Search Results: Titles starting with M from Darwin Labordo Books

Tucson, University of Arizona, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. First edition. Guns 122: Has information about Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War.

Oakland, Biobooks, 1952. Special Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Near fine copy. Reprint edition. Limited to 750 copies. Zamorano Eighty 37: The Manifesto is devoted to a defense of his actions in connection with the Hijar and Padres colonization scheme. Cowan p. 210. Howes F122.

University of Oklahoma, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book is very good plus, dust jacket has some creasing and tears, very good. First edition. Dobie/Dykes 75: "This scholarly study is the most complete treatment to date of branding and marking of cattle to denote ownership. It was edited by Ramon F. Adams who also wrote a useful introduction. This is an interesting history that will be a useful reference for years to come. It is illustrated with numerous brands and marks.

Harper & Brothers, 1924. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine. Two volumes, complete, cloth, a fine set. First edition.

Very good copy. First edition. Clark and Brunet 283. Adams One Fifty 137. Herd 2308. Guns 2211.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth, very good. Dust jacket has price intact, wear to the edges, very good. First edition. The Massachusetts guide is one of the best and most comprehensive in the series. There is a funny introduction called One Moment, Please! that talks about trying to fit the mass of information into one volume. The quality of the writing and editing is excellent. The photographs are arranged in a logical and thoughtful manner. There are a number of prints showing the state in pre-photographic times. There is a useful list of 50 books about the state. The volume has one the most comprehensive tour schemes of any of the guides.

Trail's End Publishing, 1947. 1st Trade Edition . Hardcover. Book and dust jacket very good.

Colt Press, 1941. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very good copy. Reprint edition. Limited to 500 copies issued by Jane Grabhorn and William Matson Roth. Zamorano Eighty 58: "Many literary critics, including Henry L. Mencken, regard McTeague as the greatest of all American novels. While the story is a sordid one, involving the life and loves and mercenary instincts of an unlicensed San Francisco dentist, it contains some masterly descriptions of California's most glamorous city. The book is particularly significant because it marks the first appearance in the United States of realistic fiction of the genre produced by Emile Zola, Maupassant, Stendhal and other European writers." Johnson, High Spots of American Literature p. 60. Powell, California Classics pp. 175-184.

Rydal Press, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine copy in dust jacket. First edition. Autobiography of this fine historian.

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

G. D. Freeman, 1892. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Light wear to covers, a very good copy. Second edition. The first edition is exceedingly rare and the second is at least rare. Guns 763: "Reprinted in 1892, bound in cloth and with the same text but with the addition of a certificate, signed by seven old-time pioneers attesting to the truth of the narrative, which appears on page 406.The second printing is bound in red cloth, and the first edition is so rare that some collectors think that the 1892 edition was the only one published. The book contains much material on the gunmen and their gun battle in Caldwell, and tells of the Medicine Lodge bank robbery by Henry Brown and Ben Wheeler." Adams One-Fifty 56. Six Score 39: "An extremely rare history of Caldwell during this vital period, when it was an important cattle town, and a first hand account of one of the roughest of the shipping terminals.All editions are rare." Herd 843. Dobie p. 121. Howes F353. Graff… Read More

Trail's End Publishing, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Slight wear to just jacket, book fine. First revised edition.

Calvin Horn Publisher, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine copy in dj. First edition. Six Score 20 (note): "provides more background on the Morleys.

Palo Alto: American West Publishing, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Fading to cloth cover, vg. Reprint edition. Limited to 1950 copies. Dobie p. 29: "Cushing had rare imagination and sympathy. His retellings of tales are far superior to verbatim recordings.

Tucson, University of Arizona, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book near fine and dust jacket is very good. First edition. The first edition is now very scarce.

Centennial Edition, 6 volumes in slipcase. Books and slipcase very good.

Blue cloth, near fine copy.

Privately printed, 1918. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Cloth, near fine copy. No dust jacket as issued. First edition. Herd 476: "Scarce.