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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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
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
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
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
First Photoplay Edition. End-papers illustrated with scenes from the Paramount Pictures' film starring Gary Cooper and directed by Cecil B. De Mille. Front dustjacket panel illustrated with scene from the film in color. Near Fine-Fine bright copy, owner name and date at title page, in Very Good-Near Fine dustjacket, with short closed tear and crease at top front panel. Item #5208
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from Cecil B. DeMille's film starring Gary Cooper. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with wear to spine ends and front edge, mild fading to spine, and short closed tear to top front edge. Item #14433
First Edition. H. T. Dunn dustjacket art and illustrations. Wister's collection of eight stories about the Wyoming Territory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Uncommon in illustrated dustjacket. Almost Near Fine in Good dustjacket that is slightly shorter than the book, few square inch chip at top front panel, shallow chipping at top spine end. Item #24848
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Preferred Film starring Kenneth Harlan and Florence Vidor. Near Fine but for few newspaper clippings pasted to pastedowns, in Very Good dustjacket, few tiny chips at spine ends. Item #22968
First Edition Thus, "Special Edition in paper-covers May 1904". Small octavo, Original decorative gray wrappers. Extremely scarce wrappers printing of Wister's most famous novel and perhaps the Western genres' most recognizable title. This copy with 'The American News Company' statement at lower front wrap and Macmillan Company statement at title and copyright page. Presumably this wrappers edition was published by American News in conjunction with Macmillan for mutual benefit. Very Good to Near Fine, with small nick to lower spine end and lower front corner. Item #12959
First Edition. R. R. dustjacket art. Western novel and Idaho set romance in which "Cole Tyler persuaded his family to give up horse-stealing and cattle-rustling and to move from Texas to Idaho, where they could do a legitimate ranch business." Near Fine in attractive Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #20247
First Edition. Adventure set in the Arizona mountains in which every kind of drifter arrives to search for a lost mine. Basis for the 1924 Sam Wood directed black and white silent film and the 1936 talkie directed by David Howard. Near Fine in Good to Very Good dustjacket, few small edge chips, mild spotting and surface wear, lower front spine end with cm deep chip, lower front panel with inch sized chip obscuring the 'w' in 'with' and 'iro' in 'iron' of the title. Item #12094
First Edition. Adventure novel set in Arizona. Almost Near Fine, very mild foxing at endpapers, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, soiling to panels, few small edge chips and closed tears. Item #26528
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the western starring John Bowers. Very Good, some soiling to cloth, few nicks to webbing at rear spine gutter, in Very Good colorful dustjacket, top spine end rubbed, light foxing to panels. Item #7140
