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Seelye, John.
THE KID.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Viking, 1972. dj. Hardcover first edition - Western novel set in Wyoming in the 1880's - the kid comes into town accompanied by a colossal African mute. Review copy with publisher's slip laid. Also slip with 'compliments of author' laid in. ISBN: 0-670-412988.

Condition: Fine in very near fine dust jacket (slight fading to spine of dj.)

Book ID: 24319

Keywords: Western or frontier fiction, wyoming

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Steele, Rufus (1877 - 1935). Illustrations by Herbert Stoops (1887-1947)
SCAR NECK: The Adventurous Story of a Great Nevada Mustang.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. First edition - A book presumably published for young adults by this author, who was also an editor and columnist, a producer of numerous motion pictures. a lecturer and more. Graphically written it begins with a brutal scene of a small band of wild horses killed simply for their hides - the sole surviver was a young colt, grazed on the neck by a bullet - hence his name later on a stallion. Notable for the illustrations by Herbert Stoops, who was known for his old West drawings and especially his pictures of horses which capture their power and beauty. Includes a sepia frontispiece, 5 full page black line drawings,and several small vignettes.…
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. First edition - A book presumably published for young adults by this author, who was also an editor and columnist, a producer of numerous motion pictures. a lecturer and more. Graphically written it begins with a brutal scene of a small band of wild horses killed simply for their hides - the sole surviver was a young colt, grazed on the neck by a bullet - hence his name later on a stallion. Notable for the illustrations by Herbert Stoops, who was known for his old West drawings and especially his pictures of horses which capture their power and beauty. Includes a sepia frontispiece, 5 full page black line drawings,and several small vignettes. Small format, just 6 3/4 in by 5 inches. 92 pp. Orange and white illustrated endpapers.
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Condition: Very good in orange cloth with dark green lettering and a small illustration of the head of a horse in the lower right hand corner (minor soiling to the covers, but overall a clean and sturdy copy)

Book ID: 88663

Keywords: Western or frontier fiction, young adult

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Sublette, C. M.
GREENHORN'S HUNT.

Edition: First printing.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1934. dj. Hardcover first edition - An novel of adventure and danger in the West - among the trappers, the Blackfeet Indians, at Yellowstone. Illustrated with 6 plates by Will Crawford.

Condition: Very good- in a somewhat worn, but still attractive dustjacket (corners of book bumped, dj has tape reinforcement at ends of spine, wear along folds, price-clipped.)

Book ID: 16405

Keywords: Western or frontier fiction

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Swarthout, Glendon.
THE HOMESMAN.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - A story of the frontier in the 1850s, and of two ornery, strong-willed individuals - one a woman homesteading on her own, the other a drifter and claim-jumper - yoked together in the most unlikely of undertakings - that is, acting as "homesman" and escorting four women who have gone mad from the isolation back to the East. Basis for the 2014 film of the same name directed by Tommy Lee Jones and starring Jones and Hilary Swank. 239 pp. ISBN: 1-555842356.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 70583

Keywords: historical fiction, movie tie-in, southwest, Western or frontier fiction

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Tanner, Clay (pseudonym of George W. Proctor)
DELTA RAIDERS: Chance #5.

Edition: Paperback original - first printing.

New York: Avon, (1987). First edition - Fifty mail-order brides, bound for Montana, courtesy of the New Orleans jail, are aboard Chance's riverboat "Wild Card.' 168 pp. ISBN: 0-38075164X.

Condition: Very near fine (appears unread)

Book ID: 70343

Keywords: mississippi, riverboat, Western or frontier fiction

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Tippette, Giles.
WILSON'S REVENGE.

Edition: Paperback original - second printing.

New York: Jove Books, (1994). A"classic novel of frontier justice.". ISBN: 0-515-112143.

Condition: Very good.

Book ID: 70354

Keywords: Western or frontier fiction

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Tippette, Giles.
MEXICAN STANDOFF.

Edition: Paperback original - first printing.

New York: Pocket Books, (1994). First edition - A Warner Grayson novel. 248 pp. Cover by Robert Tanenbaum. ISBN: 0-671-871587.

Condition: Very good.

Book ID: 70356

Keywords: Western or frontier fiction

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Tippette, Giles.
HEAVEN'S GOLD.

Edition: First printing.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel featuring former outlaw and gunslinger Wilson Young, who has settled down to a respectable life as a saloon-keeping in the border town of Del Rio, Texas. It is 1916 now, and the world is changing too fast for Wilson - so he decides on one last robbery. He's not even going to keep the money -he'll just steal it and give it back, to teach the US government a lesson. 380 pp. ISBN: 0-312860471.

Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket. (a new, unread copy but with a remainder line)

Book ID: 70381

Keywords: historical fiction, outlaw, texas, Western or frontier fiction

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Ullman, Allan and Rolfe Bloom.
NAKED SPUR.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Random House, (1953) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Greed and lust call the tune when a Western killer is tracked for profit in this taut adventure in suspense." Novel based upon the Academy Award nominated screenplay by Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom for this classic Western film about a bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice, directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart and Janet Leigh. 176 pp.

Condition: Good only in a good dust jacket (spine slant, some offsetting to the endpapers, rubbing to the edges and folds of the dust jacket, but it is still bright and unfaded, original price of 2.50 still present)

Book ID: 67901

Keywords: movie tie-in, Western or frontier fiction

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Veatch, Byron E.
MEN WHO DARED.

Edition: Second edition.

Chicago, Illinois: Homer Harisun & Co., (1908.). Hardcover - A collection of 7 stories about the Western frontier from Texas to Calaveras County in gold rush California - titles include The Fiddlin' Kid, The Two Samurai, A Delayed Verdict, The King of Calaveras, Next Christmas,etc. 346 pp

Condition: Near fine in red cloth with bright gilt sabres on front cover, gilt lettering on front and spine (previous owner's name dated in San Francisco in 1910.)

Book ID: 31670

Keywords: california, gold rush, texas, Western or frontier fiction

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Vliet, R. G. (1929-1984.)
SOLITUDES: A Novel .

Edition: First printing.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, The hero of this historical Western, set in southwest Texas in the 1880s runs stolen cattle, kills a man, and survives plenty of natural perils, including cholera and a tornado, in quest of a beautiful woman - much like traditional formula Westerns. But there is also an inner search: "The man Claiborne Sandelin kills is a stranger, and . . not until the end of the novel do we begin to understand why Claiborne killed the man. He killed the man for sociological reasons: the stranger was a Meskin and Claiborne hates Mexicans; the stranger was rich and Claiborne is literally a poor white.…
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, The hero of this historical Western, set in southwest Texas in the 1880s runs stolen cattle, kills a man, and survives plenty of natural perils, including cholera and a tornado, in quest of a beautiful woman - much like traditional formula Westerns. But there is also an inner search: "The man Claiborne Sandelin kills is a stranger, and . . not until the end of the novel do we begin to understand why Claiborne killed the man. He killed the man for sociological reasons: the stranger was a Meskin and Claiborne hates Mexicans; the stranger was rich and Claiborne is literally a poor white. But the real reason . . is much deeper; it is nothing less than a recognition of the strangers solitude, the fundamental aloneness that Claiborne is existentially sad about, seeing it in himself, in others, seeing it as the only truth beneath the appearance of everything. Claiborne eventually comes to terms with the murder, forgives himself, and understands the consoling paradox that all things are bound together by solitude and the sentence of death. . Most of the book is taken up with his search for the granddaughter of the man he killed and, conversely, with her search for the murderer. Vliets shift in point-of-view, from third-person focus on Claiborne to the woman Soledad, produces some of his best prose and creates a compelling psychological mystery." (Don Graham, Western American Literature) 274 pp. Wraparound dust jacket by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-15-1836698.
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Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket. (short closed tears and edgewear to the dj.)

Book ID: 46325

Keywords: racism, texas, Western or frontier fiction

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Vliet, R. G. (1929-1984) Introduction by Ann Vliet, afterword by Tom Pilkington.
SOLEDAD or SOLITUDES: A Novel .

Edition: First printing.

Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - A revised edition of Vliet's second novel with the original title he wanted - a revision he was working on even as he was battling cancer. Includes a new introduction by his wife, Ann Vliet, describing the difficulties he had in getting this published, and an afterword by Tom Pilkington. The hero of this historical Western, set in southwest Texas in the 1880s runs stolen cattle, kills a man, and survives plenty of natural perils, including cholera and a tornado, in quest of a beautiful woman - much like traditional formula Westerns. But there is also an inner search: "The man Claiborne Sandelin kills is a stranger,…
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Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - A revised edition of Vliet's second novel with the original title he wanted - a revision he was working on even as he was battling cancer. Includes a new introduction by his wife, Ann Vliet, describing the difficulties he had in getting this published, and an afterword by Tom Pilkington. The hero of this historical Western, set in southwest Texas in the 1880s runs stolen cattle, kills a man, and survives plenty of natural perils, including cholera and a tornado, in quest of a beautiful woman - much like traditional formula Westerns. But there is also an inner search: "The man Claiborne Sandelin kills is a stranger, and . . not until the end of the novel do we begin to understand why Claiborne killed the man. He killed the man for sociological reasons: the stranger was a Meskin and Claiborne hates Mexicans; the stranger was rich and Claiborne is literally a poor white. But the real reason . . is much deeper; it is nothing less than a recognition of the strangers solitude, the fundamental aloneness that Claiborne is existentially sad about, seeing it in himself, in others, seeing it as the only truth beneath the appearance of everything. Claiborne eventually comes to terms with the murder, forgives himself, and understands the consoling paradox that all things are bound together by solitude and the sentence of death. . Most of the book is taken up with his search for the granddaughter of the man he killed and, conversely, with her search for the murderer. Vliets shift in point-of-view, from third-person focus on Claiborne to the woman Soledad, produces some of his best prose and creates a compelling psychological mystery." (Don Graham, Western American Literature of the original edition) With this revised edition, Vliet has succeeded in writing a great Western novel, comparable to the best of Cormac McCarthy. A title in the Texas Tradition Series. 270 pp. ISBN: 0-875650635.
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Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket. (slight spine slant, tear to dj at fold of front flap.)

Book ID: 88822

Keywords: racism, texas, Western or frontier fiction

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Warren, Spring.
TURPENTINE.

Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

New York: Grove Atlantic Press, Black Cat, (2007). First edition - The author's highly praised first novel set in the 1870s. "With a pitch-perfect narrator and a smorgasbord of sensory detail, this brings the Old West back to life. Turpentine casts the rebirth of a privileged young man finding self-truth against the birth of a nation struggling to come together, in a novel filled with wit, brilliant characterizations, and descriptions that will leave you feeling as if you can still feel the dust of a buffalo stampede settling around you." (Jodi Picoult) 420 pp. ISBN: 978-0802170361.

Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with self-flaps.

Book ID: 88938

Keywords: first novel, historical fiction, nebraska, Western or frontier fiction

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Watson, Larry
JUSTICE

Edition: First printing.

Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A prequel to his award-winning novel 'Montana 1948,' this is the story of members of the Hayden family from 1899 as they struggle to carve a life out of the wilderness. SIGNED on the title page. 226 pp. Dust jacket painting by Russell Chatham. ISBN: 1571310029.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 9953

Keywords: historical fiction, montana setting, Western or frontier fiction

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Watson, Larry
JUSTICE

Edition: First printing.

Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A prequel to his award-winning novel 'Montana 1948,' this is the story of members of the Hayden family from 1899 as they struggle to carve a life out of the wilderness. SIGNED on the title page. 226 pp. Dust jacket painting by Russell Chatham. ISBN: 1571310029.

Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (sticker on front pastedown)

Book ID: 56478

Keywords: historical fiction, montana setting, Western or frontier fiction

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Watson, Larry
JUSTICE

Edition: 2nd printing.

Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1995. dj. Hardcover - A prequel to his award-winning novel 'Montana 1948,' this is the story of members of the Hayden family from 1899 as they struggle to carve a life out of the wilderness. 226 pp. Dust jacket painting by Russell Chatham. ISBN: 1-571310029.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 76609

Keywords: historical fiction, montana setting, Western or frontier fiction

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Wheeler, Richard S.
MASTERSON.

Edition: First printing.

New York: FORGE / Tom Doherty Associates, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel set in 1919: the legendary former lawman Bat Masterson has been working as a sports columnist in New York City, and together with his wife, he decides to revisit the West. ISBN: 0-312-870477.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 26067

Keywords: Western or frontier fiction

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White, Stewart Edward.
ARIZONA NIGHTS.

Edition: Vintage reprint - first thus.

Garden City, NY: Sun Dial Press, (1937) dj. Hardcover - A substantial collection of stories set in the plains and desert lands of the Southwest, originally published in 1907. Divided into three parts - Arizona Nights, The Two Gun Man and The Rawhide. Glossy frontispiece and dj art by L. C. Wyeth. 351 pp.

Condition: Very good in blue cloth with orange lettering on spine (gift inscription on rear endpaper in a worn dust jacket with some loss at the ends of the spine, overall edgewear. Uncommon in dust jacket even on reprint editions. Dust jacket now protected by an archival cover.

Book ID: 86107

Keywords: gunmen, short stories, southwest, Western or frontier fiction

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