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  • GOLD HUNTER: The Adventures of Marshall Bond. by Bond, Marshall Jr.
    Bond, Marshall Jr.
    GOLD HUNTER: The Adventures of Marshall Bond.

    Edition: First printing.

    Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1969). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Marshal Bond, Jr. - who accompanied his father on several of his journeys - tells the story of his father's adventurous life, using his firsthand knowledge as well as his father's diaries and letters. Bond (1867-1941) drove cattle in Texas, went to the Klondike to search for gold, where he became friends with Jack London (the dog in Call of the Wild is based on Bond's dog) and from there to the deserts of the Southwest and to Mexico City. He boated the Colorado River, lived in a shack in Goldfield Nevada, where he reported on the gold rush there, found himself in the middle of Pancho…

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    Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1969). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Marshal Bond, Jr. - who accompanied his father on several of his journeys - tells the story of his father's adventurous life, using his firsthand knowledge as well as his father's diaries and letters. Bond (1867-1941) drove cattle in Texas, went to the Klondike to search for gold, where he became friends with Jack London (the dog in Call of the Wild is based on Bond's dog) and from there to the deserts of the Southwest and to Mexico City. He boated the Colorado River, lived in a shack in Goldfield Nevada, where he reported on the gold rush there, found himself in the middle of Pancho Villa's fighting in Mexico in 1918, traveled the length of Africa and finally in the 1930s to the gold rush in the Mohave in California. INSCRIBED on the half title page. Illustrated with photographs. Index. x, 258 pp.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 87323
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  • TAHOE DEATHFALL. by Borg, Todd.
    Borg, Todd.
    TAHOE DEATHFALL.

    Edition: Revised edition.

    South Lake Tahoe, California: Thriller Press, (2001). SIGNED - First mystery featuring ex-cop and detective Owen McKenna (and his Great Dane Spot), and his girlfriend, forensic entomologist Street Casey. SIGNED on the title page with the word "Enjoy." 256 pp. ISBN: 1-931296-111.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a new copy)

    Book ID: 72193
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  • TAHOE ICE GRAVE. by Borg, Todd.
    Borg, Todd.
    TAHOE ICE GRAVE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original,

    South Lake Tahoe, California: Thriller Press, (2003.). SIGNED first edition - Third mystery featuring ex-cop and detective Owen McKenna and his Great Dane Spot. Bibliomystery involving a long-lost manuscript by Mark Twain, reportedly hidden on the Hawaiian island of Kauia in 1866. SIGNED on the title page. Review copy with publisher's letter. 288 pp. ISBN: 1931296146.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 58376
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  • TAHOE BLOWUP. by Borg, Todd.
    Borg, Todd.
    TAHOE BLOWUP.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    South Lake Tahoe, California: Thriller Press, (2001.). SIGNED first edition - Second mystery featuring ex-cop and detective Owen McKenna and his Great Dane Spot - an arsonist is setting forest fires, and the first one narrowly misses McKenna's cabin. SIGNED on title page. Winner of the Benjamin Franklin award for best mystery, 319 pp. ISBN: 1-931296-12x.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new )

    Book ID: 81295
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  • TAHOE HEAT. by Borg, Todd.
    Borg, Todd.
    TAHOE HEAT.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original,

    South Lake Tahoe, California: Thriller Press, (2010.). SIGNED first edition - Eighth mystery featuring ex-cop and detective Owen McKenna and his Great Dane Spot. SIGNED on the title page with the word "Enjoy." 288 pp Review copy with publisher's material laid in. ISBN: 1931296146.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 56007
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  • TAHOE BLOWUP. by Borg, Todd.
    Borg, Todd.
    TAHOE BLOWUP.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    South Lake Tahoe, California: Thriller Press, (2001.). SIGNED first edition - Second mystery featuring ex-cop and detective Owen McKenna and his Great Dane Spot - an arsonist is setting forest fires, and the first one narrowly misses McKenna's cabin. INSCRIBED on title page. "--- A hot tale in the mountains of Tahoe! Enjoy." Winner of the Benjamin Franklin award for best mystery, 319 pp. ISBN: 1-931296-12x.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease to upper edge of back cover)

    Book ID: 72206
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  • TAHOE KILLSHOT. by Borg, Todd.
    Borg, Todd.
    TAHOE KILLSHOT.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original,

    South Lake Tahoe, California: Thriller Press, (2004.). SIGNED first edition - Fourth mystery featuring ex-cop and detective Owen McKenna and his Great Dane Spot. SIGNED on the title page. Map 320 pp. ISBN: 1931296146.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a new copy)

    Book ID: 80696
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  • TAHOE SILENCE. by Borg, Todd.
    Borg, Todd.
    TAHOE SILENCE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    South Lake Tahoe, California: Thriller Press, (2007.). First edition - Fifth mystery featuring ex-cop and detective Owen McKenna and his Great Dane Spot. Winner of the Benjamin Franklin award for mystery/suspense. SIGNED on the title page. 352 pp

    Condition: Fine in glossy white wrappers (a new copy)

    Book ID: 40036
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  • TAHOE SILENCE. by Borg, Todd.
    Borg, Todd.
    TAHOE SILENCE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original,

    South Lake Tahoe, California: Thriller Press, (2007.). SIGNED first edition - Fifth mystery featuring ex-cop and detective Owen McKenna and his Great Dane Spot. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Benjamin Franklin award for mystery/suspense. 352 pp. ISBN: 9781931296151.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a new copy)

    Book ID: 42848
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  • TAHOE DEATHFALL. by Borg, Todd.
    Borg, Todd.
    TAHOE DEATHFALL.

    Edition: First edition stated, a trade paperback original.

    South Lake Tahoe, California: Thriller Press, (2001.). SIGNED first edition - First mystery featuring ex-cop and detective Owen McKenna (and his Great Dane Spot), and his girlfriend, forensic entomologist Street Casey. SIGNED on the title page. 256 pp. ISBN: 1-931296-111.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a new copy)

    Book ID: 42847
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  • UNCLE SAM AT HOME. by Bridge, James Howard (Harold Brydges)
    Bridge, James Howard (Harold Brydges)
    UNCLE SAM AT HOME.

    Edition: Facsimile Reprint.

    New York: Arno Press, 1974. Hardcover - Originally published in 1888. Illustrated with small drawings throughout. Commentary on the character of Americans from family life and bonnets to criminals, to Anglomaniacs, and relaxation. A title in the Foreign Travelers in America, 1810-1935 series. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-405-054467.

    Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, missing front endpaper, but overall tight and clean in gold cloth with burgundy lettering.

    Book ID: 57392
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  • BACON, BEANS, AND GALANTINES: Food and Foodways on the Western Mining Frontier. by Conlin, Joseph R.
    Conlin, Joseph R.
    BACON, BEANS, AND GALANTINES: Food and Foodways on the Western Mining Frontier.

    Edition: First printing.

    Reno & Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - A fascinating, entertaining and scholarly look at this important, but often neglected, aspect of social history. While the book focuses on the California gold rush of 49 and the Nevada mines in the early 1900's much more is covered - including nutrition on the Overland trail, restaurants in the mining towns, etc. Much of the material is based on early diaries. Profusely illustrated. Index, bibliography. 246 pages.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 15703
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  • GIRL OF THE DESERT, The Life and Writings of One of the Most Extraordinary Women in America Today. by Cranford, Florence.
    Cranford, Florence.
    GIRL OF THE DESERT, The Life and Writings of One of the Most Extraordinary Women in America Today.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Greenwich Book Publishers, (1961) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of her years in the West - born in South Dakota, she moved to Nevada where she spent 5 years hunting and trapping and ranching. She became a prominent livestock rancher, but went bankrupt during the Depression of 1935, so she moved to California and then to Alaska where she spent 10 years on the frontier. INSCRIBED on the half title page by the author. Illustrated with photographs. 134 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dustjacket (a few spots of foxing to the endpapers, some rubbing to the dj, sunning to the spine.)

    Book ID: 66223
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  • ABOUT A MOUNTAIN. by D'Agata, John.
    D'Agata, John.
    ABOUT A MOUNTAIN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - A brief but provocative collection of essays, triggered by a move to Las Vegas one summer: D'Agata "begins to follow a story about the federal governmentÕs plan to store high-level nuclear waste at a place called Yucca Mountain, a desert range near the city of Las Vegas" and winds up with a re-examination of the future of human life. Notes. 236 pp. ISBN: 978-0393068184.

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

    Book ID: 66415
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  • De Vries, Clare.
    I & CLAUDIUS: Travels With My Cat.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York Bloomsbury, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Story of the adventures of an intrepid young woman and her 19 year old cat who take a road trip accross the US. Color photographs. Map endpapers. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-58234-0544.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (slight spine slant.)

    Book ID: 28150
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  • IRONING DAY: Poems and Paragraphs. by Denton, Hazel Baker.
    Denton, Hazel Baker.
    IRONING DAY: Poems and Paragraphs.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Exposition Press, (1955) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of poems and brief essays, some humorous, and mostly on "domestic" topics by this Nevada educator. Also includes 4 poems by Ruthetta Seegmiller and 1 by Grace Seegmiller. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper. 88 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81823
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  • THE EARP PAPERS: In a Brother's Image. by [Earp, Virgil and Wyatt] Chaput, Don.
    [Earp, Virgil and Wyatt] Chaput, Don.
    THE EARP PAPERS: In a Brother's Image.

    Edition: First printing.

    Encampment, Wyoming: Affiliated Writers of America. 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first group biography of the Earp family, perhaps the notorious family in Western history. Based on 20 years of research, this focuses on especially on their time Tombstone and Prescott, Arizona, although the history of their crisscrossing America, starting over and over again in various states, is amazing in itself.. Photographs, bibliography, index. 261 pp. ISBN: 1-879915-103.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 48176
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  • LASSO THE WIND: Away to the New West. by Egan, TImothy.
    Egan, TImothy.
    LASSO THE WIND: Away to the New West.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - His third book, a collection of fourteen essays by a consistently interesting, informative and sometimes provocative writer - . set in eleven states and focusing on the basic struggle for possession of the American West, Among those who appear here are "Kit Laney, who defiantly refuses to pay for grazing rights on public land; Patricia Mulroy, the head of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, who works to bring more water to Las Vegas' casinos, golf courses, and subdivisions, even if it means damming the Virgin River running through Zion National Park in Utah; and Robert P. McCulloch, a zealous developer who reassembled each stone of the London Bridge…

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    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - His third book, a collection of fourteen essays by a consistently interesting, informative and sometimes provocative writer - . set in eleven states and focusing on the basic struggle for possession of the American West, Among those who appear here are "Kit Laney, who defiantly refuses to pay for grazing rights on public land; Patricia Mulroy, the head of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, who works to bring more water to Las Vegas' casinos, golf courses, and subdivisions, even if it means damming the Virgin River running through Zion National Park in Utah; and Robert P. McCulloch, a zealous developer who reassembled each stone of the London Bridge in the Arizona desert in an attempt to draw people to his contrived dream town." Maps, selected bibliography, indes. x, 266 pp. ISBN: 0-375400249.

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    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88846
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  • LASSO THE WIND: Away to the New West. by Egan, TImothy.
    Egan, TImothy.
    LASSO THE WIND: Away to the New West.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His third book, a collection of fourteen essays by a consistently interesting, informative and sometimes provocative writer - . set in eleven states and focusing on the basic struggle for possession of the American West, Among those who appear here are "Kit Laney, who defiantly refuses to pay for grazing rights on public land; Patricia Mulroy, the head of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, who works to bring more water to Las Vegas' casinos, golf courses, and subdivisions, even if it means damming the Virgin River running through Zion National Park in Utah; and Robert P. McCulloch, a zealous developer who reassembled each stone of the London…

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    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His third book, a collection of fourteen essays by a consistently interesting, informative and sometimes provocative writer - . set in eleven states and focusing on the basic struggle for possession of the American West, Among those who appear here are "Kit Laney, who defiantly refuses to pay for grazing rights on public land; Patricia Mulroy, the head of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, who works to bring more water to Las Vegas' casinos, golf courses, and subdivisions, even if it means damming the Virgin River running through Zion National Park in Utah; and Robert P. McCulloch, a zealous developer who reassembled each stone of the London Bridge in the Arizona desert in an attempt to draw people to his contrived dream town." SIGNED on the title page. Maps, selected bibliography, indes. x, 266 pp. ISBN: 0-375400249.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85111
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  • COMSTOCK BONANZA: Western Americana of J. Ross Browne, Mark Twain, Sam Davis, Bret Harte, James W. Gally, Dan de Quille, Joseph T. Goodman and Fred Hart. by Emrich, Duncan, editor.
    Emrich, Duncan, editor.
    COMSTOCK BONANZA: Western Americana of J. Ross Browne, Mark Twain, Sam Davis, Bret Harte, James W. Gally, Dan de Quille, Joseph T. Goodman and Fred Hart.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Vanguard, (1950). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A selection from the writings of J. Ross Browne, Mark Twain, Sam Davis, Bret Harte, James W. Gally, Dan de Quille, Joseph T. Goodman and Fred Hart - all of whom spent time in the Comstock area of Nevada. Selected and edited by Emrich Duncan, the chief of the Folklore Section at the Library of Congress, who has written a brief biographical introduction to each author's works.SIGNED by Emrich on the page following the title page with the words "The Bucket of Blood in the Comstock." 363 pp.

    Condition: Good only in silver (tear to side of spine), no dust jacket. Uncommon signed

    Book ID: 69250
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  • TUMBLEWORDS: Writers Reading the West. by Fox, William L., editor.
    Fox, William L., editor.
    TUMBLEWORDS: Writers Reading the West.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, (1995). First edition - Collects works by 72 western writers - featuring poets, novelists, short-story writers and essayists from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming (the selections are arranged by state) Among the authors are Kim Barnes, William Johnson, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Jonathan Penner, Dennis Hickman and many others, Foreword by Donald Meyer and an introduction by the editor, William L. Fox. Map, notes on contributors, index of authors and titles. A title in the Western Literature Series.xxv, 377 pp.. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. ISBN: 0-874172713.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 67213
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  • THE DISCRETIONIST. by Hawvermale, Lance.
    Hawvermale, Lance.
    THE DISCRETIONIST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Five Star / Gale, (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - Unusual thriller set in Las Vegas and the desert around it, featuring a black limousine driver, the son of a cop, brain-damaged in an accidental shooting, and a young woman who came to Vegas to make it big as a dancer. "Limousine driver Micah Donovan prides himself on his discretion. Regardless of what transpires in the back of his car every night, he keeps his eyes on the road and his heart so far away that he can no longer reach it. But something's different tonight in Las Vegas. The driver's wealthy client, Austin Savlodar, is the malicious son of an imprisoned gangster." 338 pp. ISBN: 978-1432828660.

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

    Book ID: 72468
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  • DEATH VALLEY SCOTTY TOLD ME - by Houston, Eleanor Jordan,
    Houston, Eleanor Jordan,
    DEATH VALLEY SCOTTY TOLD ME -

    Edition: Later printing.

    Death Valley, California: Death Valley Natural History Association, (1985, c. 1954.). From the author's preface:" Death Valley Scotty is a legend - one of the few who became legends while they lived. To the author and others who knew him, he was a very real, forceful and unique personality. Even in his eighties, he could hold a group spellbound with his tall tales, his individual phrasing and his ability to puncture a stuffed shirt with a few vivid words. Yet he never capitalized on his exploits, and he never hurt anyone, even those who called him a faker and harder names." Although basically a con-man, Scotty did not build and never owned the incredible edifice called Scotty's Castle in…

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    Death Valley, California: Death Valley Natural History Association, (1985, c. 1954.). From the author's preface:" Death Valley Scotty is a legend - one of the few who became legends while they lived. To the author and others who knew him, he was a very real, forceful and unique personality. Even in his eighties, he could hold a group spellbound with his tall tales, his individual phrasing and his ability to puncture a stuffed shirt with a few vivid words. Yet he never capitalized on his exploits, and he never hurt anyone, even those who called him a faker and harder names." Although basically a con-man, Scotty did not build and never owned the incredible edifice called Scotty's Castle in a remote canyon in northern Death Valley, California, although it was his home for many years - and his story is inextricably entwined with this desert oasis. Illustrated with photographs. 127 pp.

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    Condition: Near fine in cream colored wrappers with a photograph of Scotty on the front cover.

    Book ID: 42071
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  • VIRGINIA CITY: Secrets of a Western Past. by James, Ronald M.
    James, Ronald M.
    VIRGINIA CITY: Secrets of a Western Past.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    University of Nebraska Press, (2012). First edition - Using Virgina City, the boomtown Nevada town in the Comstock Lode and once one of the richest places in the country, as a microcosm of the American West, this book shows how archeology can help bring the past to life -From pieces of a Tabasco Pepper Sauce bottle, to shards of a ceramic pot, from reports of local saloons to plans for the cemetery, each of the thousands of artifacts uncovered at a site tells a story. Atitle in the "Historical Archaeology of the American West" series. "Photographs, notes, bibliography. xxii, 143 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85068
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  • WILD HORSE ANNIE: Velma Johnston and Her Fight to Save the Mustangs by [Johnston, Velma Ione Bronn 1912-1977] Kania, Alan J.
    [Johnston, Velma Ione Bronn 1912-1977] Kania, Alan J.
    WILD HORSE ANNIE: Velma Johnston and Her Fight to Save the Mustangs

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Reno & Las Vegas, NV: University of Nevada Press, (2012). First edition - An account of Annie Johnston - "Wild Horse Annie" - twenty-seven year fight to save the mustangs from slaughter - and to establish refuges for them, not just in her state of Nevada but across the West. Although it seemed like she had succeeded when Congress passed the Wild Free Horse and Burro Act in 1971, and the Supreme Court upheld it, there have been many setbacks since - both legislative and bureaucratic. Still, without the efforts of this shy Nevada horsewife, there would probably not be any mustangs in the wild at all. Illustrated with photographs. Notes. xiv, 212 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 64150
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  • Kuhlken, Ken.
    MIDHEAVEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (1980.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this mystery writer, set in the Tahoe region of California and Nevada, a story of an 18 year old girl and the conflicts between the serenity of the Sierras and the lure of the casinos. SIGNED on title page. 265 pp.

    Condition: Ex-library, although tight and clean, in a laminated dj.

    Book ID: 16029
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  • Lauck, Jennifer.
    BLACKBIRD: A Childhood Lost.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, (2000.) dj. Hardcover - A highly praised memoir of the author's look at her childhood in Carson City, Nevada until it was devastated by the fatal illness of her mother. 406 pp. ISBN: 0-671-042556.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 39847
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  • Lauck, Jennifer.
    BLACKBIRD: A Childhood Lost.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Pocket Books, 2000. A highly praised memoir of the author's look at her childhood in Carson City Nevada until it was devastated by the fatal illness of her mother.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 20889
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  • Lauck, Jennifer.
    BLACKBIRD: A Childhood Lost.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Pocket Books, 2000. A highly praised memoir of the author's look at her childhood in Carson City Nevada until it was devastated by the fatal illness of her mother.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (small crease on corner)

    Book ID: 19107
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  • SAUCER EYES: A Story of Becoming in Hard Rock Mining Country. by Laucks, Eulah Croson.
    Laucks, Eulah Croson.
    SAUCER EYES: A Story of Becoming in Hard Rock Mining Country.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Santa Barbara: Fithian Press, 1996. First edition - Cover praise from Harry Ashmore ("Laucks sets forth an unfolding view of the hard-scrabble community situated atop the Comstock Lode in Nevada - a far place populated by rough and ready miners lured by glittering prospects that never panned out for her father.. a uniquely revealing perspective on the last days of the waning American frontier") and Wendell Berry ("a little nugget of a book,, it wastes not a word and undervalues nothing.") Photographs, 95 pp. ISBN: 1-564741532.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, and tape reinforcement to the edges. A good reading copy.

    Book ID: 37944
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