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  

EVERYBODY NEEDS A ROCK Everybody Needs A Rock.
Paperback by Byrd Baylor, children's author, Illustrations by Peter Parnall. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1974. Autographed by Baylor. Book is in excellent condition with one small chip in front cover. Parnall's illustrations are wonderful and Baylor writes as she feels.
Circa: 1974
Condition: VG
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
Author: Byrd Baylor  

THE OTHER WAY TO LISTEN THE OTHER WAY TO LISTEN by Byrd Baylor.
Hardback with dust jacket in very good condition. Byrd Baylor writes for children in a way that no one else can. Illustrations by Peter Parnall are excellent! Book is autographed by Baylor. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1978. Dust jacket has small tear on front and a couple of small gings on back but not noticeable.
Circa: 1978
Condition: VG/VG
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons New York
Author: Byrd Baylor
Edition: 1  

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 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  

THE HANDS OF CANTU 1st EDITION THE HANDS OF CANTU
Lea, Tom
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1964. First edition. 244 pages. Color title page illustration with numerous full page black and white illustrations. Yellow cloth in color illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED and illustrated by the author. Book is very good in good dust jacket (mild wear).

"This is a beautifully written novel of life on a great Spanish hacienda - a story of men and horses told with restraint and power. There is an incredible hunt in the wilderness of four centuries ago for horses stolen by Indians. There are numerous fine illustrations... truly an artist in two mediums."

Beautifully illustrated in 30 Chinese ink drawings, by the author, whose signature is on the title page.

Here is a story of the best horsemen in New Spain, the Spaniards and Indians.

The book has been kept in a Plasti-Kleer cover so the original paper dust jacket is in Excellent condition and the book pages are in Excellent 'unread' condition.

Circa: 1964
Condition: VG/VG
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Boston: Little Brown & Co
Author: Tom Lea
Edition: 1  

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  

THE PRIMAL YOKE 1st EDITION SIGNED THE PRIMAL YOKE
Lea, Tom
Little, Brown and Company., Boston, 1960. Binding is Hardcover. Book Condition: Very good in Very Good DJ. 1st Edition. SIGNED by author. B&W Illustrations. Novel about Hank Spurling, a Marine hero of the war in the Pacific, who returned to the Cloudrock Mountains in Wyoming. Illus. by Tom Lea. 336 pp.

The book pages and original dust jacket are in excellent condition. A Plasti-Kleer cover has kept them that way. The book is illustrated by the author in beautiful color.


Circa: 1960
Condition: VG/VG
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston
Author: Tom Lea
Edition: 1