Search Results: Titles starting with K from High-Lonesome Books

Johannesburg, South Africa: Ernest Stanton Publishers, 1980. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 5 1/2 x 8, 209 pgs, b&w photos. The author's experiences as a professional elephant hunter in East Africa. Very collectible.

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1974. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4, 290 pgs, index, foreword by W.W. Newcomb. Focuses on a strip of coastal prairie lying roughly between Corpus Christi and Galveston and once inhabited by the poorly known and much maligned Karankawa Indians.

Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, 1991. Hardcover. Good+. 5 1/2 x 8, 192 pgs, color photos and illustrations. Sensible, easy-to-follow recommendations about selecting and caring for a Keeshond pup.

New York: St Martin's Press, 1978. Paperback. Good+. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 210 pgs. Narrative natural history, reminiscent of Thoreau, or a Nebraska county.

Chicago: Saalfield Publishing, 1905. Hardcover. Good. 5 x 7 1/2, 385 pgs, b&w illustrations. Binding cracked but holding. Uncommon 19th century novel.

Milford, MI: Mott Media, Inc., 1985. Hardcover. Good+. 4 1/2 x 7, 256 pgs. Originally published by Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co. From the Eclectic Educational Series.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. Hardcover. Good. 5 x 8, 228 pgs, color frontispiece, decorated endsheets. A nice reprint of the Stevenson classic tale of his boyhood. Spine cloth detached down one side.

Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 5 x 8, 217 pgs, index & bib. This inciteful book looks at the great modern range war between the ranchers and the environmentalists and seeks resolution to the conflict of livestock on public lands.

New York: Ballantine Books, 2001. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+. 4 x 7, 390 pgs. The enthralling page-turner now a major motion picture starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro Here is a gripping novel, inspired by real-life events, about a private team of British vigilantes that sets out to eliminate a gang of cold-blooded contract killers.

New York: Putnams, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 6 x 9, 267 pgs, mapped endsheets. Sun Valley sheriff Walt Fleming solves another mystery!

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1985. First, thus. Paperback. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 9, 174 pgs, index, b&w photos and illustrations. Addresses the "mining" and destruction of water resources in the American Southwest.

Albuquerque, NM: La Alameda Press, 1996. Paperback. Very Good+. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 271 pgs. Historic novel set at the turn of the 20th century - a must read for those who enjoy history as an exploration of our human condition.

Chicago: Thompson & THomas, 1903. Hardcover. Fair. 8 1/2 x 11, 440 pgs, b&w illustrations. Not a great copy, very worn with taped spine. All appears to be present though some pages are loose.

Silver City, NM: Frontier Image Press, 2009. First edition. Paperback. New. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 50 pgs, color photos and illustrations. A history of Padre Kino, the area where he spent his time in the second half of the 17th century, and an armchair tour of the eight missions he founded in northern Mexico and southern Arizona.

New York: DK Publishing, 2001. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2, 352 pgs, color photos and illustrations throughout, foreword by Dennis Conner. Learn to sail any craft, master essential skills and gain the confidence to navigate safely.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good+. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 297 pgs, mapped endsheets. An exciting American biography as well as one of the most illuminating of all books about the old frontier.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967. Second printing. Hardcover. Good+ in Good+ DJ. 6 x 9, 320 pgs, index, bibliography, notes. Trader, interpreter, teamster, scout, trapper, guide, express rider, Indian agent, brevet brigadier general, Indian fighter-Kit, Carson was all of these things and more. The author has succeeded in making the historical Kit Carson more fascinating than the hazily glamorous hero of many little boys dreams.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. Great Western Edition. Hardcover. Good+ in Good+ DJ. 5 x 8, 308 pgs. She knew nothing of the West, but she learned enough to fight the rustlers on the only terms they understood. Ex-library with the usual markings.

Harrison, NJ: Pet Library, 1985. Paperback. Fair. 5 1/2 x 8, 64 pgs, b&w and color photos. Genetics of your lovable cross-breed, mating and whelping, first aid, common ailments, performing for fun, and more. Ex-library.

Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1968. Paperback. Good+. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 booklets, 64 pgs each, b&w and color photos. Kind of like today's National Parks "Passports", stickers were added to these books as the family traveled to visit the different places. Books are: The Twin Cities, Indians of the Southwest, Shipping, Texas, and Philadelphia.