201. Hill-bred Barton's Code. New York: Chelsea House, (1925).
First Edition. S.M. dustjacket art. Western about a man who fights to return injustice. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, nicked at spine ends and flap corners. Item #25255
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202. The Locusts. New York: Farrar and Rinehart. 1943.
First Edition. Dustjacket design by George A. Picken. Novel of the western expansion and the invasion of locusts that plagued the settlers. Near Fine, in Very Good dustjacket, with chip top panel, tiny nicks top spine end, small abrasion rear panel. Item #4943
203. Billy The Maverick. New York: Henry Holt and Co., (1934).
First Edition. Children's novel of a young boy's adventures on an Arizona ranch. This copy nicely inscribed and signed by the author at front free endpaper. "The author considers this / book the most distinguished / by awful make-up of / any yet published by a / reputable firm! / Evelyn Scott." Very Good but for extreme discoloration to covers from moisture exposure, in Good dustjacket with light stains at flap areas, some shallow chips. Item #23004
204. Mystery Range. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928.
First Edition stated. Schwieder dustjacket art. "A nomad cowboy on a lonely ranch - a payroll robbery - and Brazo, accused of a crime he did not commit". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow edge chips. Item #23844
205. So Long, Sucker. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1941.
First Edition. Delano dustjacket art. Western adventure novel of "terror on the range around Bear Paw". Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, light stain at lower spine end, some shallow chips. Item #27383
206. A Son Of Arizona. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., (1931).
First Edition stated. Remington Schuyler dustjacket art. Western Adventure novel. Very Good in Very Good price clipped dustjacket with some shallow chips and closed tears, tiny chip at mid-spine. Item #35030
207. High Pockets. New York: Robert M. McBride and Co., (1946).
First Edition. Rodeo riding western novel and murder mystery. Scarce McBride western title. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #10298
208. Dead Freight for Piute. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1940.
First Edition. Western set in a boom town which “became the scene of a bloody feud when war broke out between two rival freighting companies.” Near Fine with ownership inscription and stamp to front pastedown and front free endpaper, darkened endpapers from paper stock, in a Very Good plus dustjacket with flap edges cracking, shallow loss to spine ends, spine creased, small stain to rear panel. Item #19934
209. Ramrod. New York: MacMillan Co., 1943.
First Edition stated. Eggenhofer dustjacket art. Western adventure novel of warring cattle barons. Basis for the 1947 black and white film directed by Andre De Toth and starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow edge chips. Item #22623
210. Vengeance Valley. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1950.
First Edition. Fred Ludekens dustjacket art. Western novel of two sons of a Colorado cattle baron, one biological and the other adopted, who resent one another and fight for control of their father's cattle empire. Basis for the 1951 Metro Goldwyn Mayer film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Burt Lancaster and Robert Walker. Uncommon title. Near Fine in Good dustjacket with some light stains at flap edges and verso of panels, shallow loss at spine ends. Item #26642
211. The Little Tigress: Tales Out of the Dust of Mexico, With Drawings from a Field Sketch Book. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923.
First Edition. Collection of “literary cross sections of life south of the Rio Grande, graphically illustrated with pen and ink drawings made in the field by the author – tales of banditry and love, of cruelty and fine courage, of revolutionists, adventures, and soldaeras like the Little Tigress herself.” Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket with wraparound dustjacket art and modest edge wear. Item #18649
212. The Brand Stealer. Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith Co., 1942.
First Edition. Murder on the range by this Hubin listed author. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, some shelf wear, cm chip to top front panel. Item #6266
213. Laramie Holds the Range. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921.
Second Printing, one month after First. James Reynolds dustjacket art and illustrations. Western adventure novel of the "clash between cattlemen and rustlers of the Falling Wall range. The hero, who 'rides and shoots and speaks the truth,' is mixed up with the rustlers." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #21222
214. Rodeo. New York: Greenberg: Publisher, (1935).
First Edition. Western genre novel of "cowboys and cowgirls, stunt riders, [and] circus performers". This copy nicely inscribed and signed by the author at front free endpaper- 'To Walter Johnson, not the Last Round up by any means'. Near Fine but for top spine end cloth chipped, in Very Good dustjacket, some soiling to panels, top spine end chipped. Item #15455
215. The Enchanted Country. New York: George H. Doran Co, [1923].
First Edition. Unusual crime themed novel missed by Hubin of a young English aristocrat who departs for the United States with the intent to become a 'western' outlaw. During a hold up on the Southern Pacific railroad, he encounters a lady in distress. This copy stamped 'sample copy' at rear jacket panel and top page edge. Very Good plus in Very Good dustjacket, few short closed tears and modest edge wear, top spine end chipped, chip at top rear panel and lower spine end, very light cup stain to front panel. Item #15724
216. Stories of a Western Town. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893.
First Edition. Octavo, original yellow cloth, gilt lettering. Illustrated by A. B. Frost. This copy inscribed by Thanet at front free endpaper "Mary Kate Roberts - / from / The Author. Very Good, few page signatures slightly protruding at fore-edge, modest shelf wear. Item #16125
217. Showdown Creek. New York: Macmillan Co., 1955.
First Edition. Robert Todd dustjacket art. Western novel of a young man who has changed his troubled ways but whose past catches up with him. Fine in Near Fine-Fine dustjacket. Item #7109
218. Singing River. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1939.
First Edition. Hubin listed mystery and western novel of "Sad Sontag and his pal Swede Harrigan, seeing the sights of San Francisco, get innocently mixed up in the murder of Dan Reynolds, the Sheep King." Near Fine but for several lending library date stamps at rear free endpaper, spots of paper residue to front pastedown, in Very Good dustjacket, verso of front jacket flap with three quarter sized abrasions from being glued to front pastedown, shallow chips to edges. Item #20337
219. The Great Divide. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1925).
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Metro Goldwyn Picture. A western photoplay with great gambling dustjacket art. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #23989
220. Happy Hawkins in the Panhandle [Signed and Inscribed]. Boston: Small, Maynard and Co., (1914).
First Edition. Signed and Inscribed by author to front free endpaper. George W. Gage frontispiece. Episodic Western of a young, traveling cowboy who solves mysteries and falls in love with a fiercely independent rancher's daughter immersed in a love triangle. Near Fine, pencil markings to front free endpaper and cloth at rear board. Item #24238
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221. Below Grass Roots. New York: Liveright Publishing Corp. (1937).
First Edition. Second book in Frank Waters' Pikes Peak saga, set in turn-of-the-century Colorado Springs, a place prospering from the mining boom and a growing tourist interest. Dauntless Joseph Rogier, obsessed with the gold of the mountain enlists his son-in-law Jonathan Cable in his mining schemes. However, Cable leaves for Navajo country with his young son. Rogier continues to invest in his mines, no matter the cost. Waters is best known for his fiction and non-fiction dealing with the American Southwest. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicking and mild wear to spine ends and flap corners. Item #22562
222. The Nightmare Riders. New York: Phoenix Press, (1940).
First Edition. Western novel, an old man leaves a young man the care of his ranch and his pretty granddaughter. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, light stain to lower rear panel. Item #26649
223. Red Plume Returns. New York: Harper and Brothers, (1927).
First Edition stated. Morgan Stinemetz dustjacket art and illustrations. Western novel, "the new story of Dick Webster, famous hero of 'Red Plume' opens in a frontier fort west of the river, built to withstand Indian attacks and to help push the white dominion farther west". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #22009
224. The Exile of the Lariat. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1923.
First Edition. Chas. K. Stevens. Western-set novel involving a man uninterested in his community and neighbors but who finds himself in political life. Very Good to Near Fine with ink inscription and wax seal pressed to front free endpaper, in a Very Good plus dustjacket with nickel-sized abrasion at mid spine not affecting text, tope edge modestly edge worn with short closed tears and shallow nicks. Item #19249
225. The Exile of the Lariat. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1923.
First Edition. Chas. K. Stevens. Western-set novel involving a man uninterested in his community and neighbors but who finds himself in political life. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at top spine end, inch sized chip at top rear panel. Item #35044
