Search Results: Authors starting with C from High-Lonesome Books

Washington DC: Stone Wall Press, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 8 x 10, 224 pgs, b&w photos & maps. A complete guide, tells how to use decoys & calls, discusses goose guns, hunting clothing, and blinds, locates great hunting spots, describes the species, talks about great hunting spots of the past, and more.

Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1979. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good+ DJ. 8 1/2 x 12, 224 pgs, index, b&w photos and illustrations, translated from the French by Simon Pleasance. The development of firearms, concentrating on the evolution of modern handguns and rifles worldwide; ranging from automatic pistols and revolvers, sub-machine guns, military rifles, sporting guns and competition weapons, to ammunition and accessories.

New York: Knopf, 1947. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Good+. 5 x 7 1/2, 165 pgs. A West Virginia farmer, his estranged daughter, the wife who left him, incest and murder. Basis for the 1982 movie starring Stacy Keach and Pia Zadora.

Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene Press, 1971. Third edition. Paperback. Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 128 pgs, b&w photos. All sorts of how-tos for this happy, cheap, safe and easy-to-learn family sport.

Mammoth Lakes, CA: Genny Smith Books, 1990. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 173 pgs, index, b&w photos and illustrations including fold-outs. A fine history of the gold mines and explorations in the Mammoth Lakes District, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada range. Previous owner notes on inside front fly.

Oklahoma City: Holt, Calhoun, Clark & Quaid, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good+. 6 x 9, 366 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w illustrations and photos. A school textbook and an indispensible work for those studying the history of the state of Oklahoma.

Santa Monica, CA: Angel City Press, 1996. Paperback. Very Good+. 6 x 9, 174 pgs, foreword by Waddie Mitchell. Nice collection of classic cowboy poetry.

Albuquerque, NM: New Mexico Geological Society in cooperation with the Arizona Geological Society, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 8 1/2 x 11, 372 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. The goings-on at the 29th field conference held November 9-11, 1978.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 6 x 9, 381 pgs, index. A magisterial sweep through the history of the last century, drawing together a host of lines of inquiry on the dynamics of European integration. A unique contribution to the literature on European politics and international relations.

England: Swan Hill Press, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 190 pgs, b&w and color photos and illustrations. Introduces the reader to some of the many synthetics used in flytying and describes the new techniques used when tying with these materials. Very slight warping.

Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2016. Second edition. Paperback. New. 6 x 9, 280 pgs, b&w photos. A life-long hunter and guide relates the mysteries of the mountains and reveals facts about lions and bears, secrets of scent and successful hound training and breed philosophies.

Nashville, TX: Outdoor Skills Bookshelf, 1983. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 165 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. A hard to find book on this expert hunter's experiences and advice.

Pownal, VT: Storey Publications, 1990. Revised. Paperback. Good. 6 x 9, 152 pgs. All you need to know to recycle wate materials like household garbage, grass clipping, ashes, etc. to make useful, soil-nourishing compost.

New York: Random House, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 6 x 9, 313 pgs.A U.S. Marine Corps platoon's story of courage leadership and brotherhood. The author commanded "Joker One," a 40-man infantry platoon in Iraq which spent seven months in a Sunni-dominated province battling the insurgents in day-today, often house-to-house combat, while protecting the innocent. The platoon's casualty rate exceeded 50 percent, but they held their ground.

St. Louis, MO: Campbell House Museum, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 24 pgs, color photos. Art exhibit brochure for a show in St. Louis in 1989. Art is by Karl Bodmer, captions are from Campbell's diaries.

Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2003. First edition. Paperback. New. 6 x 9, 328 pgs, b&w historical photos. The story of the LC Ranch, at 1.5 million acres, one of the truly "big outfits" of the time, and its founder Tom Lyons, murdered in El Paso in 1917, one of the great unsolved mysteries of the Southwest.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Reprint. Paperback. Good+. 5 1/2 x 8, 308 pgs, index, references, notes. The story of life's tenacity in the coldest and most alien of continents--a chronicle of events during the desperately short summer when the sun sets only briefly.

Iola, WI: Gun Digest Books, 2011. Paperback. Very Good+. 8 x 11, 192 pgs, b&w photos. Everything you need to know about the most famous handgun in the world!

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 9 1/2 x 11 1/2, 126 pgs, color photos and art reproductions. Words to cowboy songs. Includes CD.

Washington DC, Various. Paperback. Very Good+. Issues include: Vol 4, No. 1 and Vol. 4, No. 2 (1994), Vol. 6, No. 1 (1996), Vol. 7, No. 1, Vol 7, No. 2 and Vol. 7, No. 3 (1997), Vol. 8, No. 1 (1998), and Vol. 9, No. 1 (1999). Eight magazines.