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  • A MAN IN THE WHEATFIELD. by Laxalt, Robert,
    Laxalt, Robert,
    A MAN IN THE WHEATFIELD.

    Edition: First thus.

    Reno and Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press, (1987) dj. Hardcover - A reissue of Laxalt's first novel, originally published in 1964 - a sometimes shocking story told simply and concisely. "Father Savio Lazzaroni is obsessed with a vision of evil. Mayor Manuel Cafferata is only concerned with his own standing in a tiny village peopled with Italian immigrants. Into their isolated town comes Smale Calder, the first outsider to set up business in the tightly knit society. The events that befall these three men and the villagers reveal the chilling ways in which people deal with fear and prejudice. When Calder's secret passion for rattlesnakes is discovered, the lives of all involved are changed in a dramatic sequence of emotions and events." 178 pp. ISBN: 0-87417130X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (small previous owner's name)

    Book ID: 85787
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  • THE GOVERNER'S MANSION. by Laxalt, Robert.
    Laxalt, Robert.
    THE GOVERNER'S MANSION.

    Edition: First printing.

    Reno and Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - In the third volume of this Basque family trilogy, Leon, the oldest son of immigrant parents, debates whether or not to enter politics. Set in the 1960s this reveals both sides of Nevada - traditional cowboy country and Las Vegas where anything goes. 227 pp. ISBN: 0-874172519.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 86328
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  • CHILD OF THE HOLY GHOST. by Laxalt, Robert.
    Laxalt, Robert.
    CHILD OF THE HOLY GHOST.

    Edition: First printing.

    Reno and Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - In the second volume of this Basque family trilogy, "Peter journeys to his parents' native land to learn more about his mother's secret past. The "child" in the title is the narrator's mother, Maitia, whose life has been tainted by her illegitimacy. Laxalt brings a mythopoeic solemnity to the reconstructed experiences of both Maitia, growing up in a tiny Basque village, and Petya, a youth whose family sends him to the American West after he witnesses a murder." (Publishers Weekly) 153 pp. ISBN: 0-874171962.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (previous owner's name on front endpaper, slight spine slant, chip to lower edge of back cover of dj)

    Book ID: 86327
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  • SWEET PROMISED LAND. by Laxalt, Robert.
    Laxalt, Robert.
    SWEET PROMISED LAND.

    Edition: First thus.

    Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, (1986.) dj. Hardcover - A handsome new edition of this book originally published in 1957, which has become a classic in the field of immigrant literature. This is an account of the author;s father, a Basque sheepherder raised on the Pyrenees in France, who came to the Sierras in Nevada as a young man, and who fifty years later returned to his home in the Basque country, only to discover that Nevada had become his real home. A title in the Basque series with a new foreword by William O. Douglas, the general editor of the series. Frontispiece by George Carlson. xx, 176 pp. ISBN: 0-87417-1148.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (prev owner's first name, some bleeding from the blue cloth to the inside of the dj, not affecting the cloth nor visible on the outside.).

    Book ID: 45251
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  • SWEET PROMISED LAND. by Laxalt, Robert.
    Laxalt, Robert.
    SWEET PROMISED LAND.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1974.). A book originally published in 1957, which has become a classic in the field of immigrant literature. This is an account of the author's father, a Basque sheepherder raised in the Pyrenees in France, who came to the Sierras in Nevada as a young man, and who fifty years later returned to his home in the Basque country, only to discover that Nevada had become his real home. 186 pp.

    Condition: Good only (creases to lower corners of covers, other wear.)

    Book ID: 52373
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  • SWEET PROMISED LAND. by Laxalt, Robert.
    Laxalt, Robert.
    SWEET PROMISED LAND.

    Edition: First thus.

    Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, (1986.) dj. Hardcover - A handsome new edition of this book originally published in 1957, which has become a classic in the field of immigrant literature. This is an account of the author;s father, a Basque sheepherder raised on the Pyrenees in France, who came to the Sierras in Nevada as a young man, and who fifty years later returned to his home in the Basque country, only to discover that Nevada had become his real home. A title in the Basque series with a new foreword by William O. Douglas, the general editor of the series. Frontispiece by George Carlson. xx, 176 pp. ISBN: 0-87417-1148.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52403
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  • NELLIE CASHMAN: Prospector and Trailblazer. by Ledbetter, Suzann.
    Ledbetter, Suzann.
    NELLIE CASHMAN: Prospector and Trailblazer.

    Edition: First printing, a slim trade paperback.

    El Paso, TX Texas Western Press / The University of Texas at El Paso, (1993). First edition - Biography of Irish-born Nellie Cashman (1850-1925) who, after arriving in Boston in the 1860s, soon went West and became a prospector and boarding house proprietor in mining towns ranging from Californian to Nevada to Tombstone, Arizona, . She was the first Caucasian woman to trek British Columbia's rugged Cassiar Mountain region and half a century later was the first woman to fly there in an airplane. Southwestern Studies No. 98. Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award Illustrated with vintage photographs throughout,Notes, bibliography. xii, 83 pp. ISBN: 0-87404-1945.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 60769
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  • Lyon, Thomas J., editor.
    WESTERN AMERICAN LITERATURE, November 1989. Volume XXIV (24), Number 3.

    Edition: First appearance in print of these works.

    Logan, Utah: The Western Literature Association and Utah State University, 1989. First edition - The quarterly journal of the Western Literature Associaton. Includes articles on McMurty and Cadillac Larry, the frontier myth on stage, Rolvaag's 'Peder Victorius; ecology, and one by Ann Ronald on the wilderness experience in 'Why Don't They Write About Nevada?' Book reviews, advertisements. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

    Condition: Very near fine in tan printed wrappers (small piece torn from upper edge of first page).

    Book ID: 32239
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  • Lyon, Thomas J., editor.
    WESTERN AMERICAN LITERATURE, November 1990. Volume XXV (25), Number 3.

    Edition: First appearance in print of these works.

    Logan, Utah: The Western Literature Association and Utah State University, 1990. First edition - The quarterly journal of the Western Literature Associaton. Includes articles on ecology, John Van Dyke's 'The Desert,' and Dan O'Brien's 'Spirit of the Hills.' Book reviews, advertisements. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

    Condition: Very near fine in tan printed wrappers (small piece torn from upper edge of first page).

    Book ID: 32240
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  • THE DAYS OF ANNA MADRIGAL. by Maupin, Armisted.
    Maupin, Armisted.
    THE DAYS OF ANNA MADRIGAL.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper Collins, (2014). SIGNED first edition - The ninth and final novel in Maupin's "Tales of the City" series, this follows Anna Madrigal, the transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane, as she, now 92, embarks on a road trip that will take her deep into her past as a child in Depression era rural Nevada. SIGNED on the title page. 244 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue, and especially so signed.

    Book ID: 76671
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  • UNDER THE LIGHT: Stories. by Michel, Sam.
    Michel, Sam.
    UNDER THE LIGHT: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of 15 interlinked short stories, set in Montana and Nevada: "part Hemingway sparseness, part lush poetry" - and most featuring Harry Drake, a man in search of himself in a rootless America. Cover praise from James Dickey and Barry Hannah (who called this "utterly magnificent.") 176 pp. ISBN: 0-394587235.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84482
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  • VIEWS AND VIGNETTES OF VIRGINIA CITY IN MY DAY. by Nichols, Dorothy Young
    Nichols, Dorothy Young
    VIEWS AND VIGNETTES OF VIRGINIA CITY IN MY DAY.

    Edition: 2nd edition, a large format slim trade paperback.

    By the author, (1980). Illustrated with many vintage photographs of this Nevada mining town - pictures of historic homes and buildings, street scenes, schools, group photos of workers, school children, the red light district, Chinese labor, and more. 44 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated stapled wrappers.

    Book ID: 61625
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  • MY WEEK AT THE BLUE ANGEL, and Other Stories from the Storm Drains, Strip Clubs, and Trailer Parks of Las Vegas. by O'Brien, Matthew. Photos by Bill Hughes.
    O'Brien, Matthew. Photos by Bill Hughes.
    MY WEEK AT THE BLUE ANGEL, and Other Stories from the Storm Drains, Strip Clubs, and Trailer Parks of Las Vegas.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Las Vegas: Huntington Press, (2010). First edition - A book which shows a side of Las Vegas rarely seen - Stories from a "seven-day stay at a seedy motel on East Fremont street.. . They're about prostitutes, ex-cons, and the homeless and they're set under Caesar's Palace and in trailer parks (many of them closing with the tenants being forced out) and weekly motels. Illustrated with photographs by Bill Hughes. 227 pp. ISBN: 1-935396412.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 88605
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  • Paine, Swift.
    EILLEY ORRUM: Queen of the Comstock.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York: A. L. Burt, 1929. Biography of the woman, born in England, who came to the US as a Mormon immigrant, but eventually wound up wealthy from the great Comstock silver lode - only to face tragedy again at the end of her life.

    Condition: Very Good- in orange cloth covers (prev owner's name.)

    Book ID: 31095
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  • THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE. by Pronzini, Bill.
    Pronzini, Bill.
    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: 64343
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  • JACKPOT. by Pronzini, Bill.
    Pronzini, Bill.
    JACKPOT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Nameless Detective mystery. SIGNED on the title page. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-385-298951.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (gold seal on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 59783
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  • JACKPOT. by Pronzini, Bill.
    Pronzini, Bill.
    JACKPOT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Nameless Detective mystery. SIGNED on the title page. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-385-298951.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (hint of spine slant, a bit of rubbing to dj)

    Book ID: 51742
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  • Rayner, Richard.
    THE DEVIL'S WIND.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper Collins, (2005.) dj. First edition - A novel set in 1950s Las Vegas and Hollywood - the title refers, in part, to the wind after the testing of an atomic bomb - a spectacle that was considered entertainment in that era. 324 pp.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 72758
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  • THE DEVIL'S WIND. by Rayner, Richard.
    Rayner, Richard.
    THE DEVIL'S WIND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel set in 1950's Las Vegas and Hollywood - the title refers, in part, to the wind after the testing of an atomic bomb - a spectacle that was considered entertainment in that era. SIGNED on the title page. 338 pp . ISBN: 0-06-6212928.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new, but with a remainder line.)

    Book ID: 50598
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  • OUT WEST ON THE OVERLAND TRAIN: Across-The-Continent Excursion with Leslie's Magazine in 1877, And Overland Trip in 1967. by Reinhardt, Richard.
    Reinhardt, Richard.
    OUT WEST ON THE OVERLAND TRAIN: Across-The-Continent Excursion with Leslie's Magazine in 1877, And Overland Trip in 1967.

    Edition: First printing.

    Palo Alto, CA: The American West Publishing Co., (1967) dj. Hardcover first edition - "For five months, Frank Leslie and his ''Excursion to the Pacific'' traveled by private railroad car. They stopped over in Chicago, Cheyenne, Denver, Salt Lake City, Virginia City, and San Francisco. They peeked into gambling casinos, opium dens, and mining camps; banqueted with Comstock silver kings and reported every detail of their trip to readers of the newspaper." This is the first time the story has been assembled book form, complete with the original drawings from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. In addition this trip has been coupled with an account of the same journey by an American writer 90 years later. Footnotes (at end), index. Large format, a heavy book. 207 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good first issue dustjacket with the original pre-publication price of $10.50 in the corner of the dj flap (some toning to textblock edges, chip to front cover of dj) .

    Book ID: 78449
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  • MUSIC: A Suite and Thirteen Songs. by Robertson, Kirk.
    Robertson, Kirk.
    MUSIC: A Suite and Thirteen Songs.

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

    Cedarville, CA: Floating Island Publications, 1995. First edition - Poems about the high desert country of Nevada, illustrated with black and white photographs by Michael Sykes.A Great Basin Book. Published in an edition of 1000 copies. 56 pp. ISBN: 0-912449519.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 64017
    Keywords: great basin, nevada, Poetry
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  • THIS IS THE PLACE. by Rock, Peter.
    Rock, Peter.
    THIS IS THE PLACE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Anchor Books / Doubleday, (1997). SIGNED first edition - "Sixty-four-feet tall and made of metal, the neon giant Wendover Will stands in front of the Stateline casino in Wendover, Nevada, facing east. The sign under him reads This Is the Place. Over a hundred miles away in Utah, across the salt flats, stands the statue of Brigham Young, atop his monument, also proclaiming This Is the Place. In this sinister, heartbreaking story, an aged and lonely blackjack dealer who lives in Wendover becomes obsessed with a nineteen-year-old Mormon girl from Bountiful, Utah." The author's first novel, SIGNED on the title page. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-385-485980.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with French flaps.

    Book ID: 60535
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  • THIS IS THE PLACE. by Rock, Peter.
    Rock, Peter.
    THIS IS THE PLACE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Anchor Books / Doubleday, (1997). SIGNED first edition - "Sixty-four-feet tall and made of metal, the neon giant Wendover Will stands in front of the Stateline casino in Wendover, Nevada, facing east. The sign under him reads This Is the Place. Over a hundred miles away in Utah, across the salt flats, stands the statue of Brigham Young, atop his monument, also proclaiming This Is the Place. In this sinister, heartbreaking story, an aged and lonely blackjack dealer who lives in Wendover becomes obsessed with a nineteen-year-old Mormon girl from Bountiful, Utah." The author's first novel, published as a trade paperback original. SIGNED on the title page. 244 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. .

    Book ID: 60536
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  • ACE OF DIAMONDS. by Schorr, Mark.
    Schorr, Mark.
    ACE OF DIAMONDS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second in the Red Diamond series, featuring a 1980's New York cabbie who thinks he is a 1940's private eye. Set in Las Vegas, where he has been hired by a billionaire Texas casino owner to clean up the gangsters who have been infiltrating the clubs and hotels. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-312002602.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some rubbing and edgewear to the dj)

    Book ID: 86458
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  • A BRAND IS FOREVER. by Scott, Ann Herbert (illustrated by Ronald Himler.)
    Scott, Ann Herbert (illustrated by Ronald Himler.)
    A BRAND IS FOREVER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Clarion Books, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Book filled with details about ranching by this Nevada author - Annie is distressed that her pet calf is going to be branded this year, but also pleased that it will mark Doodle as belonging to her 'forever.' Illustrated with soft paintings by Ronald Himler. Includes a note on brands and branding. 48 pp. Square format. ISBN: 0-395-601185.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 45362
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  • Scott, Ann Herbert (illustrated by Ted Lewin.)
    COWBOY COUNTRY.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Clarion Books, (1993.) dj. Hardcover - A wonderful book by this Nevada author, told in monologue form as an old cowboy - a buckaroo - takes a boy on a pack trip to Devil's Canyon. As they ride, the older man explains what cowboy life is like - and says even though times have changed, the animals and the weather - the winter snow and summer drought - have not. Illustrated with watercolor paintings by Ted Lewin which really capture the spirit and look of the high desert rangelands of Nevada. Large format, unpaginated, bound in glossy illustrated boards. ISBN: 0395575613.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 36277
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  • WOMEN OF THE SIERRA. by Seagraves, Anne.
    Seagraves, Anne.
    WOMEN OF THE SIERRA.

    Edition: 3rd printing (revised). Trade paperback.

    Lakeport, CA: Wesanne Publications, (1992.). SIGNED - Brief biographies of 15 19th century women, each of whom left their mark on California and Nevada - including Eliza Cook, Nevada's first woman doctor, Lily Langtree, Eilley Orrum, Charley Parkhurst, stage coach driver, and others. Illustrated with photographs. SIGNED on the half title page. 173 pp. ISBN: 0-961908815.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 78171
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  • LOADED DICE. by Swain, James.
    Swain, James.
    LOADED DICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth thriller featuring Florida ex-cop Tony Valentine, set in the gambling world of Las Vegas casinos. SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-345-463269.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61130
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  • OF CHILES, CACTI, AND FIGHTING COCKS: Notes on the American West. by Turner, Frederick.
    Turner, Frederick.
    OF CHILES, CACTI, AND FIGHTING COCKS: Notes on the American West.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: North Point Press, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Essays on the survivors of the old West - the wild horses (the battle to save them is still going on, years later), the saguara cactus and ever-encroaching land development , chiles and chili (including a recipe for Basic Texas Red Chili), the history of the Basques in Nevada mostly, and more. A combination of oral history and personal observations. 200 pp. ISBN: 0-86547-4281.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (lower corner of textblock bumped, some short tears to dj)

    Book ID: 82161
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  • OF CHILES, CACTI, AND FIGHTING COCKS: Notes on the American West. by Turner, Frederick.
    Turner, Frederick.
    OF CHILES, CACTI, AND FIGHTING COCKS: Notes on the American West.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: North Point Press, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Essays on the survivors of the old West - the wild horses (the battle to save them is still going on, years later), the saguara cactus and ever-encroaching landdevelopment , chiles and chili (including a recipe for Basic Texas Red Chili), the history of the Basques in Nevada mostly, and more. A combination of oral history and personal observations. Nicely INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "For --- something here maybe to help keep you warm. .. " and dated in Santa Fe in the year of publication. 200 pp. ISBN: 0-86547-4281.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 57682
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