Search Results: Authors starting with O from Darwin Labordo Books

Doubleday & Company Inc, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Some chipping to jacket, book very good plus. First edition.

Garden City, Doubleday & Co., 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book near fine, dust jacket very good. First edition. Guns 1635.

Bobbs-Merrill, 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good copy in dust jacket. Signed by the author. First edition. Guns 1633: "Has a long chapter on Soapy Smith. There is also some information on Wyatt Earp and the killing of Bob Ford.

University of Washington Press, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Both book and dust jacket are near fine. First edition. Six Score 84: "The best coverage of cattle raising in the Pacific Northwest. With impressive scholarship, Oliphant covers an important corner of the range industry which is often entirely overlooked. The book is written mainly from primary sources, sifting the subject in incredible detail. It would be impossible to imagine a more thorough history of a topic which was most difficult to research.

Norman, Oklahoma. University of Oklahoma Press., 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. First edition. The first printing is now very scarce.

The book is very good, no dust jacket. First edition. Guns 1658: "Scarce." "Contains a tabloid account of the Johnson County War." Herd 1739. Six Score 85: "Still perhaps the most important piece of scholarship on the range cattle industry. Osgood was the first historian to set forth the classic thesis on the industry; its beginnings in Texas, expansion north through the trail drives, the cattle boom of the 1880s, and finally 'disaster and transition.' The book gives an excellent overview of the industry up to 1900." Dobie p. 113: "Excellent history and excellent bibliography. Northwest." Dobie/Dykes 23. Loring Campbell. Graff 3133. Howes O130: "Significant study into the expansion of the range cattle industry into the northern plains, from the late sixties to the early nineties." "aa."

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1954. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Cloth, hinges cracked, otherwise a very good copy in dust jacket. Signed by author. Second printing. Guns 1658: "Contains a tabloid account of the Johnson County War." Herd 1739. Six Score 85: "Still perhaps the most important piece of scholarship on the range cattle industry. Osgood was the first historian to set forth the classic thesis on the industry; its beginnings in Texas, expansion north through the trail drives, the cattle boom of the 1880s, and finally 'disaster and transition.' The book gives an excellent overview of the industry up to 1900." Dobie p. 113: "Excellent history and excellent bibliography. Northwest." Dobie/Dykes 23. Loring Campbell. Graff 3133. Howes O130: "Significant study into the expansion of the range cattle industry into the northern plains, from the late sixties to the early nineties.

Rufus Rockwell Wilson Inc., 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Red cloth, near fine. Dust jacket not price clipped and very good. Previous owner's inscription on front flypaper. First edition. Guns 1661: "Although this is a relatively recent book, it has become quite difficult to find. The author, like so many other New Mexicans, is very much in sympathy with Billy the Kid. He considers Pat Garrett a cold-blooded killer and cites many opinions to prove that he was a cattle thief and a coward who shot without giving his victim a chance. Although he is critical of Garrett's book, he repeats most of the legends in it created by Ash Upson and makes quite a few mistakes himself." Howes O142: "Portrays this controversial sinner as more sinned against than sinning." "aa" scarcity rating. Dykes, Kid 240: "The governor tells of meeting the Kid, repeating the account included in his previous book, My Life on the Frontier.The governor's sympathies throughout seem to be with the Kid. He doesn't… Read More

Rufus Rockwell Wilson Inc., 1935. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Red cloth, very good. First edition. Guns 1661: "Although this is a relatively recent book, it has become quite difficult to find. The author, like so many other New Mexicans, is very much in sympathy with Billy the Kid. He considers Pat Garrett a cold-blooded killer and cites many opinions to prove that he was a cattle thief and a coward who shot without giving his victim a chance. Although he is critical of Garrett's book, he repeats most of the legends in it created by Ash Upson and makes quite a few mistakes himself." Howes O142: "Portrays this controversial sinner as more sinned against than sinning." "aa" scarcity rating. Dykes, Kid 240: "The governor tells of meeting the Kid, repeating the account included in his previous book, My Life on the Frontier.The governor's sympathies throughout seem to be with the Kid. He doesn't think too much of Pat Garrett and leaves the impression that Garrett was always on the… Read More