Search Results: Authors starting with H from Darwin Labordo Books

Cloth, book near fine, slipcase has some edgewear. First edition. Herd 966. Six Score 55: "His [Erwin Smith's] pictures taken in the early part of this century, mainly on the LS and JA ranches, are to the southern cowboy what L. A. Huffman's are to the northern. Smith's goal was to give an accurate record of cowboy life through his photographs, and he succeeded admirably. Haley has provided commentary for the plates." Dobie p. 119: "On 9 by 12 pages of 100-pound antique finish paper, the photographs are superbly reproduced...The book is easily the finest range book in the realm of the pictorial ever published." Dobie/Dykes 69.

Austin: Steck-Vaughn Co, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Cloth, near fine in acetate jacket. Facsimile edition.

n.p., 1944. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Green cloth, gilt lettering, very good. First edition.

Stackpole Co., 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dust jacket chipped, book very good or better. First edition. Study of the "Hawken" and "Mountain Rifle" prominent during the fur trading period.

Hell on the Border Publishing Co.. Soft cover. Fine. Stiff pictorial wrappers, fine copy. Second edition. Adams One-Fifty 68. Guns 929: "A second edition was issued in the print shop of Kendall College, but was abridged and had four hundred fewer pages, some of the dull part being left out. It, too, has become very scarce.

Caxton Printers, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Dust jacket faded at the spine, book near fine. Western writer L. M. Rice's copy with his signature. First edition. Guns 931: "Any book about Judge Parker is of necessity full of material about outlaws. This one contains chapters on the Daltons, Belle Starr, and many others.

Ransohoffs, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. Maroon boards and maroon cloth back, very good copy. Fine press edition. Printed at the Grabhorn Press in an edition of 300 copies. Zamorano Eighty 40: "The author wrote these sketches 'to illustrate an era' and was later criticized for having romanticized rather than having realistically depicted life 'in the diggins.' Nevertheless one cannot imagine a bibliography of outstanding California literature which does not contain among its chief entries this little volume." Heller & Magee 469. Johnson, High Spots of American Literature p. 37.

Austin, Texas, Texas State Historical Association, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Fine copy in a slipcase. Limited edition. Bound in quarter leather and housed in a linen slipcase, still in original shrinkwrap. Limited to 100 copies. Six Score 56: The author was for many years the manager of the S-M-S ranch, and there is much on that outfit. A portion of the book, however, is devoted to the packing industry and its history, illustrating the often close connection between the large outfits and the packing concerns. Herd 1009. Basic Texas Books 86: this is one of the best books on the Texas cattle industry. Dobie p. 105: Hastings was urbane, which means he had perspective; Old Ganpa is the most pulling cow horse story I know. Dobie/Dykes 5. Graff 1814. Howes H287. Merrills Aristocrats. Greene, Fifty Best Books on Texas.

Book and dust jacket are fine. First edition, second state with the dedication page and table of contents.

Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book near fine, dust jacket has chipping to the top edges. First edition (so stated).

Clark and Brunet 138.

Book very good, no dust jacket. Some fading to the title on spine. First edition. Scribner's "A"

Random House, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Better than very good copy in dust jacket. First edition. Fictionalized account.

Santa Fe: The Press of the Territorian, 1965. F . Soft cover. Near Fine. Wrappers, near fine. First edition. Number 5 of a series. Guns 975.

Little Rock, Arkansas: Pioneer Press, 1963. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Fine copy in dj. Signed by author. Third edition. Guns 982: "One the whole, however, this is a fairly well done history of Belle Starr and devotes more space to her daughter, Pearl, than any other book to date.

New York: Argonaut Press, 1966. Hardcover. Fine. Cloth, fine copy. Reprint edition. Merrill's Aristocrats. Herd 1033. Graff 1886. Howes W 479.

George W. Moyle Publishing, n.d.. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Wrappers, very good to fine copy. First edition. Guns 986: "Scarce." "The author has written a splendid little book as far as the cattle trails are concerned; but like most old-timers, he has written some of it by hearsay. He states that the Lincoln County War originated between sheepmen and cowmen and that the first man Billy the Kid killed was Black Smith (evidently he had heard that the Kid killed a blacksmith early in his career)." Herd 1035. Dobie p. 106: "Rare and meaty pamphlet.

Book and dust jacket near fine. Signed by Hillerman. First edition.

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Boards and cloth, near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. First edition. Herd 1044: Ranching and ranch life in British Columbia.

London, John Long, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book and dust jacket are in very good condition. First edition. Not in Guns.