One More River to Cross: The Life and Legend of Isom Dart
New York: Random House, (1967). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A novel about "an ex-slave's search for true freedom." More
Westerns
Wolf-Eye: The Bad One
New York: Julian Messner, (1951). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Wilfrid Bronson. Fine in very good or better dustwrapper with a modest chip at the crown. Young adult novel of a half-wolf/half dog gone back to nature. More
The Seven Men at Mimbres Springs
New York: Random House, (1958). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a lightly rubbed, very near fine dustwrapper. Nicely Inscribed by the author: "Dear Bill – Maybe you will keep this around a little while and so remember briefly, the sender and Christmas, 1961. Your friend, Will Henry." More
The Gun Slinger
New York: Rinehart and Co., 1951. Hardcover. First edition. Corners a little bumped else near fine in good or better dustwrapper with some shallow chips and tears. More
The Iron Horse
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Hardcover. First edition. Very good with cracked front hinge and a touch of wear to the head and the tail of the spine. More
The Westward Star
New York: John Day Company, (1934). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in about very good dustwrapper with some small chips at the upper extremities. More
Cinchfoot: The Story of a Range Horse
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1938). Hardcover. Reprint. Slight spotting on the boards, near fine in near fine dustwrapper with some modest tears. More
Cinchfoot: The Story of a Range Horse
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1938). Hardcover. Reprint. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a touch of nicking at the crown. More
Cripple Creek
New York: Berkley Books, (1997). Softcover. First Berkley paperback edition. Mass market paperback. Very good with spine creases and edge wear. An epic novel of America in the making. More
Seven Rivers West
New York: Summit Books, (1986). Hardcover. First edition. Slightly bumped edges else about fine in an about fine dustwrapper with slight toning. More
Pleasure of Believing
(New York): Soho, (1997). Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Glossy wrappers. Fine. More
West of Cheyenne
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1969. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Cowboy's brother is killed leaving his grieving widow and his struggling ranch threatened by evildoers. More
Roarin' Rinconada
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1930. Hardcover. First edition. Contemporary owner's name, slightly cocked else about fine in very good dustwrapper with modest chips and tears. Jacket art by Paul Strayer. Old cattleman tells tall tales of gunfighters and wild times in the west. Very scarce in jacket. More
Westward to Paradise
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1927. Hardcover. First edition. Contemporary owner's name, spine a little sunned, very good in very good or better dustwrapper with a couple modest chips. Jacket art by Paul Strayer. Ranch owner incites his fellow cattleman to intimidate and kill small homesteaders. More
Stampede Canyon
New York: Dodd, Mead, (1952). Hardcover. First edition. A little foxing to the endpapers else near fine in very good plus dustwrapper with a little soiling, and two punch-holes on the edge of the front flap, affecting no text. Inscribed by the author. More
Dead Man's Saddle
Garden City: Doubleday, 1951. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Man stands between two rival cattle outfits. More
Hill Smoke
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1959). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with some foxing to the spine. Sheriff stalks his prey disguised as a drifter. More
The Long Ride
New York: Doubleday, 1952. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in near fine, lightly rubbed dustwrapper with some light wear to the ends of the spine and edges of the panels. More
Bred of the Desert: A Horse and a Romance
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1915. Hardcover. First edition. Decorative cloth. Light stain on the foredge else very near fine, lacking the dustwrapper. More
The Prairie Shrine: A Western Story
New York: Chelsea House, (1924). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper with several modest chips and tears. Pennsylvania woman leaves to establish her homestead in the west, encounters trouble, but receives staunch support from a gunfighter and a poet, as one does. Jacket art by Frank Schoonover. More
Autograph Letter Signed ("Emerson Hough")
Unbound. One Page. Dated "2-26/ 21" from New York, recipient's name has been struck through. Horizontal fold has split through, fair only. Hough asks his correspondent asking for the return of a pamphlet that he had lent him but now has need of. More
The Covered Wagon
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1922. Hardcover. First edition. Frontispiece and jacket design by W.H.D. Koerner. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Basis for the James Cruze film, considered the screen's first epic western, and a surprisingly realistic depiction of an important phase of America's history. The novel is a *Johnson..... More
The Mississippi Bubble: How the Star of Good Fortune Rose and Set and Rose Again, by a Woman's Grace, for one John Law of Lauriston
Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, (1902). Hardcover. First edition, mixed state (with *BAL's* second state of p. [453]; and first state p. [456] and p. [457]; second state of the binding). Illustrations by Henry Hutt. Gray cloth decorated in silver. Owner's name dated Sept. 16, 1902 on front fly, light edgewear, near fine..... More
The Mississippi Bubble: How the Star of Good Fortune Rose and Set and Rose Again, by a Woman's Grace, for one John Law of Lauriston
Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, (1902). Hardcover. First edition, printing B with page 453 blank, page 456 with *The Stroller* and page 457 with *The Fighting Bishop*. Illustrations by Henry Hutt. Gray-green cloth decorated in silver. Light edgewear, near fine. *BAL 9318.*. More
The Mississippi Bubble: How the Star of Good Fortune Rose and Set and Rose Again, by a Woman's Grace, for one John Law of Lauriston
Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, (1902). Hardcover. First edition, first printing, binding A. Olive ribbed cloth decorated in white and gilt. Illustrations by Henry Hutt. Hinges cracked, spine ends and corners worn and bumped, still a very good copy. More