Search Results: Authors starting with P from Darwin Labordo Books

J. J. Little & Ives Co., 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth, some wear to the covers, a very good copy. First edition. Adams One-Fifty 110. Guns 1669: "A biography of one of the better-known Texas Rangers, this volume deals with many Texas and Oklahoma outlaws. Published by subscription, it was issued in three different bindings simultaneously, each to fit the subscriber's pocketbook." Basic Texas Books 158: "This is the life of the most famous Texas Ranger of the time, the man who it was said would 'charge hell with a bucket of water.' It is also the origin of the most famous of all Texas Ranger stories, one that had been falsely attributed to almost every other Texas Ranger captain, living and dead: when McDonald arrived on a train to quell a riot, he was asked why he had come alone; he replied, well, there was only one mob, wasn't there?" Dobie p. 60. Howes P14.

New York, J. J. Little & Ives Co., 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Red cloth with a portrait of McDonald pasted on, some wear to the covers, top of the spine tender, a very good copy. First edition Adams One-Fifty 110. Guns 1669: A biography of one of the better-known Texas Rangers, this volume deals with many Texas and Oklahoma outlaws. Published by subscription, it was issued in three different bindings simultaneously, each to fit the subscribers pocketbook. The most expensive was bound in full morocco, the next in red cloth with a portrait of McDonald pasted on, and the third and cheapest, the one most commonly seen, in blue cloth. Basic Texas Books 158: This is the life of the most famous Texas Ranger of the time, the man who it was said would charge hell with a bucket of water. It is also the origin of the most famous of all Texas Ranger stories, one that had been falsely attributed to almost every other Texas Ranger captain, living and dead: when McDonald arrived on a train to… Read More

London, John Long, 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book very good and dust jacket very good. First edition. Guns 1672: Though of interest, this book is filled with errors. The author has Sam Bass in Leadville, Colorado. Bass was never in that town, or even in Colorado.

Nueva California Press, 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Edited by Douglas Watson. Near fine copy in dust jacket. Publication notice laid loose. First edition thus. The first book produced of this fine press, limited to 1,000 copies.

University of Wisconsin, 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Edited by E. N Feltskog. Fine copy in dust jacket. First edition thus. The best and authoritative edition of this classic. Nine previous editions are collated with textual and factual notes. Plains & Rockies 170: "A thoroughly annotated recent edition.is that edited by E. N. Feltskog (Madison, Wisconsin: 1969). Howes P97. Graff 3201.

New York, William Morrow., 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket. First edition.

William Morrow, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Cloth, dust jacket torn and chipped, book very good or better. First edition. Guns 1690: "Has references to gunmen and their favorite weapon." Riling 2732.

College Station, Texas, Texas A&M University, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book and dust jacket are near fine. First edition, first printing.

California, Arthur H. Clark, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth, a very good plus copy. First edition. Herd 1771. Clark & Brunet 181: "The historic, economic and sociologic aspects of range life and the cowboy have generally been neglected in the writings dealing with that field. Much material is offered on Colorado stock associations, land policies, Indian problems, and other related topics." Dobie p. 113: "Dry on facts, but sound in scholarship." Six Score 47 (note).

University of New Mexico, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cloth, near fine copy in dust jacket. First edition. Dobie p. 24. Fine anthology.

Grossett & Dunlap, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Book near fine. Dust jacket has chip to the top of spine and wearing to edges, very good. First edition. Guns 1710: "Has chapters on Tom Smith, Wild Bill Hickok, Bill Tilghman, Bat Masterson, Jim Courtright, Ben Thompson, Wyatt Earp, Commodore Owens, Frank Canton, Pat Garrett, and other noted marshals and sheriffs."

San Antonio, Texas, Naylor Co., 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cloth, near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Guns 1709: Has some material on Black Jack and Sam Ketchum, Burt Alvord, Curly Bill Brocius, John D. Lee, Bob Downing, Billy Stiles, Augustin Chacon, Zwing Hunt, Billy Grounds, Sam Bass, Sandy King, and Sostene lArcheveque and on train and stagecoach robberies.

Douglas Budget, 1959. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Wrappers, a fine copy. First edition Guns 1712: "Rare." "The author was the surgeon who accompanied the invading cattlemen and thus writes with authority." The book deals with the Johnson County War and has much on Tom Horn.

Henry Holt and Co., 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Two-tone cloth in dust jacket, a fine copy. First edition. Guns 1721: "In a chapter on bad men the author repeats some wild stories about their shooting ability." Herd 1796.

Cloth, 2 volumes, complete, near fine set.
First edition thus.

All volumes near fine in blue cloth. First editions thus. Consisting of the following: Volume 1: GIRONIERE, PAUL DE LA. Twenty Years in the Philippines. Frontispiece is "Una Mestiza de Manila," with tissue guard intact. 1962. Volume 2: CARERI, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO GEMELLI. A Voyage to the Philippines. Frontispiece is a water color by Alfredo Carmelo (b.1896) depicting Manila galleons moored at the mouth of the Pasig River. 1963. Volume 3: BOWRING, SIR JOHN. A Visit To The Philippine Islands. Frontispiece is a black and white portrait of Bowring. 1963. Volume 4: SALEEBY, NAJEEB M. The History of Sulu. Frontispiece is black and white photo of Saleeby. 1963. The Filipiniana Book Guild publications expanded to 24 volumes in the first series. These first four volumes are extremely rare. The Princeton library has all volumes except these four. Only digital copies are located in the National Archives of the Philippines.

Norman, Oklahoma. University of Oklahoma Press.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volumes, complete, books near fine, slipcase very good. First edition. A landmark study, completed by J. W. Smurr because of Phillips death. Smurr was a close associate of the author and the most qualified to write the concluding chapters.

Central Book Co.. Hardcover. Fine. Cloth, fine copy. Reprint edition. Limited to 750 copies. A much needed re-publication of this standard bibliography; rare in the first issue.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Two volumes complete. Books and dust jackets are near fine, slipcase has wear and tape repair at the bottom. First edition thus.

Houghton Mifflin Co., 1933. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Cloth, both dust jacket and book are very good. First edition.