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THE MAN FROM WELLS FARGO.
Edition: First printing.
London: Robert Hale, (1979.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Hard-to-find first novel by this actor and screenwriter (for among other things, the 'Bonanza' television show and the musicals 'Go for Your Gun' and 'Belle Starr') - a classic Western set in the Panamint Mountains near Death Valley.Presentation copy, warmly INSCRIBED by the author to a couple who were his friends and neighbors in the Sierra foothills and dated in the year of publication: 'to my dear friends... who believed when all others doubted. I will always be grateful for your encouragement and friendship. Love and God Bless. Merry Christmas 1979 and the best New Year ever. Always your friend, Warren Douglas.' 170 pp. Newspaper clipping with an obituary laid in. ISBN: 0-7091-77097.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket. (short closed tear)
Book ID: 38111More details Price: $60.00 -
CHALLISS GORE: THE CALIFORNIA I SAW.
Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback.
Walnut Creek, CA: Preservation Press, (1983). First edition - Striking black and white photographs of the landscape, buildings and people of California taken during the 1950s and 1960s by Challiss Gore, arranged topically. Included are groupings on trees, the Gold Country, Death Valley, architecture, missions and more. Hand numbered #214 (no limitation stated) 68 pp. ISBN: 0-961101601.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 62095More details Price: $30.00 -
DEATH VALLEY SCOTTY TOLD ME -
Edition: Later printing.
Condition: Near fine in cream colored wrappers with a photograph of Scotty on the front cover.
Book ID: 42071More details Price: $12.00 -
THE WHITE HEART OF MOJAVE.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fair condition only in aquamarine cloth with paper labels (some mottling from dampness on lower edge of front cover, tidemarks near the gutter affecting the lower and upper margins of most pages) - despite these cosmetic flaws, the book is still sturdy and easily readable.
Book ID: 84468More details Price: $75.00 -
THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - A stand-alone suspense novel by this award-winning author, set in Death Valley, California and Las Vegas. 206 pp. ISBN: 978-082717139.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 64343More details Price: $15.00 -
HEAT: Adventures in the World's Fiery Places.
Edition: First printing.
New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - An entertaining book in which the author, a biologist, describes hiking in Death Valley to the invention of matches, and the chemistry of cooking, as he mixes "pop science, personal experiences, and historic asides into a fun and informative commentary on a subject that few people think about despite its inherent life and death implications." (Publishers Weekly) Extensive notes, index.xvii, 349 pp. ISBN: 978-0316105330.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (toning to edges of textblock, pages)
Book ID: 89093More details Price: $18.00