(Los Charros Del Desierto, Tucson, 2005). First Edition. Folio. Limited to 400 copies. 186p.This book marks the 50th year that the Los Charros Desiertos, a group of men who live out their cowboy dream and hit the trail on horses. The "Cowboys of the Desert" who are here seen with... More about Los Charros Del Desierto, 1956-2005
November 28, 1948: Western Hall of Fame. Quarto. This was one of the greatest gatherings of the Western Stars of Screen and Music that planned a "Hoss Opera" which would create the Western Hall of Fame. They began planning in the home of Roy Rogers and Tim Spencer was named... More about Western Hall of Fame Presents Its First Annual "Hoss Opera" Olympic Auditorium,...
Houston; (1997): Beverly Publishing Co, First Edition. Octavo. Limited. 387pp. Illustrated by Edsel M. Cramer, Monique L. Jouannet and Jean-Claude Louis. The story of Old Black, a quarter horse and reigning world champion calf roping horse. His owner had become ill and gives the horse to Jim Bradley, a ten... More about Old Black
Meeyeetse, Wyoming; (2001): High Plains Press. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 500 copies signed by the author and numbered. The present copy is number 25. 379(2)pp. Bibliography, index, illustrations. 100th anniversary edition. The "fullest account of this controversial frontiersman's life", --Dr. Larry D. Ball. Bound in red cloth lettered in... More about Tom Horn: Blood on the Moon. Dark History of The Murderous Cattle Detective
Layton, UT; (1995): Gibbs Smith. First Edition. Quarto. 104p. Inscribed by the author and photographer. This work nominated for a Pulitzer Price has struck a chord with both the Western ranch owner and the ecologist. There is a balance that has been praised by major voices in both traditions. The... More about Beyond the Rangeland Conflict: Toward a West That Works (Inscribed By the Author and the...
New York; (1960): Published By University Publishes for the Historical Society of Montana. Charles M. Russell. Small Quarto. . 235p. With list of Montana Stock Growers Association Conventions and Officers, 1885-1960. One of the essential works on Montana Range Books by one whose family and personal work was intimately involved... More about Free Grass to Fences; the Montana Cattle Range Story
Maryville, California: (Cotton and Karin Rosser, 2007). First Edition. Large Quarto. 215 pages, many great photographs of rodeos, both black and white and in color. Inscribed by the author: "I hope you enjoy this 50 years of rodeo memories "This Portola Ride" Happy Trails, Cotton Rosser, 2008. The Portola Ride... More about Million Dollar Memories; 50 Years with Cotton Rosser and the Flying U; a Pictorial History of...
Prescott, AZ: Prescott Frontier Days, Inc., 1988. Quarto. Signed and inscribed by the author to the left of his picture on page 5. 200pp., illustrated with early photographs of Prescott, the rodeo and more with short biographies of people from the rodeos and information explaining events. A near fine copy... More about World's Oldest Rodeo 100-year History 1888-1988
Flagstaff; (1974): Northland Press. First Editions. Small Octavos. Limited to 1250 copies. The present set is #1173. The legendary Ben Greek tells great stories illustrated by artists from the Cowboy Artists of America. vol 1 - Illustrated by Wm. Moyers, vol 2 - Illustrated by John Hampton, vol 3 -... More about Ben Green Tales
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1956. First Edition. Octavo. First printing346pp., This book continues the western epic of A B Gutherie Jr's critically acclaimed Big Sky series. The story of a young man's attempt at cattle ranching in the 1880s and running cattle from Oregon to Montana. A fine copy bound in... More about These Thousand Hills
Chico, California: Hurst & Yount, 1958. Limited Edition. Octavo. . 78 pages. Signed by W.H. Hutchinson and numbered 329 in a limited edition of 500 copies. Drawings by James Bodrero. Originally, this was part of a series in the Saturday Evening Post began on August 13, 1910. Although violence had... More about The Line of Least Resistance (ed. By W.H. Hutchinson
Guthrie, OK; (1936): Co-Operative Publication Co. First Edition. Octavo. 591 p. plus original folding map. 52 illustrations. A history of the world's greatest cattle trail, approximately 800 miles long, from Abilene, Kansas, to San Antonio Texas. Old trails, cow-camps, plains and frontier.Bound in a black pictorial cloth accented in yellow... More about The Chisholm Trail; a History of the World's Greatest Cattle Trail, Together with a Description...
Houston: Saddlerock Corporation, 1958. First Edition. Octavo. 158 pages, 56 photographs, illustrations. Signed by L.N. Sikes and Bob Grey. Laid in is a photograph of L.N. Sikes taken by Bob Grey and signed on the back: "L.N. Sikes, DeQueen, Ark." Also laid in is a two page advance description of... More about Using the American Quarter Horse (signed By Both authors
Np[Fort Worth, TX,] (2001): Bunkhouse Press. Limited Edfition. Octavo. Bookplate: Number 25 of 100 autographed collector's copies presented to Sharon and Joe Beeler, May 15, 2001. Additionally inscribed: "Joe and Sharon, Thanks for being my special friends. You have added greatly to my life. I love you. Joe Steagall, 5/15/2001... More about The Fence That Me and Shorty Built (Joe Beeler's Copy, Limited to 100 copies) Foreword By Don...
Matador, Texas: Self-Published, 1952. Quarto. Illustrated by John L. Hoonsman, 35 leaves, printed by mimeograph in 1952 and one of few bound in hardcover. John and Colquet [Colquitt] Warren examined the records of the five counties (Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, and Motley) where the scattered records of the Matador Ranch... More about The Matadors, 1879-1951
Blue Springs, MO: Cowboy Artists of America, 1966. 173 pages. Half title page reads: Favorite Foods and Trail Ride Fun of the Cowboy Artists of America. Introduction by Jane Justin. Octavo. 173 pages. Half title page reads: Favorite Foods and Trail Ride Fun of the Cowboy Artists of America. Introduction... More about CA; His Friends' Coobook (signed By Gary & Monika Niblett
(1983): Published By the Author. Quarto. 182 pages. Glossary of ranching terms at end. Written from the life of those who loved horses and the stories that grew up around them. Johnny Will Ligon is one of the most fascinating. Photographs of men with their horses helps tell the story... More about Saddle Marks
(Apache, OK, 1999): Self Published. Limited Edition. Quarto. 181pp. #176 of 500 copies, signed by author on title page. A thick treatise on Tombstone, Cochise County, and the gunfighters, lawmen, and outlaws. This provides residential records and registers, often with facsimile of signature, photographs and epitaphs. Bound in gray cloth... More about Cochise County Cowboy War: "A Cast of Characters"