Black Sage Range by Ballew, Charles [Snow, Charles Horace] - 1953

London: Wright & Brown Ltd, 1944. Red hardcover binding clean and tight. Interior foxing. 157 pages. DJ soiled, list of other Westerns on back of jacket. Author Charles H. Snow (1877-1967) wrote over 465 books under a number of pseudonyms, Ballew being one of them. Blinded in an accident at the age of 37, he was encouraged by his half-brother to write of his experiences as a cowpuncher out west. His daughter transcribed the stories for him which were mostly published in the UK.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.: Harlequin Books., 1950. Book. Illus. by Painted Cover Art. Very Good to Fine. Soft cover. First Canadian Paperback Edition.. 192 pages. Harlequin book #38; (3/1950; Western);"Lawlessness was rampant in Yavisa when Bob Jackson, a comparative stranger, was sworn in as sheriff to succeed Ben Thurlow who had neen shot down by cattle rustlers in cold blood in his own office. Bob's father had been a sheriff before him and the youngster knew all the ropes, although he made what appeared to be the bad mistake of falling in love with the sister of one of the men he's sworn to bring to the bar of justice. When Jake Atkins, Thurlow's Deputy, turned against him, Bob was in a tough spot, but thanks to his own good sense and the loyalty of the two men he selected to help him - Slug Haney and Hack Simmons - he managed to clear up the mysterious shooting, clean out the rustlers and win the heart of the girl who had made his task a doubly complicated one. Here is a story… Read More