First Edition. J. Clinton Shepherd dustjacket art. Fiction involving Billy the Kid, in which his legendary death is rewritten as an escape. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket but for shallow chipping, several closed tears with accompanying creases. Item #19311
First Edition. Luros dustjacket art. Western of a man who became a successful cowboy and who risked it all to tame a trail-end boom town. Very Good but for foxing to endpapers and a typed instruction sheet and list of names for a lending circle pasted to front free end paper, in a Very Good dustjacket with modest soiling to rear panel and light edge wear, mostly to spine ends and flap corners. Item #18880
First Edition. Western adventure novel of a father and son crime duo. Very Good, webbing showing at rear inner hinge, in Good only dustjacket, darkened at spine, scotch tape mends to verso of spine, chipped at spine ends and flap corners, closed tears at edges. Item #25329
First Edition. Ruth King dustjacket art and illustrations. Western set mystery not listed in Hubin involving the troubles that came to the people of Home Valley after the death of their leader, including superstition, rich rivals, and disloyal ranchers, and the attempts to salvage a new leadership. Very Good with light fading to edges in a Very Good dustjacket with shallow edge chipping and short closed tears and two barely noticeable four-inch closed tears and connective crease to front panel. Item #18633
First Edition. Exciting story of a lawyer who returned to Mesa Junction to visit a dying friend, only to find himself amidst a range war. Good plus, with covers rather damp-stained and ownership markings to front free endpaper, in a Good dustjacket with shallow chipping to top spine end, some minor bleeding of front covers to verso of jacket. Item #18713
First Edition. "An uproariously funny story of a tiny mining settlement in the West, which is shaken to the very roots by the sudden possession of a baby, found on the plains by one of its residents. The town is as disreputable a spot as the gold fever was ever responsible for, and the coming of that baby causes the upheaval of every rooted tradition of the place. Its christening, the problems of its toys and its illness, supersede in the minds of the miners all thought of earthly treasure." Basis for the 1920 black and white silent Universal Film production directed by Jacques Jaccard and starring Harry Carey and Carol Holloway. Almost Near Fine, some rubbing at lower spine end, some mild signs of wear, publisher's name flecked at spine, in incredibly scarce original publisher's printed dustjacket, Near Fine. Item #23108
First Edition. M. Hutchinson dustjacket art. "Real Indian warfare blazes up during the search for the 'Red Mesa' mine, when a scoundrel named Vasquez gets wind of it and stirs up the Apaches against the white men and the Indian tribe with whom they have made friends". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, dime sized chip at lower spine end, few shallow edge chips and wear. Item #25585
First Edition stated. Remington Schuyler dustjacket art. Western adventure novel by the creator of Hopalong Cassidy. "The law of the six shooter ran the town and the gold crazed men gambled madly and robbed brazenly". Very Good or Near Fine, lower corners lightly bumped, in Good only dustjacket, lacking top inch and half of spine, shallow edge chips and wear, some splitting at rear flap edge mended at rear with archival tape, some mending at lower spine end. Item #29560
Early Reprint Edition. Maynard Dixon dustjacket art. An uncommon early reprint edition with ownership date of March 1913 at front free endpaper of this western literary classic. Illustrated with three plates by Dixon, whereas the title page calls for four, however this being a reprint edition one plate was likely left out. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket with chipping at spine ends, scotch tape to exterior of tears at spine edges, spine foxed. Item #20429
Presumed Later Printing, with 1908 copyright date. Western adventure novel featuring a found bag of gold. The Apache Kid is a congenial train robber, bank robber, and road agent, But he’s never been convicted of any crimes and socializes freely with any law-abiding citizens who care to have his acquaintance. The novel is set in what we take to be British Columbia; the year is 1900. An uncommon title. Very Good, possibly lacking a half-title page (pagination begins with endpaper followed by title page) in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends and few edges. Item #34360
First Edition. Western novel of the desperate attempts of Don Beltran to wrest a treasure and an old Indian idol from a peaceful scientist who has journeyed to Hermosa to excavate the Casa Perdita ruins". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket chipped at spine ends and flap corners. Item #23890
Presumed First Edition, copyright date of 1926. des Rosiers dustjacket art. Western novel concerning cowboys and rustlers. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, fairly shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, few short tears and wear. Item #17540
First Edition. L. C. dustjacket art. Western novel concerning the opening of the Cherokee Strip to settlement. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, very shallow chipping to top spine end, flap edges with narrow chips, nickel sized chip at top rear panel. Item #13420
First Edition. Fictionalized biography of Sam Houston by one of the earliest Native American novelists. Near Fine bright copy in Very Good plus dustjacket, few nicks, small v-shaped closed abrasion to rear panel. Item #5685
First Edition. "high romance and swift action in a country rich with wild beauty. Dixie's story - told against the background of America's last frontier, the land of the great cattlemen who still hold fast to a rigid code of right and wrong". Set primarily in Texas, but Dixie moves to California in the end. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, top spine end chipped, accordion abrasion at mid rear panel. Item #30709
First English Edition. Western adventure novel. This copy inscribed to Maine author Arthur Staples by Pendexter at front endpaper and with page and a half typed letter taped in at front pastedown. Letter is very detailed concerning his published stories, methodology and humor in Australian publishing. Very Good. Item #34961
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First Edition. Remington Schuyler dustjacket art. Western adventure novel of the gold-rush "outlawry and of loyalty, of money-madness and mystery..." Nice Schuyler dustjacket art. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few scotch tape mends to verso, few nicks, closed tears and rubbing at top spine end. . Item #6819
Early or First Edition published without frontis. Charles Durant dustjacket art. Gun-fighting western novel. Very Good plus, few clip-outs pasted to front pastedown an front free endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, light pinkish damp stain to rear panel. Item #9432
Western novel of a man killing horse and the man who tamed it. Bases for two films, the 1932 Warner Brothers version starring John Wayne as Tom Drury, the bronc peeler from Texas, and Ruth Hall, acclaimed as the first film Wayne showed star quality. Near Fine in Very Good-Near Fine jacket with few small chips top spine end, some foxing to spine. Important novel into film. Item #4318
First Edition. E. F. Ward dustjacket art. Novel of the American pioneers. Near Fine in attractive Very Good plus dustjacket, stationary stamp at rear panel. Item #10852
First Edition. Western Adventure novel. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with fading to spine and spine end wear. Item #14974
First Edition. Clarence Rowe dustjacket art and illustrations. Early Western and Raine title to be found in original illustrated jacket. "A story of the Cattle Range. This story brings out the turbid life of the frontier with all its engaging dash and vigor with a charming love interest running through its pages". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and few flap corners, few short closed tears, jacket less than a centimeter shorter than book as printed. Item #21951
First English Edition. Simpson dustjacket art. "A gentleman bushranger who made good in the Australia of long ago". Very Good, ownership stamp at title page and front pastedown, in Good dustjacket, thin blue paper backed onto verso of jacket, some shallow edge chipping, noticeable shelf wear, piece of masking tape at lower spine end. Item #31090
First Edition. Western yarn of two brothers in the Texas Rangers. Very Good, some foxing to endpapers, few price stamps at rear pastedown, in Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket, some surface and edge wear, small stain at front flap edge. Item #24007
First Edition. George Giguere dustjacket art. Western of a care-free cowboy who is falsely charged of manslaughter and sent to prison, only to find that oil has changed his familiar landscape. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket with spine ends chipped, modest soiling, some closed tears one inch or smaller. Item #19917
