Historical Literature

University of New Mexico Press, 1977. Trade paperback. Very good condition, spine has sun lightening. Jack Burns is a cowboy loner who rides his horse down the main street of Duke City and refuses to carry a draft card or any form of identification. It might be the 20th century, but he doesn't have to embrace it!. ISBN: 0826304486. FICTION WEST U. more information

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Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover, no DJ. Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. In very good condition, boards have wear on corners and some color missing, looks like DJ may have been glued to end papers, some leftover brown paper there, slight spine twist, pages yellowing. An old fashioned Western tale with guns, a girl, and lots of danger! . Western. more information

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Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Univ of Virginia Pr, 1995. Hardcover, no DJ. Near fine condition. The story of Leonora's life in Guadelope and how the peasants and working class are treated, especially the black women.. ISBN: 0813915155. Guadeloupe Black People. more information

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Helena, Montana, U.S.A.: Western Horizons Books, 1990. Trade paperback, ex-library. Western Horizons, 1990. In very good condition, usual library markings, light soiling to bottom of book pages. Hopi legends and culture... ISBN: 0934959005. Soft Cover. Hopi Legends, Culture. more information

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Roswell, NM: Mbar Publishing, 1996. A hip-pocket book to fit your riding britches. Very good condition. Signed by author on title page. A fictional account of James Houston Slack and his lifetime of adventures in the American Southwest.. ISBN: 0965029816. Signed by Author. James Houston Slack, American Southwest. more information

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Large softcover. Windfall Publishing, 1983. In near fine condition. Water color illustrations.An old Southern Maryland family as they lived American history.. more information

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Lubbock, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas Tech Univ Pr, 2004. Hardcover. Texas Tech University Press, 2004. In near fine condition. Alongside legendary ranger captain Noah Smithwick, young Isaac Webb emerges from the Texas Revolution only to be pressed into service once again.. ISBN: 0896725308. FICTION HISTORICAL TEXAS RANGERS WESTERNS. more information

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Hardcover. Barnes & Noble, 1993, four edition. In near fine condition, with a very DJ, back flap as has been creased at bottom. The story of an orphan girl who wasn't treated well as a child, fell in love with her employer which could not be, and learned to survive afterwards..... ISBN: 156619024x. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1990. Small hardcover. Alfred A Knopf, first American edition, 1990. In near fine condition, with a mylar cover. Stories of an English village in the years after WWII.. ISBN: 0394582659. Illus. by Lawrence, John (illustrator). ENGLISH LITERATURE. more information

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Trade paperback. Jameson Books, first, 1987. In good condition. light stain on outside of book pages. An anthology of his best tales of the West. Includes To Build a Fire.. ISBN: 0915463369. First Edition. more information

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Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Univ of Virginia Pr, 1998. Hardcover, no DJ. Near fine condition. A novel by Haitian woman about a young black woman who is a servant. When she bring shame upon the family, she is zombified!. ISBN: 0813917522. FICTION. more information

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Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.: Univ of New Mexico Pr, 2002. Hardcover. University of New Mexico Press, 2002, stated first edition. In very good condition. An anthology of Western stories. Most stories have biscuits in them because it was a cowboy staple!. ISBN: 082632889x. First Edition. FICTION WESTERNS. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1992. Hardcover. St. Martin's Press, 1992. In near fine condition, slight rubbing on the DJ. Set in Elizabethan England, this is the story of a meticulously constructed plot to kill Queen Elizabeth I.. ISBN: 0312077491. Queen Elizabeth I. more information

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Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A.: August House Pub Inc, 1992. Trade paperback. August House, 1992, first edition. In near fine condition. The Civil Ware in stories by Thomas Wolfe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Owen Wister, and Other Writers.. ISBN: 0874831911. First Edition. SHORT STORIES AMERICAN WAR FICTION. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 1998. Trade paperback. Little, Brown & Co, 1998. In very good condition. Third in the Hornblower series.. ISBN: 0316290467. FICTION ACTION ADVENTURE GREAT BRITAIN HORNBLOWER HORATIO FICTITIOUS CHARA CTER PENINSULAR WAR 1807 1814 HISTORICAL. more information

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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 1984. Trade paperback. Little Brown & Co, 1984. In very good condition. The year is 1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Horatio Hornblower, a seventeen-year-old boy unschooled in seafaring and the ways of seamen, is ordered to board a French merchant ship and take command of crew and cargo for the glory England.... ISBN: 0316289124. FICTION ACTION ADVENTURE GREAT BRITAIN. more information

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Charles Scribner's Sons. Hardcover, no DJ. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909, second printing. In very good condition, board wear, pages yellowing. A classic western.. Illus. by N C Wyeth. Western. more information

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Grosset & Dunlap, 1916. Hardcover. Very good condition, light soiling on outside book pages, pages toning, ends of spine bumped. DJ is fair, has chips and tears, now in mylar cover. He has followed the craft his mother taught him, using herbs for healing. Now, he's ready to settle down and find a wife. But she marries him simply to get away from an evil uncle, and doesn't love him. Will she ever?. Nature Herbs Romance. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Avalon Publishing Group, 1984. Trade paperback. Seal Press, 1984, first. In very good condition. Norwegian Women's Fiction. Short story anthology. 30 stories.. ISBN: 0931188229. FICTION WOMEN AUTHORS HISTORY CRITICISM NORWEGIAN LITERATURE LITERARY COLL ECTIONS CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN. more information

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Georgetown, Ontario, Canada: Univ of Alberta Pr, 1996. Trade paperback. University of Alberta Press, 1996, sixth edition. In near fine condition. Fictional recounts of mounted police activities, from the early days through the twentieth century.. ISBN: 0888640544. MOUNTED POLICE. more information

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2004. Trade paperback. Author House, 2004, first. In near fine condition, small spot of very light discoloration on bottom outside bookpages at front corner. The conflict of cultures between White settlers and Indian inhabitants of the Old West.. ISBN: 1418410209. First Edition. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atria Books, 2000. Trade paperback. Pocket, first, 2000. In near fine condition. Volume II of the The Stone Light Series. Ramses the Great is dead.. ISBN: 0743403479. EGYPT FICTION FANTASY HISTORICAL. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atria Books, 2000. Trade paperback. Pocket, first, 2000. In near fine condition. The Stone of Light series, Volume I. Egyt, a devious military officer and desert wanderer.. ISBN: 0743403460. EGYPT FICTION FANTASY HISTORICAL. more information

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Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Meador Publishing Company, 1959. Hardcover. Very good condition, top right corner bumped, a few pages show light dogearring from bump. DJ is good, has some soiling and a small tear on front. Signed and inscribed by author to Lois Gibson on front end paper. Back of front cover has another personal inscription with a note that "Lois my Auntie wrote this book." Nan Holden is a young newspaper woman from Tennessee who goes to an oil field to write about the news there. She almost doesn't survive the trip, and when she arrives, she learns about the infamous Teapot Dome sell-out and the greed that wrecked men's souls when oil is found.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Lavoye Wyoming Historical Account. more information

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Hardcover, ex-library, book club. Sears Readers Club, 1950. In good condition, usual library markings. The story of lovely Jane Shore, who married a worthy merchant and ran away with a handsome king.. Romance. more information

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Hardcover. D. Appleton-Century Co., 1947. In good condition, pages yellowing, small soil mark on outside of book pages, name on front end paper, with a poor DJ, part of it missing, covered with mylar. The story of three generations of women and their loves and their losses.. Romance. more information

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Hardcover, bookclub edition. G P Putnam, 1971. In very good condition, light foxing on top of book pages, good DJ in mylar. Young Philip agrees to marry Mary Tudor.. romance, Mary Tudor. more information

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Hardcover, ex-library. World Publishing, second printing, 1970. In very good condition, minor library markings. Private Tussie is killed in the war and leaves behind a $10,000 insurance policy. You can't believe how many relatives suddenly turn up to help spend the money.... more information

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U.S.A.: Gramercy. Hardcover. Gramercy, 1998. In very good condition. An anthology of Western stories including: War Party by Louis L'Amour, Hank's Woman by Owen Wister, and A Man Called Horse by Dorothy Johnson, as well as others.. ISBN: 0517186594. WEST U FICTION WESTERNS. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1995. Hardcover. W W Norton, 1995, first. In very good condition. Contemporary women write about the West. An anthology of stories. 13 authors represented.. ISBN: 0393037231. AMERICAN LITERATURE WOMEN AUTHORS LITERARY CRITICISM. more information

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Saint Joseph, MI, U.S.A.: Armadillo Niche, 1990. Trade paperback. Armadillo Niche, 1990. In very good condition, address stamp on back of back cover, book has been coded - no other markings. Inscribed and signed by Janet Reisen to Jack Smith, a columnist. Janet Reisen and Eloise Grall are the writing team who use the pen name Mancebo. The setting, plot and characters are drawn from the author's bilingual family childhood in rural Georgia where a favorite pastime was listening to folklore about the Creek Indians.. ISBN: 0962699314. more information

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Maverick Publications, 1990. Trade paperback. Near fine condition. Signed and inscribed by author on front fly leaf. A story of the Okanogan country in the Pacific Northwest.. ISBN: 0892881895. Signed by Author. First Edition. Western Okanogan Washington Fiction. more information

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Hardcover, no DJ. Doubleday & Company, 1955. In good condition, has some light water staining at bottom of some book pages, binding is split at last page. He was a lumberjack, she was a "lady", whose father wanted her to marry better. Set in Washington state, mentions Humptulips and Chehalis!. romance, humptulips, Chehalis. more information

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Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Hardcover. Houghton Mifflin, 1976, first. Family Bookshelf edition. In very good condition, boards show wear on top and bottom, corners lightly bumped, with a good DJ, has small tears on the top and a piece missing on back top. Miss Quinn was a highly efficient secretary and planned to have a quiet Christmas without all that fluff. Then her sister-in-law falls ill and she must go take care of her brother's household - and the children!. ISBN: 0395247683. First Edition. more information

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Houghton Mifflin, 1965. Hardcover. Near fine condition, light soiling on top of book pages, hardly noticeable. The DJ is very good, has some soiling on back panel, now in mylar. First American edition. Miss Read is back at Fairacres and Mrs. Pringle's tyranny is still in force. One episode leads into another.... First Thus. Illus. by J S Goodall. School Fairacres Teaching. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2003. Hardcover. Algonquin, first, 2003, SIGNED. In near fine condition, lower right corner bumped. She was a single female who dressed like a man to travel.. ISBN: 1565123565. Signed by Author. FICTION HISTORICAL SOUTH CAROLINA. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1985. Trade paperback. Morrow, 1985. In very good condition, slight cover wear. Including stories by Gertrude Atherton, Willa Cather, B M Bower, Mari Sandoz, Dorothy M Johnson, Mary Austin, Peggy Simpson Curry, Jeanne Williams and many others.. ISBN: 0688047017. Soft Cover. more information

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Afton, Virginia, U.S.A.: Coachlight Pr, 2003. Trade paperback. Coachlight Press, 2003. In very good condition. A Civil War novel about two sisters and their choices.. ISBN: 0971679061. FICTION HISTORICAL VIRGINIA WAR. more information

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Trade paperback, ex-library. N H (Jack) Thorp, 1926. In very good condition, front and back endpapers show library wear and markings as well as spine. Yarns told by cow punchers who worked at various times with the Closed-H ranch.. more information

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Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.: Univ of Nebraska Pr, 1988. Trade paperback. University of Nebraska Press, 1988. In very good condition. Short stories about Indians and other stories about the early frontier.. ISBN: 080328358x. SHORT STORIES AMERICAN INDIANS NORTH. more information

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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1998. Hardcover. W W Norton, 1998. In very good condition. Chasing Napoleon across Europe.. ISBN: 0393046745. GREAT BRITAIN FICTION MATURIN STEPHEN. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1999. Hardcover. Norton, 1999. In very good+ condition. Twentieth book in the Hornblower series.. ISBN: 0393048446. CHILE FICTION GREAT BRITAIN MATURIN STEPHEN FICTITIOUS CHARACTER AUBREY JA CK HISTORICAL. more information

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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co, 2001. Hardcover. Wm Morrow, 2001, first edition. In near fine condition. A divided national - shattered families and broken dreams..... ISBN: 0060186380. First Edition. FICTION HISTORICAL SUSPENSE UNITED STATES. more information

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London, United Kingdom: W W Norton & Co Ltd, 1991. Trade paperback. W W Norton, 1991, third printing. In near fine condition. "We've beaten them before and we'll beat them again.". ISBN: 0393307069. FICTION. more information

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Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover, no DJ. Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. In very good condition, name and address of back of front cover, small segments of glued brown paper on end papers, pages yellowing. She's the Sheriff's wife and he's being accused of murder! A Powder Valley western.. Western. more information

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Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.: University of New Mexico Press, 1988. Trade paperback. University of New Mexico Press, third printing, 1991. In very good condition. An anthology of western stories by women. Willa Cather, Mari Sandoz, Leslie Silko, and others. 12 stories.. ISBN: 082631063X. WEST U S FICTION WESTERNS. more information

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E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 1988. Hardcover. Putnam, 1988, first American edition. In very good condition, price clipped, light soiling in two spots on outside book pages. The young Prince of Wales and Maria Fitzherbert.. ISBN: 0399133623. First Thus. Romance, Maria Fitzherbert. more information

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Catawba River Press, 2008. Trade paperback. Second edition. As new. It's Civil War days, and soldier raiders kill Jess's family and burn her home down. An old Negro slave helps her escape, but he gets killed in town and suddenly she's all alone. Until a strange man saves her - and he's a bandit!. ISBN: 9781411642263. Romance Adventure. more information

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Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.: Emmis Pr, 1996. Trade paperback. Guild Press of Indiana, 1996. In near fine condition. A Texas attorney fights violent drug lords on both sides of the Mexican border, corrupt public officials, corrupt attorneys - and sometimes himself.... ISBN: 1878208845. more information

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Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976. Hardcover. Houghton Mifflin, 1976, first. In very good condition with some bumping on spine, DJ shows a couple of tears and some soiling. Miss Quinn is NOT going to celebrate Christmas and doesn't need any family around her. Unfortunately, her family needs her - her sister-in-law must go in the hospital and she finds herself babysitting her brother's children!. ISBN: 0395247683. more information

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