustrated. 1st edition. University Press of Idaho, 1982. Dust jacket. $25.00
  
  
• Linforth, James, ed. Route From Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley. Illustrated with steel engravings and wood cuts from sketches made by Frederick Piercy. Together with a geographical and historical description of Utah, and a map of the Overland routes to that territory from the Missour River. Exact facsimile republication of the 1855, Liverpool Edition. Westernlore Press, Los Angeles. Dust jacket. $125.00
  
  
• Living Blue in the Red States. Edited by David Starkey. Compelling stories from various authors. University of Nebraska Press, 2007. Soft cover. $19.95
  
  
• Loeffler, Jack. Survival Along the Continental Divide: An Anthology of Interviews. A project of the New Mexico Humanities Council, Hopi, Navajo, Puebloan, Hispano, and Anglo cultures were represented in these interviews, discussing cultural boundaries, the effects of the New Deal and the West today. University of New Mexico Press, 2008. Dust jacket. $24.95
  
  
• Lowitt, Richard. American Outback: The Oklahoma Panhandle in the Twentieth Century. An integral part of the history of the great plains. Plains Histories Series. Texas Tech University Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $21.95
  
  
• Lucia, Ellis. The Saga of Ben Holladay: Giant of the Old West. Biography of an adventurer, trader, explorer, Indian fighter, builder and developer of the Overland Sgtate Lines. Illustrated by nick Eggenhofer. Hastings House, 1959. Dust jacket with minor wear. $45.00
  
  
• Lyman, Edward Leo. The Overland Journey From Utah to California: Wagon Travel from the City of Saints to the City of Angels. The first history of the complete Southern Route and the the people who developed and used it, based on extensive research in primary sources. University of Nevada Press, 2004. Dust jacket. $39.95
  
  
• SOLD Mabey, Charles Rendell. The Pony Express: An Epic of the Old West. Illustrations by Harris Weberg. Signed by the author on the frontispiece. Numbered on verso of title page. 1st edition. The Beverly Craftsmen, 1940. Maroon cloth with embossed image of pony express rider. $45.00
  
  
• Marks, M. L. Jews Among The Indians: Tales of Adventure and Conflict in the Old West. Foreword by Maynard I. Wishner. Stories of the dramatic, sometimes tragic, sometimes humorous relationships of two disparate peoples in the building of the American West. Benison Books, 1992. Dust jacket. $25.00
  
  
• Martin, Greg. The Parker Lyon-Harrah's Pony Express Museum : A Photographic Essay. An illustrated history. Chrysopolis Press, 1987. Pictorial Casebound. $65.00
  
  
• Mattes, Merrill J. Scotts Bluff National Monument. National Park Service booklet on this starting point for Western migration. Illustration. Handbook Series No. 28. 1961. Wraps. $10.00
  
  
• Mautz, Carl. Biographies of Western Photographers: A Reference Guide to Photographers Working in the nith Century American West. A monumnetal work covering 15,000 photographers working in twenty-seven western states and Canadian provinces, plus itinerants who traveled throughout the frontier West. 1st edition. Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997. Dust jacket. $75.00
  
  
• McGee, William and Sandra. The Divorce Seekers: A Photo Memoir of a Nevada Dude Wrangler. The story of an exclusive dude ranch near Reno and the cowboy and his lady that ran the Flying M E. McGee profiles the changing case of characters who stayed at the ranch. 1st printing. BMC Publications, 2004. Dust jacket. $49.95
  
  
• McKelvie, Martha. The Fenceless Range. Illustrated by CAA artist, John Hampton. Stories about a different type of cowb oy. 1st edition. Dorrance & Co., 1960. Dust jacket and red cloth with some wear. $25.00
  
  
• SOLD McLynn, Frank. Wagons West: The Epic Story of America's Overland Trails. A riveting tale of Americans' trek to the Pacific - a stirring history from 1840-49. 1st American edition. Grove Press, 2002. Dust jacket. $32.50
  
  
• Merriam, H. G. ed. Way Out West: Reminiscences and Tales. A collection of brief accounts portraying life in the American West, from a personal point of view - men and women telling their own stories. 1st edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 1969. Dust jacket. $30.00
  
  
• Miles, George. 'Go West and Grow Up with the Country.' An Exhibition of Nineteenth-Century Guides to the American West in the Collections of the American Antiquarian Society. 1991. Wraps. $15.00
  
  
• Miller, Charles Wallace, Jr. Stake Your Claim! The Tale of America's Enduring Mining Laws. Filling a void, this volume places federal mining laws in historical context. Westernlore Press, 1991. Dust jacket. $31.95
  
  
• Milner, Clyde A. II and Carol A. O'Connor. As Big as the West: The Pioneer Life of Granville Stuart. Rich and absorbing biography tracing the life of Stuart from his youth in Iowa to the mining camps in California to Montanta and rise to prominence as a public figure, who battled outlaws and politicans. Oxford University Press, 2009. Dust jacket. $34.95
  
  
• Moehring, Eugene P. Urbanism and Empire in the Far West, 1840 - 1890. Examining seven states, moehring reveals how Americans used cities and towns to build their Western empire, developing centers with wealth from the hinterlands. University of Nevada Press, 2004. Dust jacket. $39.95
  
  
• Moeller, Bill & Jan. The Pony Express: A Photographic History. Combining exhaustive historical research with exquisite camera work, creates a stunning full color pictorial history of fast horses, intrepid young riders and untamed land. Mountain Press, 2003. Soft cover. $22.00
  
  
• Monahan, Sherry. The Wicked West: Boozers, Cruisers, Gamblers, and More. Sex, sin, and saloons come together in this deliciously wicked look at the wild and wonderful days of the old West, largely told through the memoirs and eyewitness accounts of the men and women who lived it. Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2005. Soft cover. $15.98
  
  
• Mordan, C. B. American West Designs. Illustrated examples of cowboy and Western motifs. Stemmer House. Oversize soft cover. $5.95
  
  
• Morgan, Murray. Skid Road: An Information Portrait of Seattle. 100 years of history and personalities of a great American City. Previous owner's name on front endsheet and inscription on half-title page. 1st edition. Viking Press, 1951. Dust jacket. $25.00
  
  
• Morley, Judy Mattivi. Historic Preservation & the Imagined West: Albuquerque, Denver & Seattle. An intriguing study of some of America's favorite places and the adaptive resuse efforts in cities of the former frontier. University Press of Kansas, 2006. Dust jacket. $29.95
  
  
• Murbarger, Nell. Sovereigns of the Sage. True stories of people and places in the Great Sagebrush Kingdom of the Western United States. 1st edition. Desert Magazine, 1958. Dust jacket has creases and slight tears. $45.00
  
  
• Murbarger, Nell. Sovereigns of the Sage. Treasure Chest, 1958. Soft cover. $25.00
  
  
• Murray, Earl. Ghosts of the Old West: Desert Spirits, Haunted Cabins, Lost Trails, and Other Strange Encounters. Wonderful stories to read on the road. Barnes and Noble, 1993. Dust jacket. $12.50
  
  
• Murray, John A. Mythmakers of the West: Shaping America's Imagination. A unique and entertaining tribute to the legends and dreamers who shaped America's imagination, organized into chapters on art, film, literature, music, and popular culture. Northland Publishing, 2001. Soft cover. $21.95
  
  
• National Georgraphic Magazine. The Black Hills, Once Hunting Grounds of the Red Men. Extracted from the 1927 magazine. Contains color plates of the Crow Indians, story of the region. In blue wraps. $30.00
  
  
• National Museum of America Art. American Photographs: The First Century. From the Isaacs Collection, curated by Merry A. Foresta. Contains seventy-nine color plates and supplemented by over a hundred four-color images, many reproduced for the first time. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. Oversize soft cover. $35.00
  
  
• Nicholas, Liza J. Becoming Western: Stories of Culture and Identity in the Cowboy State. Five individual stories about Wyoming, including Jack Flagg, Buffalo Bill, the dude ranch and others. University of Nebraska Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $35.00
  
  
• Noel, Thomas J. Riding High: Colorado Ranchers and 100 Years of the National Western Stock Show. Photographic ride through Colorado ranching history. Western Stock Show Association, 2005. Dust jacket. $50.00
  
  
• Noel, Thomas J. Riding High: Colorado Ranchers and 100 Years of the National Western Stock Show. Photographic ride through Colorado ranching history. Western Stock Show Association, 2005. $32.00
  
  
• SOLD Noel, Thomas J. The City and the Saloon: Denver, 1858-1916. A cultural history of the town and drinking establishments. University of Nebraska Press, 1982. Gray cloth. $19.95
  
  
• Nugent, Walter. Into the West: The Story of Its People. A full-scale history of the people of the American West, from the ancestral Paleo-Indians to the Spanish conquistadores and settlers, to the gold rushers and the homesteaders who followed. Alfed A. Knopf, 1999. Dust jacket. $35.00
  
  
• O'Brien, Thomas F. Making the Americas: The United States and Latin America from the Age of Revolutions to the Era of Globalization. Provides the reader with an understanding of how the people of the Americas have shaped their own history and influenced the development of U.S. economic, strategic, and cultural power in the world today. University of New Mexico Press, 2007. Soft cover. $24.95
  
  
• Old West / New West: Quo Vadis? Edited by Gene M. Gressley. Six distinguished historians provide perceptive essays on the Old West / New West battleground - including Carl Abbott, Patty Limerick, Gerald Nash, Malcolm Rohrbough, Gerald Thompson and Donald Worster. High Plains Publishing, 1994. Dust jacket. $27.50
  
  
• Olsen, W. Scott. At Speed: Traveling the Long Road between Two Points. Stories of travel from Death Valley to Mountain Evans and a harrowing trip from Fargo to Spokane in the dead of winter. University of Nebraska Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $24.95
  
  
• Palmer, Douglas. Prehistoric Past Revealed: The Four Billion Year History of Life on Earth. Using timelines, diagrams, sidebar discussions, and breaking down complex ideas into digestible topics, Palmer shows how it has been possible to recover the story of life from the petrified remains of shells and bones scattered through rock strata. The University of California Press, 2003. Dust jacket. $29.95
  
  
• Parkhill, Forbes. The Wildest of the West. Chapters on Colorado's most famous characters in the 1890s, including ladies of the evening denizens of the overworld. Previous owner's name on front ensheet. 1st edition. Henry Holt, 1951. Dust jacket with faded spine. $30.00
  
  
• A Passage in Time: The Archaeology and History of the Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park, California. Edited by Richard Ciolek-Torrello, Donn R. Grenda, Angela Keller, and Anne Q. Stoll. Both prehistoric and historic work on Native Americans and early pioneers. California Department of Parks and Recreation, 2006. Soft cover oversize. $30.00
  
  
• SOLD Peterson, Larry Len. L. A. Huffman: Photographer of the American West. This impressive volume contains over 500 spectacular images and is accompanied by informative text complemented with personal images of Huffman and his friends. Settlers West, 2003. Dust jacket. $125.00
  
  
• Peterson, Larry Len. L. A. Huffman: Photographer of the American West. This impressive volume contains over 500 spectacular images and is accompanied by informative text complemented with personal images of Huffman and his friends. Mountain Press, 2005. Soft cover. $45.00
  
  
• Phillips, David R., comp. & ed. The Taming of the West: A Photographic Perspective. With commentary by Robert A. Weinstein. Beautiful black and white photographs show the western frontier. Henry Regnery Co., 1974. Black cloth, oversize. $35.00
  
  
• Pingenot, Ben E. Siringo. The true story of Charles A. Siringo, Texas cowboy, longhorn trail driver, private detective, ranger, New Mexico Ranger, and author. Revealing highlights of his action-filled life, with a behind-the-scenes account of his romances, his successes and failures, and his intermittent battles with Pinkerton's National Detective Agency that became the focus of nearly one-third of his life. 1st edition. Texas A&M University Press, 1989. Dust jacket. $50.00
  
  
• Pogzeba, Wolfgang. New Vision: Photographs of the American West. Photographs by the well-known western artist and sculptor. 1st edition. Foreword by Peter Hassrick. Northland Press and Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 1977. Dust jacket. $35.00
  
  
• Politics in the Postwar American West. Edited by Richard Lowitt. An examination of recent political issues in the American West, including water controversies, Indian and non-Indian accomodations, and environmentalism. University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. Soft cover. $19.95
  
  
• Pomeroy, Earl. The Pacific Slope: A History of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah and Nevada. New foreword by Elliott West. Fundamental interpretaton of the history of the American West. University of Nevada Press. Soft cover. $21.95
  
  
• *Preserving Western History. Edited by Andrew Gulliford. The first college reader to address public history in the American West, with comprehensive essays that explain the research and work that public historians do and the comprelicated issues of historic site preservation and interpretation. University of New Mexico Press, 2005. Soft cover. $34.95
  
  
• Priestly, J.B. Rain Upon Godshill. 1st edition. One of England's most versatile and distinguished writers offers a philosophical autobiography in which he muses on odd aspects of life while wandering the world in the late 30's. Includes wonderful details about old New York, the Queen Mary ocean liner, the Grand Canyon, the emergence of Hitler and Mussolini (Pre WWII), Egypt, and the Navajo Indians. Harper & Brothers, 1939. Dust jacket has tears. $35.00
  
  
• Putnam, George Palmer. Death Valley and its Country. Story of one of the most colorful spots in the American West, from the landscapes to Death Valley Scotty. 2d large printing. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1946. Dust jacket with minor wear. $20.000
  
  
• Racing, Religion, Region: Landscapes of Encounter in the American West. Edited by Fay Botham and Sara M. Patterson. In this collection, eleven contributors explore the intersections of race, religion, and region to show how they transformed, and were transformed by, the West. University of Arizona Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $40.00
  
  
• Radison, Garry. Last Words: Dying in the Old West. Chronicles the last words and dramatic deaths of over 500 old West personalities. 1st edition. Eakin Press, 2002. Soft cover. $26.95
  
  
• Ralph, Julian. Our Great West: A Study of the Present Conditions and Future Possibilities of the New Commonwealths and Capitals of the United States. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. 1st edition. Harper & Brothers, 1893. Creme cloth with gold and color imprint, worn on the edges. $30.00
  
  
• The Reader's Encyclopedia of the American West. Edited by Howard R. Lamar. The first encyclopedia of the American West, surveying the entire range of America's frontier experience, from the colonial era to the space age. Crowell, 1977. Dust jacket. $50.00
  
  
• Remley, David A. Crooked Road: The Story of the Alaska Highway. The fearsome terrain the Alaska Highway spans makes the speed at which it was built a "Believe-it-or-Not" feat. It is a tale, not only of the Americans and Canadians who mapped and built the road, but of the people who lived in the vast trackless area. The American Trails Series. 1st edition. McGraw-Hill, 1976. Dust jacket. $65.00
  
  
• Rich, Everett, ed. The Heritage of Kansas: Selected Commentaries on Past Times. Selected episodes of Kansas history. Previous owner's information on front endsheet. University of Kansas Press, 1960. Dust jacket. $40.00
  
  
• Richardson, Heather Cox. West From Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War. A new look at Reconstruction that weaves together the voices of Southerns, Northerners and Westerners to tell how Americans hammered out a national indentity in the years after the Civil War. Yale University Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $30.00
  
  
• Richardson, Rupert Norval and Carl Coke Rister. The Greater Southwest. 1st edition. The economic, social, and cultural development of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and California from the Spanish conquest to the twentieth century. Previous owner's signtures on free front end sheet. Arthur H. Clark Co., 1935. Red cloth. $115.00
  
  
• Rickards, Colin. Bowler Hats and Stetsons: Stories of Englishmen in the Wild West. Myths and legends and realities of the American West have made an impact on the imagination of millions of people, but what is often not realized is the large part played by British immigrants and capital. Bonanza Books. Dust jacket. $15.00
  
  
• Ringholz, Raye. Littletown Blues: Voices from the Changing West. First edition. Photographs by K.C. Muscolino. Discusses the dilemma towns face regarding tourism and limit growth. Gibbs Smith, 1992. Soft cover. $14.95
  
  
• SOLD Robbins, William G. Colony & Empire: The Capitalist Transformation of the American West. This book challenges some of our most revered images of the West and invigorates the ongoing debates for its history and meaning for our nation. University Press of Kansas, 1994. Dust jacket. $29.95
  
  
• Robinson, Gerald H. Elusive Truth: Four Photographers at Manzanar. Contains the photographs of Ansel Adams, Clem Albers, Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake from the Japanese War Relocation Camp. Introduction by Archie Miyatake. Carl Mautz Publishing, 2002. Dust jacket. $35.00
  
  
• Root, Frank A. and William Elsey Connelley. The Overland Stage to California. Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. Photocopy of the title page. 1st edition. 1901. Tan pictorial cloth. $200.00
  
  
• SOLD Root, Frank A. and William Elsey Connelley. The Overland Stage to California. Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. Reprint of 1901 edition. Long's College Book Co., 1950. Dust jacket. $135.00
  
  
• Rosa, Joseph G. and Waldo E. Koop. Rowdy Joe Lowe: Gambler with a Gun. Story of a Civil War veteran who saw action as a mule skinner and in the dance halls and gambling parlors. 1st edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 1989. Dust jacket. $27.50
  
  
• Round, Phillip H. The Impossible Land: Story and Place in California's Imperial Valley. The interplay between natural landscape and human storytelling; bringing together a century of stories produced in and about the Imperial Valley. University of New Mexico Press, 2008. Soft cover. $19.95
  
  
• Russell, Sheldon. Dreams to Dust: A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush. A novel of the great land rush and the settlement of the town of Guthrie. University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $26.95
  
  
• SOLD Rutter, Michael. Myths and Mysteries of the Old West. Chapters on Wild Bill Hickock, Mountain Meadows Massacre, the California gold rush, John Colter, the Battle at Adobe Walls, and others. 1st edition. Twodot Books, 2005. Soft cover. $10.95
  
  
• Salaz Marquez, Ruben. Epic of the Greater Southwest: New Mexico, Texas, California, Arizona, Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah, Nevada. Multicultural aspects of Southwest History. Cosmic House, 2004. Soft cover oversize. $39.95
  
  
• Saunderson, Mont H. Western Land Water Use. Written at the mid-century, this book questions land-management and water resources problems - providing an interesting perspective in today's world. 1st edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 1950. Dust jacket with minor wear. $20.00
  
  
• Schomaekers, G. The Wild West. Pictorial history of the American west, filled with illustrations and photographs. English translation by Danielle Adkinson. St. Martin's Press, 1977. Soft cover, oversize with minor wear. $30.00
  
  
• Schweikart, Larry and Bradley J. Birzer. The American West. Over 500 entries covering every key event, individual, cultural tradition, and technology associate with the American West. Contains period photos, line drawings, and maps. Alphabetized for easy use. 1st edition. John Wiley & Sons, 2002. Dust jacket. $40.00
  
  
• Slotkin, Richard. Fatal Environment : The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800-1890. A compelling book about the meaning of the American frontier experience. Contains a significant information about Custer. HarperPerennial, 1994. Soft cover. $18.00
  
  
• Slotkin, Richard. Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier 1600 - 1860. Reprint. University of Oklahoma Press, 2000. Soft cover. $29.95
  
  
• Smith, Azariah. The Gold Discovery Journal of Azariah Smith. Edited by David L. Bigler. An employee of James Marshall at Sutter's Mill, Smith tells of marching west from Fort Leavenworth to the Pacific, one of the longest infantry marches in recorded history. Also a member of the company that opened the Mormon-Carson Pass Emigrant Trail. University of Utah, 1990. Dust jacket. $25.00
  
  
• Sonnichsen, C. L. comp. and ed. Southwest in Life and Literature: A Pageant in Seven Parts. Selections from writers and historians on the Southwest from the Conquistadores to the arrival of the Americans and clashes with the Native Americans to the outlaws and ranching. 1st edition. Devin-Adair, 1962. Black cloth. $35.00
  
  
• Spalding, C. C. Annals of the City of Kansas: Embracing full details of the Trade and Commerce of the Great Western Plains, together with Statistics of the Agricultural, Mineral and Commercial Resources of the Country West, South, and South-West, embracing Western Missouri, Kansas, the Indian Country, and New Mexico. Originally printed in 1858. Frank Glenn Publishing, 1950. Black cloth in black slipcase. $25.00
  
  
• Spaulding, Edward Selden, comp. Adobe Days Along the Channel. A compilation of art and a text about the early days in California. This Grizzly Edition was limited to 1015 copies; this is #876. Schauer Printing Studio, 1957. Decorative brown cloth in original creme box. $100.00
  
  
• Spurgeon, Sara L. Exploding the Western: Myths of Empire on the Postmodern Frontier. Cormac McCarthy, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Ana Castillo are the focus of this book. Texas A&M University Press, 2005. Soft cover. $17.95
  
  
• SOLD Steele, Volney, MD. Bleed, Blister, and Purge: A History of Medicine on the American Frontier. From Lewis and Clark to the mining camps to the pioneer families, the remedies of nineteenth century doctors and settlers are described. Mountain Press, 2005. Soft cover. $15.00
  
  
• Stegner, Page. Winning the Wild West: The Epic Saga of the American Frontier 1800-1899. Foreword by Larry McMurtry. A Panorama of the American Wild West- Shows how the opening of the western frontier ignited and defined a young nation's spirit of enterprise and discovery. The Free Press, 2002. Dust jacket. $40.00
  
  
• Steinberg, Ted. Down to Earth: Nature's Role in American History. A provocative new perspective on American history - one that for the first time places the environment at its center. Oxford University Press, 2002. Dust jacket. $30.00
  
  
• Steiner, Stan. The Waning of the West. Edited by Emily Skretny Drabanski, foreword by John Nichols. Prepared during the last year of his life, this book is a series of essays spanning his career and tracing the West in history and legend. 1st edition. St. Martin's Press, 1989. Dust jacket. $25.00
  
  
• Stoecklein, David R. Ranch Style: The Artistic Culture and Design of the Real West. A peek inside the rustic world of ranch style in this photographic book of western ranch details. Stoecklein Pubhlishingt, 2003. Dust jacket. $35.00
  
  
• Sutherland, Monica. The Damndest Finest Ruins: The Full Story of San Francisco's Great Earthquake - Fire. Introductionby Oscar Lewis. An hour-by-hour, day-by-day chronicle of the events from eye-witnesses. 1st edition. Coward-McCann, 1959. Dust jacket. $22.50
  
  
• Szasz, Ferenc Morton. Scotts in the North American West 1790-1917. In this unique and engaging book, Szasz outlines the many contributions Scots have made to the development of the region, from fur trappers to ranchers, to artists. University of Oklahoma Press, 2000. Dust jacket. $29.95
  
  
• Tassin, Ray. Stanley Vestal: Champion of the Old West. Biography of this western author, historian and child of the frontier, Walter Stanley Campbell, who wrote under the name of Stanley Vestal. Arthur H. Clark, 1973. Dust jacket. $25.00
  
  
• Taylor, Bayard. Eldorado: Adventures in the Path of Empire. The tale of a young man who traveled to California during the California gold rush and watched the explosive growth of San Francisco. Heyday Books, 2001. Soft cover. $18.95
  
  
• Terrell, John Upton. Bunkhouse Papers. Illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund. Reminiscences of a distinguished Western historian. Dial Press, 1971. Dust jacket. $15.00
  
  
• SOLD Thayer, William M. Marvels of the New West: A Vivid Portrayal of the Stupendous Marvels in the Vast Wonderland West of the Missouri River. Six books in one volume. Marvels of nature, race, enterprise, mining, stock-rising and agriculture. Includes sections on the Zuni and Pueblo Indians. Henry Bill Publishing Co., 1893. Green decorative cloth with loose hinge. $40.00
  
  
• SOLD Thomas, Tay. Only in Alaska. The adventures of a young family in a young state when a New Jersey family moved to Alaska in 1960. Doubleday, 1969. Dust jacket with tears on corners. $12.50
  
  
• Thompson, Mark. American Character: The Curious Life of Charles Fletcher Lummis and the Rediscovery of the Southwest. The extraordinary story of an American Renaissance man - fire-breathing reporter, pioneering photographer, crusading editor, poet, anthropologist, and Indian rights advocate. 1st edition. Arcade Publishing, 2001. Dust jacket. $27.95
  
  
• Thrapp, Dan L. Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography - Volume 4 Supplemental Volume. Arthur H. Clark Publishers, 1994. Red cloth. $90.00
  
  
• Thybony, Scott. Dry Rivers and Standing Rocks: A Word Finder for the American West. The book allows the reader to find the way we have been using the language, but also the way we might use the langauge. 1st edition. University of New Mexico Press, 2000. Dust jacket. $24.95
  
  
• SOLD Time-Life Books. The Old West. 26 volumes. Brown leatherette. $315.00
  
  
• Tompkins, G. C. Tom. A Compendium of The Overland Mail Company On the South Route 1858-1861 and the Period Surrounding It. 1st edition. Inter-Collegiate Pres, 1985. Maroon leatherette. $40.00
  
  
• Tompkins, Stuart Ramsay. Alaska: Promyshlennik and Sourdough. History of this American territory. 1st edition. University of Oklahoma Prfess, 1945. Dust jacket. $45.00
  
  
• Tong, Benson and Regan A. Lutz, eds. The Human Tradition in the American West. A collection of essays that focuses on a truly diverse West that includes all groups, from Native Americans to white westerners. Scholarly Resources, Inc., 2002. Soft cover. $19.95
  
  
• Topping, Gary. Utah Historians and the Reconstruction of Western History. Historians Bernard DeVoto, Dale Morgan, Juanita Brooks, Wallace Stegner, and Fawn Brodie have made enduring contributions to our knowledge of the American West, but to our view of region and its history. In this first comprehensive appraisal of their work, Topping dicusses their work and shortcomings. 1st edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. Dust jacket. $34.95
  
  
• Townsend, E. D. The California Diary of General E. D. Townsend. Edited by Malcolm Edwards. The story of his journey aboard the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's Georgia and tour of duty in California . Ward Ritchie Press, 1970. Black cloth. $45.00
  
  
• Townshend, R. B. A Tenderfoot in Colorado. Foreword by Thomas J. Noel. Classic account of time in the wild frontier territory in 1869 written by an Englishman. University Press of Colorado, 2008. Soft cover. $24.95
  
  
• True West: Authenticity and the American West. Edited by William R. Handley and Nathaniel Lewis. A collection of fifteen essays which apply contemporary critical and cultural theorty to western literary history, Native American literature and identities and the imagining of place. University of Nebraska Press, 2004. Dust jacket. $49.95
  
  
• SOLD True West: Authenticity and the American West. Edited by William R. Handley and Nathaniel Lewis. A collection of fifteen essays which apply contemporary critical and cultural theorty to western literary history, Native American literature and identities and the imagining of place. University of Nebraska Press, 2004. Soft cover. $18.95
  
  
• Turner, Frederick. Beyond Geography: The Western Spirit Against the Wilderness. "The spiritual background of European domination of the Americas, for the Europeans who conquered the Americas substituted history for myth as a way of understanding life. Rutgers University Press, 1992. Soft cover. $21.00
  
  
• Turner, Frederick. Of Chiles, Cacti, and Fighting Cock: Notes on the American West. Celebrated collection of essays, real and legendary of the American West. Fulcrum Publishing, 2004. Soft cover. $16.95
  
  
• SOLD Ubbelohde, Carl, Maxine Benson and Duane A. Smith. A Colorado History. 7th edition. Continues the tradition of a classic, general history of the centennial state. Pruett. Soft cover. $25.00
  
  
• Udall, Stewart L. The Forgotten Founders: Rethinking the History of the Old West. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of and experience in the American West, Udall makes a compelling case that the key players in early western development were not the explorers, traders, gold seekers and gunslingers, but the many families who established communities. Island Press, 2002. Dust jacket. $25.00
  
  
• Van Dyke, Dix. Daggett: Life in a Mojave Frontier Town. Edited by Peter Wild. Story of a wild and raucous frontier settlement filed with barrooms, brothels, silver mines, cattle drives and land land swindles. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Dust jacket. $30.00
  
  
• Van Nuys, Frank. Americanizing the West: Race, Immigrants, and Citizenship. Provides a provocative description of how Westerners perceived their region as a 'racial frontier," an image that shaped their responses to immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. University Press of Kansas, 2002. Dust jacket. $35.00
  
  
• Waitley, Douglas. William Henry Jackson: Framing the Frontier. With lively prove and keen insight, Waitley reveals the charm, tenacity, courage, and contradictions of this Western photographer. Contains more than one hundred images illustrating Jackson's remakrable legacy. Mountain Press Publishing Co., 1999. Dust jacket. $36.00
  
  
• Walker, Dale L. C. L. Sonnichsen: Grassroots Historian. Biography of this Western, Texas historian who eventually came to work at the Arizona Historical Society in Tucson, Arizona. Southwestern Studies Monograph No. 34. Signed by Sonnichsen. Texas Western Press, 1972. Soft cover. $25.00
  
  
• Walker, Dale L. Mavericks: Ten Uncorralled Westerners. Biographical chapters of John Doyle Lee, James Harden-Hickey, William Cowper Brann, "Pecos Bill" Schafter, John Reed, Ambrose Bierce, Tracy Richardson, Frank Luke, Robert E. Howard, and Max Brand. Golden West Publishers, 1989. Soft cover. $7.50
  
  
• Ward, Don ed. Bits of Silver: Vignettes of the Old West. Edited with an introduction by Don Ward. Essays by such authors as Pat Jahns, Mari Sandoz, Joseph Miller, Homer Croy and Frazier Hunt. Topics include the Lost Dutchman Mine, the O.K. Corral Fight, Billy the Kid, Print Olive, Cattle Ranching, Buffalo Hunters and Custer. Jacket illustrated by Nick Eggenhofer. 1st edition. Hastings House, 1961. Dust jacket. $20.00
  
  
• Water and Climate in the Western United States. Edited by William M. Lewis, Jr. Highlights the opportunity for and the necessity of change in management of water. University Press of Colorado, 2006. Soft cover. $29.95
  
  
• The Way West: True Stories of the American Frontier. Edited by James A. Crutchfield, with an introduction by Paul Andrew Hutton. Twenty-seven true tales of the American West from the Western Writers of America. Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2005. Dust jacket. $25.95
  
  
• Webb, Richard. Great Ghosts of the West. A collection of fascinating stories that show how the otherwise normal lives of perfectly rational people are disrupted by ghosts and other psychic manifestations. 1st edition. Nash Publishing, 1971. Dust jacket. $20.00
  
  
• Webb,Walter Prescott. The Great Frontier. Introduction by Arnold J. Toynbee. Classic volume on the history of the West. University of Nebraska Press. Soft cover. $15.00
  
  
• Weeks, William Earl. Building the Continental Empire: American Expansion from the Revolution to the Civil War. From the Monroe Doctrine to the annexation of Texas, the author describes the ideology and scope of American expansion. American Ways Series, 1996. Dust jacket. $22.50
  
  
• Wellman, Paul I. Glory, Gold and Gold: A narrative history. Mainstream of America Series. An informal history of the Southwest and Texas from Spanish exploration through the war with Mexico and the Civil War. Previous owner's name on front endfsheet. 1st edition. Doubleday, 1954. Dust jacket with wear. $35.00
  
  
• The West. Featuring the photography of Craig Aurness. Photographic view of the great American West. Randy Collings, 1981. Oversize soft cover. $8.00
  
  
• Western American Photography: The First 100 Years - Selections from the Amon Carter Museum. Exhibition catalog of a show at the Phoenix Art Museum, April 11 - June 28, 1987. Phoenix Art Museum. Wraps. $6.00
  
  
• The Western Pursuit of the American Dream: Selections from the Collection of Kenneth W. Rendell. A collection of books, art, and artifacts, seeing the world of pioneers through their eyes. Exhibition National Heritage Museum 2004 - 2005. Historical publications, 2004. Dust jacket. $39.95
  
  
• Western Subjects: Autobiographical Writing in the North American West. Edited by Kathleen A. Boardman and Gioia Woods. The essays in this anthology explore the idea of place as it is revealed in a variety of texts rooted in the West. University of Utah Press, 2004. Soft cover. $24.95
  
  
• Western Writers of America. Pioneer Trails West. Edited by Don Worcester. Great stories of the Westering Americans and the Trails they Followed. 1st edition. Caxton Printers, 1985. Dust jacket. $30.00
  
  
• The Westerners Brand Book (Denver Corral) Volume 24. Topics include Weapons of the Civil War, Comance Captive, Mining. 1968. Limited to 700 copies, no. 451. Pictorial casebound. $45.00
  
  
• The Westerners Golden Anniversary Brand Book (Denver Corral) Volume XXXII. Edited by Alan J. Stewart and Lee Olson. A collection of papers presented before the Denver Posse of Westerner s from 1975 through 1994 with illustrations and photographs. Limited Edition no. 478. 1995. $50.00
  
  
• The Westerners Brand Book (Los Angeles Corral) Book 1. Topics include Butterfield Overland Mail, Hopi Indians, Military Outposts in Arizona. 1948. Pictorial casebound. $100.00
  
  
• The Westerners Brand Book (Los Angeles Corral) Book 6. Topics include Maynard Dixon Sketch Book, Western Outlaws and guns of Death Valley. 1956. Dust jacket. $50.00
  
  
• SOLD The Westerners Brand Book (Los Angeles Corral) Book 8. Topics include Louis Akin, John Wesley Hardin and Adobe in California. 1959. Dust jacket. $100.00
  
  
• The Westerners Brand Book (Los Angeles Corral) Book 9. Topics include Fort apache, Warner's Ranch and Dr. William Speer. Limited to 550 copies. 1961. Dust jacket. $125.00
  
  
• The Westerners Brand Book (Los Angeles Corral) Book 13. Topics include Cowboys, Missionaries and General Ely S. Parker. 1969. White cloth. $55.00
  
  
• The Westerners Brand Book (Los Angeles Corral) Book 16. Topics include California saddle makers, Andy Dagosta paintings and Northwest Mounted Police. 1982. Dust jacket. $50.00
  
  
• The Westerners Brand Book (Tucson Corral) Book 2. Collection of Smoke Signals 11-20, with such topics as Apac he Pass, the history of the forest service and legends of lost missions and mines. 1971. Red cloth. $45.00
  
  
• Whitaker, Matthew C. Race Work: The Rise of Civil Rights in the Urban West. Well-researched examination of a tumultuous time of social injustice in the U.S. University of Nebraska Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $35.00
  
  
• White, Owen P. The Autobiography of a Durable Sinner. 1st edition, second printing. First printing ceased due to threat of lawsuit. The uninhibited story of a journalist's life ranging from the old West to the streets of New York in the 1930s. G.P. Puntnam's Sons, 1942. Blacj cloth. $80.00
  
  
• White, Richard and Patricia Nelson Limerick. The Frontier in American Culture: An Exhibition at the Newberry Library, August 26, 1994-January 7, 1995. Edited by James R. Grossman. Illustrated volume discussing the relationship between history and legend. University of California Press, 1994. Soft cover. $24.95
  
  
• The Wide Open: Proise, poetry, and Photographs of the Prairie. Edited by Annick Smith and Susan O'Connor. Work by writers and photographs in the high, cold plains of the American West have given the prairiees a vision and voice. University of Nebraska Press, 2008. Dust jacket. oversize. $39.95
  
  
• Williams, Brad and Choral Pepper. Lost Legends of the West. Lore, legends, characters and myths that grew out of the Old West, with chapters on Pancho Villa's head, Bigfoot, and the lost Cherokee mine. 1st edition. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Dust jacket. $30.00
  
  
• Willliams, Brad and Choral Pepper. The Mysterious West. A fascinating collection of tales and legends of the American West, including the old Roman artifacts buried near Tucson and hieroglyphics uncovered in New Mexico. 1st edition. World Publishing Co., 1967. Dust jacket. $25.00
  
  
• Wilson, Rufus Rockwell. Out of the West: The Beyond the Mississippi States in the Making. Illustrated by Constance Naar. Story of life on the frontier. Author's presentation copy. Revised and enlarged edition. Wilson-Erickson, 1936. Dust jacket. $45.00
  
  
• Wood, Nancy C. Eye of the West: photographs by Nancy Wood. Images by one of the most versatile artists in the West, with her subjects of the Taos Puedblo, the Ute Indians, the Grass Roots People of Colorado; depicting the culture of New Mexico and Colorado. Univedrsity of New Mexico Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $39.95
  
  
• Woodbury, Chuck. The Best From Out West: Tales Gathered Along the Back Roads of the West. Woodbury treats us to a vision of an unfamiliar western terrain, eating cow brains, cheezits, space burgers and potato ice cream. 1st edition. William Morrow & Co., 1990. Dust jacket. $22.50
  
  
• The World Almanac of the American West. Edited by John S. Bowman, introduction by Alvin M. Josephy. An entertaining source book about the American West; invaluable reference on the events and personalities. World Almanac. Soft cover with minor wear. $8.00
  
  
• Wright, Mike. What They Didn't Teach You About the Wild West. Uncovedrs little known facts about the Western frontier. Presidio, 2000. Dust jacket. $24.95
  
  
• Wrobel, David M. Promised Lands: Promotion, Memory, and the Creation of the American West. Wrobel reveals that the promoters and reminiscers were more significant than their detractors have suggested, clarifying the pivotal impact of their works on our vision of both the historic and mythic West. University Press of Kansas, 2002. Dust jacket. $34.95
  
  
• Wrobel, David M. and Patrick T. Long. Seeing & Being Seen: Tourism in the American West. At last a book about tourism that isn't a story of the Evil Empire swallowing the hapless townsfolk. University Press of Kansas, 2001. Casebound. $45.00
  
  
• Vaught, David. After the Gold Rush: Tarnished Dreams in the Sacramento Valley. Examines the hard-luck miners-turned farmers - who struggled to make a living along Putah Creek inthe lower Sacramento Valley. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $55.00
  
  
• Vogt, Jay D. and Stephen C. Rogers. Picturing the Past: South Dakota's Historic Places. Photographs by Scott Myers. Preserving the historic buildings and structures with memories and photographs. South Dakota State Historical Society Press, 2006. Dust jackedt. $29.95
  
  
• Yosemite: Art of an American Icon. Edited by Amy Scott. Catalog of an exhibition at the Museum of the American West, Autry National Center, 2006. Includes wonderful photographs and text. University of California Press, 2006. Dust jacket, oversize. $65.00
  
  
• Yost, Nellie Snyder. A Man as Big as the West. Biography of Ralph "Doc" Hubbard, who became a friend of the American Indian. 1st edition. Pruett Publishing Co., 1979. Dust jacket. $50.00
  
  
• Zanjani, Sally. Devils Will Reign: How Nevada Began. Recounts the momentous early history of the territory that became Nevada, waving the colorful saga of its rowdy frontier settlements into the larger story of national political crises and economic ambitions. University of Nevada Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $29.95
  
  
  
  

  Buffalo Bill, Wild West Shows, Rodeos and Western Movies

• Bonner, Robert E. William F. Cody's Wyoming Empire: The Buffalo Bill Nobody Knows. Presenting a previously unexplored dimension of this popular figure - a chapter of his life that other authors have given short shrift - Bonner examines Body's efforts as president of the Shoshone Irrigation Co. to develop the Big Horn Basin. University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. $32.95
  
  
• Barnum, Phineas T. The Colossal P. T. Barnum Reader: Nothing Else Like it in the Universe. Edited by James W. Cook. History and stories of P. T. Barnum. University of Illinois Press, 2005. Red cloth. $50.00
  
  
• Bridger, Bobby. Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull: Inventing the Wild West. Biography focuses on his lifelong relationship with Plains Indians, a vital part of his life story. University of Texas Press, 2002. Dust jacket. $34.95
  
  
• Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park. Brochure state describes Cody and his Ranch, Scout's Rest. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, n.d. Wraps. $1.00
  
  
• Burke, John. Buffalo Bill: The Noblest Whiteskin. A careful and candid exploration into the legend of Buffalo Bill; a colorful account. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1973. Dust jacket with minor wear on edges. $25.00
  
  
• Carter, Robert A. Buffalo Bill Cody: The Man Behind the Legend. In this first full-scale biography in over thirty years, Carter scrupulously penetrates the true story of Buffalo Bill's extraordinary life, giving us a compelling look at the flamboyant man the Indians called "Long Hair." John Wiley & Sons, 2000. Dust jacket. $30.00
  
  
• Cody, Col. William F. The Adventures of Buffalo Bill. His famous autobiography with illustrations. Reprint. Dust jacket has slight tears. Harper and Brothers. $20.00
  
  Cody, Colonel W.F. Buffalo Bill's Life Story: An Autobiography. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. Cosmopolitan, 1920. Haed cover. $30.00
  
  
• Cody, William F. The Life of Hon. William F. Cody known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: A Autobiography. Reprint. Indian Head Books, 1991. Dust jacket. $20.00
  
  
• Collier, Edmund. The Story of Buffalo Bill. Illustrated by Nicholas Eggenhofer. Young readers biography. Signature Books. Grosset & Dunlap, 1952. Dust jacket with wear. $16.00
  
  
• Collings, Wllsworth and Alma Miller England. The 101 Ranch. Foreword by Glenn Shirley. Originally published in 1937, this is the history of ther 101 Real Wild West Show known halfway around the world, featuring such performers as Bill Pickett and Tom Mix, University of Oklahoma Press. Soft cover. $19.95
  
  
• Crosby, Thelma and Eve Ball. Bob Crosby: World Champion Cowboy. Illustrations by Olive Vandruff Bugbee. Story of one of the rodeo's greatest all-around bowboys - originally published forty years ago. Wild Horse Press, 2006. Soft cover. $16.95
  
  
• Davis, Robert Murray. Playing Cowboys: Low Culture and High Art in the Western. An examination of the Western hero as portrayed by a variety of powet-World War II novelists and filmmakers. 1st edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. Dust jacket. $19.95
  
  
• Day, Donald. Will Rogers: A Biography. The story of beloved American icon. David McKay Co., 1962. Dust jacket. $17.50
  
  
• Eisner, Lisa. Rodeo Girl. First edition. Oversized photographic look at women in the rodeo. Greybull Press, 2000. Dust jacket. $49.95
  
  
• Etulain, Richard W. & Glenda Riley, eds. The Hollywood West: Lives of Film Legends Who Shaped it. This book brings into focus the most influential characters and themes of the Western. Fulcrum Publishing, 200l. Softcover. $17.95
  
  
• Farnum, Allen L. Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West: A Photo Documentary of the 1900-1905 Show Tours. With photographs by Harry V. Bock. Schiffer, 1992. Soft cover. $19.95
  
  
• Foote, Stella. Letters from "Buffalo Bill." Presents an intimate portrait of Buffalo Bill from unpublished manuscripts, diaries, oral interviews and letters. Contains new material from original 1954 edition. Upton & Sons, $30.00
  
  
• Frackelton, Will. Sagebrush Dentist. Told by Frackelton to Herman Gastrell Seely. Old Wyoming in the days of Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane. 1st revised edition. Trail's End Publishing, 1947. Dust jacket. $65.00
  
  
• Fredriksson, Kristine. American Rodeo: From Buffalo Bill to Big Business. Entertaining and informative; the first detailed historical account of rodeo. Texas A&M University Press, 1993. Soft cover. $15.00
  
  
• Jensen, Richard D. The Amazing Tom Mix: The Most Famous Cowboy of the Movies. Captivating biography. iUniverse, 2005. Soft cover. $21.95
  
  
• Groves, Melody. Ropes, Reins, and Rawhide: All About Rodeo. Written by former bull rider, this New Mexican examins the sport of rodeo, a brief history of the ranch-based competition to the rodeos of today. University of New Mexico Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $34.95
  
  
• Hall, Douglas Kent. Let'er Buck: The Daring World of Rodeo. Describes behind the chutes action. Saturday Review Press, [1973]. Dust jacket. $20.00
  
  
• Hoyt, Edward Jonathan. Buckskin Joe: Being the unique and vivid memoirs of Edward Jonathan Hoyt hunter-trapper, scout, soldier, showman, frontiersman, and friend of the Indians 1840 - 1918. Taken from his original manuscript and notes and edited by Glenn Shirley. Joe was a contemporary of Buffalo Bill on show business circuit. He also enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War. 1st edition. University of Nebraska Press, 1966. Dust jacket. $45.00
  
  
• Johnson, Dirk. Biting the Dust: The Wild Ride and Dark Romance of the Rodeo Cowboy and the American West. Brings to life the reality of a year on the rodeo circuit. University of Nebraska Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $14.95
  
  
• Jordan, Bob. Rodeo History and Legends. Filled with photographs of rodeo cowboys and events. Signed by the author. 2d edition. Rodeo Stuff, 1994. Oversize soft cover. $45.00
  
  
• Kasson, Joy S. Buffalo Bill's Wild West: Celebrity, Memory, and Popular History. Traces Cody's rise from scout to international celebrity and shows how his image was shaped. 1st edition. Hill and Wang, 2000. Dust jacket. $27.00
  
  
• Kegley, Max. Rodeo: The Sport of the Cow Country. Illustrated with photographs of rodeo events. 1st edition. Hastings House, 1942. Red cloth. $20.00
  
  
• The Landscape of Hollywood Westerns: Ecocriticism in an American Film Genre. Edited by Deborah A. Carmichael. Encourages readers to reconsider the Hollywood Western as a valid and respectable subject on ecological and environmental concerns. The University of Utah Press, 2006. Soft cover. $21.95
  
  
• Lawrence, Elizabeth Atwood. Rodeo: An Anthropologist Looks at the Wild and the Tame. A social approach to examining the events and contests of the rodeo. Winner of the Fifth James Mooney Award. 1st edition. University of Tennessee Press, 1982. Dust jacket. $35.00
  
  
• Maddra, Sam A. Hostiles? The Lakota Ghose Dance and Buffalo Bill's Wild West. Sheds new light on the Ghost Dance religion and on the impact of Wild West travel and participation on the history and culture of the Lakota. University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $24.95
  
  
• Mahoney, Sylvia Gann. College Rodeo: From Show to Sport. Foreword by Tuff Hedemann. Covers the history of the sport on college campuses from the first organized contest in 1920 to the national championship of 2003. Illustrated. 1st edition. Texas A&M University Press, 2004. Dust jacket. $29.95
  
  
• SOLD McMurtry, Larry. The Colonel and Little Missie: Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the Beginnings of Superstardom in America. A chronicle of the rise to fame, fortune, and international celebrity of two of the West's most enduring figures and America's first real superstarts. Simon & Schuster, 2005. Dust jacket. $26.00
  
  
• Mickel, Jere C. Footlights on the Prairie. The book covers the stars, show operations, and tours of many of the tent show theater groups which traveled the middle-western small towns. 1st edition. North Star Press, 1974. Dust jacket. $24.50
  
  
• Mitchum, Petrine Day with Audrey Pavia. Hollywood Hoofbeats: Trails Blazed Across the Silver Screen. Contains an amazing amount of information on the early celebrity horses who costarred with America's great cinematic cowboys, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Tom Mix as well as today's horse stars. Illustrated with photographs and movie posters. Bowtie Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $39.95
  
  
• Mix, Paul E. The Life and Legend of Tom Mix. The illustrated biography describing the cowboy that was and what people thought. 1st edition.  A. S. Barnes, 1972. Dust jacket worn and rubbed. $40.00
  
  
• Monaghan, Jay. The Great Rascal: The Life and Adventures of Ned Buntline. The exploits of the amazing Buntline, king of the dine movelists, Buffalo Bill's Promoter, Soldier, Sportsman, Western Trader, Roue, Politicial Manipulator, Adventurer Extraordinary. Little Brown & Co., 1952. Dust jacket. $22.50
  
  
• Morris, Abe. My Cowboy Hat Still Fits: My Life as a Rodeo Star. Story of Champion Bull Rider and black rodeo cowboy. Signed by the author. Prong Horn Press, 2005. Soft cover. $20.00
  
  
• Moses, L. G. Wild West Shows and the Images of American Indians 1