OUT OF THE DEPTHS: The Story of John R. Lawson a Labor- OUT OF THE DEPTHS: The Story of John R. Lawson a Labor Leader-Colorado
Beshoar, Barron B.
Golden Ball Press. The Colorado Labor Historical Committee, Denver, Co., 1942. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Excellent, DJ: good . First Edition. SIGNED by author. Illustrated with b/w photographs. This biography of Lawson epitomizes the coal miners' struggle for human rights in Colorado just before the first WW. Fantastic narrative of the history surrounding the labor movement in Colorado. Important historical contribution. 372pp.

Circa: 1942
Condition: VG/VG
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Golden Ball Press. The Colorado Labor Historical Committee, Denver, Co
Author: Barron B. Beshoar
Edition: 1  

DESERT VOICES Desert Voices, by Byrd Baylor, is illustrated by Peter Parnall and is published by Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1981.
Hardback with dust jacket in excellent condition! Again, Baylor has written in eloquence of the desert in which she lives.

If you are a Baylor or childrens book collector these would all be great additions!
Circa: 1981
Condition: VG/VG
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons New York
Author: Byrd Baylor  

NEW MEXICOS TROUBLED YEARS: The Story of Early Territor NEW MEXICOS TROUBLED YEARS: The Story of Early Territorial Governors
Horn, Calvin.
Horn & Wallace, Albuquerque. 1963. First Edition. SIGNED by author. New Mexico's story of the years 1851 to 1881 as revealed in the administrations of ten territorial governors. A "fascinating close up of New Mexico's rugged citizens and leaders during its territorial years." Foreword by John F. Kennedy. 239 pages. Very good condition. DJ Good.

Circa: 1963
Condition: VG/Good
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Horn & Wallace, Albuquerque
Author: Calvin Horn
Edition: 1  

THE CIVIL WAR IN NEW MEXICO THE CIVIL WAR IN NEW MEXICO
F. Stanley
The World Press, Inc., Denver, CO, U.S.A, 1960. Hard Cover. Very Good. DJ Good. First Edition . Signed by author. Pages are bright and clean.

Mr. Stanley writes "Dedicated to the New Mexico Volunteers who deserve a bigger monument than I can build." A story about the Civil War in New Mexico and the many volunteers that fought.

Signed by the author, this book is in excellent condition.

Circa: 1960
Condition: VG/VG
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: The World Press, Inc., Denver, CO, U.S.A
Author: F. Stanley
Edition: 1  

THE PRIVATE WAR OF IKE STOCKTON THE PRIVATE WAR OF IKE STOCKTON
Stanley, F.
World Press, 1959, Denver, Colorado, 1959. Hard Cover. Very Good./Good. THIS IS A LIMITED EDITION of which this is copy # 89 SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Donaciano Vigil was responsible for General Kearney's bloodless conquest of New Mexico; founded the system of government that gave New Mexico a place in the nation and prevented a widespread revolution.

Circa: 1959
Condition: VG/Good
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: World Press, Denver, Colorado
Author: F. Stanley
Edition: 1  

THE COLORADO THE COLORADO
Waters, Frank
Rinehart & Co. New York. 1946 1st edition, good+ condition, no dj. 400 pages. The Colorado River from the snow capped peaks of the Colorado Mountains, through the Grand Canyon, and into the Gulf of Mexico. With information on the Conquistadors, the Trappers, the Settlers, the outcasts, etc., also some info on Wyatt Earp. With illustrations by Nicolai Fechin, including on full color Indian Ceremonial oil sketch, with an area map by George Annand, a bibliography, and a glossary.

Circa: 1946
Condition: Good/NDJ
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Rinehart & Co. New York
Author: Frank Waters
Edition: 1  

A DREAM of FAIR WOMEN A DREAM of FAIR WOMEN
Grosset & Dunlap Publishers ,New York. First Edition, First Printing. The Bobbs - Merrill Company 1907 October. Hard cover with beautiful Harrison Fisher illustrations and page decorations by E. Stetson Crawford. 7 3/4 inches X 9 3/4 inches, gold cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Corners bumped lightly, all pages are crisp and clean with all color plates intact. Excellent condition/no DJ. Text from American poets Longfellow, Carew, Riley. A book that is now one hundred years old.

A beautiful copy in excellent condition from my grandmothers estate.


Circa: 1907
Condition: Excellent
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers New York
Author: Text from American poets Longfellow, Carew, Riley, etc.
ISBN: None  

MY LIFE ON THE FRONTIER 1864-1882 MY LIFE ON THE FRONTIER 1864-1882
Otero, Miguel Antonio
First 1935. Hard Cover. Very Good. No Jacket. Shuster, Will (illustrator). First Edition. Boards in plain cloth, very good+ w/ some light handling, minor scuffs to cloth., portraits of principals, some events (hanging, Indian attack). The author, one-time governor of New Mexico, gives an unvarnished account of Las Vegas, Trinidad, Santa Fe, and Taos when characters like Clay Allison, Uncle Dick Wooten, Kit Carson, and Billy the Kid lived. Otero recalls all classes of society from the Grand Duke Alexis, whom he helped to guide on one of the last buffalo hunts, to Wild Bill Hickok.

Circa: 1935
Condition: VG/NDJ
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: The Press of the Pioneers, New York,
Author: Miguel Antonio Otero
Edition: 1  

RUBAIYAT of OMAR KHAYYAM RUBAIYAT, a collection of rhymes, was originally written by Omar Khayyam of Persia, prior to his death in A.D.1123. In 1859, Edward FitzGerald, of England, published some of the work, but it went virtually unnoticed until 1929 when a copy sold for $8000.

Translated into English quatrains by Edward Fitzgerald. The stanza and meditations in this beautiful book are timeless. A complete reprint of the First Edition and the combined Third, Fourth and Fifth Editions, with an Appendix containing Fitzerald's Prefaces and Notes. Edited with an Introduction by Louis Untermeyer." Beautifully illustrated by Mahmoud Sayah.

Published by Random House, NY, 1947. Hard Cover. No Jacket. Over 73/4" - 93/4" tall.

A beautiful book from my grandmothers estate.
Circa: 1947
Condition: Excellent
Publisher: Random House, New York
Author: Omar Khayyam; Edward FitzGerald, Translator  

THE ROMANCE OF THE PATCHWORK QUILT IN AMERICA This book was written by Carrie Hall and Rose Kretsinger in 1935 and published by Bonanza Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc. by arrangement of The Caxton Printers, Ltd. in Caldwell, Idaho.

The book is in excellent condition. The plastic cover is in very good condition. It belonged to my grandmother who was a quilter as was her mother. Her name is written inside the front page. It also has several pages that were taken out of a magazine showing different kinds of quilts with instruction on how to make them.


Circa: 1935
Condition: VG/VG
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Bonanza Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc.
Author: Carrie Hall and Rose Kretsinger
Edition: 1  

THE OLD-TIME COWHAND THE OLD-TIME COWHAND
Adams, Ramon F.
The MacMillan Company, New York, 1961. Cloth Covered Boards. Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Nick Eggenhofer (illustrat. 354 pp. SIGNED by Author..

The illustrated cowboy drawing on the dust jacket front is still clear and complete. True details on a vanished way of life in the American Old West. ".everthing about the real, ungilded, old-time cowhand, what he did, wore, thought. His horse, guns, rope, clothing, sleeping bag; his eating and drinking habits; his attitude toward God, women bosses, saloons, rodeos; his unwritten code of conduct. A complete manual of rules with regard to every aspect of his job--cow-punching, fence-riding, bronco-busting, trail-driving, together with a point-blank analysis of cows, bulls, horses, range diseases. The cowboy of fact, not fiction."

Circa: 1961
Condition: VG/VG
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: The MacMillan Company, New York
Author: Ramon F. Adams  

LA CAVERNA by Maximilian Friess The beautiful bluish-colored front cover shows Carlsbad Caverns 'Rock of Ages', photos by Herbert C. Kennicott and a small inset of Thos. Boles, superintendent.

An Encomium in Waltz Time dedicated to the Beautiful Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

Maximilian Friess Music Publisher Carlsbad New Mexico USA

The coup de gras is the inscription on the front cover which reads:

'With compliments to Mrs. C.W. Bynum this copy of my composition La Caverna-1st edition-on date of release: October 2, 1934 Maximilian Friess'

On the inside the lyrics are in English and German and on the back is a portion of another Friess song 'Love's Longing'.

A small tear down at the bottom and roughed-up edges should not take away any value from this rare piece as the photo shows.

A rare piece of sheet music-I have researched and found no other. From my grandparents estate in NM, my grandmother knew Mr. Friess and probably Mrs. Bynum , too.

Anyone who is a lover of caves will appreciate this item.
Circa: 1934
Condition: Excellent
Size: 12" X 9"
Color: Blue/white
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Max Friess Music Publisher
Edition: 1
Pages: 4  

LAND OF ENCHANTMENT NEW MEXICO This rare sheet music 'Land of Enchantment New Mexico' was written by Gerald Griffin (words) with music by Bernard Maltin.

The cover is a bright turquoise blue and shows the landmark known as Shiprock in northern NM. It has a War Bond advrtisement on it as well.

The front is inscribed 'To the Lions Club of Carlsbad-Sincerely Gerald Griffin'.

From my grandparents estate in NM, my grandfather was a member of the Lions Club and may have known Mr. Griffin.

Another note of interest is that my grandfather had two sons in WWII, one who was killed on a ship that was accidently sunk by our own planes as it was not marked as a POW or medical ship. He had been captured at Bataan and the Japanese were taking them to a POW camp elsewhere.

Piece is in excellent condition and on the back page it shows several Mills Music Folios for every occasion.

In my research I have not been able to find another item like this.
Circa: 1942
Condition: Excellent
Size: 12" X 9"
Color: Turquoise blue and white
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Mills Music Inc. NY
Edition: 1
Pages: 3  

THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY REPRINT of 1st EDITION THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY
Lea, Tom
The Wonderful Country is considered a classic Southwestern cowboy novel, and was the basis of the 1959 film starring Robert Mitchum, Gary Merrill and Julie London. 387 pp . with Lea’s sepia artwork. With several intertextual black and white drawings by Author.

A story of a man alone, in a life of violence, searching for home in his heart.

Dust jacket shows some slight wear, but the book pages are in excellent 'unread' condition. There is a newspaper clipping inside front cover with a quote by the author as well as the previous owners name.


Circa: 1952
Condition: Used
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Boston: Little Brown & Co
Author: Tom Lea  

BRAVE BULLS 1st EDITION SIGNED THE BRAVE BULLS.
Lea, Tom.
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1949. First edition. 270 pages. Color title page illustration with numerous black and white illustrations. SIGNED/inscribed and illustrated by the author. Book is fine in good dust jacket.

Winner of the Carr P. Collins Award of the Texas Institute of Letters for best book by a Texan, this is "...the story of Luis Bellow, 'The Swordsman of Guerreras,' whose profession is the dealing of violent death while subject to it himself, who lives by his body and by his heart." Strikingly illustrated, "it is written with the utmost of economy, and is beautiful in its power." Scarce in such fine condition.

The Brave Bulls is a story of a matador and the things he loves in life. Story was made into a film in 1951 starring Mel Ferrer and Anthony Quinn.

This is inscribed by Tom Lea to my grandparents and filled with beautiful colored drawings done by the author.

This book, signed by the author, is becoming RARE. Has been appraised at $500.


Circa: 1949
Condition: VG/Fair
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Boston: Little Brown & Co
Author: Tom Lea
Edition: 1