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  • Hillerman, Tony
    A THIEF OF TIME

    Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).

    New York: Harper & Row, 1988. dj. Hardcover - A Navaho mystery with Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-06-0159383.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. (cocked spine.)

    Book ID: 34189
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  • TALKING GOD. by Hillerman, Tony.
    Hillerman, Tony.
    TALKING GOD.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper & Row, (1989.). First edition - Mystery involving Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. 199 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 59298
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  • Hillerman, Tony
    THE FIRST EAGLE.

    Edition: First paperback printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1999.). Mystery involving Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn (now retired and taking on a job as a private investigator) and Jim Chee. 319 pp. ISBN: 0-06-1097853.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 47781
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  • BUSTER MESQUITE'S COWBOY BAND. by Hillerman, Tony; Ernest Franklin, illustrator.
    Hillerman, Tony; Ernest Franklin, illustrator.
    BUSTER MESQUITE'S COWBOY BAND.

    Edition: Limited, signed first edition.

    Gallup, NM: Buffalo Medicine Books, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Hillerman's second children's book, the story of a burro, a coyote, a wildcat, and a black crow who form a cowboy band, illustrated throughout in full color by Ernest Franklin. One of 100 copies numbered and SIGNED by both Hillerman and Franklin on a special preliminary page. Oblong format. 31 pp.

    Condition: Fine - as new in glossy dark purple boards with gilt lettering and a small illustration of Buster on front in a matching purple slipcase dark violet

    Book ID: 66206
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  • THE TONY HILLERMAN COMPANION: A Comprehensive Guide to His Life and Work. by [Hillerman,Tony] Greenberg, Martin, editor.
    [Hillerman,Tony] Greenberg, Martin, editor.
    THE TONY HILLERMAN COMPANION: A Comprehensive Guide to His Life and Work.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first "authoritative guide to Hillerman's art and the world it portrays.' Contents include a chronology; a book by book guide to Hillerman's detective fiction by Jon L. Breen; an extensive interview with Hillerman by Breen, a chapter on the Navajo Nation by George Hardeen; a guide to Native American clans in his fiction and a concordance of his characters by Elizabeth Gaines and Diane Hammer; and selections of nonfiction & fiction. 375pp plus 8 pages of photographs from his family's own collection. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-060170344.

    Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (name stamped and crossed out on half title page, upper corner of title page cropped).

    Book ID: 88638
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  • DESERT WILD FLOWERS. by Jaeger, Edmund C,
    Jaeger, Edmund C,
    DESERT WILD FLOWERS.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, (c 1969.). Revised edition, A comprehensive work on the flora of the deserts of the American Southwest, illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings. Index. 322 pp. ISBN: 0-8047-03655.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 51849
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  • EXIT WOUNDS. by Jance, J. A.
    Jance, J. A.
    EXIT WOUNDS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Joanna Brady, sheriff of Cochise County in southern Arizona. SIGNED on the title page. 368 pp. ISBN: 0-380-977311.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 50067
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  • DEAD WRONG. by Jance, J.A.
    Jance, J.A.
    DEAD WRONG.

    Edition: First paperback printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2007.). SIGNED - Mystery featuring Cochise County, Arizona's sheriff Joanne Brady, SIGNED on the title page. 450 pp. In the new 'premium' paperback size, taller, with larger type. ISBN: 9780060540913.

    Condition: Good condition (some spine creasing and slant).

    Book ID: 41701
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  • PARADISE LOST. by Jance, J. A.
    Jance, J. A.
    PARADISE LOST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Joanna Brady, Cochise County, Arizona sheriff. SIGNED on the title page. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-380-97729x.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 42844
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  • Jance, J. A.
    KISS OF THE BEES.

    Edition: Special hardcover review copy.

    New York: Avon, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set in the Southwest. SIGNED on the title page.

    Condition: Very near fine, no dj as issued. Publisher's letter laid in describing this as a 'limited edition' advance copy.

    Book ID: 25886
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  • DEAD WRONG. by Jance, J.A.
    Jance, J.A.
    DEAD WRONG.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2006.) dj. SIGNED first edition - Mystery featuring Cochise County, Arizona's sheriff Joanne Brady, SIGNED on the title page. 362 pp. ISBN: 9780060540906.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 56577
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  • NEW MEXICO WOMEN: Intercultural Perspectives. by Jensen, Joan M. and Darlis A. Miller, editors.
    Jensen, Joan M. and Darlis A. Miller, editors.
    NEW MEXICO WOMEN: Intercultural Perspectives.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1986.). SIGNED first edition - The first work to focus on the rich and varied historyof the women of New Mexico from colonial times to the modern era. This includes thirteen essays ranging from Native American women, the women who accompanied the conquistadores, the correspondance of an upper class Hispanic family, the lives of army followers and prostitutes, of farm wives, and in more modern times, of those women who are writers and artists. Illustrated with many photographs. Notes at the end of each chapters, sources and index. 409 pp. ISBN: 0-8263-08279.

    Condition: INSCRIBED on the dedication page by BOTH editors (and contributors) and uncommon thus. Fine in stiff wrappers.

    Book ID: 43654
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  • CLEMENTINA'S CACTUS. by Keats, Ezra Jack
    Keats, Ezra Jack
    CLEMENTINA'S CACTUS.

    Edition: First thus.

    Tokyo: Hopl Book Co. 1994. Hardcover first edition - New edition, published for the children of Japan (only text is the copyright page which is in both English and Japanese) - a wordless book with charming illustrations - called a "visual poem." Oblong format. Uncommon edition,

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 4852
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  • HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never by Kingsolver, Barbara
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five essays written with 'the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet' on topics as diverse as modern motherhood, property rights, a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a battle of wills with a two year old and more. Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172916.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (bookstore stamp on front endpaper.)

    Book ID: 19431
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  • PIGS IN HEAVEN. by Kingsolver, Barbara
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    PIGS IN HEAVEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third novel by this Southwestern writer. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-06-0168013.

    Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (some bleeding from the cloth spine to the upper inside of the endpapers, one corner slightly bumped.)

    Book ID: 52605
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  • ANIMAL DREAMS. by Kingsolver, Barbara
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    ANIMAL DREAMS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel (fourth book), set in the Southwest, in Grace, Arizona. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-06-016350x.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 11947
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  • PIGS IN HEAVEN. by Kingsolver, Barbara
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    PIGS IN HEAVEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third novel by this Southwestern writer. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-06-0168013.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (name on endpaper.)

    Book ID: 24657
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  • PIGS IN HEAVEN. by Kingsolver, Barbara
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    PIGS IN HEAVEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third novel by this Southwestern writer. SIGNED on the title page. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0168013.

    Condition: Near fine in a very near fine dust jacket (foxing to top edge of textblock)

    Book ID: 55238
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  • HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never by Kingsolver, Barbara
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five essays written with 'the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet' on topics as diverse as modern motherhood, property rights, a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a battle of wills with a two year old and more. Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172916.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 36577
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  • HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never by Kingsolver, Barbara
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five essays written with 'the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet' on topics as diverse as modern motherhood, property rights, a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a battle of wills with a two year old and more. Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. Olive green cloth spine. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172916.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 42377
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  • Kingsolver, Barbara
    HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five essays written with 'the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet' on topics as diverse as modern motherhood, property rights, a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a battle of wills with a two year old and more. Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172916.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some shelf wear, price-clipped dj.)

    Book ID: 46440
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  • GIRL WITH SKIRT OF STARS. by Kitchell, Jennifer.
    Kitchell, Jennifer.
    GIRL WITH SKIRT OF STARS.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.

    Prong Horn Press, (2009). First edition - "This stunning debut novel will carry the reader on a heart-pounding journey through Navajo mysticism, political manipulation and the workings of a twisted mind obsessed with a historical event." Cover art by Antelope Design. Glossary of Navajo terms and concepts. SIGNED on the title page. 345 pp. ISBN: 978-1932636567.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 55225
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  • BLUE SKIES FALLING. by Knight, Arthur Winfield.
    Knight, Arthur Winfield.
    BLUE SKIES FALLING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Sam Bonner is on a journey.He and his young wife, Sara, are traveling through the Southwest, visiting the sights that Sam himself immortalized as one of Hollywood's premier directors of a genre of film that captured a generation of viewers: the Western. There was a day when Sam ruled the industry, and death was but a far-off rumor" - but now the films are fading, and the end Sara is facing is coming inexorably closer. 283 pp. ISBN: 0-31287779X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line)

    Book ID: 63885
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  • MUMBO JUMBO. by Knight, Kathryn Lasky.
    Knight, Kathryn Lasky.
    MUMBO JUMBO.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Summit Books, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring children's book illustrator Calista Jacobs -set in the Arizona desert. 204 pp. ISBN: 0-671-684485.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 59538
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  • MUMBO JUMBO. by Knight, Kathryn Lasky.
    Knight, Kathryn Lasky.
    MUMBO JUMBO.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Summit Books, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring children's book illustrator Calista Jacobs -set in the Arizona desert. 204 pp. ISBN: 0-671-684485.

    Condition: Very good in a near fine dustjacket (toning to pages) .

    Book ID: 85679
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  • QUIT MONKS OR DIE! by Kumin, Maxine.
    Kumin, Maxine.
    QUIT MONKS OR DIE!

    Edition: First printing.

    Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first mystery by this Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet, a story rooted in the animal rights' movement, set in a small southwestern town, which houses the Graysmith Research Laboratory, where two bodies have been found - and where the Latino chief of police is the most powerful figure in town. SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from such diverse writers as Les Standiford, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and James Hall. 183 pp. ISBN: 1-885266774.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84957
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  • THE GOLDEN HOOF: The Story of the Sheep of the Southwest. by Kupper, Winifred.
    Kupper, Winifred.
    THE GOLDEN HOOF: The Story of the Sheep of the Southwest.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Hardcover first edition - As the daughter of a German father and an English mother, both engaged in wool growing, Kupper provides an intimate account of her life with the flock in Texas. It is also an "informative account of sheep and sheep men in the Southwest. The flock, and the characteristics of the animal in individual and mass action; its history --from the first imports in the 16th century -- on to the breeds, the churro, the merino; the life of the Spanish pastor, the Anglo sheepherder; the hurdles and hazards to be , doctoring, food, animal enemies, outlaws and drifters, blizzard and drought and fire; the big sheep drives of the…

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    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Hardcover first edition - As the daughter of a German father and an English mother, both engaged in wool growing, Kupper provides an intimate account of her life with the flock in Texas. It is also an "informative account of sheep and sheep men in the Southwest. The flock, and the characteristics of the animal in individual and mass action; its history --from the first imports in the 16th century -- on to the breeds, the churro, the merino; the life of the Spanish pastor, the Anglo sheepherder; the hurdles and hazards to be , doctoring, food, animal enemies, outlaws and drifters, blizzard and drought and fire; the big sheep drives of the '80's and '90's, the range war between sheep men and cattle men; shearing and marketing the wool." (Kirkus) Frontispiece from a painting by N. C. Wyeth, notes. Due to wartime shortage of paper, this is printed appropriately on gold paper. xi,203 pp.

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    Condition: Very good overall in salmon cloth (some sunning to the spine, no dust jacket)

    Book ID: 88821
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  • I AM APACHE. by Landman, Tanya.
    Landman, Tanya.
    I AM APACHE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boston: Candlewick Press, (2008.). First edition - Author's first novel to be published in the US - a young adult novel of a girl who becomes an Apache warrior, inspired by brief historical references to Lozen, a women warrior who rode beside Geronimo. 305 pp plus historical note and bibliography.

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

    Book ID: 45598
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  • [Larkin, James Ross, 1831-1875] Barbour, Barton H., editor.
    RELUCTANT FRONTIERSMAN: James Ross Larkin on the Santa Fe Trail, 1856- 57.

    Edition: First printing.

    Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The diaries of Larkin, a young, properous businessman from St Louis, who travelled to Santa Fe in the hopes of improving his health, edited and annotated by Barbour. with a foreword by Marc Simmons. Larkin travelled to Santa Fe in William Bent's caravan in the fall of 1856, and his diaries of the trip as a "tourist" detail his impressions of Plains Indians & New Mexican life. Includes appendices with newspaper accounts, some of his letters from 1866. Photographs, double page route map, extensive notes, bibliography, index. xvi, 202 pp. ISBN: 0-8263-11830.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 38728
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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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