Search Results: Titles starting with F from Darwin Labordo Books

Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good copy in dust jacket. First edition. Guns 798: "Has some material on Sam Bass, mostly about his race horse, the Denton Mare.

Rydal Press, 1945. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Dust jacket worn and chipped, book very good or better. First edition. Adams One-Fifty 87. Guns 1214: "Printed in a limited edition of 500 copies.A scholarly and dependable book which can be safely used as a source for material on Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, Jim Miller, and other New Mexico gunmen. The author is a thorough historian of that state." Herd 1262. Dobie p. 109: "illuminates connections between ranch lands and politicians; principally it sketches the careers of A. B. Fall, John Chisum, Pat Garrett, Oliver Lee, Jack Thorp, Gene Rhodes, and other New Mexico notables. Howes K37: "aa" scarcity rating.

New York, David McKay Co., 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book and dust jacket very good. First edition.

Monroe, Washington, Weatherford Press, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Cloth near fine, issued without dust jacket. Guns 1460: A reprint in book form of a series of articles which appeared in Human Life Magazine in 1907. Adams was referring to the 1957 reprint. This 1982 edition is the best reproduction to date.

Monroe, Washington, Weatherford Press, 1982. Soft cover. Near Fine. Softcover, issued without a dust jacket, a near fine copy. Reprint edition. Guns 1460: A reprint in book form of a series of articles which appeared in Human Life Magazine in 1907. Adams was referring to the 1957 reprint. The 1982 edition is the best reproduction to date.

Monroe, Washington, Weatherford Press, 1982. Near Fine. Softcover, a near fine copy. 75th Anniversary edition. Guns 1460: A reprint in book form of a series of articles which appeared in Human Life Magazine in 1907. Adams was referring to the 1957 reprint. The 1982 edition is the best reproduction to date.

Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The scarce dust jacket is tape repaired and has some chipping, good only. The book is very good plus. First edition. Guns 1784: "One of the author's earlier nonfiction books, and one in which he covers the subject fairly thoroughly. Like most books about outlaws, it contains some mistakes." Dobie p. 141: "A rogue's gallery." Rader 2753.

Very good copy in wrappers. First edition, exceedingly rare thus. Six Guns 529: "This rare little pamphlet was originally published as an advertisement.but when the dealer discovered how much postage it would take to distribute them, he gave up the idea and destroyed most of the copies.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book near fine, dust jacket very good. First edition. Vestals first book. Dobie p. 74: Vestals Fandango, a tale of the Mountain Men in Taos, is among the most spirited ballads America has produced. It and a few other Mountain Men ballads are contained in the slight collection, Fandango, 1927. Walter Campbell p. 233: The ballad Kit Carsons Last Smoke has been more often reprinted than anything else this author wrote.

Northland Press, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Dust jacket, near fine. First trade edition.

University of Oklahoma Press, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine copy in dj. New edition. Guns 484: "An outstanding western book with much on outlawry and a good firsthand account of the battle between the cowboys and Elfego Baca, a fight in which the author participated." Herd 569. Six Score 23: "The better part of this book is devoted to Cook's ranching career, but his varied life in other roles is also described. There is much material on Indian Wars and badmen, including an account of Elfego Baca's battle." Dobie/Dykes 4. Dobie p. 100: "Cook came to Texas soon after the close of the Civil War and became a brush popper on the Frio River. Nothing better on cow work in the brush country and trail driving in the seventies has appeared." Graff 693.

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.

The Southwest Press, 1931. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth backed boards, a very good copy. First edition.

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.

Norman, Oklahoma. University of Oklahoma Press., 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. First edition. Guns 9: An attempt to correct some of the false accounts that have been written about Billy the Kid for the past eighty years.

Macmillan, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth, very good in a very good dust jacket. First edition. Dobie pp. 20: "Instead of being the usual kind of jokesmith book or concatenation of tall tales.goes into the human and social significances of humor.

Book very good, no dust jacket. Some fading to the title on spine. First edition. Scribner's "A"

El Paso, Texas Western Press, The University of Texas at El Paso, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Natural hopsacking binding, near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by author. First edition. Six Score 71: An excellent study of the sheep industry in south Texas. The author discusses many things besides sheep. There is a long section on the cattle industry, which he sees as supplanting sheep. An interesting and thought-provoking work on an area which is often glossed over in other books on the cattle industry. The trade edition consists of 2,000 copies.After designing this book Hertzog said, Id walk a mile to kick a sheep. Basic Texas Books 125. Lowman 242.

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.

Northland Press, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine copy in dust jacket. First edition.