101. Majesty's Rancho. New York: Harper and Brothers, [1942].
First Edition stated. Arizona set western and crime novel of kidnapping and cowboys. Near Fine in attractive Very Good plus dustjacket, few small edge chips along top edge. Item #41887
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102. The Vanishing American. New York. Grosset and Dunlap. (1925).
Reprint Edition. Romance of Native Americans. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket with minor spine end wear,minor edge wear and shallow chipping to bottom edge of back panel. Item #11233
103. Wanderer of the Wasteland. New York: Harper and Brothers. 1923.
First Edition. ill. w/ C. W. Woodruff dustjacket art Early Grey title in jacket of a man who believes he has killed his brother and goes out into the great American Desert to expiate his crime. Basis for the Paramount silent, two strip technicolor motion picture, Directed by Irvin Willat and starring Jack Holt and Noah Beery. Also made into a RKO film in 1945. Very Good plus copy, with some shelf wear and light stain to edges of title page only, in Very Good plus jacket, few very small chips at spine ends and flap corners, mild rubbing. . Item #6141
104. Western Union. London: Hodder and Stoughton, (1939).
First English Edition. Bip Pares dustjacket art. Scarce British edition of one of Grey's best novels of pioneering life. Great Bip Pares jacket artwork. Near Fine, few scotch tape abrasions to pastedowns, in Very Good dustjacket, few pieces of scotch tape at edge of flaps, piece of scotch tape at exterior of lower rear panel, few shadows at verso of spine ends. Item #22972
105. Wild Horse Mesa. New York: Harper and Brothers. 1928.
First Edition. Stockton Mullford dustjacket art. Western genre novel of a young man in pursuit of a horse. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few small chips at top spine end, small chip at top rear and lower front panels. Item #12133
106. Hot Lead. New York: Dodge Publishing Company, (1941).
First Edition. Western adventure novel. 'Young Henry Staley is accused of brand burning by Clem Jarnette, the girl of his choice'. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends. Item #37544
107. The Scourge of the Little "C" [SIGNED AND INSCRIBED]. Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., 1926.
Presumed First Edition, copyrighted by Doubleday, Page Co. (However WorldCat locates only Garden City printings and this publisher may have been owned by Doubleday. Furthermore Doubleday copyrighted this story for their 'Frontier Stories' pulp magazine). Texas set western genre novel that served as the bases for the Tom Mix and Dorothy Dawn film produced by William Fox. This copy inscribed and signed by Grinstead in Kerrville, Texas during the premiere of the film. Uncommon author's signature. Original owner has glued newspaper clippings about the premiere to front pastedown and front endpapers, including the original torn ticket stub. Otherwise Very Good, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #37802
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108. Painted Post Range. New York: Julian Messner. 1937.
First Edition. Nat Falk dustjacket art. Western action novel of a Sheriff in Arizona border country solving crimes. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with light chipping to top spine end, nickel size chip to lower front edge, and shallow chipping to rear top edge. Item #13004
109. The Prodigal Bandit. New York: Dodge Publishing Company, (1940).
First Edition stated. Western adventure novel which includes a giant eagle as part of the plot. 'A father pitted against his son in a death struggle! One man, a cattle king, and the other, a bandit. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, modest edge chipping and wear. Item #37543
110. Trouble From Texas. New York: Macaulay Company, 1938.
First Edition. M. G. Fix dustjacket art. Western adventure novel a cowboy bent on making a fortune in the cattle business. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, chipping to edges, top spine end chipped centimeter deep. Item #22295
111. Meet Mr. Stegg. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1920.
First Edition. W. H. D. Koerner dustjacket art, Rodney Thomson frontis. Rare collection of American frontier humor stories as told by Mr. Stegg, "the old bullwhacker of Sidney, Nebraska" and put down by Harris. Stegg "is a complete chronicle of the Hills bound in brown leather; he knows everybody; he was on familiar terms with such sinister celebrities as Wild Bill, Fly specked Billy and Lame Johnny and was among those present at their something of the suddenest departure from this life." This copy inscribed and signed by Harris at front endpaper. Author's only book. Near Fine in nearly Very Good lightly edge chipped dustjacket, some mild stains to front panel, small abrasion at top front panel. Item #21116
112. The Scarlet Riders. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour. (1930).
First Edition. Western adventure novel of train robbery and banditry. Obscure Chicago publisher. Near Fine in dustjacket, edge chipping and inch sized chip at lower spine end. Item #10152
113. Purple Dawson, Rancher. New York: Pheonix Press. (1934).
First Edition. Western adventure novel of cattle rustling and gold mines. A bright copy, Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, modest shelf wear. Item #8603
114. A Boy Rides With Custer [SIGNED AND INSCRIBED]. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1938.
First Edition stated. Peter Hurd dustjacket art. Western adventure novel presumably intended for young adults concerning a young man whose family befriended the Sioux but who ended up joining Custer's campaign against the greatest Indian army that ever gathered in America after their neighbors were killed. This copy nicely inscribed and signed by Hawley at front endpaper. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicked at spine ends. Item #25813
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115. The Stampeders. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1951.
First Edition. Alaska and north country adventure novel. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicked at edges, some short closed tears and wear, sticker price abrasion at lower front panel. Item #26706
116. Bugles in the Night. New York: Rinehart and Co., (1950).
First Edition. Bernard Safran dustjacket art. Novel of the frontier West. Inscribed and signed by the author. Very Good-Near Fine, lower spine end bumped in Good-Very Good dustjacket, spine colors starting to fade, chips at spine ends, moderate edge wear. Item #7134
117. Grey Sage. London: Rich and Cowan, Ltd, [1937].
First Edition. Bip Pares dustjacket art. An unusual novel about champion bronco and rodeo riders, "the gypsylike wanderings of the riders from Salinas to Calgary. In the words of the Stampede announcer, See the West, folks, and Grey Sage coming out of Chute Number One on Widow Maker". The modern West where rodeos have replaced the round-up and dude ranches cater to Eastern visitors. Grey Sage had always wanted to own a homestead and be a real part of the great rangeland but, discouraged with the lonely struggle, he drifted to the annual Stampede at Arapahoe and overnight found himself a champion bronc rider. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small chip at lower spine end and top rear panel. Item #29695
118. The Spectacular Kid. New York: Chelsea House, (1925).
First Edition. Western story of a man who came to a town rumored as a killer, whose “love of fancy silver ornaments was almost effeminate, but back of it lay the wealth of bravery and manliness.” Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket with light wear to spine edges, few short closed tears and very light edge wear. Item #17988
119. Youth Rides West. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925.
Second Printing. Wrap-around dustjacket art after Frederick Remington. Scarce western novel, "a vivid tale of the Rockies in the Mining Rush of the Seventies". Presentation bookplate from publisher and author (unsigned) affixed to front pastedown. Near Fine, foxing to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends, spine lettering mostly faded. Item #20975
120. Youth Rides West. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925.
Second Printing. Wrap-around dustjacket art after Frederick Remington. Scarce western novel, "a vivid tale of the Rockies in the Mining Rush of the Seventies". Presentation bookplate from publisher and author (unsigned) affixed to front pastedown. Near Fine, foxing to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow chips at edges. Item #24703
121. John the Fool. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1914).
First Edition. Gulf of Mexico set adventure and romance novel with a Texan character. Uncommon. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners. Item #35394
122. Scorpion, A Good Bad Horse. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936.
First Edition. Will James dustjacket art and illustrations. "Riding hard with the law behind him Tim got many hundreds of miles on his half-broken mystery horse. Throughout the story Scorpion never does anything nice for the cowboy but he most forcefully keeps him from doing what would bring him trouble". Very Good in Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket, chipping at top spine end, modest wear to edges. Item #22995
123. Arizona. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1939).
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes at dustjacket panels from the 1941 Columbia picture starring Jean Arthur and William Holden. Uncommon photoplay. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #41086
124. Sugarfoot. New York: Harper and Brothers, (1942).
First Edition stated. C. V. John dustjacket art. Arizona set western novel set at the close of the Civil War. Basis for the 1951 film directed by Edward L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott, Adele Jergens and Raymond Massey. Scarce. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips a tspine ends, modest shelf wear. Item #25487
125. The Boss of Camp Four. New York: Chelsea House, (1925).
First Edition. Western adventure novel of a man who buys a ranch from people who have sellers remorse. Near Fine but for contemporary owner stamp at front endpaper, in dustjacket with rather overzealous previous owner's signatures to back panel and front flap, else Very Good with few small edge chips. Item #23360
