Search Results: Titles starting with B from High-Lonesome Books

New York: William Sloane, 1947. Hardcover. Good+. 6 x 9, 313 pgs, b&w cartoon illustrations by author. The famous New Mexican's book about his life back home after WW II with his cartoons of the period.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1963. Revised. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 4 x 7, 384 pgs, b&w illustrations. The absorbing story of man from his own beginnings to the beginnings of written history, and a study of the relationship between culture and man.

Seattle: Mountaineers, 1999. Second printing. Paperback. Very Good. 7 x 9, 175 pgs, index, b&w photos. Covers the basics about ingredients, "fast food" and fuel efficiency, dehydrating and backcountry baking, plus expert advice on planning and packing.

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1986. First edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 5 1/2 x 9, 311 pgs, b&w photos. A slightly dated but still useful traveler's guide & phrase book.

Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2, 499 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Includes more than 125 projects: decks, fences, barbecue centers, furniture, children's play areas, gazebos, lawn and garden accessories, outbuildings, and projects for bird-lovers.

Austin, TX: State House Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 5 1/2 x 9, 392 pgs, footnotes, bibliography, index, b&w historical photos and maps, foreword by Stan Hoig. The detailed accounts of Mackenzies many expeditions including the famous battle of Palo Duro Canyon and the Powder River expedition.

New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2006. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 276 pgs. Combines the tightly wrapped dialogue of Elmore Leonard and the humor of an eccectric Carl Hiaasen character in non-stop action that travels from East Texas, down a raging Alaskan river, and onto the streets of Manhattan. Inscribed and signed.

New York: Knopf, 1961. Hardcover. Good+ in Good+ DJ. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 340 pgs, b&w illustrations by Olaus J. Murie. The eternal drama of the battle for survival among the species.

Lakewood, CO: High Country Publishers, 1989. Second edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7 x 9, 152 pgs, b&w photos. Contains a treasure-trove of equipment information on all aspects of bowhunting.

Albuquerque, NM, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8 1/2 x 11, 99 pgs, b&w photos. A Shriner's 'annual' for 1987.

Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2010. Paperback. Very Good+. 6 x 9, 127 pgs, b&w historical photos, references. On April 19, 1861, the first blood of the Civil War was spilled in the streets of Baltimore. En route to Camden Station, Union forces were confronted by angry Southern sympathizers, and at Pratt Street the crowd rushed the troops, who responded with lethal volleys. Four soldiers and twelve Baltimoreans were left dead. Marylanders unsuccessfully attempted to further cut ties with the North by sabotaging roads, bridges and telegraph lines. In response to the Battle of Baltimore, Lincoln declared martial law and withheld habeas corpus in much of the state. The author skillfully narrates the events of that day and their impact on the rest of the war, when Baltimore became a city occupied.

Roswell, NM: Old-Time Publications, 1991. First edition. Paperback. New. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 184 pgs, b&w photos. Stories of homesteading in Greer County, Oklahoma. Events, humorous and serious that occurred on the Banister Farm during the author's growing up years in the 1920's and 30's.

Cleveland: The World Syndicate Publishing Co., 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 x 7, 248 pgs, color frontispiece. Wonderful old children's book.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1923. Hardcover. Good+. 5 1/2 x 8, 381 pgs, index, decorated endsheets. Autobiography of P.T. Barnum, filmed at "The Mighty Barnum. Ex-library, taped spine.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good DJ. 6 x 9, 489 pgs, index, sources, bibliography, sections of b&w historical photos. An account of an early 1800s exploration voyages. Derived from actual diaries, etc.

Pownal, VT: Storey Publications, 1991. Later printing. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 206 pgs, index, glossary, b&w illustrations. Takes the mystery out of butchering - what age to butcher, how to do it, salting, smoking, tools, recipes and more. For all sorts of livestock and game.

New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1987. Reprint. Paperback. Good. 7 x 9, 206 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Focuses on the essential techniques you can use under a wide variety of conditions.

New York: Doubleday, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good in Good+ DJ. 6 x 9 1/2, 353 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. A complete guide for riders and instructors.

National Association of Chiefs of Police, 1978. Paperback. Very Good+. 6 x 9, 90 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. All you need to know to get accurate with the modern handgun. Inscribed and signed by Davison.

Silver City, NM, 1985. Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 56 pgs, b&w illustrations and photos and art. Only Book I is left from this shortlived "3 issue" magazine. It features Steve Bodio's brilliant, controversial article on cock-fighting; plus Zeke Rivers on float fishing; M.H. Salmon on coursing hounds, southwest book reviews by Grant Luna and much more.