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Horses

Alcock, Anne. The Love of Horses. Oversize picture book of horses around the world. Octopus Books, 1973. Pale green pictorial cloth. $10.00
Arizona State Fair. Second Annual National Horse Show. Phoenix, Arizona, 1965. Wraps. $5.00
SOLD Back, Joe. Horses, Hitches and Rocky Trails. Complete and often humorous presentation of the method of packing horses into the wilderness. Johnson Books, 2001. Soft cover. $10.95
Ball, Charles E. Saddle Up! The Farm Journal Book of Western Horsemanship. Fully illustrated on taking care of your horse. Some pages bent.1st edition. J. B. Lippincott Co., 1970. Dust jacket. $25.00
Ballantine, Bill. Horses & Their Bosses. Stories of horses for every person, from Hollywood to police to beer haulers to Jake Posey's Forty-Horse Hitch. Illustrated by the author. J. B. Lippincott, 1964. Dust jacket. $20.00
SOLD Brookshier, Frank. The Burro. A book for animal lovers everywhere - an interesting history on the donkey, burro, jackass or onager, filled with photographs. 1st edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 1974. Dust jacket. $45.00
SOLD Brown, William Robinson. The Horse of the Desert. With an introduction by Major General james G. Harbord and Henry Fairfield Osborn. Oversize, illustrated history of the horse. Macmillan Co., 1947. Pale orange cloth, faded. $125.00
Campion, Lynn. Training and Showing the Cutting Horse. A how-to written on the sport. 1st edition. Prentice Hall Press, 1990. Dust jacket. $19.95
Conn, George H., ed. The Arabian Horse: In Fact, Fantasy, and Fiction. Anthology of authors with different backgrounds who have in common a love and understanding of horses. A. S. Barnes and Co., 1959. Dust jacket. $27.50
Conn, George H. The Arabian Horse in America. A reference book of authentic historical facts. 1st edition. Countryman Press, 1957. Dust jacket. $30.00
Davis, Deering. The American Cow Pony: The Background, Training, Equipment, & Use of the Western Horse. An authoritative how-to book. 1st edition. D. Van Nostrand Co., 1962. Dust jacket. $30.00
Denhardt, Robert M. Foundation Dams of the American Quarter Horse. Contains a registry and history of the great dams and eminent breeders. 1st edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 1982. Dust jacket. $34.95
Denhardt, Robert Moorman. Quarter Horses: A Story of Two Centuries. A history for both the breeder and enthusiast, tracing the development and use of the Quarter Horse. University of Oklahoma Press, 1969. Dust jacket. $35.00
Denhardt, Robert Moorman. The Quarter Running Horse: America's Oldest Breed. W well researched book on the Quarter Horse. 1st edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 1979. Dust jacket. $34.50
Denhardt, Robert Moorman. The Quarter Running Horse. Chronicles the history of the horse and its modern racing reputation. Originally published in 1979. 1st printing of Red River Books edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. Soft cover. $21.95
Greeley, R. Gordon. The Art & Science of Horseshoeing. Beautifully illustrated book, by the author, takes the reader from the very fundamentsl of the art of hoseshoeing to more advanced concepts involving foot pathology. Previous owner's name on front endsheet. 1st edition. J. B. Lippincott, 1970. Dust jacket. $25.00
Green, Ben K. The Color of Horses: The Scientific and Authoritative Identification of the Color of the Horse. With 34 full-color paintings by Darol Dickinson. 1st edition. Northland Press, 1974. Dust jacket with minor rubbing. $125.00
SOLD Green, Ben K. The Color of Horses: The Scientific and Authoritative Identification of the Color of the Horse. With 34 full-color paintings by Darol Dickinson. 2nd printing. Northland Press, 1983. Soft cover. $35.00
Haines, Francis. Appaloosa: The Spotted Horse in Art and History. An exciting pictorial record, illusted with narrative text. published for the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art by the University of Texas Press, 1963. Dust jacket. $35.00
Harrel, Leon with Randy White. Cutting. Photographs by Darrell Arnold. A step-by-step guide to this popular family sport. A Western Horseman Book. Western Horseman, 1993. Soft cover.12.95
Harris, Albert W. The Blood of the Arab: The World's Greatest War Horse. Preface by Major Henry Leonard. Previous owsner's bookplate on front endsheet. Privately printed by the Arabian Horse Club of America, 1941. Blue cloth. $250.00
Hendricks, Bonnie L. International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds. Foreword by Anthony A. Dent. The most complete compilation of horse breeds ever attempted, including origin, history and physical description. 1st edition. Universityh of Oklahoma Press, 1995. Dust jacket. $65.00
Henry, Marguerite. Album of Horses. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis. Beautifully illustrated book with unusual and little-known facts. Rand McNally, 1965. Dust jacket. $20.00
Hockensmith, John S. Spanish Mustanges in the Great American West: Return of the Horse. Photographic study of this beautiful horse and its relationship with the people and land of the American West. 1st edition. Fine Arts Press, 2009. Dust jacket oversize. $49.95
Hoglund, Don. nobody's horses: the Dramatic Rescue of the Wild Herd of White Sands. New foreword by Tommie Turvey. The story of the horses celebrated history, their defiant survival and their incredible rescue from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. University of Nebraska Press, 2008. Soft cover. $17.95
Holder, Preston. The Horse and the Horse and the Plains: A Study of Cultural Development among North American Indians. Provides information essential to understanding the Plains Indian with emphasis on farming and hunting from horseback. University of Nebraska Press, 1974. Soft cover. $8.95
Hubert, Marie-Luce and Jean-Louis Klein. Mustangs: Wild Horses of the West. Intimate look at these horses through photographs. Firefly Bookis, 2007. Dust jacket. $39.95
Jepsen, Stanley M. The Coach Horse: Servant with Style. Thoroughly research, shows how to handle, photograph and enjoy coach horses. 1st edition. A. S. Barnes & Co, 1977. Dust jacket. $15.00
Kenoyer, Natlee. The Western Horse: A Handbook. Illustrated by Randy Steffen. 1st edition. Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1962. Minor staining on red spine. $25.00
SOLD Lang, Gerald and Lee Marks. The Horse: Photographic Images, 1839 to the Present. With an essay by Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence. The first book to trace the image of the horse from the earliest daguerreotypes and salt prints to contemporary photographs. Signed by Lawrence. Harry N. Abrams, 1991. Dust jacket. $45.00
Laune, Paul. Mustang Roundup. Written and illustrated by Paul Laune, producing an authentic chronicle of the wild horse, filled with fascinating tales and acdcurately documented with place and date maps. 1st edition. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964. Dust jacket. $25.00
Lungwitz, Anton. A Textbook of Horseshoeing for Horseshoers and Veterinarians. Translated by John W. Adams. Facsmile edition. Oregon State University Press. Soft cover. $19.95
Martin, George A. The Family Horse; Its Stabling, Care and Feeding; A Practical manual for Horse-Keepers. Facsmile of 1895 edition. North River Press, 1977. Dust jacket. $12.50
Megargee, Edwin. Horses. Black and white and color plates illustrated by the author. Previous owner's bookplate on front endsheet. 1st edition. Julian Messner, 1946. Cloth boards with minor staining, lose hinge. $35.00
Milner, Mordaunt. The Godolphin Arabian: The Story of the Matchem Line. The story of the famous Arabian line spanning three centuries. J. A. Allen, 1990. Dust jacket. $22.50
Moore, Elaine T. Winning Your Spurs. Illustrations by Paul Brown. A comprehensive yet charmingly informal manual. Bramhall House, 1954. Dust jacket. $15.00
Morin, Paula. Honest Horses: Wild Horses in the Great Basin. The voices of authentic westerners, peoiple who live with horses and the land, who share their experiences of wild horses. University of Nevada Press, 2006. Soft cover. $24.95
SOLD Muller, Dan. Horses. Illustrated by the author showing horses in action. 1st edition. Reilly & Lee Co., 1936. Burlap cloth on boards, with minor wear. $65.00
Muller, Dan. Horses. Illustrated by the author showing horses in action. Reilly & Lee Co., 1936. Gray cloth. $45.00
Orcutt, Captain Harry P. and Ben Avis Orcutt. America's Riding Horses: A Guide to All Breeds for the Amateur. D. Van Nostrang, 1958. Red cloth. $20.00
Osborne, Walter D. The Quarter Horse. The complete story of America's own horse, how he was developed, used and trained. Fully illustrated by the author and photographs. Grosset & Dunlap, 1967. Dust jacket. $25.00
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Horses of America. With stunning photographs, discusses the Thoroughbred, Morgan, Quarter Hose, Clydesdale, and other breeds. Holiday House, 1981. Dust jacket. $12.95
Rashid, Mark. Horses Never Lie: The Heart of Passive Leadership. Illustrations by Greg Miles. Writed by an acclaimed horse trainer. Spring Creek Press, 2000. Soft cover. $16.00
Reese, Herbert H. Arabian Horse Breeding. Illustrated by Gladys Brown Edwards. Beginners as well as seasoned horse breeders will find this volume useful and enlighting in their day to day contact the Arabian. Embossed library stamp on page. 1st edition. Borden Publishing Co., 1953. Dust jacket. $45.00
Richardson, Bill and Dona.l The Appaloosa. Written by longtime breeders that provides information on the spotted horse, including the history, characteristics, how to buy and how to breed. 2d edition. ARCO Publishing Co., 1975. Dust jacket. $22.50
Richardson, M. T., comp. The Practical Horseshoer. Reprint of an 1890 edition that contains a collection of articles on horseshoeing. Profusely illustrated. Johnson Books, 1991. Soft cover. $10.98
Ryden, Hope. Mustangs: A Return to the Wild. The story of the wild horses, photographed and written by the film-maker. 1st edition. Viking Press, 1972. Dust jacket. $20.00
Simmons, Diane and Pat Close. Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. A Western Horseman Book. Features a history of the American Quarter Hose Association's early registration policies and profiles some of the early day legends. Western Horseman Publishing, 1993. Soft cover. $12.95
Slaughter, Jean. Horses Round the World. Photographs from all over the world. J.B. Lippincott, 1955. Dust jacket. $15.00
Smith, Bradley. The Horse in the West. Written and photographed by Bradley Smith. A book about Arabian, Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, and Appaloosa. 1st printing. World Publishing, 1969. Dust jacket with minor tears. $35.00
Stalheim, Ole H. V. "Horse Doctors, Livestockmen, and Quacks: Veterinary Services in Southeastern Dakota, 1880-1950." Article in South Dakota History 17:2, Summer, 1987.
Steiner, Stan. Dark and Dashing Horsemen. Mixture of fact and folklore that tells the story of the capture and taming of horses. 1st edition. Harper & Row, 1981. Dust jacket. $25.00
Street, David. Horses: A Working Tradition. Beautiful photographs that show horses working at their tasks, logging, hauling, fishing, cattle, etc. McGraw-Hill, 1976. Dust jacket. $24.95
Taylor, Louis. Out of the West: The New Horsemanship. Discussion on new methods of training horses in the American West. Remains of bookplate on front endsheet. ARCO Publishing, 1974. Dust jacket. $15.00
Taylor, Louis. Out of the West: The New Horsemanship. Discussion on new methods of training horses in the American West. 2nd large printing. A. S. Barnes and Co., 1965. Dust jacket. $20.00
SOLD Thwaites, Jeanne. Horses of the West. Oversize photographic book. A. S. Barnes, 1970. Casebound with minor wear. $12.50
Tinker, Edward Larocque. The Horsemen of the Americas and the Literature They Inspired. Introduction by Thomas F. mcGann. Illustrated by Western artists, including Nick Eggenhofer. The story of the people who handle horses and the work they do. 2nd and revised edition. University of Texas Press, 1967. Dust jacket. $40.00
Westbrook, Anne and Perry. Trail Horses and Trail Riding. This book is directed toward those who keep horses for the purpose of covering considerable distances in a pleasurable manner. A. S. Barnes. Dust jacket. $10.00
Widmer, Jack. The American Quarter Horse. Chapters on the history of the quarter horse, the King Ranch, training the horse and the AQHA. 1st edition. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. Dust jacket. $25.00
Wiseman, Robert F. The Complete Horseshoeing Guide. All of the information nessary for the modern farrier. 1st edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. Dust jacket. $26.95
Wiseman, Robert F. The Complete Horseshoeing Guide. All of the information nessary for the modern farrier. 2nd edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 1973. Dust jacket. $24.95
Young, John Richard. Schooling for Young Riders: A Handbook for the Horsemen of Tomorrow. Drawings by Randy Steffen. Appendix on judging horsemanship by Carson Whitson. A sensible modern method of instruction in the art of horsemanship. University of Oklahoma Press, 1971. Dust jacket. $35.00

Mining

Bakken, Gordon Morris. The Mining Law of 1872: Past, Politics, and Prospects. A needed history of the mining law to help inform the public for today's situations. University of New Mexico Press, 2008. Dust jacket. $45.00
Bancroft, Caroline. Colorado's Lost Gold Mines and Buried Treasure. Assisted by Agnews Nafziger. Johnson Books, 2004. Wraps. $5.95
SOLD Bogart, Robert C. Some Talk about a Copper Mine: A History of Bagdad, Arizona. Illustrations by Jerry Lee Henderson. Story of this mining community near the Copper Creek. Signed by the author. Ralph Tanner Associates, 1990. Blue leatherette. $75.00
SOLD Boudway, Becky. Treasure in the Dust: Enduring Gold and Silver's Century of Divorce. The story of Hale C. Tognoni and his career as a geological engineer and mining lawyer in Nevada and California. Signed by the author. Mineral Economics Publications, 1985. Dust jacket. $25.00
SOLD Brown, Robert L. An Empire of Silver: A History of the San Juan Silver Rush. Story of Colorado's silver rush set in the late 1800s. 1st edition. Caxton, 1965. Dust jacket with minor wear. $30.00
SOLD Cain, Ella M. The Story of Bodie. The story of a California mining camp. Introduction by Donald I. Segerstrom. Fearon Publishers, 1956. Soft cover. $20.00
Chloride Mines and Murals. Edited by Stanley Paher with art work by Roy E. Purcell. Includes a chapter by Charles Kinsey. Nevada Publications, 1978. Soft cover oversize. $10.00
SOLD Clapp, Nicholas. Who Killed Chester Pray; A Death Valley Mystery. Set in the last rush for riches in the American West, a tale of fortune, treachery, love and deceit. La Frontera Publishing, 2007. Soft cover. $22.95
SOLD Clow, Richmond L. Chasing the Glitter: Black Hills Milling, 1874 - 1959. Illustrated with historic photographs, this book tells the story of the men, mills, and machines that worked the ores of the Black Hills of South Dakota. South Dakota State Historical Society, 2002. Oversize soft cover. $29.95
Cogut, Ted and Bill Conger. Miners and Cowboys: Real People of the True Southwest. Stories of people near Clifton and Morenci, but stretching to Jerome and New Mexico. Mining History, 2004. Soft cover. $24.95
Conrotto, Eugene L. Lost Desert Bonanzas. Maps by Norton Allen. Stories about lost mines and treasures in the Southwest. Best-West Publications, 1963. Turquoise cloth. $30.00
Conrow, Robert. The Great Diamond Hoax and Other True Tales. Includes the stories of the Cheyenne Cloud Cracker, the White Shoshone, Constable Manning's Last Stand. Wyoming Frontier Series. Johnson Books, 1983. Soft cover. $10.00
Crampton, Frank A. Deep Enough: A Working Stiff in the Western Mine Camps. Autobiography of a hard rock miner, surveyor and mining engineer. Sage Books, 1956. Dust jacket. $55.00
SOLD Cushman, Dan. Montana: The Gold Frontier. The whole story of the Montana goldfields, with many stories never published before of the frontier days. Signed by the author. 1st edition. Stay Away Joe publishers, 1973. Dust jacket. $25.00
Dorset, Phyllis Flanders. The Story of Colorado's Gold & Silver Rushes. Stories of forty years of boom and bust with the famous and infamous, Bat Masterson, Molly Brown and the rise and fall fo the mining camps of Leadville, Cripple Creek and Central City. Reprint. Barnes & Noble., 1994. Dust jacket. $15.00
Dunning, Charles H. Arizona's Golden Road. Illustrated by Larry Toschik. Short stories about the desert rates - the miners and prospectors of years past whose exploits made a colorful chapter in the history of the Southwest. 1st edition. Southwest Publishing Co., 1961. Dust jacket. $25.00
Dunning, Charles H. Gold from Caveman to Cosmonaut. Written with Ralph Sadler. Illustrated by Larry Toschik. History of gold mining around the world. Author's presentation signed copy. 1st edition. Vantage Press, 1970. Dust jacket. $20.00
Drago, Harry Sinclair. Lost Bonanzas: Tales of the Legendary Lost Mines of the American West. True tales of high adventure. 1st edition. Discoloration on endsheet maps. Dodd, Mead, 1966. Dust jacket with piece missing on spine. $30.00
SOLD Eberhart, Perry. Guide to the Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps. Complete book identifying the mining camps with photographs and maps. 4th revised edition. Sage Books, 1968. Dust jacket. $20.00
Eifler, Mark A. Gold Rush Capitalists: Greed and Growth in Sacramento. This California history is taken from hundreds of amateur reports who recorded the early years of city development. University of New Mexico Press, 2002. Soft cover. $21.95
Elliott, Russell R. History of Nevada. With assistance by William D. Rowley. Comprehensive history. University of Nebraska Press, 1987. Dust jacket. $28.50
Felice, Jack San. When Silver was King: Arizona's Famous 1880s Silver King Mine. Story of this Arizona mine. 1st edition. Millsite Canyon, 2006. Soft cover. $24.95
Ficken, Robert E. Unsettled Boundaries: Fraser Gold and the British-American Northwest. Chonicle of how a collection of crude trading outposts, spurred on by the gold rush of 1858, grew into a fully functioning society in New Caledonia, Canada. Washington State University Press, 2003. Soft cover. $19.95
SOLD Flagg, A. L. Mineralogical Journeys in Arizona. First book published devoted entirely to Arizona in the entire field of mineralogy - includes a complete list of Arizona minerals, including the Ajoite. Illustrated with some color photographs. Fred H. Bitner, 1958. Dust jacket. $15.00
Garbani, James H. Arizona Mines and Mining Companies 1854-1954. Provides a listing of all the mines and companies, along with a 1961 map of Arizona showing all the mining districts. Signed by the author. Sunrise Graphics, 1993. Soft cover oversize. $35.00
Getsinger, Floyd R. Rockhound Primer of Arizona. Illustrated guide on minerals and rocks in Arizona, including a location guide. Prepared for the Arizona Development Board, c. 1963. Wraps. $15.00
Glasscock, C. B. The War of the Copper Kings: Builders of Butte and Wolves of Wall Street. Story of the development of the early copper mines in the northern U.S. reaching to the nation's captiol. Grosset & Dunlap, 1966. Dust jacket. $20.00
Goodwin, C. C. The Comstock Club. Stories of the miners on the frontier. 1st edition. Tribune Job, 1891. Decorative brown cloth. $50.00
Hart, John Mason. The Silver of the Sierra Madre: John Robinson, Boss Shepherd, and the People of the Canyons. The story of the Batopilas Mining Company in Copper Canyon and the people who ran the business and the impact on the miners and local population. University of Arizona Press, 2008. Dust jacket. $45.00
SOLD Haskell, William B. Two Years in the Kondike 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 Press, 1998. Dust jacket. $34.95
SOLD History of Mining in Arizona. Volume 1. Edited by J. Michael Canty and Michael N. Greeley. Chapters by various authors with such topics as the early history of mining in Arizona, Bisbee, Big Bug, Clifton-Morenci, Oatman, Tombstone, history of smelting, placer mining and railroad development. Mining Club of the Southwest Foundation, 1987. Gray casebound. $49.00
SOLD History of Mining in Arizona. Volume 1. Edited by J. Michael Canty and Michael N. Greeley. Chapters by various authors with such topics as the early history of mining in Arizona, Bisbee, Big Bug, Clifton-Morenci, Oatman, Tombstone, history of smelting, placer mining and railroad development. Mining Club of the Southwest Foundation. Soft cover. $35.00
SOLD History of Mining in Arizona. Volume 2. Edited by J. Michael Canty and Michael N. Greeley. Chapters by various authors with such topics as mining in Hispanic Arizona, Arizona's Silver Belt, mining camp tokens, Tiger, Superior and the Black Hills of Arizona. Mining Club of the Southwest Foundation, 1991. Gray cloth. $49.00
SOLD History of Mining in Arizona. Volume 2. Edited by J. Michael Canty and Michael N. Greeley. Chapters by various authors with such topics as mining in Hispanic Arizona, Arizona's Silver Belt, mining camp tokens, Tiger, Superior and the Black Hills of Arizona. Mining Club of the Southwest Foundation. Soft cover. $35.00
SOLD History of Mining in Arizona. Volume 3. Edited by J. Michael Canty, H. Mason Coggin, and Michael N. Greeley. Chapters by various authors with such topics as aerial mine tramways, Old Dominion Copper Mine, Patagonia area, Kofa Mining District, Calumet, Arizona Silver Milling, and hydraulic mining. Mining Club of the Southwest Foundation, 1999. Gray cloth. $49.00
SOLD History of Mining in Arizona. Volume 3. Edited by J. Michael Canty, H. Mason Coggin, and Michael N. Greeley. Chapters by various authors with such topics as aerial mine tramways, Old Dominion Copper Mine, Patagonia area, Kofa Mining District, Calumet, Arizona Silver Milling, and hydraulic mining. Mining Club of the Southwest Foundation. Soft cover. $35.00
Hulse, James W. The Nevada Adventure: A History. 5th edition. Illustrations by Don Kerr. University of Nevada Press, 1981. Dust jacket. $22.50
SOLD Jameson, W. C. Buried Treasures of the American Southwest: Legends of Lost Mines, Hidden Payrools and Spanish Gold. Stories of actual histories of Indians, outlaws, conquistadors, priests and ranchers looking for treasure in Arizona, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. August House, 1989. Soft cover. $8.95
Jameson, W. C. Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of Arizona. Stoies of gold-seeking Spanish explorers, Lost Dutchman mine and gold and silver bars found near Fort Huachua, along with other stories of stolen golden. University of New Mexico Press, 2009. Soft cover. $23.95
Johnson, Dorothy M. The Bloody Bozeman: The Perilous Trail to Montana's Gold. Stories of mining and traveling to the gold country. With a new introduction. Mountain Press, 2006. Soft cover. $16.00
Kalt, William D., Jr. Awake the Copper Ghosts: The History of Banner Mining Company and the Treasure of Twin Buttes. Illustrated story of this Tucson company. Banner Mining Company, 1968. Oversize white illustrated cloth. $25.00
Karsner, David, Silver Dollar: The Story of the Tabors. The story of H. A. W. Tabor, Augusta, Baby Doe, and Silver Dollar. Bonanza Books, 1982. Dust jacket. $25.00
Klucas, Gillian. Leadville: The Struggle to Revive an American Town. With keen insight, stunning detail, and in-depth interviews with participants, the story of Leadville is unveiled - discussing community identity, public health, and government policy. Island Press, 2004. Dust jacket. $26.00
Kluger, James R. The Clifton - Morenci Strike: Labor Difficulty in Arizona, 1915-1916. Remarkable story of a peaceful labor strike that paralyzed the mining camps for two years; Kluger's answer to the question of why and how peace prevailed is significant reading. University of Arizona Press, 1970. Dust jacket. $25.00
SOLD Lokke, Carl L. Klondike Saga: The Chronicle of a Minnesota Gold Mining Company. The story of the Monitor Gold Mining and Trading Company. Published for the Norwegian-American Historical Association by the University of Minnesota Press, 1965. Dust jacket with minor wear. $45.00
Lord, Eliot. Comstock Mining and Miners. Introduction by David F. Myrick. A reprint of the 1883 edition. Appropriate illustrations have been added to augment the text. Previous owner's signature on front endsheet. Howell-North, 1959. Black cloth. $30.00
Love, Frank. Mining Camps and Ghost Towns: A History of Mining in Arizona and California along the Lower Colorado. A dramatic history of the mineral frontier. 1st edition. Westernlore Press, 1974. Dust jacket. $35.00
Lyman, George D. The Saga of the Comstock Lode: Boom Days in Virginia City. History of the fabled mine and town. Frontispiece illustrated by Maynard Dixon. Previous owner's bookplate on front endsheet. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Blue cloth. $45.00
Lyman, George D. The Saga of the Comstock Lode: Boom Days in Virginia City. History of the fabled mine and town. Frontispiece illustrated by Maynard Dixon. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. Dust jacket. $30.00
Lynch, Jeremiah. Three Years in the Klondike: A Gold Miner's Life in Dawson City, 1898-1901. This adventure is also livened up with anecdotes illustrating the strange customs of the whites and Eskimos in the Klondike, as well as details of gold mining. Narrative Press, 2001. Soft cover. $14.95
Makley, Michael J. The Infamous King of the Comstock: William Sharon and the Gilded Age in the West. First biography of Nevada's most reviled historical figures. 1st printing. Univeristy of Nevada Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $34.95
Malach, Roman. Ghosts of McCracken Mine. Illustrated with photographs of the mining community. Mohave County, 1980. Wraps. $7.50
Marcosson, Isaac F. Anaconda. Illustrated history of this copper mining company. Dodd, Mead & Co., 1957. Dust jacket. $15.00
Marks, Paula Mitchell. Precious Dust: The American Gold Rush Era: 1848-1900. Traces the experience of the hundreds of thousands of goldseekrs who converged upon the American and Canadian West - beginning with the California Stampede to the beaches of Nome, Alaska. 1st edition. William Morrow & Co., 1994. Dust jacket. $30.00
Marks, Paula Mitchell. Precious Dust: The American Gold Rush Era: 1848-1900. Traces the experience of the hundreds of thousands of goldseekrs who converged upon the American and Canadian West - beginning with the California Stampede to the beaches of Nome, Alaska. HarperCollins West, 1995. Soft cover, mark on bottom of edge. $14.00
SOLD Martin, Maryjoy. The Corpse on Boomerang Road: Telluride's War on Labor 1899-1908. The story of the war between union organizers and mine operators. Western Reflections Publishing Co., 2004. Dust jacket. $29.95
Martinelli, Phyllis Cancilla. Undermining Race: Ethnic Identities in Arizona Copper Camps, 1880-1920. Retells the history of race, immigration and labor in the Arizona copper industry. University of Arizona Press, 2009. Dust jacket. $50.00
McCool, Grace. Sunday Trails in Old Cochise: A Guide to Ghost Towns, Lost Mines, and Buried Treasure in Cochise County, Arizona. 1st edition. Previous owner's name on front endsheet. Tombstone Epitaph, 1967. Soft cover. $25.00
SOLD McCune, Don. Trail to the Klondike. Photographic history from the gold rush photographers as 100,000 people stampeded north to the gold fields of Alaska. Washington State University Press, 1997. Soft cover oversize. $19.95
Meldahl, Keith Heyer. Hard Road West: History and Geology along the Gold Rush Trail. The story of the thousands of settlers who made the epic overland journey in the wagon trains and the compelling story of the landscape they encountered as they sought the California gold fields. University of Chicago Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $25.00
SOLD Nadeau, Remi. Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of California. This excursion is a fascinating fragment of American history based on extensive research. Ward Ritchie Press, 1965. Dust jacket. $30.00
Ninnemann, John L. and Duane A. Smith. San Juan Bonanza: Western Colorado's Mining Legacy. A history of the San Juan Mountains, mining camps, boomtowns and ghost towns, illustrated with Ninnemann's photographs and text. University of New Mexico Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $24.95
North, Diane M. T. Samuel Peter Heintzelan and the Sonora Exploring & Mining Company. Heintzelman's biography, partly from his journals and his exploits mining in Arizona. University of Arizona Press, 1980. Dust jacket. $29.95
Northrop, Stuart A. Turquois and Spanish Mines in New Mexico. Traces the early history of mining in New Mexico and documentary accounts of early mines. Includes an extensive bibliography. University of New Mexico Press, 1975. Soft cover. $22.50
Odens, Peter. Picacho: "Life and Death of a Great Gold Mining Camp." Foreword by Paul Gillett. Story of a mining community in Yuma County. Signed by the author. Southwest Printers, 1973. Yellow soft cover. $20.00
Paher, Stanley W. Colorado River Ghost Towns. In collaboration with Robert L. Spude. Brief illustrated history of these early communities along the Colorado River, primarily mining camps. Nevada Publications, 1976. Oversize soft cover. $10.00
Paher, Stanley W. Northwestern Arizona Ghost Towns. Brief illustrated history of these early Arizona communities, primarily mining camps. 1st edition. Nevada Publications, 1970. Oversize soft cover. $12.95
Paher, Stanley W. Northwestern Arizona Ghost Towns. Brief illustrated history of these early Arizona communities, primarily mining camps. Revised edition. Nevada Publications, 1980. Oversize soft cover. $12.95
Paher, Stanley, W. Western Arizona Ghost Towns. Illustrated history of the Yuma - Parker - Kingman area mining camps. Nevada Publications, 1990. Oversize soft cover. $18.50
Parke, Charles Ross. Dreams to Dust: A Diary of the California Gold Rush 1849-1850. Edited by James E. Davis. Contemporary account. 1st edition. Unversity of Nebraska Press, 1989. Dust jacket. $40.00
SOLD Paul, Rodman Wilson. Mining Frontiers of the Far West 1848-1880. Revised, expanded edition by Elliott West. This highly praised classic study of western mining now contains three new chapters by Elliott West. University of New Mexico Press, 2001. Soft cover. $22.95
SOLD Penfield, Thomas. Dig Here! Lost Mines & Buried Treasure of the Southwest. New introduction by David Hatcher Childress. A most amazing treasure book, giving the locations of well over 100 fabulous fortunes waiting to be found. Each treasure account describes the approximate location, estimated total value and authentication. Adventures Unlimited Press, 2004. Soft cover. $14.95
Penfield, Thomas. Dig Here! Lost Mines & Buried Treasure of the Southwest. New introduction by David Hatcher Childress. A most amazing treasure book, giving the locations of well over 100 fabulous fortunes waiting to be found. Each treasure account describes the approximate location, estimated total value and authentication. Revised and enlarged edition. Naylor Company, 1967. Gray pictorial cloth. $27.50
Peterson, Richard H. The Bonanza Kings: The Social Origins and Business Behavior of Western Mining Enterpreneurs, 1870-1900. A fine study on mining as big business on the frontier, detailing the careers of the men involved. University Of Oklahoma Press. Soft cover. $14.95
Petralia, Joseph F. Gold! Gold!: A Beginners Handbook and Recreational Guide: How to Prospect for Gold. Learn to look, what basic equipment you'll need and how and when to begin your search. Sierra Trading Post, 1980. Soft cover. $8.95
Randle, Kevin D. Lost Gold & Buried Treasure: A Treasure Hunter's Guide to 250 Fortunes Waiting to Be Found. Stories of lost mines, such as the Lost Dutchman, Lost Adams, Lost Pegleg, Dillinger's loot, hiddent treasures at Fort Huachuca and Custer's lost gold. M. Evans and Co., 1995. Dust jacket. $45.00
Reid, John B. and Ronald M. James, eds. Uncovering Nevada's Past: A Primary Source History of the Silver State. More than fifty major documents and visual images were collected that define Nevada's colorful and complex development. University of Nevada Press, 2004. Soft cover. $19.95
Richards, Leonard L. The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War. The gripping story about politics, business, violence and scoundrels in an informative account of antebellum California. Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Dust jacket. $25.00
Ring, Bob, Al Ring and Tallia Pfrimmer Cahoon. Ruby, Arizona: Mining, Mayhem, and Murder. A tale from Southern Arizona's Oro Blanco Region, which describes live in a mining camp and the interesting people who were part of the story. Signed by the authors. U.S. Press & Graphics, 2005. Soft cover. $22.95
SOLD Rochette, Edward C. Lost Mines and Buried Treasure: A Guide to Sites and Legends of the Southwest. Illustrated map and guide, part of the Southwest Traveler Guidebooks series. Renaissance House Publishers, 1992. Tall wraps. $6.95
Sagstetter, Beth and Bill. The Mining Camps Speak: A New Way to Explore the Ghost Towns of the American West. Illustrated history allows the reader to explore the forgotten places of the past. BenchMark Publishing, 2008. Soft cover oversize. $22.95
Sain, Wilma Gray. Miami: A History of the Miami Area, Arizona. Adapted by W. A. Haak, for Gila County Historical Society. Good history of the Miami mining area. Signed by Haak. Gila County Historical Society. Wraps. $7.50
Shape,William. Faith of Fools: A Journal of the Klondike Gold Rush. Foreword by Frank Norris with an introduction by Lee Laney. An original journal and photographs give a human dimension to the gold rush of 1890s. Washington State University Press, 1998. Soft cover, oversize. $24.95
SOLD Shortridge, Harold T. Childhood Memoirs of a Fabulous Mining Camp Clifton, Arizona 1915 - 1926. Fascinating tales. Signed by the author. 1990. Soft cover. $12.50
Simpson, Bessie and James R. Mitchell. Gem Trails of Arizona. Illustrated with map locations. Expanded, revised edition. Gem Guides Books Co., 1989. Soft cover. $10.00
Smith, Duane A. and Ronald C. Brown. No One Ailing Except a Physician: Medicine in the Mining West, 1848-1919. A detailed analysis of the ailments that confronted the miners and the methods which they and their doctors attempted to "cure" them. University Press of Colorado, 2001. Dust jacket. $35.00
Smith, Duane A. San Juan Legacy: Life in the Mining Camps. Photographs by John L. Ninnemann. A slimpse into the legendary towns that sprang up in the rugged country of southwestern Colorado. University of New Mexico Press, 2009. Soft cover. $24.95
SOLD Smith, Duane A. The Trail of Gold and Silver: Mining in Colorado, 1859-2009. Details Colorado's mining saga, stretching from the beginning of the gold and silver mining rush in the mid-nineteenth century into the twenty-first century. Written in a lively manner, this book honors the 2009 sesquicentennial of Colorado's gold rush. University Press of Colorado, 2009. Dust jacket. $26.95
Somervill, Barbara A. The Gold Rush: Buried Treasure. Illustrated history for the young reader. Trailblazers of the West. Children's Press, 2005. Soft cover. $6.95
Spence, Clark C. British Investments and the American Mining Frontier 1860-1901. Offers information on the British investors who brought capital to America's mining industry, devoting primary attention to the promotional activities that led to the organization and operation of more than 500 English joint venture stock companies. University of Idaho Press. Soft cover. $29.95
SOLD Sprague, Marguerite. Bodie's Gold: Tall Tales & True History from a California Mining Town. The story of the town's colorful past and full and varied lives of its former residents, using a variety of historic documents and recent inerviews with surviving Bodie residents. 1st printing. University of Nevada Press, 2003. Dust jacket. $34.95
SOLD Spude, Robert L. and Stanley W. Paher. Central Arizona Ghost Towns. Illustrated history of many of Arizona's old mining towns. Nevada Publications, 1978. Dust jacket. $30.00
Spude, Robert L. and Stanley W. Paher. Central Arizona Ghost Towns. Illustrated history of many of Arizona's old mining towns. Nevada Publications, 1978. Oversize soft cover. $20.00
Taylor, Henry. From Lead Mine to Gold Fields: Memories of an Incredibly Long Life. Edited with an introduction by Donald L. Parman. Autobiography of an early pioneer and miner who lived in Wisconsin to California, from 1825-1931 and witnessed the gold rush of California. University of Nebraska Press, 2006. Soft cover. $24.95
Traywick, Ben T. Who Murdered Frank Fish?? Story of the murder of treasure hunter Frank Fish in California. Red Marie's, 1993. Wraps. $5.00
Trennert, Robert A. Riding the High Wire: Aerial Mine Tramways in the West. The first comprehensive history of aerial mine tramways, describing their place in the evolution of mining after 1870. University Press of Colorado, 2001. Soft cover. $19.95
Waters, Frank. Midas of the Rockies. A reissue of the most fabulous story of the Colorado gold era. Stratton Centennial Edition. American Library, 1954. Dust jacket. $20.00
SOLD Wielgus, Ronald S. Arizona's Little-Known Gold Placers. A Guide to Arizona's rarely visited gold placers, providing directions and what to expect. Signed by the author. 1996. Oversize soft cover. $22.95
Wielgus, Ronald S. Arizona's Golden Secret or How to Get your Share of Desert Gold! A gold hunter's guidebook to Arizona's placer gold. Signed by the author. 2d revised edition. 1992. Oversize soft cover. $22.50
Weis, Norman D. Helldorados: Ghosts and Camps of the old Southwest. Describes historic deserted towns in Arizona, New Mexico, California, Nevada, Colorado and Utah, filled with photographs and maps. 1st edition. Caxton Printers, 1977. Dust jacket. $35.00
Weisenburger, Francis Phelps. Idol of the West: The Fabulous Career of Rollin Mallory Dagget. Biography of the man who cofounded Golden Era, a literary magazine and was associated with the mining frontier of California and Nevada. 1st edition. Syracuse University Press, 1965. Dust jacket. $20.00
Wells, Edmund. Argonaut Tales: Stories of the Gold Seekers and the Indian Scouts of Early Arizona. Illustrated by Evan T. Wilson. 1st edition. Frederick H. Hichcock, 1927. Green cloth. $125.00
West, Elliott. The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado. An interpretative masterpiece, combining extensive research and lucid writing. Signed by the author. University Press of Kansas, 1993. Dust jacket. $34.95
SOLD West, Elliott. The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado. An interpretative masterpiece, combining extensive research and lucid writing. University Press of Kansas, 1998. Soft cover. $16.95
SOLD Williams, Brad and Choral Pepper. Lost Treasures of the West. Little known stores of missing, stolen and buried wealth all based on at least a kernel of historical truth. 1st edition. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975. Dust jacket. $20.00
Willison, George F. The Gold Rush: The Search for Treasure in the American West. A portrait of those who rushed for gold. Indian Head Books, 1992. Dust jacket. $25.00
Wyman, Walker D. The Wild Horse of the West. Illustrated by Harold E. Bryant. A valuable contribution to the history of the range horse, the Mustang and the Cayuse. Previous owner's identifying stamp on half-title and title page. University of Nebraska Press. Soft cover with minor wear. $5.00
Young, Herbert V. Ghosts of Cleopatra Hill: Men and Legends of Old Jerome. Special limited edition of 500 copies, inscribed and numbered by the author. Jerome Historical Society, 1964. Brown leather. $75.00
Young, Herbert V. Ghosts of Cleopatra Hill: Men and Legends of Old Jerome. 2d printing. Jerome Historical Society, 1966. Blue cloth. $30.00
Young, Otis E., Jr. Black Powder and Hand Steel: Miners and Machines on the Old Western Frontier. History of mining, including Wickenburg's Vulture Mine, Schieffelin's discovery near Tombstone and the Tonopah-Goldfield strike in Nevada. Author describes the miners, particularly the Cornish and the Irish, their social life and their labors. 1st edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 1976. Dust jacket. $35.00
Young, Otis E., Jr. The Prospectors: Some Considerations on their Craft. Reprinted from Reflections of Western Historians. 1969. Wraps. $5.00
Young, Otis E., Jr. "Salting" and "High-Grading": Vices of the Mineral Frontier. Reprint from the Southern California Quarterly, September 1969. Original wraps. $5.00
Young, Otis E., Jr. The Spanish Tradition in Gold and Silver Mining. Reprint from Arizona and the West,1965. Wraps. $4.50

Natural History

SOLD Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire. Illustration by Lawrence Ormsby. Abbey's account of two summers spent in southeastern Utah's canyonlands is one of the most enduring works of contemporary American nature writing. University of Arizona Press, 1988. Dust jacket. $40.00
Abbott, Lon and Terri, Cook. Geology Underfoot in Northern Arizona. The Geology Underfoot series encourages you to get out of your car for an up-close look at rocks and landforms. 1st edition paperback. Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2007. $18.00
Adams, Ansel and Nancy Newhall. The Tetons and the Yellowstone. Illustrated throughout with black and white landscape photographs, this book goes into great detail of these magnificent areas. 5 Associates, 1970. Soft cover. $25.00
Adams, Clark E. and John K. Thomas. Texas Rattlesnake Roundups. History in text and photographs of rattlesnake roundups and the strange characters who charm the snakes. Texas A&M University Press, 2008. Stiff soft cover. $19.95
American Forests: Nature, Culture, and Politics. Edited by Char Miller. Definitive collection of essays, by such writers as Thomas G. Alexander, Hal Rothman, Donald J. Pisani, on the American forest history. University Press of Kansas, 1997. Soft cover. $17.95
Anderson, Anders H. A Bibliography of Arizona Ornithology. University of Arizona Press, 1972. Blue soft cover with minor rubbing. $7.95
SOLD Austin, Daniel F. Baboquivari Mountain Plants: Identification, Ecology and Ethnobotany. An illustrated compendium of the local flora and its relationship with the people and landscape. University of Arizona Press, 2010. Dust jacket oversize. $79.95
Baker, Richard Allan. Conservation Politics: The Senate Career of Clinton P. Anderson. Study of Anderson's career in the Senate and his impact upon the nation's natural resource policy. 1st edition. University of New Mexico Press, 1985. Dust jacket. $29.95
Barrett, Judy. What Can I Do with My Herbs? How to Grow, Use & Enjoy These Versatile Plants. Art by Victor Z. Martin. Illustrated guide, comprehensive and easy to read. Texas A&M University Press,2009. Stiff soft cover. $19.95
Bass, Rick. Platte River. Stories of the outdoors. University of Nebraska Press, 2007. Soft cover. $18.95
Bassett, Carol Ann. Organ Pipe: Life on the Edge. Photographs by Michael Hyatt. Readers are introduced to the cultural heritage, deep in the heart of the Sonoran Desert lies the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. University of Arizona Press, 2004. Soft cover. $13.95
Beck, Daniel D. Biology of Gila Monsters and Beaded Lizards. Photographs by Thomas Wiewandt and foreword by Harry Greene. Illustrated guide to these fascinating group of lizards. University of California Press, 2009. Soft cover. $29.95
Beemer, Rod. The Deadliest Woman in the West: Mother Nature on the Prairies and the Plains 1800 - 1900. An engaging look at one of the American West's most formidable obstacles to human occupation, drawn together in one compelling narrative rather than the usual sporadic treatment. Caxton Press, 2006. Soft cover. $18.95
Benedict, Audrey DeLella. The Naturalist's Guide to the Southern Rockies: Colorado, Southern Wyoming, and Northern New Mexico. Filled with lots of information about the wildlife, geography, plants and contains photographs. Fulcrum, 2008. Soft cover. $24.95
*Bock, Carl E. and Jane H. Bock. Sonoita Plain: Views from a Southwestern Grassland. Photographs by Stephen E. Strom and Foreword by Patricia nelson Limerick. Good-humored, highly knowledgeable book showing great affection for the grasslands as well as a perceptive exploration in words and photographs of a land in transition. University of Arizona Press, 2005. Soft cover. $20.00
Bowden, Charles. Blue Desert. The story of the promised land of the Sunbelt - an enthralling picture of the desert. University of Arizona Press, 2005. Soft cover. $16.95
* Bowden, Charles. Inferno. Photographs by Michael P. Berman. Vivid descriptions an images of the Sonoran Desert. University of Texas Press, 2006. Dust jacket, oblong. $45.00
Bowden, Charles. Killing the Water Hidden Waters. With a new introduction by the author. Discusses the use of water in the west. University of Texas Press, 2003. Soft cover. $17.95
Bowden, Charles. Trinity . Photographs by Michael P. Berman. Vivid descriptions an images of the Southwestern Desert, completing the trilogy that includes Inferno and Exodus. University of Texas Press, 2009. Dust jacket, oblong. $55.00
Bowers, Janice Emily. A Sense of Place: The Life and Work of Forrest Shreve. Biography of the internationally known plant ecologist who spent most of his career at the Desert Laboratory in Tucson. University of Arizona Press, 1988. Dust jacket. $20.00
Bowers, Nora and Rick and Stan Tekiela. Cactus of Arizona: Field Guide. Full color guide with descriptions for the best guide to Arizona's cacti. Handy size for hiking or walking. Adventure Publications, 2008. Soft cover. $14.95
* Broyles, Bill. Sunshot: Peril and Wonder in the Gran Desierto. Photographs by Michael P. Berman. Narrative and photographic encounter with the Devil's Highway. University of Arizona Press, 2006. Soft cover. $24.95
Burleigh, Thomas D. Birds of Idaho. Detailed information on the birds of the state, their identity, variations, movements, habits; with some color photographs. Caxton Printers, 1972. Dust jacket. $25.00
SOLD Burnett, Jim. Hey Ranger! True Tales of Humor & Misadventure from America's National Parks. Great stories from the National Park Service rangers. Taylor Trade, 2005. Soft cover. $16.95
SOLD Burns, Jim. Jim Burns' Arizona Birds: From the Backyard to the Backwoods. Colorful guide with lots of information about the birds from his expanded columns. University of Arizona Press, 2008. Soft cover. $16.95
Carlson, Douglas. Roger Tory Peterson: A Biography. Story of this wildlife photographer. University of Texas Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $24.95
Chronic, Halka. Pages of Stone Geology of the Grand Canyon & Plateau Country National Parks & Monutes. . Handy non-technical guide for the hiker and car-traveler to discover the geologic formations of the Four Corners area, including Arches National Park, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Chaco. Contains maps, photographs and drawings. 2d edition. Mountaineers, 2004. Soft cover. $16.95
Chronic, Halka. Pages of Stone Geology of Western National Parks & Monuments 3: The Desert Southwest. Handy non-technical guide for the hiker and car-traveler to discover the geologic formations of such places as the Carlsbad Caverns, Chiricahua, Saguaro and Death Valley National Monuments. Mountaineers, 1986. Soft cover. $14.95
Chronic, Halka. Roadside Geology of Arizona. A guidebook to the geology of Arizona, including maps and diagrams of the features. Mountain Press, 2006. Soft cover. $18.00
Comeaux, Malcolm L. Arizona: A Geography. Geographic history of Arizona. Westview Press, 1981. Dust jacket with wear and minor stain. $40.00
Conservation of Shared Environments: Learning from the Unites States and Mexico. Edited by laura Lopez-Hoffman, Emily D. McGovern, etc. Comprehensive look at the challenges of conserving the interconnected ecosystems and migratory linkages shared by Mexico and the U.S. University of Arizona Press, 2009. Soft cover. 24.95
Coral Reefs of the Southern Gulf of Mexico. Edited by John W. Tunnell Jr., Ernesto A. Chavez and Kim Withers. Foreword by Sylvia Earle. Colvers the geography, geology, oceanography, ecology, and biodiversity of platform type coral reefs - includes color photography, charts and diagrams. Texas A&M University Press, 2007. Pictorial casebound oversize. $50.00
*Corman, Troy E. and Cathryn Wise-Gervais, ed. Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas. The capstone of the first comprehensive statewide survey of Arizona's breeding birds. Filled with maps, charts and photographs. University of New Mexico Press, 2005. Casebound. $45.00
Critters of Arizona: Pocket Guide. Cute guide that is informative, concise and easy to use with color photographs. Adventure Publications, 2002. Soft cover. $5.95
SOLD Cunfer, Geoff. On the Great Plains: Agriculture and Environment. Foreword by Dan L. Flores. The story of either agricultural triumph or ecological failure. Texas A&M University Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $55.00
Cunfer, Geoff. On the Great Plains: Agriculture and Environment. Foreword by Dan L. Flores. The story of either agricultural triumph or ecological failure. Texas A&M University Press, 2005. Soft cover. $28.00
Cunningham, Bill & Polly. Hiking Anza-Borrego Desert State Park: 25 Day and Overnight Hikes. Maps and photographs illustrate this useful guide when the largest California State Park and viewing the diverse wildlife and plants. Falcon Guides, 2008. Soft cover. $12.95
Cunningham, Bill & Polly. Hiking Mojave National Preserve: 15 Day and Overnight Hikes. Maps and photographs illustrate this useful guide when exploring canyons, mesas, abandoned mines, homesteads and military outposts. Falcon Guides, 2007. Soft cover. $12.95
DeBuys, William and Don J. Usner. Valles Caldera: A Vision for New Mexico's National Preserve. A photographic history that tells the tale of the natural and human history of the preserve. Museum of New Mexico Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $34.95
Degenhardt, William G. and Charles W. Painter and Andrew H. Price. Amphibians and Reptiles of New Mexico. An indispensable resource for anyone interested in southwestern reptiles and amphibians. University of New Mexico Press, 2005. Oversize soft cover. $39.95
DeVoto, Bernard. DeVoto's West: History, Conservation, and the Public Good. Edited by Edward K. Muller. Showcases the complexity, depth, and breadth of DeVoto's thinking on the efforts of stockmen, timber companies and others to privatize public lands, the degradation of the national parks and the exploitation of natural resources. Swallow Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $44.95
*Dry Borders: Great Natural Reserves of the Sonoran Desert. Edited by Richard Stephen Felger and Bill Broyles. A collection of essays, all experts in their fields, focus on the terrain, the stories of the people and the habitat. University of Utah press, 2007. Soft cover oversize. $45.00
Duffield, Wendell A. Volcanes of Northern Arizona: Sleeping Giants of the Grand Canyon Region. Photographs by Michael Collier. Illustrated and informative guide with easy to follow road logs to volanic destinations, such as Sunset Crater and Grand Falls. Grand Canyon Association, 2005. Soft cover. $11.95
Dunbier, Roger. The Sonoran Desert: Its Geography, Economy, and People. Comprehensive examinagtion of the various economies, Indian, Mexican, and Anglo and the differeing political systems. Previous owner's name on front endsheet. University of Arizona Press, 1970. Dust jacket with wear. $30.00
Dunmire, William W. and Gail D. Tierney. Wild Plants of the Pueblo Province: Exploring Ancient and Enduring Uses. Foreword by Gary Paul Nabban. Illustrated guide with photographs and drawings. Museum of New Mexico Press, 1995. Soft cover. $22.95
Engelhard, Michael. Where the Rain Children Sleep: A Sacred Geography of the Colorado Plateau. With new essays and a new preface by the author. Nature writing in the best tradition of Abbey, Meloy and Childs, providing poetic descriptions of canyons, ancient pictographs and sandstone cliffs. University of Nebraska Press, 2010. Soft cover. $17.95
Evans, Howard Engsign. A Naturalist's Years in the Rocky Mountains. Stories of remarkable creatures the author encountered every day during his years living in the Rockies. Johnson Books, 2001. Soft cover. $14.00
SOLD Everitt, James H., Robert Lonard and Christopher Little. Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico: A Guide to Identification. Colorful descriptive guide to these plants. Texas Tech University Press, 2007. Soft cover. $19.95
Eves, Robert L. Water, Rock, & Time: The Geologic Story of Zion National Park. Illustrated look at this popular national park. 1st edition. Zion Natural History Association, 2005. Stiff soft cover, oversize. $19.95
Farb, Peter. Face of North America: The Natural History of a Continent. Illustrations by jerome Connolly. 1st edition. Harper & Row, 1963. Blue cloth. $17.50
Foreman, Dave. Rewilding North America: A Vision for Conservation in the 21st Century. Discusses the ecological threat of global extinction. Island Press, 2004. Dust jacket. $50.00
Forged in Fire: Essays by Idaho Writers. Edited by Mary Clearman Blew and Phil Druker. Collection of essays on Idaho history and fire. University of Oklahoma Press, 2005. Soft cover. $16.95
Foster, John. Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Tells the story of life in this ancient world in a place called Como Bluff, Wyoming. Illustrated with examples. Indiana University Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $49.95
Fradkin, Philip L. Wanders of an Environmental Journalist in Alaska and the American West. Combines history and the environment and makes unique explorations. 1st edition. University of New Mexico Press, 1993. Dust jacket. $25.00
Franke, Mary Ann. To Save the Wild Bison: Life on the Edge in Yellowstone. The first book to examine the ecological and political aspects of the bison controversy and how it reflects changing attitudes toward wildlife. 1st edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $29.95
Gates, Larry & Terrie. Enjoying Hummingbirds: In the Wild & In Your Yard. Colorful photographic guide to these delightful birds. Stakcpole Books, 2008. Soft cover. $24.95
Getting Over the Color Green: Contemporary Environmental Literature of the Southwest. Edited by Scott Slovic. An anthology of articles by outstanding contributors. University of Arizona Press, 2001. Dust jacket. $45.00
Goin, Peter and Paul F. Starrs. Black Rock. A geographer and photographer combine their talents to tell the story of the Black Rock desert of Nevada. Black Rock Institute Press 2010. Soft cover, oblong. $30.00
Goldstein, Robert J. American Aquarium Fishes. This first-of-its-kind guide provides step-by-step instructions on where to find, how to identify, how to catch, and how to keep and even breed myriad backyard fishes. Also a chapter on aquarium plants. Illustration with color photographs. Texas A&M University Press, 2000. $40.00
Gordon, Greg. Landscape of Desire: Identity and Nature in Utah's Canyon Country. The story of a teacher and field class of students who explore Muddy Creek and the Dirty Devil River to Lake Powell. The plight of the western landscape and the history of conflict between preservation and development in the West is discussed. Utah State University Press, 2003. Soft cover. $19.95
Gray, Mary Taylor. Watchable Birds of the Southwest. Popular guide book with color photographs of the birds of the Southwest - provides interesting information. Great to carry around when birding or watching from your kitchen. Mountain Press, 2007. Soft cover. $14.00
Guthery, Fred S. On Bobwhites. An informative book on the quail in Arizona and the Southwest. 2d printing. Texas A&M University Press, 2006. Soft cover. $18.95
Halfpenny, James C. Scats and Tracks of the Desert Southwest: A Field Guide to the sings of 70 Wildlife Species. Illustrated by Todd Telander. A Falcon Guide which shows the different prints left by the wildlife - take it with you when you walk in the outdoors. Facon Guides, 2000. Soft cover. $9.95
Hamilton, Wayne T., Allan McGinty, Darrell N. Ueckert, et. al, ed. Brush Management: Past, Present, Future. Leading range management professions introduce and explain the mechanisms of managing brush but also changes in management philosophy and technology. Texas A&M University Press, 2004. Soft cover. $26.00
Hampton, H. Duane. How the U. S. Cavalry Saved Our National Parks. Story of the military helping with the care of the parks, preventing paching, destroying redwoods or defacing natural objects. Signed by the author. 1st edition. Indiana University Press, 1971. Dust jacket with spine faded. $25.00
Hayden, F. V. Yellowstone National Park, and the Mountain Regions of Portions of Idaho, Nevada, Colorado and Utah. Illustrated by Thomas Moran. Originally published in 1876 by Prang, this reprint contains limited text by Hayden and 15 illustrations by Moran. Thomas Gilcrease Museum Association, 1997. Oversize maroon wraps. $24.95
Haynes, Inc. Yellowstone National Park. Booklet contains 24 Color plates or lithographic immages of Yellowstone scenery by the famous Yellowstone photographer, Jack Haynes. Tan paper boards, edges worn, with fancy gray rope fastened on the side. Haynes Inc. St. Paul Minnesota and Yellowston Park, Wyoming. n.d. $50.00
* Heffelfinger, Jim. Deer of the Southwest: A Complete Guide to the Natural History, Biology, and Management of Southwestern Mule Deer and White-Tailed Deer. A complete, informative book on the deer. 1st edition. Texas A&M University Press, 2006. Stiff soft cover. $24.95
Hicks, Sam. Desert Plants and People. Ethnobotanical look at healing agents, foods, beverage teas, disinfectants, building materials, and medicinal remedies with accompanying illustrations. Naylor, 1971. Gray brown cloth. $25.00
Holloway, Joel E. A Dictionary of Common Wildflowers of Texas & the Southern Great Plains. Intended as a companion to field guides of common flowers in the region, this dictionary provides a synthesis between scientific and common names of the plants. Texas Christian University, 2005. Sostcover. $29.95
Humphrey, Robert R. 90 Years and 535 Miles: Vegetation Changes along the Mexican Border. Between 1892 and 1894, 258 monuments were erected and photographed along the Mexican border between El Paso and the Pacific Ocean. By comparing the original photographs with repeat images of the monuments, the author has been able to determine the kinds and amount of vegetation changes that have occurred. 1st edition. University of New Mexico Press, 1987. Dust jacket. $35.00
Jackman, E. R. and R. A. Long. The Oregon Desert. Illustrated with photographs. A history of the country and the people. 1st edition. Caxton Printers, 1964. Dust jacket. $35.00
Jackson, Jerome A. George Miksch Sutton: Artist, Scientist, and Teacher. Account of the life of one of the most prominent ornithologists and bird artists of the twentieth century. Oklahoma Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $29.95
Jacobs, Louis. Lone Star Dinosaurs. 1st edition. Original artwork by Karen Carr. A history of paleontology in Texas with many full-color illustrations and photographs of early paleontological work in the state. Texas A&M, 1995. Soft cover. $14.95
Jasinski, Laurie E. Dinosaur Highway: a history of dinosaur valley state park. Colorful history interveaved with local legend and geological time and old photographs. TCU Press, 2008. Soft cover. $19.95
Jensen, Sara E. and Guy R. McPherson. Living with Fire: The Ecology and Policy for the Twenty-First Century. Offers a dynamic, innovative paradigm for coping with fire that recognizes fire's critical environmental role. University of California Press, 2008. Dust jacket. $29.95
SOLD Johnson, Kirk R. and Robert G. Raynolds. Ancient Denvers: Scenes from the Past 300 Million Years of the Colorado Front Range. Paintings by Jan Vriesen, Donna Braginetz, and Gary Staab. Colorful explaination of the geographic / geologic history of the Denver area for young adults. Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Fulcrum Publishing. Soft cover, oblong. $10.95
Johnson, Michael L. Hunger for the Wild: America's Obsession with the Untamed West. Investigating views of Western wildness from pre-European times until the present - Johnson tells how the explorers and settlers defined the region with their ideas. University Press of Kansas, 2007. Dust jacket. $34.95
Kattes, David H. Insects of Texas: A Practical Guide. Illustrated with color photographs of these creepy creatures. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. Stiff cover. $27.00
Kaufman, Lance. Eyes of Sedona: An Anthropomorphic Pictorial of Red Rock Country. Color photography enhances the ancestral messages from eons ago. Signed by the author. Image Formation Publishing, 2005. Oversize soft cover. $40.00
SOLD Krutch, Joseph Wood. The Desert Year. Classic story of spending a year in the desert word. Previous owner's inscription. William Sloan Associates, 1956. Dust jacket. $25.00
Kues, Barry S. The Paleontology of New Mexico. An updated and expanded version of the 1982 book, Fossils of New Mexico. Offers a detailed overview of the fauna and flora of New Mexico through the past 500 million years. Illustrated. University of New Mexico Press, 2008. Dust jacket oversize. $45.00
Landscapes with Figures: The Nonfiction of Place. Edited with an introduction by Robert Root. A collection of essays, memoirs, nature writing, and travel narratives that document the impact this sense of place has on writing - including Mesa Verde. University of Nebraska Press, 2007. Soft cover. $21.95
*Landstrom, Lee Ann & Karen I. Schragg. Nature's Yucky! 2: The Desert Southwest. Illustrated by Rachel Rogge. Children's book with great illustrations and information on the desert's creatures. Paperback Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2007. $12.00
Laren, A. J. van. Cactus. Written by the curator of the Botanical Gardens of the University of Amsterdam, translated by E. J. Labarre and arranged and edited by Scott E. Haselton. Natural color illustrations by C. Rol, J. Voerman, Jr. and H. Rol. Beautiful color plates are all tipped in. First edition of 1500 copies, No. 454. Abbey San Encino Press, 1935. Tan decorated cloth, oversize. $125.00
Lasley, Greg. Greg Lasley's Texas Wildlife Portraits. Introduction by John and Gloria Tveten. Experience the wildlife of Texas up-close and personal, through the eyes of one of the country's most alented nature photographers. Texas A&M University Press, 2008. Dust jacket oversize. $30.00
Lazaroff, David W., Philip C. Rosen and Charles H. Lowe Jr. Amphibians, Reptiles, and Their Habitats at Sabino Canyon. First publication devoted to the herpetofauna of Sabino Canyon near Tucson, Arizona. Includes detailed discussion of ecological change caused by flooding from the 2003 Aspen fire. Color photos and maps. University of Arizona Press, 2006. Soft cover. $17.95
Lehman, Charles A. Desert Survival Handbook: How to Prevent and Handle Emergency Situations. American Traveller Press, 1998. Soft cover. $8.95
SOLD Lilly, Ben. Ben Lilly's Tales of Bears, Lions and Hounds. Edited by Neil B. Carmony. Stories of hunting in Arizona, New Mexico and Idaho. 2nd printing. High-Lonesome Books, 2004. Brown cloth with gold printing. $25.00
Limerick, Patricia Nelson. Desert Passages: Encounters with the American Deserts. An important and beautifully written book, to enchance the reader's understanding of the desert. University of New Mexico Press, 2001. Soft cover. $17.95
Loflin, Brian and Shirley Loflin. Texas Cacti. Colorful guide to the cacti covering the state. With photographs and maps. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. Stiff cover. $24.00
Lund, Barbara A. Weeping Rock: A Spring of Life. Illustrated by Betty L. Smith. Informational brochure giving a description of vegetation and geographic qualities of this segment of Zion National Park. Zion Natural History Association, 1970. Green wraps. $2.50
Manaster, Jane. Javelinas: Collared Peccaries of the Southwest. Colorful photographs and endearing illustrations help tell the story of this misunderstood animal. Texas Tech University Press, 2006. Soft cover. $19.95
Manning, Richard. Rewilding the West: Restoration in a Prairie Landscape. Tells the story of American agriculture policies, public lands management and conservation. University of California Press, 2009. Dust jacket. $24.95
SOLD Miller, Neil. Kartchner Caverns: How Two Cavers Discovered and Saved One of the Wonders of the Natural World. Illustrated with photographs of the caverns. University of Arizona Press, 2008. Soft cover. $15.95
Miller, Rod. John Muir: Magnificent Tramp. Biography of the founder of the Sierra Club, father of America's conservation movement and the architect of the wilderness ethic. American Heroes series. Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2005. Dust jacket. $19.95
Montgomery, M. R. Many Rivers to Cross: Of Good Running Water, Native Trout, and the Remains of Wilderness. Journeys through fishing locations in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, New Mexico, Arizona, and Oregon. Simon & Schuster, 1995. Dust jacket. $22.00
Moore, Willis L. A Report on "The Influence of Forests on Climate and on Floods." Committee on Agriculture, House of Representives, U.S. Congress. Government Printing Office, 1910. Wraps. $10.00
Nabham, Gary P., Marcelle Coder, and Susan J. Smith. Woodlands in Crisis: A Legacy of Lost Biodiversity on the Colorado Plateau. Bilby Research Center Occasional Papers No. 2. Northern Arizona University, 2004. Soft cover. $20.00
Natural Environments of Arizona: From Deserts to Mountains. Edited by Peter F. Ffolliott and Owen K. Davis. Ten experts discuss Arizona's diverse natural environment, including climate, soil, water resources and geology. University of Arizona Press, 2008. Red cloth. $40.00
A New Plateau: Sustaining the Lands and Peoples of the Canyon Country. Edited b Peter Friederici and Rose Houk. Introduction by Gary Paul Nabhan. A project of the Center for Sustainable Environments. A collection of essays with photographs about people and the land. Renewing the Countryside, 2004. Soft cover. $24.95
Niemeyer, Lucian. Desert Wetlands. Photographic view of the desert wetlands in the American Southwest. Text by Thomas Lowe Fleischner. University of New Mexico Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $49.95
Olin, Goerge. House in the Sun. Illustrated explaining life in the desert. Southwest Parks and Monuments, 1977. Soft cover. $9.50
Orndorff, Richard L. and Robert W. Wieder, David G. Futey. Geology Underfoot in Southern Utah. Illustrated guide with maps showing Utah's magnificent landforms. Mountain Press, 2006. Soft cover. $18.00
Out of the Woods: Essays in Environmental History. Edited by Char Miller and Hal Rothman. A volume that can teach, tickle the imagination, and have appreciate our ecosystems - a strong addition to environmental history scholarship. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997. Soft cover. $22.95
Peeters, Hans. Field Guide to Owls of California and the West. Color guide. California Natural History Guides. University of California Press, 2007. Soft cover. $19.95
Peluso, Beth A. The Charcoal Forest: How Fire Helps Animals and Plants. Children's book. Find out how birds, bugs, beasts, and plants come back after a fire. Colorful illustrations. Soft cover. Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2007. $12.00
Petrides, George A. Trees of the American Southwest. Illustrations by Olivia Petrides. Easy to follow field guide for backpacking, camping and hiking. 1st edition. Stackpole Books, 2005. Soft cover. $9.95
Priestly, J. B. Rain Upon Godshill: A Further Chapter of Autobiography. Covers the globe from Sudan to the American Far. 1st edition. Harper & Brothers, 1939. Dust jacket. $35.00
Pyne, Stephen J. Tending Fire: Coping with America's Wildland Fires. Island Press, 2004. Dust jacket. $25.00
Queeny, Edgar M. Prairie Wings: Pen and Camera Flight Studies. Explanatory sketches by Richard E. Bishop. Illustrated. 1st trade edition. Ducks Unlimited, 1946. Oversize creme cloth. $225.00
SOLD Ransom, Jay Ellois. Petrified Forest Trails: A Guide to the Petrified Forests of America; a Handbook for the Collector of Petrified Woods. Illustrated guide to the sites and wood. 1st edition. Water stain on top of booklet. Mineralogist Publishing Company. Blue soft cover with some wear. $15.00
Rappole, John H. Birds of the Southwest: Arizona, New Mexico, Southern California & Southern Nevada. First edition. Provides detailed information on identification, habitat preferences, voice, seasonal occurence, and abundance of more than 450 species of birds found in the southwestern oceans, deserts, and mountains of Arizona. Texas A&M, 2000. Soft cover. $24.50
Rare Plants of Texas by Jackie Poole, William Carr, Dana Price and Jason Singhurst. Colorful nature guide filled with photographs and drawings. Texas A&M University Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $35.00
Reisner, Marc. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water. A stunning expose and a dramatic intriguing history of the West and its quest for water. Penguin. Soft cover. $17.00
A Road Runs Through It: Reviving Wild Places. Edited by Thomas Reed Petersen, with foreword by Annie Proulx. A collection of essays by some of today's finest nonfiction writers with the aim to promoting road removal and re-vegetation. Johnson Book,s 2006. Johnson Books, $17.50
Roberts, Paul H. Hoof Prints on Forest Ranges. The story of a forest ranger who service over thirty-seven years. Signed by the author. 1st edition. Naylor Co., 1963. Dust jacket. $25.00
Robinson, Michael J. Predatory Bureaucracy: The Extermination of Wolves and the Transformation of the West. The definitive history of America's wolves and policies toward predatories. University Press of Colorado, 2005. Dust jacket. $65.00
SOLD Robinson, Sherry. El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: A Hiking Guide and History. Trails that stretch west central New Mexico for the experienced hiker and the casual visitor. University of New Mexico Press, 1994. Soft cover. $17.95
SOLD Rowley, William D. U.S. Forest Service Grazing and Rangelands: A History. An informative history of the development of land development on the western public domain. 1st edition. Texas A&M University Press, 1985. Dust jacket. $35.00
Sadler, Christa. Life in Stone: Fossils of the Colorado Plateau. Illustrated examples of fossils of flora and fauna spanning the Four Corners area of the Southwest. Revised edition. Grand Canyon Association, 2006. Soft cover. $11.95
Seton, Ernest Thompson. Wild Animals I have Known: Being the Personal Histories of Lobo, Silverspot, Raggylug, Bingo, the Springfield Fox, the Pacing Mustang, Wully and Redruff. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. Creme cloth with minor wear. $$17.50
Shackelford, Clifford, et al. Hummingbirds of Texas with their New Mexico and Arizona Ranges. Colorful examination of these beautiful birds, providing descriptions so you can identify them yourselves. With updated sightings. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. Soft cover. $19.95
The Sonoran Desert Tortoise: Natural History, Biology, and Conservation. Edited by Thomas R. Van Devender. The first comprehensive summary of the natural history, biology, and conservation of the Sonoran and Sinaloan desert tortoises written noted authorities. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Studies in Natural History. University of Arizona Press, 2006. Soft cover. $34.95
Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project. The State of the Southern Rockies Ecoregion. A report on the natural environment of the Rockies from Wyoming, Colorado to New Mexico. The Colorado Mountain Club Press, 2004. Soft cover, oversize. $19.95
Southwestern Desert Resources. Edited by William Halvorson, Cecil Schwalbe, and Charles van Riper III. Throws a spotlight on individual research projects that are specific examples of work being done in the region, from California to west Texas and south to central Mexico. This information sheds a general light of understanding on the biological and cultural resources of the area and how the resources can be managed as effectively and efficiently as possible. University of Arizona Press, 2010. Dust jacket. $39.95
Stevens, Montague. Meet Mr. Grizzly: A Saga on the passing of the Grizzly. Hunting the grizzly in the west, illustrated. Robert Hale, 1950. Green cloth. $35.00
Stillman, Deanne. Joshua Tree: Desolation Tango. Photographs by Galen Hunt. While it explores the park's history, geology, flora, and fauna, this book also asks the reader to conserve our natural heritage. University of Arizona Press, 2006. Soft cover. $14.95
Strohmaier, David J. Drift Smoke: Loss and Renewal in a Land of Fire. Written by a firefighter who has an intimate knowledge of wildfire and its complex role in the natural world of the American West. University of Nevada Press, 2005. Soft cover. $24.95
Strom, Stephen. Earth Forms. Photographs by Strom, texts by Gregory McNamee and Albert Stewart. Large, oversize images that bring the Southwestern desert lands to focus. Dewi Lewis, 2009. Dust jacket, oversize. $45.00
Stuever, Mary. The Forester's Log: Musings from the Woods. Collected here for the first time, columns written for rural forested communities in the Southwest that tell the stories of places, epople and experiences. University of New Mexico Press, 2009. Soft cover. $24.95
Sweet, Muriel. Common Edible and Useful Plants of the West. Illustrated encyclopedia of plants. Naturegraph Publishers, 1976. Soft cover. $3.95
SOLD Tekiela, Stan. Birds of Arizona: Field Guide. Color photographs and easy identification sheets make bird watching in Arizona more enjoyable. Adventure Publications, 2003. Soft cover. $14.95
Terrill, Ceiridwen. Unnatural Landscapes: Tracking Invasive Species. Foreword by Gary Paul Nabhan. Travel into the world of exotic speciies and their legacy. University of Arizona Press, 2007. Soft cover. $17.95
Thomas,John L. A Country in the Mind: Wallace Stegner, Bernard DeVoto, History and the American Land. Recaptures the reltionship between two of the most important public intellectuals of their day and the way Americans thought of the West. Routledge, 2000. Dust jacket. $22.00
Thybony, Scott. The Painted Desert: Land of Wind and Stone. Photographs by David Edwards. Photographs and text offer a vibrant portrait of one of the Southwest's most barren and dramatic landscapes. University of Arizona Press, 2006. Soft cover. $14.95
Trimble, Stephen. The Bright Edge: A Guide to the National Parks of the Colorado Plateau. Illustrated guide to the wonderful scenery. Museum of Northern Arizona Press, 1979. Soft cover. $7.50
Turner, Raymond M., et al. The Changing Mile Revisited: An Ecological Study of Vegetation Change with Time in the lower Mile of an Arid and Semiarid Region. This book updates the classic work by adding recent photographs, showing three different time periods. University of Arizona Press, 2003. Dust jacket. $75.00
Turner, Raymond M., Janice E. Bowers and Tony L. Burgess. Sonoran Desert Plants: An Ecological Atlas. An encyclopedia as well as an atlas with photographs and maps showing the location of the plants. A goldmine of information. University of Arizona Press, 2005. Soft cover. $39.95
Tweit, Susan J. The San Luis Valley: Sand Dunes and Sandhill Cranes. Photographs by Glenn Oakley. An intimate look at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. University of Arizona Press, 2005. Soft cover. $14.95
Van Dyke, John C. The Desert: Further Studies in Natural Appearances. Illustrations from photographs by J. Smeaton Chase. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Reddish cloth. $20.00
Wagner, Rich and Margie. Tread Lightly: Venomous and Poisonous Animals of the Southwest. Contains text and color images of the spiders, snakes and lizards you want to avoid. Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2006. Soft cover. $14.95
*Webb, Robert H., Stanley A. leake, and Raymond M. Turner. The Ribbon of Green: Change in Riparian Vegetation in the Southwestern United States. An examination of factors that affect the stability of riparian vegetation while combining repeat photography with historical context and information on species composition that document more than 140 years of change. University of Arizona Press, 2007. Dust jacket oversize. $75.00
Weissbarth, Frank D. Holy Ghost Creek. Boyhood story and things learned while fly fishing in New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press, 2004. Dust jacket. $23.95
Whittlesey, Lee H. Storytelling in Yellowstone: Horse and Buggy Tour Guides. Legendary tales told by early tour guides of the landscape and natural sites in this fantastic park. University of New Mexico Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $27.95
Wild Fire: A Century of Failed Forest Policy. Edited by George Wuerthner. Provides the general public, as well as professional land managers, conservationists and politicians with insights into the essential role that wildfire has played in shaping our ecosystem. Island Press, 2006. Oversize soft cover. $45.00
Wild Nevada: Testimonies on Behalf of the Desert. Edited by Roberta Moore and Scott Slovic with a foreword by Michael Frome. Essays by twenty-nine writers who know and love the Nevada wilderness. University of Nevada Press, 2005. Soft cover. $15.95
Willey, Richard R. The Tucson Meteorites: Their History from Frontier Arizona to the Smithsonian. The story of two known fragments were discovered in the first half of the nineteenth century - exploring the mystery, unresolved to the present day, of where they feel to earth. Signed by the author. 1st edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987. Soft cover. $12.50
Williams, Brooke. Escalante: The Best Kind of Nothing. Photographs by Chris Noble. Part narrative, part poetry, and part meditation, this book charts the quiet places where the human spirit delights in solitude. University of Arizona Press, 2006. Soft cover. $14.95
Williams, Dennis C. God's Wilds: John Muir's Vision of Nature. Williams traces Muri's view of nature and his moral precepts for conservation to the nineteenth-century Calvinism in which he was raised. Texas A&M Press, 2002. Dust jacket. $39.95
Wilson, John P. Islands in the Desert: A History of the Uplands of Southeastern Arizona. Foreword by Patricia M. Spoerl. The human history of these upland areas from the 1530s to the 1930s is told. Signed by the author. 1st edition. University of New Mexico Press, 1995. Dust jacket. $35.00
Wohl, Ellen. Of Rock and Rivers: Seeking a Sense of Place in the American West. A masterful and lyrical natural history of the Rocky Mountain West. University of California Press, 2009. Dust jacket. $24.95
Worcester, Don. A Visit from Father and Other Tales of the Mojave. Stories of living in the Southern California desert. Texas A&M University Press, 1990. Dust jacket. $20.00
SOLD Worster, Donald. A Passion for Nature: the Life of John Muir. A "magisterial" biography of a man who helped reshaped the way we saw the world. Oxford University Press, 2008. Dust jacket. $34.95
Yard, Robert Sterling. The Top of the Continent: The Story of a Cheerful Journey Through Our National Parks. Written by a member of National Park Service, with chapters on the Grand Canyon, Glacier National Park, Yellowstone, Crater Lake, Yosemite, Sequoia and others. Previous owner's signature with date of 1918. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. Green cloth with pasted color label, showing limited wear. $22.50
Yetman, David. Organ Pipe Cactus. Illustrated history of this interesting Sonoran plant. University of Arizona Press, 2006. Soft cover. $9.95
*Zion Canyon: A Storied Land. Text by Greer K. Cheser, photographs by Michael Plyer. A photographic story of this natural wonder. University of Arizona press, 2007. Soft cover. $14.95

Transportation - Stagecoaches, Steamboats, Railroads, and Highways

Albrecht, Harry P. Camelback Locomotives: Steam Locomotives of Yesteryear. Illustrated guide to a few unusual Mother Hubbard and Camelback locomotives. Filled with photographs and information on the engines. 1971. Green wraps. $8.00
Ambrose, Stephen E. Nothing Like It in the World: The Men who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869. Simon and Schuster, 2000. Dust jacket. $28.00
SOLD Armitage, Merle. Operations Santa Fe: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System. Edited by Edwin Corle, drawings by P. G. Napolitano. Reprint. Omni Publications, 1984. Dust jacket. $30.00
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
Baldwin, Leland D. The Keelboat Age on Western Waters. Story of river boating in the West (not far West) before steamboating. Previous owner's embossed seal on title page. 1st edition. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1941. Dust jacket. $40.00
Beebe, Lucius & Charles Clegg. The American West: The Pictorial Epic of a Continent. Illustrated with over 1000 pictures and authoritative text. 1st edition. E. P. Dutton, 1955. Dust jacket with tear on front cover. $45.00
SOLD Beebe, Lucius. Mr. Pullman's Elegant Palace Car. The railway carriage that established a new dimension of luxury and entered the national lexicon as a symbol of splendor. Previous owner's name on front endsheet. 1st edition. Doubleday & Co., 1961. Green cloth with black cloth spine. $75.00
Beebe, Lucius and Charles Clegg. U.S. West: The Saga of Wells Fargo. Illustrated by E. S. Hammack. Classic history of this pioneering company. With contemporary photographs. E. P. Dutton, 1949. Red cloth with wear. $40.00
Beebe, Lucius & Charles Clegg. Virginia & Truckee: A Story of Virginia City and Comstock Times. Decorations by E. S. Hammack. Illustrated booklet with drawings and photographs on the railroads of Nevada and local communities. Howell-North, 1963. Yellow illustrated wraps. $12.50
Bernard, Jane and Polly Brown. American Route 66: Home on the Road. 1st edition. Foreword by Michael Wallis. For three years, photographers Polly Brown and Jane Bernard traveled the road to document in photographs and first-person accounts the spirit of America so evident in the playful and determined natures of those who have made the road home. Museum of New Mexico Press, 2003. Dust jacket. $45.00
Best, Gerald M. Ships and Narrow Gauge Rails: The Story of the Pacific Coast Company. A West Coast rail-Marine operation laden with historic interest whose territory extended from Alaska to San Diego. Howell-North, 1981. Dust jacket. $40.00
Boyd, Eva Jolene. That Old Overland Stagecoaching. Story of riding the stagecoach in Texas, highlighted by excerpts from memoirs of people who made the journey. Republic of Texas Press, 1993. Soft cover. $12.95
Brown, Dee. Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow: Railroads in the West. Story of the incredible saga of bringing the transcontinental railroad across America. Previous owner's name on half-title page. 1st edition. Holt, Rinehart, 1977. Dust jacket with some wear. $25.00
Buchanan, Lamont. Steel Trails and Iron Horses: A Pageant of American Railroading. Illustrated with photographs of famous locomotives and stories of the engineers. 1st edition. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. Dust jacket. $22.50
Butterfield Overland Mail Across Arizona 1858-1861. Contains a chronological outline of the history of transportation and communication in Arizona, maps, and the early history of Arizona Postal Service by Eleanor Sloane. Compiled by Yndia Moore. A Centennial publication for Members of the Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society. Arizona Silhouettes, 1958. Wraps in original envelope. $15.00
Carpenter, Richard C. A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946 Volume 3: Indiana, Lower Michigan & Ohio. Maps showing the routes of all the trains. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. Green cloth oversize. $65.00
SOLD Colorado Railroad Museum. A Booklet to do with Colorado Railroad History and Narrow Gauge Railroads. Illustrated history with photographs of the trains and tracks. Colorado Railroad Museum, 1961. Wraps. $10.00
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
Dedek, Peter B. Hip to the Trip: A Cultural History of Route 66. A comprehensive portrait of the cultural meaning of the highway. University of New Mexico Press, 2007. Soft cover. $19.95
SOLD 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
SOLD DeNevi, Don and Bob Hall. United States Military Railway Service: America's Soldier-Railroaders in WWII. An illustrated history that details the story of the officers and men who moved huge amounts of freight and troops during the war. Boston Mills Press, 1992. Dust jacket. $28.00
Dillon, Richard. Wells, Fargo Dective: A Biography of James B. Hume. Story of the man who headed the company's battalion of dectives and helped capture Dick Fellows and Black Bart. Coward-McCann, 1969. Dust jacket. $35.00
Drago, Harry Sinclair. The Streamboaters: From the Early Side-Wheelers to the Big Packets. Coast-to-coast story of steamboats and the men who worked them, including Captain J. C. Ainsworth of the Columbia and the sailors on the Colorado River. 1st edition. Dodd, Mead & Co., 1967. Dust jacket. $28.50
Ducker, James H. Men of the Steel Rails: Workers on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, 1869-1900. Research using newspapers, railway and union journals as well as business and municipal records, it is the tale of the men who tolled on the Santa Fe. University of Nebraska Press, 1983. Dust jacket. $25.00
Dye, Victoria E. All Aboard for Santa Fe: Railway Promotion of the Southwest, 1890s to 1930s. A captivating history of how the railroad exploited the Southwest attractions to advertise the Santa Fe. University of New Mexico Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $24.95
Dye, Victoria E. All Aboard for Santa Fe: Railway Promotion of the Southwest, 1890s to 1930s. A captivating history of how the railroad exploited the Southwest attractions to advertise the Santa Fe. University of New Mexico Press, 2006. Soft cover. $17.95
Eargle, Dolan, Jr. "Tickets, Please . . ." All About California Railroads. Illustrated and informative book about the railroads of California. 1st edition. California Living Book, 1979. Oversize soft cover. $8.95
SOLD Farrington, S. Kip Jr. Railroading Coast to Coast: Riding the Locomative Cabs, 1923-1950. Introduction by Howward Fogg. Totally unique and authentic record amply illustrated with images of locomotives and trains. Bonanza Books, 1981. Dust jacket. $28.50
Farrington, S. Kip Jr. Railroads of the Hour. Introduction by Richard M. Nixon, Vice President of the United States. Streamlined book about the modern American railroad system and its practices. Coward-McCann, 1958. Dust jacket. $17.50
Fine, Jil. The Transcontinental Railroad: Tracks Across America. Illustrated history for the young reader. Trailblazers of the West. Children's Press, 2005. Soft cover. $6.95
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
SOLD Fulton, Robert Lardin. Epic of the Overland: An Account of the Building of The Central and Union Pacific Railroad. Limited edition, copy not numbered. N. A. Kovach, 1954. Blue cloth. $40.00
Griswold, Wesley S. A Work of Giants: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad. Illustrated and detailed story of the first American transcontinental railroad. 1st edition. McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1962. Dust jacket. $35.00
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
Harrison, Frederick G. "Say Grandpa," What's the Story on These Big Engines? An illustrated story of the steam locomotive engines and railroads for young people of all ages. Photographs. Books Unlimited, 1971. Pale wraps. $12.50
Hofsommer, Don L. The Southern Pacific 1901-1985. An important work, melding scholarship and general readership appeal about the Southern Pacific company. Well organized and well documented with photographs, maps and bibliography. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. Soft cover oversize. $38.00
SOLD Hokanson, Drake. The Lincoln Highway: Main Street Across America. Tenth anniversary edition. Hokanson revisits the highway and finds it changed - much for the better - since the original publication. Most notably, he calls attention to the reinvigorated Lincoln Highway Association and its efforts to preserve what is left of the old road. University of Iowa, 1999. Soft cover. $29.95
Houk, Rose. Trains and Railroads. Westward Expansion Series No. 6. A brief look at transportation on the Western frontier - for the young adult but with great information and illustrations. Jefferson National Parks Association, 2001. Wraps. $2.95
Hungerford, Edward. Wells Fargo: Advancing the American Frontier. The turbulent history of a great Western enterprise that begane during the gold strike of '49, operated its mails on the Pony Express, pioneered stagecoach lines and today propsers in American banking and transportation. 1st edition. Random House, 1949. Dust jacket with piece missing on top front. $35.00
Kane, Adam I. The Western River Steamboat. Foreword by Alan L. Bates. Nautical archaeologist Adam Kane traces the development of the steamboat and its impact on American history, providing a concise technical explanation of the construction and evolution of the Western river steamboats. 1st edition. Texas A&M University Press, 2004. Dust jacket. $39.95
Kaufman, Lawrence H. Leaders Count: The Story of BNSF Railway. A history of a remakrable company - Burlington Northern and the Santa Fe railroads. Texas Monthly, 2005. Soft cover. $14.95
Kelly, Susan Crose. Route 66: The Highway and its People. A photographic essay by Quinta Scott. With sixty-three original photographs strikingly reproduced as black-and-silver duotones. This book uses oral history and photgraphy as the basis for a human study of this country's most famous road.University of Oklahoma, 1989. Dust jacket. $28.95
Kelly, Susan Crose. Route 66: The Highway and its People. .University of Oklahoma. Soft cover $18.95
Klein, Maury. The Life and Legend of Jay Gould. Biography of the famous railroading entrepreneur. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986. Dust jacket. $27.50
Knowles, Gerald M. Route 66 Chronicles Volume I: Shadows of the Past over Route 66 Arizona - New Mexico. Personal remembrances of the characters and circumstances that infused life into those classic motels, tourist traps, unique diners, and haunting ruins. Central Plains Book Manufacturing, 2002. Soft cover. $12.95
Larson, Captain Ron, USMM. Upper Mississippi River History: Fact - Fiction - Legend. Stories and photographs of the history of steamboats and paddleboats on the river. Signed by the author. Revised second edition. Steamboat Press, 1998. Oblong soft cover. $18.70
Lass, William E. Navigating the Missouri: Steamboating on Nature's Highway, 1819-1935. Complete and colorful saga of steamboats on the Missouri from its inception to the removal of the last commercial steamer. Illustrated. Arthur H. Clark Co., 2008. Dust jacket. $45.00
Lavender, David. The Great Persuader. A major biography of the greatest of all the railroad moguls, Collis P. Huntington. 1st edition. Previous owner's name stamped on front endsheet. Doubleday, 1970. Dust jacket. $25.00
SOLD Leuthner, Stuart. The Railroaders. Foreword by Oliver Jensen and photographs by Lawson Little. Illustrated history of the men who worked on the railroad. 1st edition. Random House, 1983. $19.95
Lewis, Daniel. Iron Horse Imperialism: The Southern Pacific of Mexico, 1880-1951. The story of this U.S. owned railroad which ran from Nogales to Guadalajara and its relationship with the Mexican government. University of Arizona Press, 2007. Dust jacket. $35.00
Lingenfelter, Richard E. Steamboats on the Colorado River 1852-1916. Here is the story of a venture conceived as an enormously profitable way to open and develop the West - the use of steamboats on the Colorado. 1st edition. University of Arizona Press, 1978. Soft cover. $50.00
Loomis,Noel M. Wells Fargo: An Illustrated History. Story of the express company and how it developed into the bank that exists today. Bramhall Hall, 1968. Dust jacket. $35.00
Lubetkin, M. John. Jay Cooke's Gamble: The Northern Pacific Railroad, the Sioux, and the Panic of 1873. Interesting historic events that interwine with each other - the railroad sparked the war with the Sioux, involved Custer, created Yellowstone Park, immigration pubshed frontier settlements 400 miles westward and spurred J. P. Morgan's rise. University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. Dust jacket. 29.95
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 Stage Lines. Illustrated by Nick Eggenhofer. Hastings House, 1959. Dust jacket with minor wear. $40.00
Mangum, Richard and Sherry. Route 66 Across Arizona: A Comprehensive Two-Way Guide for Touring Route 66. 1st edition. At last, Arizona has its own Route 66 guidebook! Complete directions for east-west and west-east travel with colorful user-friendly detailed maps of place names and directions for self-designed tours. Hexagon, 2001. Soft cover. $21.95
Marshall, James. Santa Fe: The Railroad that Built an Empire. Story of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway system. Descriptive flap from dust jacket and former owner's name on back of half-title page and verso of frontiespiece. Random House, 1945. Tan cloth. $30.00
Masterson, V. V. The Katy Railroad and the Last Frontier. With a new foreword by Donovan L. Hofsommer. Few know the story and history of the Katy Trail as it winds its way through Missouri, but it was the path of the Missouri, Kansas & TexasRailway, begun in 1865 as a branch of the Union Pacific. University of Missouri Press, 1988. Soft cover. $29.95
Mills, Randall V. Stern-Wheelers Up Columbia: A Century of Steamboating in the Oregon Country. First special account of steamboat navigation in the Columbia River country. Signed by the author. 1st edition. Pacific Books, 1947. Dust jacket with minor wear. $27.50
Myrick, David F. New Mexico's Railroads: An Historical Survey. Illustrated with photographs of trains and depots in New Mexico. Colorado Railroad Museum, 1970. Soft cover. $22.50
Myrick, David F. The Railroad: Focus on the Southwest. Exhibit catalog of photographs on railroading in the Southwest. Yuma Art Center, November 12 - December 31, 1977. Soft cover oblong. $50.00
SOLD Myrick, David F. Railroads of Arizona: The Southern Roads. Volume 1 of the series by Myrick. Illustrated with great factual information on the trains and tracks. Howell-North Books, 1981. Dust jacket with portion of top piece missing. $175.00
SOLD Myrick, David F. The Santa Fe Route: Railroads of Arizona. Volume 4 of the series. Illustrated with historic photos of the trains, the towns, the depots and the men who built the railroads. Signed by the author. Signature Press, 1998. Dust jacket. $75.00
SOLD Myrick, David F. Santa Fe to Phoenix: Railroads of Arizona. Volume 5 of the series. Detailed, illustrated history of the Santa Fe rail line. Signature Press, 2001. Dust jacket. $65.00
Nathan, Adele. The Building of the First Transcontinental Railroad. Illustrated by Edw. A. Wilson. Landmark Books for young adult reader. 1st edition. Random House, 1950. Dust jacket repaired with top of spine missing. $15.00
New York Central Calendar 1975. Older calendar for railroad enthusiasts,with photographs of trains and dates filed with information. New York Central System Historical Society. Soft cover. $12.00
Ormsby, Waterman L. The Butterfield Overland Mail. Edited by Lyle H. Wright and Josephine M. Bynum. Story of the only through passenger on the first westbound stage. Centennial priniting. Huntington Library, 1955. Dust jacket. $35.00
Orsi, Richard J. Sunset Limited: The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West 1850-1930. Based on unprecedented and extensive research in the company's historical archives, Orsi finds that, contrary to conventional understanding, the Southern Pacific identified its corporate well-being with population growth and social and economic development. University of California Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $29.95
Overton, Richard C. Gulf to Rockies: The Heritage of the Fort Worth and Denver - Colorado and Southern Railways, 1861 - 1898. With sketches by Reginald Marsh. Greenwood Press, 1970. Brownish cloth. $22.50
Petersen, William J. Steamboating On the Upper Mississippi. Tales of colorful and dramatic incidents on the river, based on original documents and contemporary eye-witness accounts. State Historical Society of Iowa, 1968. Dust jacket. $50.00
Poor, M. C. Denver South Park & Pacific: Memorial Edition. Early Colorado mountain railroad history comes to life with this book. Illustrated with trains and track. Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, 1974. Dust jacket. $250.00
Publications of the Nebraska State Historical Society Volume XX. Contains three chapters on Missouri River Steamboats and trade. Illustrated. Published by the Society, 1922. Red cloth with stain and wear. $15.00
Reed, Majorie. The Colorful Butterfield Overland Stage. Reproductions in color of 20 paintings, with text by Richard F. Pourade. Signed by the artist to Ann and Brownell (McGrew). Best-West Publications, 1966. Dust jacket worn. $65.00
Reed, Majorie. The Colorful Butterfield Overland Stage. Reproductions in color of 21 paintings, with text by Richard F. Pourade. Introduction by Richard B. Yale. Copley Press, 1971. Oblong, soft cover. $25.00
SOLD Reed, Marjorie. The Butterfield Overland Stage in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. Reproductions in color of 20 paintings by Reed. Includes text on Butterfield by Frederick S. Doolittle. Old Adobe Gallery. Oblong, soft cover. $17.50
Riker, Ben. Pony Wagon Town Along U.S. 1890. Illustrated by James MacDonald. Story of a town where wagons and carriages were made. Signed by the author. 1st edition. Bobbs-Merrill, 1948. Dust jacket. $25.00
Riskin, Marci L. The Train Stops Here: New Mexico's Railway Legacy. Includes a brief history of railroad development in New Mexico, architectural features of the rr buildings and how the railroad works. Illustrated with photographs of the trains and maps of the tracks. University of New Mexico Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $29.95
SOLD Robertson, Donald B. Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History: Volume IV California. Provides construction dates and chronological organization of the different lines. Caxton Printers, 1998. Dust jacket. $42.95
Sayre, John W. Ghost Railroads of Central Arizona: A Journey Through Yesteryear. The rich, colorful story of railroads and mining in Central Arizona. Previous owner's bookplate on front endsheet. 1st edition. Pruett Publishing, 1985. Soft cover oversize. $50.00
Schneider, Jill. Route 66 Across New Mexico: A Wanderer's Guide. 1st edition. Photographs by D. Nakii. Tells the story of Albuquerque to the Arizona border, the Texas border and Governor Hannett's story of "older 66." University of New Mexico, 1991. Soft cover. $20.00
Schwantes, Carlos Arnaldo. Long Day's Journey: The Steamboat & Stagecoach Era in the Northern West. A gathering of historical photographs, advertisements, posters, and contemporary accounts to recreate one of the most colorful periods in the American West. 1st edition. University of Washington Press, 1999. Dust jacket. $40.00
Scott, Quinta. Along Route 66. Describes the architectural styles found along the highway from Illinois to California, with unforgettable oral histories and images. University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. Soft cover. $24.95
Settle, Raymond W. and Mary Lund Settle. War Drums and Wagon Wheels: The Story of Russell, Majors and Waddell. The history of the rise and hall of this famous freighting outfit, which brought transportation to the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press, 1966. Dust jacket. $28.50
Short Sketch of the Services of Major-General Grenville Mellen Dodge. Reprinted from A History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Includes the military record of Dodge. Tan wraps. $25.00
Spence, Vernon Gladden. Colonel Morgan Jones: Grand Old Man of Texas Railroading. Biography of the man who laid more of the rails across North and West Texas than any other individual, working for such companies as the Southern Pacific, Texas and Pacific and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe. 1st edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 1971. Dust jacket. $35.00
Stagecoach. Two books, Book One: Wells Fargo and the American West by Philip L. Fradkin and Book Two: Wells Fargo and the Rise of the American Financial Services Industry by Andy Anderson. The Epic story of an American original, a business with peculiar American talen for reinvention - Wells Fargo. Simon & Schuster, 2002. Dust jacket. $37.50
Taylor, Morris F. First Mail West: Stagecoach Lines on the Santa Fe Trail. The story of the stagecoach lines that carried passengers and mail over the Santa Fe Trail from 1850 to 1879, when railroads took over their traffic. 1st edition. University of New Mexico Press, 1971. Dust jacket. $45.00
Underhill, Francis T. Driving Horse-Drawn Carriages for Pleasure: TheClassic Illustrated Guide to Coaching, Harnessing, Stabling, etc. Reprint of 1897 edition with over 120 illustrations. Dover, 1989. Soft cover. $18.00
Union Pacific Railroad Co. Info. Magazine with articles on the Aspen Tunnel, Medicine Bow and California Division. Filled with photos of trains. May 1975. Wraps oversize. $5.00
United States Coast Pilot Pacific Coast: California, Oregon, and Washington. All types of information for the mariners. 4th edition. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, 1926. Pale green cloth, with spine faded. $27.50
Usner, Don J. New Mexico Route 66 on Tour: Legendary Architecture from Glenrio to Gallup. 1st edition. Usner provides a unique and entertaining perspective on the state's Router 66 landmarks. Black and white illustrations throughout. Museum of New Mexico, 2001. Soft cover. $19.95
Waldo, Edna LaMoore. From Travois to Iron Trail: How American Went West. Describes the historical progression of movement westward. 1st edition. Bernard Ackerman, 1944. Dust jacket. $25.00
Wallis, Michael. The Lincoln Highway: Coast to Coast from Times Square to the Golden Gate. The best selling author of Route 66 and a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer celebrate America's first transcontinental highway in all its neon glory. W.W. Norton, 2007. Dust jacket. $39.95
Wallis, Michael. Route 66: The Mother Road. 1st edition. After seventeen yeras of research, Wallis has compiled the definitive book on the most legendary road in American history. Wallis weaves together a rich tapestry of eight decades that chronicles the road from its founding to its demise with the advent of the interstate system, and to its current, wholly unprecedented revival. St. Martin's Press, 1990. $29.95
Walthers. 50th Anniversary 1982 HO Railroad Catalog. Illustrated with images of toy trains and prices. Walters, 1982. Oversize soft cover. $8.95
Waters, L. L. Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Countless stories of the men and companies who built the railroads. 1st edition. University of Kansas Press, 1950. Dust jacket. $45.00
Wilson, Neill C. Treasure Express: Epic Days of the Wells Fargo. History of the transportation company. Macmillan Co., 1936. Blue cloth. $25.00
Wilson, Spencer and Vernon J. Glover. The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad: The Historic Preservation Study. Story of the narrow-gauge line between Chama, New Mexico and Antonito, Colorado. 1st edition. University of New Mexico Press, 1980. Dust jacket. $35.00
Winther, Oscar Osburn. Via Western Express & Stagecoach. History of the stagecoaches and express lines in California. Stanford University Press, 1947. Dust jacket.
Workin' on the Railroad: Reminiscences from the Age of Steam. Edited with commentary by Richard Reinhardt. A carefully selected scrapbook of personal memories of old days on the railroad. Weathervane Books, 1970. Dust jacket. $16.50
Zega, Michael E. and John E. Gruber. Travel by Train: The American Railroad Poster, 1870-1970. Focuses on the artists, railroad men, and advertising agencies that created and produced the work. It presents the work in the context of historical treands and competitive strategies that shaped the development of the railroad industry. The book features 164 poster images, personal photographs, and sketches, many never published before. Indiana University Press, 2002. Dust jacket. $35.00

Weapons

Albaugh, William A. III. Confederate Edged Weapons. Drawings by Carl Pugliese. Describes fully and pictures beautifully the swords, pikes and lances, bayonets, and bowie knives used by the Confederate Army. 1st edition. Harper & Brothers, 1960. Dust jacket with minor wear. $55.00
Armax. The Journal of the Cody Firearms Museum. Volume 5. Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Articles on different firearm subjects. $25.00
Austyn, Christopher. Gun Engraving. A survey of the gun engravers which includes photographs showing various engravings. 1st edition. Safari Press, 1998. Dust jacket. $50.00
SOLD Baer, Larry. The Parker Gun: An Immortal American Classic. Between 1865 and 1945, more than 243,000 Parker shotguns were manufactured. The Gun Room Press, 1989. Dust jacket. $35.00
SOLD Balentine, F.J. Pablo. Freund & Bro.: Pioneer Gunmakers to the West. A look into the work and lives, of nineteenth century Western gunsmiths Frank and George Freund. Autographed by author. 1st edition. Graphic Publishers, 1997. Dust jacket. $69.95
SOLD Ball, Robert W.D. Springfield Armory: Shoulder Weapons 1795-1968. Comprehensive reference featuring more than 800 color photographs and a well researched history of the Armory. 1st edition. Antique Trader Books, 1997. Dust jacket. $34.95
SOLD Barnes, Duncan. The History of Winchester Firearms 1866-1980. Many pictures and descriptions of the Winchester Firearms. In Slipcase. Winchester Press, 1980. $65.00
SOLD Berger, R. J. Know Your Czechoslovakian Pistols. Illustrated. Blacksmith Publishers, 1989. Soft cover. $50.00
Bilby, Joseph G. A Revolution in Arms: A History of the First Repeating Rifles. The story of the Civil War invention that changed how wars are fought - a fascinating tale of how Benjamin Henry and Christopher Spencer each combined generations of cartridge and rifle technology to develop reliable repeating rifles. Westholme Publishing, 2005. Dust jacket. $26.00
Blair, Claude. Pistols of the World. Illustrated history. 1st edition. Vicking Press, 1968. Dust jacket. $45.00
Boddington, Craig. America: The Men and Their Guns That Made Her Great. Historical American accounts where guns played a factor. Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, Sam Colt, and Robert E. Lee are some of the names mentioned in this book. 1st edition. Peterson Publishing Co., 1981. Dust jacket. $25.00
SOLD Boorman, Dean K. Guns of the Old West: An Illustrated History. The fascinating firearms that helped open up the Old West, all described in detail, and shown in clear, close-up color photographs. Lyons Press, 2004. Oversize soft cover. $18.95
Boorman, Dean K. The History of Colt Firearms. Preface by R. L. Wilson. An illustrated book on Colt handguns, rifles and shotguns - the most famous name in firearms design and manufacture. Signed by the author and Wilson. 1st Lyons Press edition. Lyons Press, 2001. Dust jacket. $29.95
SOLD Boorman, Dean K. The History of the Smith & Wesson Firearms. A detailed and beautifully illustrated book with every major firearm produced over the last 150 years show in clear photographs. Lyons Press, 2002. Dust jacket. $29.95
Boorman, Dean K. The History of Winchester Firearms. Preface by R. L. Wilson. A detailed, illustrated book on Winchester rifles and shotguns - the most popular weaons in the world of collection. Signed by the author and Wilson. 1st Lyons Press edition. Lyons Press, 2001. Dust jacket. $29.95
The Bow Builder's Book: European Bow Building from the Stone Age to Today. Illustrated with images showing the trees that make the bow and the making of the arrowheads. Schiffer, 2007. Dust jacket oversize. $34.95
Bowen, Taylor G. James Reid and his Catskill Knuckledusters. Comprehensive study which penetrates the mystique of these dual purpose weapons of guns and brass knuckles. Andrew Mowbray, 1989. Dust jacket. $35.00
SOLD Brophy, Lt. Col. William S., USAR Ret. The Krag Rifle. The first book written on the Krag. Fills in the gaps providing the information necessary to understand it. Gun Room Press, 1995. $35.00
Brophy, Lt. Col. William S. The Springfield 1903 Rifles. The illustrated, documented story of the design, development, and production of all the models, appendages, and accessories. Illustrated with photographs and drawings of the rifles and its parts. Stackpole, 1985. Red cloth oversize. $75.00
Brower, Bailey, Jr. Savage Pistols. Edited by Don Gulbrandsen. The complete story of the Savage Arms Company pistols, offering an accurate account of Arthur Savage's life. Details the factory engraving, collectibles, memoriabilia, catalogs and advertising. Illustrated guide to the pistols. Stackpole Books, 2008. Dust jacket oversize. $49.95
Carey, A. Merwyn. American Firearms Makers: When, Where, and What They Made from the Colonial Period to the End of the Nineteenth Century. The most complete reference work of its kind in print when it was written. 1st edition. Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1953. Dust jacket. $25.00
Chapel, Charles Edward. Guns of the Old West. Description and illustration of the weapons from 1775 to the end of the 19th century with the stories of the men who used them. 1st edition. Coward-McCann, Inc., 1961. Dust jacket. $40.00
Chicoine, David R. Gunsmithing: Guns of the Old West. A valuable tool for any collector, cowboy action shooter or lover of antique and replica guns! Offers a look at more than 40 models and outlines the differences between working on the originals and maintaining the replicas. Includes detailed instructions. Krause Publications, 2001. Oversize soft cover. $27.95
SOLD Crossman, E. C. Book of the Springfield: A Textbook Covering the Military, Sporting and Target Rifles Chambered for the Caliber .30 Model 1906 Cartridge; Their Metallic and Telescopic Sights and the Ammunition Suited to Them. Parts 1 and 2 (by Roy F. Dunlap). Reprint. Wolfe Publishing Co., 1989. Blue cloth. $55.00
SOLD Dallas, Donald. The British Sporting Gun and Rifle: Pursuit of Perfection 1850-1900. Illustrated with information on the guns and their makers. Stackpole Books, 2008. Dust jacket oversize. $100.00
Datig, Fred A. Cartridges for Collectors: Volume 1 (Centerfired). First in a series of reference books on cartridge identification compiled for gun enthusiasts and collectors. Each cartridge is illustrated. Borden Publishing Co., 1963. Dust jacket. $27.50
Davis, William C. Frontier Skills: The Tactics and Weapons that Won the American West. This fascinating volume, superbly illustrated with specially commissioned photographs of artifacts, artworks and contemporary images, is an examination of the trials and tribulations of the explorers, hunters, pioneers, and settlers who craved or were sometimes desperate for a new life in the West. 1st edition. Lyons Press, 2003. Dust jacket. $22.95
SOLD Dixon, Norman. Georgian Pistols: The Art and Craft of the Flintlock Pistol, 1715 - 1840. Illustrated guide to these beautiful weapons. George Shumway, 1971. Dust jacket. $55.00
Dunlap, Roy F. Gunsmithing. A Stackpole Classic Gun Book. Originally published in 1950, this is the second edition published in 1963. Filled drawings and photographs. Stackpole. Casebound. $44.95
Dunn, Dennis H. Barebow! An Archer's Fair-Chase Taking of North America's Big-Game 29. Beautifully illustrated big game paintings. 1st edition. Documentary Media, 2008. Dust jacket, oblong. $95.00
Elgood, Robert. Firearms of the Islamic World in the Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait. Contains color illustrations and photographs. I. B. Tauris Publishers, 1995. Dust jacket. $65.00
Elman, Robert. Fired in Anger: The personal Handguns of American Heroes and Villians. Introduction by Harold L. Peterson. Dramatic moments in history, revealed through a detailed study of the personal handguns of famous and infamous Americans. Illustrated. 1st edition. Doubleday & Co., 1968. Dust jacket, worn on spine edges. $50.00
SOLD Fadala, Sam. Winchester 94: America's Rifle. History of the 30-30 with pictures. 1st edition. Wolfe Publiching Co., 1993. $35.00
FitzGerald, J. H. Shooting. Written by the expert in firearms and instructor in target and defense shooting. Everything you wanted to know on how to shoot a weapon. 1st edition. G. F. Book Co., 1930. Maroon cloth. $85.00
Flayderman N. & Co., Inc. Purveyors of Military & Nautical Antiquities. Catalog No. 103. Illustrated with information on swords, rifles, knives, etc. and prices. A few items are circled by previous owner. Soft cover. $3.00
Flayderman N. & Co., Inc. Purveyors of Military & Nautical Antiquities. Catalog No. 104. Illustrated with information on swords, rifles, knives, etc. and prices. Soft cover. $3.00
Fuller, Claud E. and Richard D. Steuart. Firearms of the Confederacy. The Shoulder Arms, Pistols, and Revolvers of the Confederate Soldier, including the Regular United States Models, the Imported Arms and Those Manufactured within the Confederacy. Originally published in 1944. Special edition privately printed for members of the Firearms Classics Library. National Rifle Association, 1996. Silk endsheets, gilt edge, brown leather with gilt decorations and lettering. $60.00
SOLD Gabriel, Ronald S. American & British 410 Shotguns. Illustrated with color photographs, the most in-depth book on the 410 shotguns. Krause Publications, 2003. Dust jacket oversized. $100.00
Garavaglia, Louis A. & Charles G. Worman. Firearms of the American West. A second volume of a two-part study of firearms in the nineteenth-century. Fully illustrated. University Press of Colorado, 1997. Dust jacket. $70.00
SOLD Glendenning, Ian. British Pistols and Guns 1640 - 1840. Revised edition with special illustrations detailing the weapons. Arco Publishing, Co., 1967. Dust jacket. $25.00
Grant, Ellsworth P. The Colt Legacy: The Story of the Colt Armory in Hartford 1855-1980. The Colt and its history in Hartford. 1st edition. Mowbray Company, 1982. $16.95
Gun Trader's Guide. Twenty-Ninth Edition, completely revised and updated. Contains illustrations, details of the guns, and pricing guide. Stoeger Publishing Co., 2006. Oversize soft cover. $24.95
Hammer, Kenneth M. The Springfield Carbine on the Western Frontier. Concise, illustrated history of this weapon on the frontier. Old Army Press, 1970. Wraps. $15.00
Hanson, Jr. Charles E. The Plains Rifle. Hanson is very detailed about the rifles that were used in the plains. 1st edition. Telegraph Press, 1960. $40.00
Hardin, Jesse L. "Wolf". Old Guns and Whispering Ghosts: Tales and Twists of the Old West. Foreword by Bob Boze Bell. Brings to life the history, spirit and character of the Old West and the weapons in each tale. Shoot Magazine, 2006. Dust jacket. $39.95
Hartzler, Daniel D. and Whisker James B. The Northern Armory: The United States Armory at Springfield, Massachusetts, 1795-1859. Pictures and history of the Springfield Armory. Old Bedford Village Press, 1976. $45.00
Hiddleson, Chad. Encyclopedia of Ruger Semi-Automatic Rimfire Pistols 1949-1992. B&W photos with detailed descriptions of the firearms. Krause Publications, 1993. Blue casebound with paper label and silver printing. $60.00
SOLD Hogg, Ian V. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Firearms. Military and civil firearms from the beginnings to the present day . . . An A-Z directory of makes and amkers from 1830. Chartwell Books, 1987. Brown leatherette with gold printing and pasted image. $20.00
Hosley, William. Colt: The Making of an American Legend. Pictorial history of the man and gun. University of Massachusetts Press, 1996. Dust jacket oversize. $49.95
Hothem, Lar. Collecting Indian Knives: Indentification and Values. Illustrated. Includes information on Paleo, archaic, Woodland-Mississippian, hated knives, caches, ceremonial, historic. Book Americana, 1986. Soft cover. $22.50
Hothem, Lar. Indian Axes & Related Stone Artifacts. Illustrated guide. Collector Books, 1989. Soft cover. $50.00
Houze, Herbert G. Cody Firearms Museum. Colorful illustrated guide to the collection. Bullalo Bill Historical Center, 1991. Dust jacket. $24.95
Houze, Herbert G. Cody Firearms Museum. Colorful illustrated guide to the collection. Bullalo Bill Historical Center, 1991. Soft cover. $14.95
Houze, Herbert G. Colt Rifles & Muskets: From 1847-1870. New findings about how he various colt rifles, muskets, carbines, and shotguns were developed. 1st edition. Krause Publications, 1996. Dust jacket. $34.95.
House, Herbert G. Samuel Colt: Arms, Art, and Invention. Edited by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser. With essays and entries by Carolyn C. Cooper. Biography of the man who first patented the Colt, along with a discussion of Colt's personal collection of historic firearms and the relationship between art and commerce. Yale University Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $65.00
Houze, Herbert G. To the Dreams of Youth: Winchester .22 Caliber Single Shot Rifle. Many pictures of the single shot rifles and a history of it's progression from the World Wars to the modern age. ist edition. Krause Publications, 1993. Dust jacket. $34.95
SOLD Houze, Herbert G. The Winchester Model 52: Perfection in Design. Accurate account of the history and developments of the rifle. 1st edition. Krause Publications, 1997. Dust jacket. $34.95
SOLD Hughes Jr., James B. Mexican Military Arms: The Cartridge Period 1866-1967. Rifles, Bayonets, Pistols, and Machine Guns used by the Mexican Military. 1st edition. Deep River Armory, 1968. $30.00
Hughes, Steven Dodd. Fine Gun Making: Double Shotguns. Custom shotguns with color and noncolor photographs. Includes the stages a gun must go through to become a one-of-a-kind. 1st edition. Krause Publications, 1998. Dust jacket. $34.95
Karr Jr., Charles Lee and Karr, Caroll Robbins. Remington Handguns. Every model of the Remingtin handgun is discussed seperately with its history, development, and illustration. The stackpole Company, 1960. Dust jacket. $35.00
Keith, Elmer. Shotguns by Keith. Originally published in 1950. Special edition privately printed for members of the Firearms Classics Library. National Rifle Association, 1995. Silk endsheets, gilt edge, tan leather with gilt decorations and lettering. $50.00
Kirkland, K. D. Browning: America's Premier Gunmakers. Illustrated history. Exeter, 1989. Dust jacket. $24.95
Law, Richard and Brookesmith, Peter. The Fighting Handgun: An Illustrated History from the Flintlock to Automatic Weapons. Charts the evolution of the pistol from the beginning. Noted are the countries involved and the role it has played in war and internal security operations. 1st edition. Arms and Armour Press, 1996. Dust jacket. $29.95
Lewerken, Heinz-Werner. Kombinations Waffen Des 15.-19. Jahrhunderts. Oversize illustrated book on swords and edged weapons, but text is in German. Militarverlag Der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1989. Dust jacket. $100.00
Lindsay, Merrill. The Lure of Antique Arms. Illustrated history with a glossary. Signed by the author. Stoeger Publishing Co., 1976. Soft cover. $10.00
Logan, Herschel C. Hand Cannon to Automatic: A Pictorial Parade of Hand Arms. Detailed guide with drawings of the various weapons. Standard Publications, 1944. Tan cloth, oblong. $35.00
SOLD Lynn, John A. Tools of War: Instruments, Ideas, and Institutions of Warfare, 1445-1871. The conrtibutors of this book explore a variety of themes and approaches to military action. 1st edition. University of Illinois Press, 1990. Dust jacket. $24.95
M1917 Enfield Rifle. Reprint of the government issue manual. Combat Bookshelf. Soft cover. $15.00
Marcot, Roy. The History of Remington Firearms. An illustrated chronicle of the famous Remington guns. 1st edition. Lyons Press, 2005. Dust jacket. $29.95
Mason, Otis Tufton and Gerard Fowke. North American Bows, Arrows and Quivers - Part II Chipped Arrow Heads. Introduction and frontispiece drawings by Ernest Berke. Page Decorations by Carl J. Pugliese. Contains an original color sketch of a tomahawk with an inscription by Pugliese to Berke. Reprints of 19th century articles. Carl J. Publiese, 1972. Red cloth. $150.00
SOLD McAulay, John D. Carbines of the U.S. Cavalry 1861-1905. The carbines used by the U. S. Cavalry have always been of special interest to both historians and collectors. This exchaustively researched book covers the entire crucial period from the Civil War, Indian Campaigns to the Spanish-American War. Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 1996. Pictorial casebound. $35.00
SOLD McHenry Roy C. and Roper, Walter F. Smith & Wesson Hand Guns. History and pictures of the hand guns with pictures of Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson. Excellent condition. Standard Publications, 1947. $100.00
Miller, David. The History of Browning Firearms. A captivating and wonderfully illustrated chronicle of one of the most influential and legendary names in gunsmithing history. Lyons Press, 2006. Dust jacket. $24.95
SOLD North, Anthony and Ian V. Hogg. The Book of Guns & Gunsmiths. Comprehensive guide to small arms which traces their development from the earliest hand cannon to the modern submachine guns. New Burlington Books, 1977. Dust jacket. $30.00
O'Connor, Jack. Complete Book of Rifles and Shotguns. A comprehensive, illustrated guide to modern sporting rifles and how to use them. With hundreds of photos plus how they work drawings by Ray Pioch. New edition, revised and updated. Outdoor Life, Harper & Row, 1966. Dust jacket with wear on the edges. $20.00
O'Connor, Jack. Outdoor Life: Arms and Ammunition Manual. Fully illustrated, 1001 expert tips to improve your shooting. How to select, use and care for rifles, shotguns, handguns, ammunition and hunting accessories. Previous owner's name stamped on title page. 1st edition. Outdoor Life, 1952. Soft cover with minor writing on cover. $13.50
SOLD Officers of the Ordnance Department, U.S. Army. Small Arms 1856. Story of the development of the U.S. Model of 1855 small arms and ammunition, published by the Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis, in 1856. Limited edition. Dean Thomas, 1984. $14.95
O'Meara, "Doc". Classic Colt Peacemakers. Beautiful colored pictures with info on each gun pictured. 1st edition. Krause Publications, 2001. Soft. $21.95
SOLD O'Meara, Doc. Colt's Single Action Army Revolver. An intriguing look at the most popular revolver ever deisnged. Illustrated. Krause, 1999. Dust jacket. $38.50
SOLD O'Meara, Doc. The Guns of the Gunfighters: Lawmen, Outlaws & Hollywood Cowboys. Takes a look at the firearms carried by the most famous gunfighters of the Wild West and the silver screen. A factual look at the tools of the trade. Krause Publications, 2003. Dust jacket. $34.99
Parsons, John E. The First Winchester: The Story of the 1866 Repeating Rifle. This prestigous author adds a notable addition to the history of firearms and a revealing picture of the Old West. Winchester Press, 1969. Dust jacket. $50.00
Parsons, John E. The Peacemaker and Its Rivals: An Account of the Single Action Colt. History, pictures, and diagrams of this classic revolver. William Morrow and Company, 1953. $50.00
Peterson, Harold L. American Indian Tomahawks. With an appendix: The Blacksmith Shop by Milford G. Chandler. Contributions from the Museumof the American Indian Heye Foundation vol. XIX. Detailed illustrated guide. Rev. edition. Heye Foundation, 1971. Red cloth. $300.00
SOLD Peterson, Harold L. The American Sword 1775 - 1945. First book devoted exclusively to the subject of American swords - illustrated and an invaluable reference for collectors. Facsimile reprint of 1954 edition. Dover, 2003. Soft cover. $24.95
SOLD Peterson, Harold L. Arms and Armor in Colonial America 1526-1783. Author demonstrates the effect of weapons on the thoughts and actions of "men who cleared away the wilderness and brought the U.S. into being." Bramhall House, 1956. Dust jacket. $40.00
Peterson, Harold L. The Fuller Collection of American Firearms: America's Military Long Arms. Illustrated guide. Eastern National Park & Monument Association, 1967. Soft cover oblong. $15.00
Potocki, John. The Colt Model 1905 Automatic Pistol. With Supplemental Coverage of the Colt M1907 Automatic Pistol and a complete facsimile copy of the Thompason-LaGarde Report. Illustrated history that covers all aspect of the Colt Model 1905. Andrew Mowbray Publ, 1998. Illustrated casebound. $28.00
SOLD Ramage, Ken. The Gun Digest Book of Modern Gun Values. 11th edition. For modern arms made from 19000 to present. Over 7,500 guns and 3,000 photos. Paperback. Krause Publications, 2001. $24.95
Rattenbury, Richard C. The Art of American Arms Makers: Marketing Guns, Ammunition and Western Adventure During the Golden Age of Illustration. Preface by Charles P. Schroeder. An exhibition catalog of western art used by gun manufacturers - great color plates. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 2004. Soft cover. $29.95
Ricketts, Howard. Firearms: Pleasures and Treasures. Illustrated history. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. Decorated purple cloth. $30.00
SOLD Rosa, Joseph G. Guns of the American West. Illustrated book explores the development of the weapons used by the pioneers of the American West, from the early flintlocks through to the introduction of the automatic pistol at the end of the nineteenth century. Exter Books, 1985. Dust jacket. $30.00
Rosebush, Waldo E. Frontier Steel: The Men and Their Weapons. Covering the period from 1833-1861, Mexican War, Indian campaigns, the Texas Rangers, first US Dragoons, Regiment of Mounted Rifles. Former library book with minor markings. 1st edition. C. C. Nelson Publishing Co., 1958. Blue cloth rubbed at top. $50.00
Russell, Carl P. Guns on the Early Frontiers: A History of Firearms from Colonial Times through the Years of the Western Fur Trade. Outstanding contribution to the literature on firearms. University of Nebraska Press, 1980. Soft cover with some wear. $30.00
Schuyler, Hartley & Graham. Illustrated Catalog of Civil War Military Goods: Union Weapons, Insignia, Uniform Accessories and other Equipment. Includes chapters on Army, Navy and Marine Corps uniforms and coats of arms. Facsimile reproduction of 1864 edition. Dover, 1985. Soft cover oversize. $12.95
SOLD Schwing, Ned. Winchester's Finest: The Model 21. Thorough history with many pictures and technicalities of the Model 21. 1st edition. Krause Publications, 1990. $49.95
SOLD Schwing, Ned. The Winchester Model 42. With technical assistance from Don "Duck" Combs, Schwing goes into a great detail of the Model 42. 1st edition revised. Krause Publications, 1990. $34.95
SOLD Schwing, Ned. Winchester Slide-Action Rifles Volume II: Model 61 & Model 62. Very detailed with pictures on the two models. 1st edition. Krause Publications, 1993. $34.95
Sell, De Witt, Ph.D. Collector's Guide to American Cartridge Handguns. Pictures and descriptions of American handguns. 1st edition. Stackpole, 1963. $35.00
Sell, De Witt, Ph.D. Handguns Americana. The pageantry of American enterprise in providing handguns suitable for both civilians and military purposes. 1st edition. Borden Publishing, 1972. Dust jacket. $22.50
Sellers, Frank. Sharps Firearms. More than 500 photographs complete this detailed history of the company and gun. Sellers, 2001. Dust jacket. $75.00
Serven, James E. Colt Firearms {from 1836}. Many pictures of the firearms plus historic accounts of the Seminole War the Pony Express, the Gold-rush, and more. The Foundation Press Publications, 1972. Dust jacket. $55.00
Serven, James E. Conquering the Frontiers: Stories of American Pioneers and the guns which helped them establish a new life. 1st edition. Foundation Press, 1974. Dust jacket worn on top front edge. $50.00
Shooter's Bible. The World's Standard Firearms Reference Book. Illustrated guide with new products, specifictions, pricing guide. 98th Edition. Stoeger Publishing, 2006. Oversize soft cover. $$24.95
Simmons, Dick. Custom Built Rifles: Their Design and Production. Discussion on the best rifle. Completely revised. Previous owner's signature on front endsheet. National Rifle Association Library Book. Stackpole Company, 1955. Dust jacket worn. $25.00
Smith, C. Conrad and William A. Gary. Confederate Pistols: A Vestpocket Reference. Easily carried guide to Confederate weapons, with photographs. Signed by Smith. Booklet, 1991. Soft cover, small black cover. $15.00
Smith, W. H. B. Walther Pistols. Illustrated guide to the various models. 1st edition. Military Service, Publishing Co., 1946. Creme cloth with red decoration printing. $40.00
Sotheby & Co. Catalogue. Catalogue of Highly Important Firearms from the collection of the late William Goodwin Renwick (European Part I). Day of Sale states Monday, 17th July, 1972 on the front. The collection includes longarms, carbines, pistols, and combination weapons. $15.00
SOLD Stadt, Ronald, W. Winchester Shotguns and Shotshells: From the Hammer Double to the Model 59. Many pictures of the brandname's shotguns and the rounds. First edition. Armory Publications, 1984. Dust jacket. $29.95
Stone, George Cameron. A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times: Together with Some Closely Related Subjects. Reprint of 1934 original edition. Over 4500 illustrations. Classic in its field. Jack Brussel, 1961. Dust jacket oversize. $60.00
Supica, Jim and Nahas, Richard. Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson. Complete listing of S&W products and prices from 1857 to date. Includes over 752 models listed in 6 grade conditions. 1st edition. Krause Publications, 1996. Dust jacket. $29.95
SOLD Suydam, Charles. The American Cartridge: An Illustrated Study of the Rimfire Cartridge in the United States. Black marking on front endsheet. Presentation copy signed by the author. G. Robert Lawrence, 1960. Dark red cloth. $45.00
Ware, Donald L. Remington Army and Navy Revolvers, 1861-1888. Detailed examination of the development and the evolution of Remington revolvers from the beginning of the Civil War to the end of the Indian Wars. University of New Mexico, 2007. Dust jacket. $65.00
Walter, John. The Guns That Won the West: Firearms on the American Frontier, 1848-1899. Tells the colorful story on the wide range of firearms from the smallest pistol to the rifles of the buffalo hunters. Greenhill Books, 1999. Dust jacket. $34.95
Watrous, George R., Rikhoff, James C., and Hall Thomas E. The History of Winchester Firearms 1866-1975. Autographed by Hall and Rikhoff on bookplate. Included are two letters from author James C, Rikhoff thanking a gentlmen for ordering the book.Excellent condition in slip case. Winchester Press, 1975. $95.00
Weland, Gerald. A Collector's Guide to Swords, Daggers & Cutlasses. Very easy to read with many colorful photographs. 1st edition. Chartwell Books, 1991. Dust jacket. $15.00
Wennberg, Kaa. European Fireams in Swedish Castles. Illustrated guide. 1986. Tan casebound. $50.00
SOLD Wilson, R. L. The Colt Heritage: The Official History of Colt Firearms from 1836 to the Present. With nearly 250 original illustrations in full color and photographs. Comprehensive history of this famous gun. Simon and Schuster. Dust jacket. $65.00
Wilson, R. L. Fine Colts: The Dr. Joseph A. Murphy Collection. Limited edition number 224 of 3000 featuring Murphy's collection of rare, historic, and important Colt Firearms. Signed by Murphy, Steven M. Silvia (CEO Colt Forearms), R.L. Wilson, and historian Kathleen J. Hoyt. Republic Publishing Co., 1999. Dust jacket. $125.00
SOLD Wilson, R. L. Ruger & His Guns: A History of the Man, the Company and Their Firearms. Beautifully done with many pictures and a great history on Ruger firearms. Autographed 1st edition. Simon and Schuster, 1996. Dust jacket. $65.00
Wilson, R. L. Steel Canvas: The Art of American Guns. More brilliant work by Wilson featuring decorative art by Tiffany & Co., extraordinary engravings, and the creations from the Kentucky longrifles, Colt, Winchester, S&W, Remington, Marlin, Sharps, Derringer, Ruger, and many more, including knives, tomahawks, and swords. 1st edition. Random House, 1995. Dust jacket. $65.00
Winant, Lewis. Early Percussion Firearms: A History of Early Percussion Firearms Ignition-from Forsyth to Winchester .44/40. With many pictures. 1st edition. Bonanza Books, 1959. Dust jacket. $27.50
Worman, Charles G. Gunsmoke and Saddle Leather: Firearms in the Nineteenth-Century American West. Various accounts of firearms and the people who used them, including profession hunters, a woman crossing the plains by wagon in 1850, a cowboy on a long cattle drive or a soldier campaigning. University of New Mexico Press, 2005. Dust jacket - oversize. $65.00
SOLD Wyckoff, James. Famous Guns That Won the West. Illustrated history of the pioneer guns from the Kentucky flintlock and the plains rifle to the Colt and Winchester. Previous owner's inscription on front endsheet. Arco, 1968. Dust jacket. $17.50

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