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  • CONTRABAND. by Adams, Cleve F. (aka Franklin Charles and John Spain), 1895-1949, and Robert Leslie Bellem
    Adams, Cleve F. (aka Franklin Charles and John Spain), 1895-1949, and Robert Leslie Bellem
    CONTRABAND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. dj. Hardcover first edition - Hard-boiled novel featuring federal narcotics agent Reed Smith, published posthumously (although the dust jacket does not give a hint of that), incorporating Adams' pulp novellettes (including one with the same title) and completed by Bellem. Adams was a friend of Raymond Chandler, and wrote in the same noir tradition. 241 pp. Dust jacket art by Bill English.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 58973
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  • ALONG THE RIVER 2: More Voices from the Rio Grande. by Bowles, David, editor.
    Bowles, David, editor.
    ALONG THE RIVER 2: More Voices from the Rio Grande.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Donna, TX: VAO Publishing, (2012). First edition - An anthology of poetry and prose, collecting the work of 39 writers from South Texas. Contributor biographies. 232 pp. Striking wraparound cover art by Noe Vela. ISBN: 978-0615723761.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 88590
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  • GOATWALKING: A Guide to Wildland Living. by Corbett, Jim.
    Corbett, Jim.
    GOATWALKING: A Guide to Wildland Living.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book by one of the founders of the Sanctuary movement - one which presents "his beliefs and experiences as a former goat raiser, naturalist, activist, and Quaker whose wanderings have led him to many locations in the United States and Latin America. [He] describes the brutality he has witnessed as an activist in the sanctuary movement.. and expounds upon human rights and civil disobedience in the spirit of Henry David Thoreau, Saul Alinsky, and Gandhi." (Library Journal)" Review copy with publisher's material, including a photograph of the author laid in. xi, 237 pp. ISBN: 0-670828467.

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

    Book ID: 84216
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  • SULFUR SPRINGS. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    SULFUR SPRINGS.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2017) dj. Hardcover - The 17th novel in the series featuring Cork O'Connor - in this book, he and his new wife, Rainy Bisonette, travel from Minnesota to a small town in the Southern Arizona desert in July in search of her son. Winner of the Lefty Award for best mystery novel. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-1501147340.

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

    Book ID: 72147
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  • SULFUR SPRINGS. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    SULFUR SPRINGS.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The 17th novel in the series featuring Cork O'Connor - in this book, he and his new wife, Rainy Bisonette, travel from Minnesota to a small town in the Southern Arizona desert in July in search of her son. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Lefty Award for best mystery novel. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-1501147340.

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

    Book ID: 72156
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  • SULFUR SPRINGS. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    SULFUR SPRINGS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 17th novel in the series featuring Cork O'Connor - in this book, he and his new wife, Rainy Bisonette, travel from Minnesota to a small town in the Southern Arizona desert in July in search of her son. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Lefty Award for best mystery novel. Went fairly quickly into later printings. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-1501147340.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72068
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  • IRON RIVER. by Parker, T. Jefferson
    Parker, T. Jefferson
    IRON RIVER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (2010.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Charlie Hood novel, as he joins a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms task force on the 'iron river' - the illegal flow of guns from the US to drug dealers in Mexico. SIGNED on the title page. 369 pp. ISBN: 9780525951490.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (crease to front flap of dj.)

    Book ID: 50906
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  • IRON RIVER. by Parker, T. Jefferson
    Parker, T. Jefferson
    IRON RIVER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (2010.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Charlie Hood novel, as he joins a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms task force on the 'iron river' - the illegal flow of guns from the US to drug dealers in Mexico. 369 pp. ISBN: 9780525951490.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's stamp on front endpaper.)

    Book ID: 66643
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  • THE BORDER LORDS. by Parker, T. Jefferson
    Parker, T. Jefferson
    THE BORDER LORDS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (2011.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Charlie Hood novel - an ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) agent disappears while deep undercover in Mexico.SIGNED on the title page. 372 pp. ISBN: 978-0525952008.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 67106
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  • CARLOTA OF THE RANCHO. by Raymond, Evelyn [Hunt 1843-1910]
    Raymond, Evelyn [Hunt 1843-1910]
    CARLOTA OF THE RANCHO.

    Edition: Later printing.

    Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1936. Hardcover - A rather hard to find stand-alone novel by the author of the Dorothy series, the story of two children, twins, living on a ranch on the border of old Mexico and New Mexico. The manuscript was originally titled ÒChildren of the Refugio" when it was sold by Stratemeyer to Penn, who first published it in 1909. Illustrated by Sarah A. Shreve with a glossy frontispiece. 333 pp.

    Condition: Very good in yellow cloth with black lettering (signs of erasure on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 75838
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  • STORY [Magazine] Summer 1991. by (Rios, Alberto Alvaros, signed; Steven Millhauser, Mary Grimm, Elizabeth McCracken and others, contributors) Rosenthal, Lois, editor.
    (Rios, Alberto Alvaros, signed; Steven Millhauser, Mary Grimm, Elizabeth McCracken and others, contributors) Rosenthal, Lois, editor.
    STORY [Magazine] Summer 1991.

    Edition: First appearance in print of these works.

    Cincinnati: F & W Publications, 1991. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Rios at his story "Saturnino el Magnifico." In addition to the authors listed above this issue includes works by Charlotte Holmes, Edward Allen, David Shields, Joan Wickersham and more. Notes on contributors. Advertisements. 128 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: 1045-0831.

    Condition: Very near fine in stiff white illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 39265
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