Water in New Mexico by Clark Ira G - 1987: A History of Its Management and Use

Socorro, N.M.: Socorro Daily News Office, 1881. Soft cover. Good+. An unnumbered pamphlet of the New Mexico Territorial Bureau of Immigration. Though considered rare, we have acquired multiple copies thanks to our purchase of an estate. 8vo, stapled paper covers; good+ (covers soiled and waterstained; crease to front and rear covers; edgeworn; bound ends worn; pages toned); 9pp.

1963 Horn Wallace trade hardcover set of 2 books. High quality facsimile of the 1911 edition. Both volumes sturdily bound in red cloth, gold lettering on spine, blind stamp on front board all fine, clean & square. Bindings tight & straight. Pages clean, unmarked & bright. All illustrations & fold-out maps accounted for. In tight, unread condition.

San Francisco: The Sierra Club, 1930. First Edition. Very Good/Good. Taylor & Taylor. Limited to 1500 copies [reprint of 1875 edition] [printed by Taylor & Taylor ] [8.5x6in]; [1], x, [4], 152 pp., [1], five images, including frontispiece and facsimile of original 1875 title page; Blue-gray paper boards with light tan cloth spine and paper label, fore and bottom edges untrimmed; Plain paper dust jacket with repeat of label printed on spine, as issued; Paper boards slightly faded, corners bumped, minor shelf soiling to top of text block, top of spine has small unraveling and top front cover inside edge at spine shows signs of nibbling, ink inscription to prior owner on front endpaper; Dust jacket has typical shelf wear at edges and loss of 4 inches of bottom of spine with no loss to slightly darken spine printing. Joseph Le Conte [1823-1901] arrived in Berkeley in 1869 as a Professor of geology, natural history and botany with the newly established University of California. In 1870, he was invited by… Read More

Pasadena, Socio-Technical Books, 1970, hardcover, 176 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight and tightly bound, spots to top edge, previous owner's name and date to front endpaper. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, rubs, light wrinkles, slight edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. The well-regarded anthropologist, museum director, supervising archaeologist for the Fort Massac Reconstruction project in Southern Illinois, and author of The Long Walk: A History of Navajo Wars, 1846-68 takes us back to the years 1863-68, the military roundup of the Navajo Indians and the creation of Bosque Redondo near Fort Sumner, New Mexico, a forty-square mile concentration camp where the Navajo lived according to the dictates of an alien people and suffered disease, starvation, and generational trauma. Illustrated with 22 period photographs. Appended: Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780870261008

Tight, bright and clean with shiny covers. Very faint shelfwear to corners. 227 pages with a glossary. Illustrated with black and white photos. 5.5" X8.5" X .5" 14cm X 21.5cm X 1.5cm An exploration of the Oglala Lakotans' culture and spiritual beliefs as related by the late, revered medicine man Pete S. Catches Sr. (Petaga Yuha Mani- He Walks with Hot Coals) and his son, Peter V. Catches Jr. (Zintkala Oyate) of the South Dakota Pine Ridge Reservation. Both are Spotted Eagle medicine men. Petaga Yuha Mani is the Sundance chief of the Oglala Sioux and is credited with reviving the Sundance ceremony. They focus on the deep importance of understanding and living traditional Lakotan values in the face of (mostly white) men's aggressions and controls. Likewise, telling stories about their lives, sacred rites, and ceremonies, they eloquently and informatively reveal Lakotans' close and respectful relationships with one another, their surroundings, and their deity.

London: George Routledge 1857. (Hardcover) 94pp. Good to very good, no dust jacket. Full leather binding, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 35 engraved illustrations by the Brothers Dalziel, notes. Scuffed and worn. Locale: Wyoming. (History--United States, Indian Wars).

New York: Harper & Brothers [1940], 1st edition. (Hardcover) 304pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. The dust jacket is bright but has edgewear, minor chipping and tears with some creases. (sounds grim but the book actually looks pretty good in its archival jacket protector. Jacket design by George Giguere. Locale:. (Western Fiction).

San Francisco: Alta California Book and Job Office, 1863. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 27p., At the dedication of the Pioneer Hall of the Society of Calfiornia Pioneers, O P Sutton, the President of the Society, gave the inaugural address. He was one of the Forty-Niners who arrived in San Francisco in 1849. He began work in the mines and after failure returned to the city where he established a mercantile business, He participated in the organization of the Democratic Party in California and in 1863 he was elected to the California Legislature. The Oration by Eugene Lies was one of the early settlers of Santa Barbara and he also served in the California Legislature. The book is in good condition with some light dampstaining on pages 25-27. Protected in a heavy duty mylar envelope.

Pruett Publishing, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. Used- Fine condition. First edition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows light shelf wear. Very slight crease on the bottom left corner on the front cover of the dust jacket. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

New York: Random House, 1984. Signed on the title page by Thomas McGuane. First edition / First printing. Blue cloth spine, white paper-covered boards. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, with a crease to the rear jacket flap.