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  • TRACKS. by Bess, Clayton.
    Bess, Clayton.
    TRACKS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel for older children set in the 1930's Depression era Oklahoma, Texas and California, as two brothers hop freight trains towards Los Angeles. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page "For.... an adventure to share with the family" and dated in 1988. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-395405718.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 42179
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  • THE RETURN OF THE RAVEN MOCKER: An Alafair Tucker Mystery. by Casey, Donis.
    Casey, Donis.
    THE RETURN OF THE RAVEN MOCKER: An Alafair Tucker Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - The ninth in this award-winning mystery series set in Oklahoma in the 1910s and featuring Alafair Tucker, a mother of ten. It is 1918 and as war is raging in Europe, the deadly influenza epidemic is sweeping through Boynton. ISBN: 978-146207549.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 72203
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  • BATTLING THE CLOUDS or For a Comrade's Honor. Aviation Series #1. by Cobb, Captain Frank,.
    Cobb, Captain Frank,.
    BATTLING THE CLOUDS or For a Comrade's Honor. Aviation Series #1.

    Edition: Early printing.

    Akron, OH: Saalfield. (c 1927). Hardcover - Adventure story for boys set in the years after the Great War - World War I - at a training base in Oklahoma. Frontispiece on plain stock. 165 pp.

    Condition: Good only condition in purple cloth with black lettering - rather severe toning to the pages..

    Book ID: 85837
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  • BATTLING THE CLOUDS or For a Comrade's Honor. Aviation Series #1. by Cobb, Captain Frank,.
    Cobb, Captain Frank,.
    BATTLING THE CLOUDS or For a Comrade's Honor. Aviation Series #1.

    Edition: Early printing.

    Akron, OH: Saalfield. (c 1927). Hardcover - Adventure story for boys set in the years after the Great War - World War I - at a training base in Oklahoma. Frontispiece on plain stock. 165 pp.

    Condition: Fair only condition in green cloth with black lettering - gift inscription dated Christmas 1941, both hinges cracked, rather severe toning to the pages..

    Book ID: 85279
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  • RED DIRT: GROWING UP OKIE. by Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne.
    Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne.
    RED DIRT: GROWING UP OKIE.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York & London: Verso, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - An account of her childhood in rural Oklahoma, from the Dust Bowl days to the end of the Eisenhower era, in which she "bears witness to a family and community which still clings to the dream of America as a republic of landowners." INSCRIBED on the title page. viii, 224 pp. ISBN: 1-85984-8567.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (creasing to lower edge of front cover of dj.)

    Book ID: 43269
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  • BABY SHARK'S HIGH PLAINS REDEMPTION. by Fate, Robert.
    Fate, Robert.
    BABY SHARK'S HIGH PLAINS REDEMPTION.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Fort Collins, CO: Capital Crime Press, (2008). SIGNED first edition - Set in Texas and Oklahoma, this is the third novel in this hard-boiled 1950s thriller series, featuring poolshark-turned-PI Kristin Van Dijk (aka Baby Shark.) SIGNED on the title page. 287 pp. ISBN: 978-0979996023.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82584
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  • BABY SHARK. by Fate, Robert (pseudonym of Robert F. Bealmear)
    Fate, Robert (pseudonym of Robert F. Bealmear)
    BABY SHARK.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Fort Collins, CO: Capital Crime Press, (2006). SIGNED first edition - The first novel by this screenwriter, and the first in this hard-boiled 1950s thriller series, introducing 17 year old Kristin Van Dijk (aka Baby Shark) for whom revenge for the murder of her father and a brutal sexual assault by a motorcycle gang who left her for dead is the only alternative to a lifetime of hiding and fear . SIGNED on the title page. 287 pp. ISBN: 978-0979996023.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82586
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  • CIMARRON. by Ferber, Edna (1887-1968.)
    Ferber, Edna (1887-1968.)
    CIMARRON.

    Edition: First edition (stated)

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1930. Hardcover first edition - Novel which begins with the Oklahoma land rush - on the Cherokee strip - in 1893.Twice adapted for the movies (in 1931 and again in 1960.) 388 pp Illustrated endpapers.

    Condition: Fair condition only in the original tan cloth covers (soiling to the covers, binding somewhat shaken, but still sturdy, prev owner's name) .

    Book ID: 63396
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  • RAVENMOCKER. by Hager, Jean.
    Hager, Jean.
    RAVENMOCKER.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Mystery introducing Molly Bearpaw, an investigator for the Native American Advocacy League, a Cherokee from Oklahoma. INSCRIBED on the title page. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-4936.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (upper corners slightly bumped)

    Book ID: 87414
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  • RAVENMOCKER. by Hager, Jean.
    Hager, Jean.
    RAVENMOCKER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing Molly Bearpaw, an investigator for the Native American Advocacy League, a Cherokee from Oklahoma. INSCRIBED on the title page. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-4936.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (upper corners slightly bumped)

    Book ID: 61082
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  • RAVENMOCKER. by Hager, Jean.
    Hager, Jean.
    RAVENMOCKER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing Molly Bearpaw, an investigator for the Native American Advocacy League, a Cherokee from Oklahoma. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-4936.

    Condition: Good in a good dust jacket. (glue remnants under dj flaps, spine slanted.)

    Book ID: 46484
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  • FIRE CARRIER. by Hager Jean.
    Hager Jean.
    FIRE CARRIER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in Oklahoma and featuring Mitch Bushyhead, half-Cherokee, single father, and Buckskin chief of police. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-566-5.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 43495
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  • DESPERADOES. by Hansen, Ron.
    Hansen, Ron.
    DESPERADOES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Hansen's highly praised first novel - in it "one of the legends of [the West] comes alive again - the story of the notorious outlaw gang, the Daltons, from their hardscrabble beginnings to the final, terrible morning when all but one of the boys are shot down and snuffed out in the fatal raid on Coffeyville, Kansas." This book is told in the voice of the surviving brother - the youngest of the Daltons. INSCRIBED on the half title page and dated in the year of publication. 273 pp. Map endpapers. Wraparound dust jacket art by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-394-503503.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 84167
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  • DESPERADOES. by Hansen, Ron.
    Hansen, Ron.
    DESPERADOES.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. SIGNED - Hansen's highly praised first novel - in it "one of the legends of [the West] comes alive again - the story of the notorious outlaw gang, the Daltons, from their hardscrabble beginnings to the final, terrible morning when all but one of the boys are shot down and snuffed out in the fatal raid on Coffeyville, Kansas." This book is told in the voice of the surviving brother - the youngest of the Daltons. SIGNED on the title page. 273 pp. Wraparound cover art by Wendell Minor.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 46644
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  • COYOTE REVENGE. by Harris, Fred.
    Harris, Fred.
    COYOTE REVENGE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this former U. S . Senator from Oklahoma - "Harris brilliantly captures Depression-era Oklahoma as he vividly creates a nail-biting suspense mystery set against the backdrop of a small western prairie town." 197 pp. ISBN: 0-060183969.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 41151
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  • COYOTE REVENGE. by Harris, Fred.
    Harris, Fred.
    COYOTE REVENGE.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper Collins, (1999.). SIGNED first edition - First novel by this former U. S . Senator from Oklahoma - "Harris brilliantly captures Depression-era Oklahoma as he vividly creates a nail-biting suspense mystery set against the backdrop of a small western prairie town." SIGNED on the title page. 197 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in printed yellow wrappers.

    Book ID: 81269
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  • DECEPTION ON ALL ACCOUNTS. by Hoklotubbe, Sara Sue
    Hoklotubbe, Sara Sue
    DECEPTION ON ALL ACCOUNTS.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (2003). SIGNED first edition - The author's first book, set against the backdrop of small-town Oklahoma and its Native Cherokee culture, this introduces Sadie Walela as it "shines a light on violence, corporate corruption, and prejudice in modern America." SIGNED on the title page. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-816523118.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 77127
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  • Johnson, Guy
    STANDING AT THE SCRATCH LINE

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Random House, 1998. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED on the title page. First novel by this African American writer, the son of Maya Angelou. At over 500 pages, it is a massive book covering the period from World War I to Jazz Age Harlem, rum-running in prohibition New Orleans and finally life in an all-black township in Oklahoma. I found the book to be both deeply flawed and mesmerizing - an unusual debut. 548 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 25419
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  • SAND IN MY EYES. by Laune, Seigniora Russell (Illustrated by Paul Laune)
    Laune, Seigniora Russell (Illustrated by Paul Laune)
    SAND IN MY EYES.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1956.) dj. Hardcover - An entertaining first hand account of life on the frontier in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. "A true story of a young wife and the town she helped to build. . . The very young Mrs. Laune first saw the new town of Woodward, Oklahoma Territory in 1896, three years after her husband had set up a tent beside the strip of sand which was to be the main street." Illustrated by her son, Paul Laune, with line drawings throughout and full color illustrated endpapers. 256 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (crinkling to the back cover of the dj, tape repair to interior.)

    Book ID: 56699
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  • LOST AND FOUND. by Lehrer, Jim.
    Lehrer, Jim.
    LOST AND FOUND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth One-Eyed Mack mystery. Mack, who 'deserves a permanent place in American folklore,' is Oklahama's lieutenant governor. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-399-136010.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 50569
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  • BONITA FAYE. by Moseley, Margaret.
    Moseley, Margaret.
    BONITA FAYE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Dallas, Texas: Three Forks Press, (1996). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Oklahoma author's first novel, nominated for an Edgar Award. "It woulda been easier for Bonita Faye Burnett to stay barefoot and ignorant in the blurred border between Arkansas and Oklahoma. But, no, she had to go and take life into her own hands. The killing of Billy Roy up on Vavanal Hill set her free to fashion a life from the raw, red clay of her hardscrabble life." SIGNED on the title page. Issued in a small first printing by this independent press. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-96376294X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 78323
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  • Pratt, James Michael.
    TICKET HOME.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: St Martin's, 2001. A weaving together of World War II and the present day in a moving tale of love, loss and family.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 18962
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  • Ray, David.
    THE ENDLESS SEARCH: A Memoir.

    Edition: First printing.

    Brooklyn, NY: Soft Skull Press, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A look at his harrowing childhood in Oklahoma in the 1930's, the abuse he suffered at the hands of a guardian, and his search for the father who abandoned him, for a home, for love and approval, by an award-winning poet and editor. SIGNED on the title page. Photographs. 303 pp. ISBN: 1-887128-522.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 30295
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  • THE SERAPHIM KILL. by Shaw. P. B.
    Shaw. P. B.
    THE SERAPHIM KILL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Walker, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, introducing Detective Lieutenant Abe Rainfinch of the Oklahoma Police Department. The Seraphim was a new nightclub that opened to community outcries, both because it was located in a former church - and because most of the clientele were gay. As the wife of the retired chief of detectives in Oklahoma City, the author has a realistic insight into police procedures. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-802731813.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83504
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  • BUFFALO NICKEL. by Smith, C.W.
    Smith, C.W.
    BUFFALO NICKEL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Poseidon Press, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel: "A sprawling saga of love and money in the American West -- the story of 'the world's richest Indian.' In 1917 oil was discovered on David Copperfield's land in Oklahoma -- and overnight the Kiowa ferryman, a.k.a. Went on a Journey, became a millionaire" - a story of the conflict between the clash of Kiowa and white cultures in the early 20th century. INSCRIBED on the first page to the Oklahoma book collector, Larry Owens. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. Dust jacket art by David Montiel. 429 pp. ISBN: 0-671-624474.

    Condition: Near fine (toning to edges of textblock and pages) in a fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80739
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  • Smith, C.W.
    BUFFALO NICKEL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Poseidon Press, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel: "A sprawling saga of love and money in the American West -- the story of 'the world's richest Indian.' In 1917 oil was discovered on David Copperfield's land in Oklahoma -- and overnight the Kiowa ferryman, a.k.a. Went on a Journey, became a millionaire" - a story of the conflict between the clash of Kiowa and white cultures in the early 20th century. Dust jacket art by David Montiel. 429 pp. ISBN: 0-671-624474.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 38342
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  • THE LOST SISTER. by Taylor, Robert Love.
    Taylor, Robert Love.
    THE LOST SISTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - His third book, second novel based on the history of the author's own family, set in Oklahoma City in the 1920s, during the oil boom years. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-912697245.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some toning)

    Book ID: 87170
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  • THE MYSTERY OF THE OLD THORNDYKE. by Waldschmidt, Jean.
    Waldschmidt, Jean.
    THE MYSTERY OF THE OLD THORNDYKE.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, (1955) dj. Hardcover first edition - When their professor-father breaks his leg, two boys are sent to Carson City - the former end of the Texas cattle drives - to oversee the demolition of the now derelict old hotel which had been a glittering monument for cowboys on the trail back in the 1870s. 189 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, sunning to the spine of the dust jacket)

    Book ID: 59369
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  • THE MYSTERY OF THE OLD THORNDYKE. by Waldschmidt, Jean.
    Waldschmidt, Jean.
    THE MYSTERY OF THE OLD THORNDYKE.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, (1955). Hardcover first edition - When their professor-father breaks his leg, two boys are sent to Carson City - the former end of the Texas cattle drives - to oversee the demolition of the now derelict old hotel which had been a glittering monument for cowboys on the trail back in the 1870s. 189 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in yellow boards with black lettering on the spine (bookplate on front endpaper), a tight and clean copy, no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84880
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