Rare Book Catalogue #7
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Rare Book Catalogue #7
Back of Beyond Books #1 #61 #53 #44 #13 #11 #72 #3 #56 #62 #16 #22 #55 #4 #22 #45 #9 #5 #7 #57 2 www.backofbeyondbooks.com 435.259.5154 Back of Beyond Books Miscellany Rare Books Catalogue, February 2012 Welcome to Back of Beyond Books first catalogue of Miscellany items. Previous catalogues have been somewhat thematic; this one will broaden our scope, although I’m sure you’ll still notice a Western Americana-centric selection. We’ve purchased two collections from esteemed booksellers; the late Larry Dingman of Dinkytown Books and ex ABAA Arizona dealer Russ Todd. While neither collection represents Larry’s or Russ’ high points, they offer wonderful insight into the mind of a bookseller and why and how they tend to accumulate so many books. Larry loved Classic Westerns in first edition hardbacks and his private collection went to the Library of Congress. We bought many seconds, and thirds...and fourths, fifths, and sixths. Russ was eclectic in his purchasing as he rambled the United States and Mexico in his infamous ‘BookScout’ van. One day Russ sought Mexican Art Books, the next a collection of cap-guns or five cases of a university press title gone remaindered. It will be a while before we wade through the boxes but it sure is fun opening up each box of treasure, or trash. Many of you have visited our store in Moab. In this age of electronic reading devices, our new trade books have seen a shift away from best selling fiction and we’re working harder to fill the niche of a regional bookseller, specializing in books of the southwest. Be that as it may, we have joined the digital (r)evolution and now sell e-books on our website, www.backofbeyondbooks.com. I, however, will go to my grave holding a book: a book with notes in the margins, the tangible smell of a ‘real’ book, the beautiful plates or maps intact, often hand-colored. One with embossed cover art, perhaps gold gilt on the edges or signed by a famous author, with a pithy inscription heralding a special relationship with the reader. Next time you’re in Utah, make it a point to stop in, plus take the time to visit Utah’s other ABAA dealers, Weller Book Works and Ken Sanders Rare Books, both in Salt Lake City. In books to my ears, Andy Nettell 83 N. Main Moab, UT 84532 (435) 259-5154 - (800) 700-2859 [email protected] www.backofbeyondbooks.com 3 Back of Beyond Books All books in catalogue are first edition, first printings unless otherwise noted. 1. Jonathan Troy By ABBEY, EDWARD Price: $900 Abbey, Edward. Jonathan Troy. Dodd Mead, 1954. Book Condition: Good. Black cloth with yellow ink stamped title on the spine. Good only. Ex-library edition with all the usual markings plus at some point the title page was removed. With that all said, the front of the dust jacket is bright and shows well, save the library stamp at base of spine. Numerous pencil markings in the margins plus some markings in pen. Jacket flaps are taped to the boards. Wear all around. Remarkably, the dust jacket is not price clipped; page numbers have been written adjacent to the price. These numbers correspond with subtle pen markings on those respective pages. A great reading copy for the Edward Abbey completist. 2. Slickrock By ABBEY, EDWARD;HYDE, PHILIP SIGNED BY PHOTOGRAPHER Price: $500 Abbey, Edward;Hyde, Philip. Slickrock. Gibbs Smith, 1987. Book Condition: Very Good. Custom re-bind of paperback edition in dark red boards with gold gilt, little to no wear. Original wraps are lightly worn at edges and corners. Interior clean. Rare Philip Hyde signature on title page. 3. The Summer of Black Widows By ALEXIE, SHERMAN SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $55 Alexie, Sherman. The Summer of Black Widows. Hanging Loose Pr, 1996. Book Condition: Fine. Fine copy in like dust jacket. Signed by author on title page. Mylarwrapped dust jacket has not been price-clipped. 4. Delight Makers By BANDELIER, ADOLF F. Price: $100 Bandelier, Adolf F.. Delight Makers. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1890. Book Condition: Fair. Paperback edition of unknown affinity, possibly advanced copy? 1890, 499pp. Light green paper wraps have been taped together with masking tape at spine and are torn along edges and spine. Edges of text block are soiled from use. Back of cover has advertisement for Colgate’s soaps and perfumes. Bottom half of first/title page is missing and another piece of paper has been glued in place of the missing half, text written in where it has been torn away. Interior otherwise clean but yellowed with age. Bandelier’s historic novel about prehistoric Pueblo people, based on his explorations in the Southwest. 4 www.backofbeyondbooks.com 435.259.5154 5. Track of the Cat By BARR, NEVADA SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Price: $35 Barr, Nevada. Track of the Cat. Putnam Pub Group, 1993. Book Condition: Near Fine. Lightly read copy, boards slightly bumped, dust jacket has minor edgewear. Book Club Edition. 6. Mansions on Rails The Folklore of the Rrivate Railway Car By BEEBE, LUCIUS SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $100 Beebe, Lucius. Mansions on Rails The Folklore of the Rrivate Railway Car. Howell North Press, 1959. Book Condition: Fine. Red cloth boards with bright gold gilt on front and spine. Books is clean and tight. The tip-in frontisepiece has one bent corner. Clear plastic wrapper has one small tear. The illustrated paste-down on the slipcase is bright with light rubbing. The red slipcase box itself has moderate rubbing but is fully intact save one corner with a very slight detachment. 7. We Swam the Grand Canyon By BEER, BILL SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Price: $75 Beer, Bill. We Swam the Grand Canyon. 15 Minute Press, 1995. Book Condition: Fine. Binding is tight, interior clean, cover is crisp, slight shelfwear. Signed by Beer on halftitle page. The true story of cheap vacation that got a little out of hand. 8. Rod, Gun, and Palette in the High Rockies By BLOMFIELD, JAMES Price: $800 SIGNED BY PUBLISHER Blomfield, James . Rod, Gun, and Palette in the High Rockies. W.E. Wroe, 1914. Book Condition: Good. Privately printed travelogue of a fishing trip in the mountains of Montana. Supposed rare issue distributed to members and family of the expedition which took place in 1913. Most known copies are inscribed. This copy being inscribed by the publisher (and member of trip) William E. Wroe; inscribed to phtotgrapher Edward B. Ellicott whose bookplate is inside front board. 3/4 sheep binding is scuffed and paperboards are soiled, especially to backboard. Edges show rubbing as do the corners. Interior artwork by the author including 4 tissue-protected color plates. Contents are clean with tight binding. 5 Back of Beyond Books 9. How Will Boatright Made Bits and Spurs, Journal of American Folklore Vol. 83. No. 327 By BOATRIGHT, MODY C. Price: $20 Boatright, Mody C.. How Will Boatright Made Bits and Spurs, Journal of American Folklore Vol. 83. No. 327. Journal of American Folklore, 1970. Book Condition: Good. Small paper pamphlet stapled in sunned blue wraps, inscribed to previous owner on front wrap. 10. Down by the River: Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family By BOWDEN, CHARLES SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $22 Bowden, Charles. Down by the River: Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family. Simon & Schuster, 2002. Book Condition: Fine. Lightly read copy. Signed by author on title page. 11. The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America By BRINKLEY, DOUGLAS SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $65 Brinkley, Douglas. The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America. Harper Collins, 2009. Book Condition: Very Good. Black on grey boards with copper imprint, some bumping to top and bottom edges and corners of spine. Binding tight and square, clean interior. Signed by author on title page. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has not been price-clipped. 12. The Starship and the Canoe By BROWER, KENNETH SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $50 Brower, Kenneth. The Starship and the Canoe. Holt, Rinehart And Winston, 1978. Book Condition: Good. Grey and blue boards show light rubbing along edges and bumping to corners. Binding tight, interior clean. Signed by author on reverse of half title page. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has not been price-clipped, has stain to bottom back corner. 13. Cave Creek and Carefree, Arizona: A History of the Desert Foothills By CARLSON, FRANCES C. SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $75 Carlson, Frances C.. Cave Creek and Carefree, Arizona: A History of the Desert Foothills. Encanto Pr, 1988. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding is tight, interior clean, first free endpage imprinted with previous owner’s name, gold imprint on brown cloth. Mylar wrapped dustjacket has been priceclipped, a few closed tears along edges, light rubbing to corners, bumping to head and tail of spine, otherwise in nice condition. Signed by Carlson on title page. 6 www.backofbeyondbooks.com 435.259.5154 14. Ben Lilly’s Tales of Bears, Lions and Hounds By CARMONY, NEIL B. (EDITOR) Price: $450 Carmony, Neil B. (Editor). Ben Lilly’s Tales of Bears, Lions and Hounds. High Lonesome Books, 1998. Book Condition: Fine. Fine first edition hard cover. Green cloth with gilt lettering and design. 212 pages. ‘A notorious big game hunter, houndsman and mountain man of the late American Old West. He remains famous for hunting down large numbers of grizzly, cougars and black bears. A mix between a transcendentalist spirit and an arduos Christian, he is portrayed as an unfathomable Southern wild character. He was a stern adept of simple living and outdoor freedom, he roamed and hunted from Louisiana to Arizona and from Idaho to as far south as Chihuahua and Durango, Mexico and was a subject of American folktales. He guided oiler W. H. McFadden and President Theodore Roosevelt in hunting expeditions, whom he intrigued and wrote about him. He is considered, arguably, to be the most prolific hunter of apex predators in the history of North American hunting and also the last active mountain man of the historical American Southwest. He was not a conservationist but made important contributions of fauna specimens and naturalistic observations to American institutions and museums. He is a contradicting character and his exploits have been consistently exaggerated to folktale proportions, and most records are oral, bona-fide, Americana transcripts.’ (Wikipedia) 15. El Ferrocarril Mexicano 1877 By CARTON Y PAPEL DE MEXICO, S.A. Price: $565 Carton y Papel De Mexico, S.A.. El Ferrocarril Mexicano 1877. Los Talleres De Litografos Unidos S.A., 1977. Book Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition, 920/2500. Dark green boards with gold imprint, some rubbing and bumping to edges, some yellowing to edges of text block, interior clean. Reprint of Album del Ferro-Carril Mexicano with plates of views from the Mexican Railroad. Text from both Spanish and English editions. Includes tippedin map at rear. 16. Donkeying Through Seven States By COOK, DYRUS SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Price: $115 Cook, Dyrus. Donkeying Through Seven States. Privately Published, 1933. Book Condition: Very Good. Charming little book with account of donkey travels across eastern states, many woodblock prints on jacket and throughout text. Map illustrations on endpapers. Inscribed by author to previous owner on title page. Salmon-colored paper jacket that has come unglued from black paper stapled soft cover, some sunning and tears to spine, interior clean. 7 Back of Beyond Books 17. Roy Crane’s Wash Tubbs The First Adventure Comic Strip By CRANE, ROY SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR Price: $1050 Crane, Roy. Roy Crane’s Wash Tubbs The First Adventure Comic Strip. Luna Press, 1974. Book Condition: Good. Am amazing extra-illustrated and personalized set of inscriptions and artwork from the comic strip artist Roy Crane. This relatively hard to find book has four colored ink drawings by Crane including a double page spread on the first pastedown and free endpaper, a full page drawing on the half title page and two addiitonal color drawings on the last free endpaper and pastedown. 18. Solon H. Borglum ‘A Man Who Stands Alone’ By DAVIS, A. MERVYN Price: $85 Davis, A. Mervyn. Solon H. Borglum ‘A Man Who Stands Alone’. Pequot Press, 1974. Book Condition: Very Good. Very good first edition hard cover in like dust jacket in mylar jacket. Orange cloth with gold lettering. Lightly bumped edges with a couple of chips to the DJ. Turn of the century sculptor. 19. Seventy-five Years in California1831-1906 By DAVIS, WILLIAM HOWELL SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $725 Seventy-five Years in California. A History of Events and Life in California: Personal, Political and Military; Under the Mexican Regime; During the Quasi-Military Government of the Territory by the United States, and after the admission of the State to the Union. Edited & with historical foreword & index by Douglas S. Watson. Illustrated with numerous plates of facsimile letters, reproductions of engravings, photographs, etc.; folding facsimile of the California Star, March 15th, 1848 (1st local mention of gold discovery). This edition extra-illustrated with documents, as indicated below. 26x17.5 cm. (10 1/2x7”), half linen & boards, paper spine label. One of the 100 copy Argonaut Editions, from a run of 2250 copies. Second Edition. Signed by Howell and Watson on limitation leaf, with additional inscription from former owner. Superb edition of the work first published in 1889 as Sixty Years in California, with textual additions & numerous new illustrations and facsimiles. This Argonaut Edition with additional items including a page of the original manuscript, a receipt made out to Davis, and the broadside announcing martial law in San Francisco immediately after the 1906 earthquake and fire. Adams Herd 659; Cowan p.160; Graff 1020; Howes D136; Kurutz 170b; Zamorano 27. 8 www.backofbeyondbooks.com 435.259.5154 20. River of Traps: A Village Life By DEBUYS, WILLIAM;HARRIS, ALEX SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $20 DeBuys, William;Harris, Alex. River of Traps: A Village Life. Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1990. Book Condition: Fine. Binding is tight, interior clean, light blue imprint on dark blue cloth, light shelfwear. Mylar wrapped dustjacket is in beautiful condition. Signed by author on halftitle page. My favorite book on rural Northern New Mexico life. Nominated for the Pulizter Prize. Follows the life of elderly farmer and ditch walker Jacobo Romero. 21. Salt Dreams: Land and Water in Low-Down California By DEBUYS, WILLIAM ENO;MYERS, JOAN SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $60 DeBuys, William Eno;Myers, Joan. Salt Dreams: Land and Water in Low-Down California. Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1999. Book Condition: Fine. Binding is tight, interior clean, gold imprint on chocolate cloth, very light shelfwear. Mylar wrapped dustjacket is in beautiful condition, signed by DeBuys on title page. 22. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies By DIAMOND, JARED SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Price: $350 Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. W W Norton & Co Inc, 1997. Book Condition: Fine. Binding is tight, silver imprint on gold cloth is bright, board edges are crisp, light shelf wear. Mylar wrapped dustjacket has not been priceclipped, rubbing on front edges, light bumping to corners and tail of spine. Signed by Diamond on the title page. 23. The River Why By DUNCAN, DAVID JAMES SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $350 Duncan, David James. The River Why. Sierra Club Books, 1983. Book Condition: Very Good. Very good copy in like jacket, signed by author with date and location on title page. Light shelfwear to edges of boards, back corner of board slightly bumped. Unknown white stain to bottom corner of front board, may be related to faint water stain on bottom of text block. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has few areas of rubbing and edgewear, and is not price-clipped. In my opinion, one the best latter 20th century novels. All books in catalogue are first edition, first printings unless otherwise noted. 9 Back of Beyond Books 24. Desert Treasure-A Bibliography By EDWARDS, E.I. SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $175 Edwards, E.I.. Desert Treasure-A Bibliography. 1948. Book Condition: Fine. 42 pp. Tan boards with bright gold gilt on spine. Boards show very light soiling and light foxing inside edge of baords. Corners lightly bumped. Interior is clean and tight. Includes the 4-page supplement. This is Edwards’ first bibliography of his beloved California desert. Later works include Desert Voices, Desert Harvest and Enduring Desert. This is the hardest of his four bibliographies to find. Signed by author on title page. 25. John Muir: Nature’s Visionary Deluxe Edition By EHRLICH, GRETEL SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $85 Ehrlich, Gretel. John Muir: Nature’s Visionary, Deluxe Edition. National Geographic Society, 2000. Book Condition: Fine. Binding is tight, interior clean, gilt edges all around, ribbon marker, gold imprint on black faux leather is bright and crisp. Lightly bumped board edges and slight shelfwear. This is a beautiful copy of an inspiring, heartfelt book. Signed by Ehrlich on title page. 26. Crusaders of the Rio Grande By ESPINOSA, J. MANUEL Price: $85 Espinosa, J. Manuel. Crusaders of the Rio Grande. Institute of Jesuit History, 1942. Book Condition: Fine. Near fine first edition hard cover. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Minimal wear. The story of Don Diego de Vargas and the reconquest and refounding of New Mexico. 27. Voice of the Old Wolf, Lucullus Virgil McWhorter and the Nez Perce Indians By EVANS, STEVEN ROSS Price: $49.95 Evans, Steven Ross. Voice of the Old Wolf, Lucullus Virgil McWhorter and the Nez Perce Indians. WSU Press, 1996. Book Condition: Fine. Fine first edition hard cover in like dust jacket in mylar cover. Green cloth with gilt lettering. McWhorter was a writer and champion of Indian Causes in the early 1900’s. 10 www.backofbeyondbooks.com 435.259.5154 28. Mountain Man By FISHER, VARDIS Price: $75 Fisher, Vardis. Mountain Man. Opal Laurel Holmes, 1972. Book Condition: Very Good. Fourth Printing. Dark green boards with bright gold imprint on spine. Light bumping to corners, book has slight slant. Clean interior and tight binding. Dust jacket has four 3/8 or smaller closed tears and head of spine has small chip. Light soiling. Book was inspiration for the film Jeremiah Johnson. 29. The Secret Worlds of Colin Fletcher By FLETCHER, COLIN SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Price: $95 Fletcher, Colin. The Secret Worlds of Colin Fletcher. Alfred Knopf Inc, 1989. Book Condition: Very Good. Light edgewear and bumping to corners of boards. Large ink stain to spine of jacket that is mostly on the interior and spilled over to a small part of the text block. The author reveals how in his many years of walking he has discovered much more than just meadows and forests, deserts and mountains, more, even, than hideaways and silence. Rare signature on first free endpaper, inscribed to previous owner. 30. Tarahumara: Where Night Is the Day of the Moon By FONTANA, BERNARD L. SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $35 Fontana, Bernard L.. Tarahumara: Where Night Is the Day of the Moon. Northland Publishing, 1981. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding is tight, clean interior, gold imprint on wine cloth, light shelf wear. Mylar wrapped dustjacket has not been price clipped, rubbing and bumping to front, back, edges and corners. 44 color plates, 41 duotones. Signed by Fontana on half title page. 31. The Meadow By GALVIN, JAMES SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $50 Galvin, James. The Meadow. Henry Holt & Co, 1992. Book Condition: Very Good. Very little wear to boards, top of spine slightly bumped. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket is lightly worn along edges, not price-clipped. Signed by author on title page. A beautiful contemplative novel; Galvin is best known for his poetry. 11 Back of Beyond Books 32. Emmet Gowin: Changing the Earth By GOWIN, EMMET AND TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS Price: $100 SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER Gowin, Emmet and Terry Tempest Williams . Emmet Gowin: Changing the Earth. Yale Univ Pr, 2002. Book Condition: Fine. Binding is tight, interior clean with gorgeous photography, gold imprint on black and rust cloth, jacket is wrapped in mylar. Very light shelfwear. A beautiful copy. Signed by essayist, Williams and photographer, Gowin. Signed letter from Gowin enclosed. 33. A Thousand Miles of Mustangin’ By GREEN, BEN K. SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR Price: $425 Green, Ben K.. A Thousand Miles of Mustangin’. Northland Publishing, 1972. Book Condition: Fine. Red leather and brown cloth limited edition, #41/150. Light rubbing to the boards otherwise square and tight. Very clean interior. Heavy brown slipcase box shows light rubbing and minor scratching. Gold gilt rearing horse on front. Signed by both Ben K. Green and Joe Beeler, author and illustrator. 34. Totemismus Und Zweisklassen-System Bei Den Sioux-Indianern, Anthropos By HAECKEL, JOSEF INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Price: $50 Haeckel, Josef. Totemismus Und Zweisklassen-System Bei Den Sioux-Indianern, Anthropos. St. Gabriel-Modling, 1937. Book Condition: Good. Anthropological paper, “with many compliments, the author” inscribed on front wrap. Wraps worn on edges, binding torn at top and bottom of spine, pages tight. 35. Great Comanche War Trail By HALEY, J. EVETTS SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $80 Haley, J. Evetts. Great Comanche War Trail. San Angelo Standard-Times , 1950. Book Condition: Good. Stapled soft cover pamphlet, excerpt to be published in The Concho Country and reprinted from the Panhandle-Plains Historical Review. Few chips and creases along edges of wraps, yellowing to edges. Dampstaining along spine and bottom edge that is consistent through all pages. Signed by author on title page. 12 www.backofbeyondbooks.com 435.259.5154 36. Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford By HANSEN, RON Price: $25 Hansen, Ron. Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Alfred Knopf Inc, 1983. Book Condition: Very Good. Fictionalized account of the eventual death of Jesse James at the hand of one of the members of his own gang. Light edgewear to boards, binding tight, interior clean. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has not been price-clipped. 37. Manufacture of Copper Bells Found in Southwestern Sites By HAWLEY, F.G. Price: $20 Hawley, F.G.. Manufacture of Copper Bells Found in Southwestern Sites. University of New Mexico Press, 1953. Book Condition: Good. Reprinted from the Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, v.9, n.1, Spring 1953. Wraps are somewhat faded and lightly soiled along edges, has been hole-punched. Interior clean. 38. Mexico: 64 Photographs By Fritz Henle By HENLE, FRITZ Price: $200 Henle, Fritz. Mexico: 64 Photographs By Fritz Henle. Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 1945. Book Condition: Very Good. Dark green cloth-covered boards are lightly edgeworn, corners sharp, bottom of spine slightly bumped. Interior clean but for previous owner’s pencil notation on title page. Text in English and Spanish. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has few tears, chips, and creases along edges. Original price has been blacked out with marker. 39. Nothing Venture, Nothing Win By HILLARY, EDMUND SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $375 Hillary, Edmund. Nothing Venture, Nothing Win . Hodder & Stoughton, 1975. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding is tight, interior and edges have light foxing, gold imprint on dark blue cloth is crisp, boards are straight with slightly rubbed edges and lightly bumped corners. Dustjacket is wrapped in Mylar, UK price is still intact, soiling and foxing on cover, tape residue along upper edges, small chips and closed tears along edges, head and tail of spine. This copy has aged gracefully and been well cared for. Hillary signed a lable and attached it to title page. 13 Back of Beyond Books 40. Words, Weather, and Wolfmen: Conversations with Tony Hillerman By HILLERMAN, TONY AND BULOW, ERNETT FRANKLIN SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR Price: $350 Hillerman, Tony and Bulow, Ernie. Words, Weather, and Wolfmen: Conversations with Tony Hillerman. The Southwesterner Books, 1989. Book Condition: Fine. Limited edition 292/350, triple signed by author, illustrator, and foreword author. Mottled tan leatherette binding is tight with slight shelfwear to bottom board corners. Interior is clean, colored illustration opposite signed limitation page. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket is clean and sharp, dark brown leather slipcase has wear to corners. 41. Kilroy Was There: A Gi’s War in Photographs By HILLERMAN, TONY;KESSLER, FRANK SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $55 Hillerman, Tony; Kessler, Frank. Kilroy Was There: A GI’s War in Photographs. Kent State Univ Pr, 2004. Book Condition: Fine. Fine copy in like jacket, lightly read. Hillerman signature on title page. Mylar-wrapped jacket not price-clipped. 42. The New Democracy By ICKES, HAROLD L. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Price: $95 Ickes, Harold L.. The New Democracy. W W Norton & Co Inc, 1934. Book Condition: Good. One of the more fiery and progressive Secretaries of the Interior in the nation’s history explains the goals of the Roosevelt administration. Signed and inscribed by Ickes to previous owner on first free endpaper, additional ink marking Rec’d 2/17/36. Edges of bright blue boards are rubbed and bumped at corners. 43. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest By KESEY, KEN SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $300 Kesey, Ken. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Viking Press, 1976. Book Condition: Very Good. Black and lime green boards show light edgewear, bottom of spine at very slight slant, corners sharp, binding tight. Slight discoloration of endpapers. Bright bold signature on first free endpaper. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket is rubbed along edges, crease to back top corner, one 1/2” area on back near spine where ink has rubbed through to white. Stated 25th printing with book club slug on back board. No price on dust jacket. 14 www.backofbeyondbooks.com 435.259.5154 44. By Force of Arms, The Journals of Don De Vargas, New Mexico, 1691-93 By KESSELL, JOHN L.; HENDRICKS, RICK (EDITORS) Price: $45 Kessell, John L.; Hendricks, Rick (Editors). University of New Mexico Press, 1992. Book Condition: Fine. Near fine first edition hard cover. Brown boards with gold lettering. 45. Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 With a New Introduction By KINGSOLVER, BARBARA SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $125 Kingsolver, Barbara. Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 With a New Introduction. Ilr Pr, 1996. Book Condition: Good. Binding is tight, ex-lib copy, straight boards, clean edges, blue imprint on light sage cloth has light soiling and marking. Signed by Kingsolver on title page. 46. The Best Short Stories of William Kittredge By KITTREDGE, WILLIAM SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $75 Kittredge, William. The Best Short Stories of William Kittredge. Graywolf Pr, 2003. Book Condition: Fine. Binding is tight and square, bottom block edge slightly rubbed from shelfwear. Cover is bright and crisp with lightly bumped bottom right corner. 47. Capital View A New Panorama of Washington, D.C. By KLETT, MARK SIGNED BY PHOTOGRAPHER Price: $85 Klett, Mark. Capital View A New Panorama of Washington, D.C.. Smithsonian Institution, 1994. Book Condition: Very Good. Very light sunning to top edge and light edgewear. Includes essays by Mark Klett and Merry Foresta plus two historical panoramas from 1875 (Francis Hacker) and 1903 (Frederick Brehm). And Klett’s contemporary panorama. 48. Riley Grannan’s Funeral By KNICKERBOCKER, W.H. Price: $75 Knickerbocker, W.H.. Riley Grannan’s Funeral. A. Carlisle and Company, 1931. Book Condition: Very Good. Small pamphlet in decorative dark grey-green wraps with brasscolored text, contains copy of eulogy given by Knickerbocker at Grannan’s funeral in 1908. Some wear to edges of wraps and creases at corners. Interior clean, inscription in pencil from a previous owner on first free page. 15 Back of Beyond Books 49. To Kill a Mockingbird By LEE, HARPER Price: $100 Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. J.B. Lippincott, 1960. Book Condition: Very Good. Book club edition with Truman Capote quote inside front flap and photo of Lee by Capote on rear. Yellow stain to top edge of text block. 255pp. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has been clipped. 50. Wolfville Days By LEWIS, ALFRED HENRY Price: $50 Lewis, Alfred Henry. Wolfville Days. Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1902. Book Condition: Good. Deep red cloth boards have decorative cowboy silhouette in black, gold, and grey. Few stains and some leaching of color to boards, spine lightly soiled, pages tight and clean. Front endpaper starting. Frontispiece by Frederick Remington. 51. Mystic Warriors of the Plains By MAILS, THOMAS Price: $75 Mails, Thomas. Mystic Warriors of the Plains. Bdd Promotional Book Co, 1991. Book Condition: Fine. Fine copy in like jacket, still sealed in publisher’s plastic wrap. Most likely first printing of first thus edition. 52. Last of The Robbers Roost Outlaws By MCCOURT, TOM SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $60 - cloth $155 - 3/4 Leather Edition McCourt, Tom. Last of The Robbers Roost Outlaws. Back of Beyond Books, 2010. Book Condition: New. New first edition first impression limited edition hard cover in hard slipcase. Number 19 out of 35 cloth bound. Signed by author and Ray Tibbets on second page (Limited edition info page). Dark orange cloth with gold gilt. Hard slipcase still has shrink wrap but allows acces to book. Story of Bill Tibbets, accused of cattle rustling, arrested, escaped and fled to the Robbers Roost Country in the 1920’s. 53. Burial of an Early American Magician By MCGREGOR, JOHN C. Price: $75 McGregor, John C.. Burial of an Early American Magician. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 1943. Book Condition: Fair. Archaeological paper describing a Pueblo III excavation near Flagstaff. Wraps and pages yellowed with age, few small stains and spots of soil to wraps. Masking tape was applied along spine, is now brittle and has lost adhesive. Title page has stamp marked Milton Wetherill. 16 www.backofbeyondbooks.com 435.259.5154 54. The Nebraska Sand Hills: The Human Landscape By MCINTOSH, CHARLES BARRON Price: $85 McIntosh, Charles Barron. The Nebraska Sand Hills: The Human Landscape. Univ of Nebraska Pr, 1996. Book Condition: As New. Book is in as new condition; just pulled out of box from storage. 55. Encounters With the Archdruid By MCPHEE, JOHN SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, SIGNED BY SUBJECT Price: $375 McPhee, John. Encounters With the Archdruid. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1971. Book Condition: Very Good. Double-signed by author John McPhee and subject, conservationist David Brower. McPhee inscription to previous owner on half title page, Brower signature and date on title page. Brown cloth binding with gold gilt is in very good condition. Interior clean, some yellowing to sides of block and few water drop stains to top. Mylar-wrapped jacket is unclipped, few 1/4-1/2 light brown stains to back. 3/4” piece of jacket missing from top; two 1” tears along spine. My favorite McPhee essay ‘A River’, is in this book; where McPhee floats the Colorado river with David Brower of the Sierra Club and Floyd Dominy of the Bureau of Reclamation. 56. The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed By MCPHEE, JOHN A. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND BOOK SUBJECTS Price: $575 McPhee, John A. The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1973. Book Condition: Very Good. Signed, limited edition of McPhee’s Deltoid Pumpkin Seed. In addition to McPhee’s signature, a limited (#99 out of ?) tipped-in half title page also has signatures of seven of the engineers who worked on the Deltoid aircraft. Orange boards with green cloth. Head and foot of spine is bumped and faded. Gold gilt on spine is bright. One corner of board lightly bumped. Book is tight and clean. Top edge stained red. Price-clipped dust jacket is mildly soiled with light chipping to head and foot of spine. The story of a completely new aircraft, a hybrid of the airplane and the rigid airship told only as McPhee can. Laid in is photo of the Deltoid aircraft. All books in catalogue are first edition, first printings unless otherwise noted. 17 Back of Beyond Books 57. Outcroppings By MCPHEE, JOHN A.;MERRILL, CHRISTOPHER;TILL, TOM SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER Price: $130 McPhee, John A.;Merrill, Christopher;Till, Tom. Outcroppings. Gibbs Smith, 1988. Book Condition: Good. Navy blue cloth boards are faded on edges, corners sharp. Small dark discoloration to bottom edge of text block near corner. Binding and pages intact, however book opens quite flat. Double signature: signed and inscribed by Tom Till to previous owner on half title page; signed and inscribed by John McPhee to different previous owner on title page. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has one corner clipped but price intact, few minor creases and chips to edges and corners. Selections from McPhee’s works dealing with geology and landscape are paired with Till’s spectacular photos. 58. Moby Dick By MELVILLE, HERMAN Price: $45 Melville, Herman. Moby Dick. Modern Library, 1930. Book Condition: Good. Gray cloth boards are rubbed along edges, top front corner bumped, binding tight. Interior clean, gift inscription to previous owner on first free endpaper. No dust jacket. 59. Hole-In-The-Rock By MILLER, DAVID E. Price: $175 SIGNED BY AUTHOR Miller, David E. . Hole-In-The-Rock. University of Utah Press, 1959. Book Condition: Very Good. Rare as signed. Brick red boards lightly worn and bumped at corners and edges. Binding tight, interior clean. Few areas of soil/rubbing to front and back of boards. No dust jacket. 60. Bravo 20: The Bombing of the American West By MISRACH, RICHARD;MISRACH, MYRIAM WEISANG SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS Price: $75 Misrach, Richard;Misrach, Myriam Weisang. Bravo 20: The Bombing of the American West. Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1990. Book Condition: Very Good. Book has tight, clean, square binding. Cover is slightly curled at the edges and very light soiling on back. Signed by Richard Misrach and Myriam Weisang Misrach on half title page and inscribed to previous owner with location and date. The story of the Navy’s war on Nevada - and a provocative proposal for a new national park. 18 www.backofbeyondbooks.com 435.259.5154 61. Archaeological Studies in the La Plata District: Southwestern Colorado and Northwestern New Mexico By MORRIS, EARL H.; SHEPARD, ANNA O. Price: $190 Morris, Earl H.; Shepard, Anna O.. Archaeological Studies in the La Plata District: Southwestern Colorado and Northwestern New Mexico. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1939. Book Condition: Very Good. Some minor water/inkstains and creases to wraps, overall normal wear from use. Previous owner’s name on front wrap. Classic from the dean of Southwest archaeology. 62. Desert Smells Like Rain: A Naturalist in Papago Indian Country By NABHAN, GARY P. SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $35 Nabhan, Gary P.. Desert Smells Like Rain: A Naturalist in Papago Indian Country. North Point Press, 1982. Book Condition: Very Good. Sky blue cloth-covered boards have gold imprint; edges are lightly sunned. Interior clean, binding tight. Signed by author on title page. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has been price-clipped. Wonderful look at ethnobotony and culture of the Papago people. 63. Invitation to a Beheading By NABOKOV, VLADIMIR Price: $45 Nabokov, Vladimir. Invitation to a Beheading . G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1959. Book Condition: Good. Significant ding to top corner of spine, heavily bumped, dust jacket creased and torn in this area. Otherwise, remaining corners are sharp, binding tight, interior clean. Small dampstain to bottom edge of text, top edge is stained red. First American edition and english translation of Nabokov’s collaboration with his son Dmitri. 64. Equinox: Life, Love, and Birds of Prey By O’BRIEN, DAN SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $50 O’Brien, Dan. Equinox: Life, Love, and Birds of Prey. Lyons Pr, 1997. Book Condition: Fine. Oatmeal and cream boards with dark brown imprint. Slight bumping to top and bottom of spine, binding tight and square, interior clean. Signed by author with date and location on title page. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket is unclipped. Fine piece of natural history writing. 19 Back of Beyond Books 65. Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest By O’CONNOR, SANDRA DAY;DAY, H. ALAN SIGNED BY AUTHORS Price: $45 O’Connor, Sandra Day;Day, H. Alan. Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest. Random House Inc, 2002. Book Condition: Fine. Binding is tight and square, pages clean, boards are straight, cloth shows no signs of shelfwear. Mylar wrapped dustjacket is bright and crisp with no sign of wear. Has not been priceclipped. Signed and dated by O’Connor and her brother (and co-author) on halftitle page. 66. Georgia O’Keeffe: One Hundred Flowers By O’KEEFFE, GEORGIA Price: $100 O’Keeffe, Georgia. Georgia O’Keeffe: One Hundred Flowers. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1987. Book Condition: Fine. Fine copy in like dust jacket, stored in original box. 67. Eragon By PAOLINI, CHRISTOPHER Price: $750 Paolini, Christopher. Eragon. Paolini International, LLC, 2002. Book Condition: Good. Livingston, Montana: Paolini International, LLC, 2002. True First Edition with front cover illustrations and inside map by Paolini. Inscribed by Paolini, “May your swords stay sharp.” 68. Baja! By PEACOCK, DOUG AND PETER MATTHIESSEN SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Price: $45 Peacock, Doug and Peter Matthiessen. Baja!. Bulfinch Pr, 1991. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding is tight, interior clean, bright white imprint on dark blue cloth, board edges are rubbed. Mylar wrapped dustjacket has not been priceclipped, has shelfwear. Signed by Peacock on title page. 69. Robinson Jeffers: The Man and His Work By POWELL, LAWRENCE CLARK SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Price: $425 Powell, Lawrence Clark. Robinson Jeffers: The Man and His Work. Primavera Press , 1934. Book Condition: Very Good. Limited edition of 750, unknown number. In custom hard slipcase. True first, signed and inscribed by author to previous owner on first free endpaper. Previous owner bookplate on front endpaper. Few areas of discoloration on endpapers, intermittent foxing on pages throughout book and some on top edges of text block, all plates present. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket is sunned on spine, has few small tears along edges, has not been price-clipped. Very nice copy. Biography of California 20 www.backofbeyondbooks.com 435.259.5154 poet and analysis of some of his work by former UCLA librarian and man of letters of the Southwest, Lawrence Clark Powell. 70. Cities of Gold: A Journey Across the American Southwest in Pursuit of Coronado By PRESTON, DOUGLAS SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $75 Preston, Douglas. Cities of Gold: A Journey Across the American Southwest in Pursuit of Coronado. Simon & Schuster, 1992. Book Condition: Fine. A beautiful copy, binding is tight, interior clean, gold imprint on rust and gold cloth. Mylar wrapped dustjacket has not been price clipped, bright and crisp. Very light shelfwear. Signed by Preston on title page. 71. doughBelly’s sCrap Book By PRICE, DOUGHBELLY SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $45 Price, doughBelly. doughBelly’s sCrap Book. El Crepusculo, 1951. Book Condition: Very Good. Collection of columns from the El Crespusculo newspaper in Taos, written by local character doughBelly Price. Wraps have few small creases and tears along edges. Signed by author on second page photograph. Interior clean. 72. Close Range: Wyoming Stories By PROULX, ANNIE SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR Price: $150 Proulx, Annie. Close Range: Wyoming Stories. Scribner, 1999. Book Condition: Fine. This is a beautiful copy. Only very light rubbing to foot of boards. Mylar wrapped dustjacket has not been price clipped. Signed by Proulx and illustrator William Matthews on title page. 73. Sun Girl By QOYAWAYMA, ELIZABETH POLINGAYSI Price: $50 Qoyawayma, Elizabeth Polingaysi. Sun Girl. Museum of Northern Arizona Press, 1978. Book Condition: Very Good. Limited edition printed for charter members of the Sinagua Society of the Museum of Nothern Arizona, tale of young Hopi girl. Quarter leather and rust orange boards show very little wear, some rubbing to cloth slipcase. Interior clean, binding tight. 21 Back of Beyond Books 74. Arch Bagger, A Scrambler’s Guide To Arches National Park By ROACH, GERRY Price: $200 Roach, Gerry. Arch Bagger, A Scrambler’s Guide To Arches National Park . Rock Lizard Press, 1982. Book Condition: Very Good. Roach, Gerry. Arch Bagger, A Scrambler’s Guide To Arches National Park. Rock Lizard Press (1983). First Edition. Octavo. 68 pages. Very good light blue soft cover with black lettering. Light edge wear. Previous owner’s name on 1st page. The author describes 40 scrambles, 25 of which are nontechnical. Rare. 75. Deborah:A Wilderness Narrative By ROBERTS, DAVID SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $125 Roberts, David. Deborah:a Wilderness Narrative. Vanguard Press, 1970. Book Condition: Very Good. Really nice signed first edition of Roberts’ 2nd book. Book has light shelfwear with very light soiling to edges. Clean blue boards with the exception of 1/4 ‘burn’ spot on front board. Clean interior. Dust jacket shows extremely light chipping and some minor browning at edges. Not price clipped. Tight and square binding. Signed by the author on the title page. 76. Elements of Texas Pleading By ROBERTS, O.M. Price: $425 Roberts, O.M.. Elements of Texas Pleading. Ben C. Jones, 1890. Book Condition: Good. Classic text of early Texas law written by Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court and Governor of Texas Oran M. Roberts. Original brown leather binding with newer lighter leather spine, corners and new endpapers. Title is stamped nicely on the spine in darker brown. Original leather has aged gracefully with some marks and scuffing. 83pp plus index. Title page is browned along the edges and chipped at the bottom edge. Interior of book is clean save for 11 pages which show a brown spot at the top edge; does not intrude on text. The last free endpaper has been taped along the edge. A nice attractive copy of a rare Texas law text. 77. The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey By RUSHDIE, SALMAN SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $40 Rushdie, Salman. The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey. Viking Pr, 1987. Book Condition: Fine. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean with very slight discoloration from aging. Mylar wrapped dustjacket has minor bumping to bottom spine, otherwise, crisp and clean. Has not been price clipped. Signed by Rushdie on the title page. Brilliantly focused and haunting portrait of the people, the politics, the land and the poetry of Nicaragua. 22 www.backofbeyondbooks.com 435.259.5154 78. Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi By SAINT FRANCES OF ASSISI; DOM ROGER HUDLESTON(REVISED AND AMENDED) SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR Price: $75 Saint Frances of Assisi; Dom Roger Hudleston(revised and amended). Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi. Limited Editions Club, 1930. Book Condition: Very Good. Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 447 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Fine in blue and tan patterned cloth with gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to corners and edges and light soiling to cloth cover. Clean interior with woodcut illustrations by Paolo Molnar. Signed by owner on FFEP. No slipcase. 79. Love Song to the Plains By SANDOZ, MARI SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $100 Sandoz, Mari. Love Song to the Plains. Harper & Brothers, 1961. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding is tight and square, block edges are slightly discolored from dust accumulation and worn from handling. Boards are straight with no bumping to edges, cloth is clean though worn from handling and rubbing from shelfwear along bottom edges. Mylar wrapped dustjacket has moderate soiling from handling, chipping to bottom of spine, rubbing and chipping along edges, a quarter inch closed tear at bottom of cover. Signed by Sandoz on half title page. A beautiful book that has aged gently. 80. Traite De Fauconnerie By SCHLEGEL, H. AND A.H. VERSTER DE WULVERHORST Price: $90 Schlegel, H. And A.H. Verster De Wulverhorst. Traite De Fauconnerie. Chasse Publications, 1973. Book Condition: Very Good. A classic of falconry. This beautiful reprint includes both an english translation and the original french text. Includes 17 pages of plates. Very clean edition. The white dust jacket shows some soiling and light browning to edges. Very light water spotting to spine. Interior of book is clean and bright. 81. The Tattooed Desert By SHELTON, RICHARD SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $50 Shelton, Richard. The Tattooed Desert. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971. Book Condition: Very Good. Red cloth boards with orange and gold imprint, edges lightly worn and faded. One small stain to bottom of text block, binding tight. Signed by author on title page. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has not been price-clipped, slightly yellow with age, few small areas of soil. Gift inscription to previous owners on first free endpaper. 23 Back of Beyond Books 82. Twenty-One Broadsides: Poems & Prose from the 1982-1983 Walker Art Center Reading Series By SNYDER, GARY, AND NADINE GORDIMER, RITA MAE BROWN, ALICE WALKER, ED SAUNDERS AND OTHERS SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $325 Snyder, Gary, and Nadine Gordimer, Rita Mae Brown, Alice Walker, Ed Saunders and Others. Twenty-One Broadsides: Poems & Prose from the 1982-1983 Walker Art Center Reading Series. Walker Art Center, 1983. Book Condition: Fine. Signed limited 30/90 Broadside set from the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN printed on the occasion of the 1982-1983 Writers Reading Series. A stunning collection printed at the Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger Editions, printed by Allan Kornblum. Authors include Jessica Hagedorn, Gary Snyder, Alice Walker, Robert Kroetsch, C.W. Truesdale, Constance Egemo, Karen A. Snider, Alice Adams, Maurice Kenny, Derek Walcott, Nadine Gordimer, Rita Mae Brown, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Wendy Rose, Rosmarie Waldrop, Roy C. McBride, Robert Schuler, Paul D’Andrea, Ed Sanders, Gilbert Sorrentino and Robert Duncan. Printed on handmade papers. Broadsides are in fine condition each signed by poet or writer. Broadsides each measure 10 1/2 X 13 3/8 inches. Brown custom clamshell box has light soiling on label pastedown and some fading to front and back of box. Includes prospectus for the reading series. 83. Where Rivers Change Direction By SPRAGG, MARK SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $100 Spragg, Mark. Where Rivers Change Direction. Jonathan Cape, 2000. Book Condition: Fine. Near fine copy with very little wear, clean interior, binding tight. Signed by author on title page. Mylar wrapped dust jacket has not been price-clipped. 84. Wilderness at the Edge By STEGNER, WALLACE SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $350 Stegner, Wallace. Wilderness at the Edge. Utah Wilderness Coalition, 1990. Book Condition: Fine. Binding is tight, interior clean, gold imprint on cream cloth is in beautiful condition. Dustjacket is crisp and clean, well protected in slipsleeve cover, gold imprint on cream cloth shows slight shelfwear. Signed by Stegner and the Hon. Wayne Owen. #138 of 500. A plea to save the wildlands of Utah. 24 www.backofbeyondbooks.com 435.259.5154 85. In the Footsteps of John Wesley Powell: An Album of Comparative Photographs of the Green and Colorado Rivers, 1871-72 and 1968 By STEPHENS, HAL G.;POWELL, JOHN WESLEY;SHOEMAKER, EUGENE M. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Price: $95 Stephens, Hal G.;Powell, John Wesley;Shoemaker, Eugene M.. In the Footsteps of John Wesley Powell: An Album of Comparative Photographs of the Green and Colorado Rivers, 1871-72 and 1968. Johnson Books, 1987. Book Condition: Very Good. Few spots of soil and light scratches to wraps, bottom of spine has been slightly damaged. No creases to spine or corners of wraps. Rare signature by Shoemaker, inscribed to previous owner. 86. Web Adams By TEMPLE, WILLARD Price: $150 Temple, Willard. Web Adams. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1943. Book Condition: Very Good. Bright red cloth-covered boards lightly worn along edges, bumped at bottom of spine. Interior clean, small bookseller sticker on rear endpaper. Scribner A Edition. First Edition. 87. Alferd Packer: Cannibal By TOOL, PATRICIA K. Price: $10 Tool, Patricia K.. Alferd Packer: Cannibal. Unknown, . Book Condition: Very Good. Small pamphlet, publisher and date unknown. Parchment-colored wraps are lightly yellowed along spine and corners. Interior clean, binding tight. A factual history of the adventures of Packer ( the cannibal of Slumgullion Pass) during the winter of 1873-74. 88. Imperial Valley Second Annual Magazine Edition Calexico Chronicle By TOUT, OTIS B. SIGNED BY PUBLISHER Price: $100 Tout, Otis B.. Imperial Valley Second Annual Magazine Edition Calexico Chronicle. Calexico Chronicle, 1909. Book Condition: Good Plus. Second annual magazine edition of the Calexico Chronicle broadcasting the truth and disseminating the beauty of the Imperial Valley. Full of informative articles. All books in catalogue are first edition, first printings unless otherwise noted. 25 Back of Beyond Books 89. Innocents Abroad, 2 Volumes By TWAIN, MARK Price: $100 Twain, Mark. Innocents Abroad, 2 Volumes. Joseph Knight Company, 1895. Book Condition: Very Good. Later printing of the classic Twain title with hundreds of illustrations and Photogravures. Spines slightly sunned and edges and corners worn. Decorative green cloth with silver gilt design and silver titles to spine. White label-like design to front of both boards. Vol. 1 shows a little more soiling than vol. 2. Rubbing to both volumes. Small owners signature to both volumes. Boards are slightly loosening but holding tight. Interior is clean. 90. Southwest Indians: An Outline of Social and Ceremonial Organization in New Mexico and Arizona By UNDERHILL, RUTH M. Price: $95 Underhill, Ruth M.. Southwest Indians: An Outline of Social and Ceremonial Organization in New Mexico and Arizona. Santa Fe Indian School, 1934. Book Condition: Fair. Lecture notes for an anthropology course at the Santa Fe Indian School; author and anthropologist Underhill was involved in training teachers who worked on reservations in order to better educate them about the cultures they worked with. Early piece of cultural anthroplogy history; Underhill was a student of Franz Boas. Stapled typed notes on 8.5x11 paper. 91. Slapstick By VONNEGUT, KURT SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $175 Vonnegut, Kurt. Slapstick. Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, . Book Condition: Very Good. Very good copy in like dust jacket. Very lightly rubbed along edges of boards, bottom of spine slightly bumped. Signed by Vonnegut on half title page in bright purple. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has been price-clipped and has a few creases. 1st Edition, 3rd printing. 92. Art Deco By WARD, RITCHIE SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $900 Ward, Ritchie. Art Deco. Book Club of California, 1987. Book Condition: Fine. Schmied, Francois-Lois. Art Deco. San Francisco, California: Book Club of California, 1987. Signed by Ritchie on title page. Hand written note by renoun book binder Joe D’ Ambrosio on yellow sticky note. Rebound Book club Edition. 49 pages. This is a beautiful copper rebinding of only five copies from a larger edition by Ward Ritchie. The Books of FrancoisLouis Schmied Artist/Engraver/Printer With Recollections and Descriptive Commentaries on the Books by Ward Ritchie. Preface by Lawrence Clark Powell. 26 www.backofbeyondbooks.com 435.259.5154 93. Leon Gaspard By WATERS, FRANK Price: $60 Waters, Frank. Leon Gaspard. Fenn Galleries, Ltd, 1981. Book Condition: Very Good. Stated signed limited edition, no signature or limitation. Clothbound slipcase is slightly faded and dusty along edges. Book is faded along spine but otherwise shows little wear. 94. Notes from an Old Fly Book By WICKSTROM, GORDON M. SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $59.95 Wickstrom, Gordon M.. Notes from an Old Fly Book. University Press of Colorado, 2001. Book Condition: Fine. Near fine first edition hard cover in like dust jacket. Signed by author on title page. Lightly bumped lower spine. 95. Range of Memory By WILLIAMS, TERRY TEMPEST AND EDWARD RIDDELL SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER Price: $100 Williams, Terry Tempest and Edward Riddell. Range of Memory. Clark City Press, 2005. Book Condition: Fine. Binding is tight and square, pages and prints very clean, boards are straight, cloth shows no sign of shelfwear. Mylar wrapped dustjacket is gorgeous showing no sign of wear. Has not been priceclipped. Signed by Williams and Riddell on title page with an enclosed letter signed by Riddell. 96. The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth By WILSON, EDWARD O. SIGNED BY AUTHOR Price: $95 Wilson, Edward O The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth. W W Norton & Co Inc, 2006. Book Condition: Fine. Fine copy in like jacket, only barely discernable wear to bottom edge of boards and spine, binding tight, corners square. Signed by author on title page. 97. Naturalist By WILSON, EDWARD O. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Price: $50 Wilson, Edward O Naturalist. Shearwater Books, 1994. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean, boards are straight, with bumping to bottom and top edges, cloth is clean with rubbing along bottom edges from shelfwear. Mylar wrapped dustjacket is clean and crisp with a small bump to bottom right hand corner, top and bottom of spine. Signed by Wilson on title page with date and location as well as inscription to previous owner. 27 Back of Beyond Books 98. Culture and Contact, Charles C. DiPeso’s Gran Chichimeca By WOOSLEY, ANNE; RAVESLOOT, JOHN (EDITOR) Price: $70 Woosley, Anne; Ravesloot, John (Editor). Culture and Contact, Charles C. DiPeso’s Gran Chichimeca. University of New Mexico Press, 1993. Book Condition: Fine. Fine first edition hard cover in like dust jacket in mylar cover. The essays examine Di Peso’s theories about contact, conquest, and culture change. 99. John Xantus: The Fort Tejon Letters, 1857-1859 By ZWINGER, ANN SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Price: $20 Zwinger, Ann. John Xantus: The Fort Tejon Letters, 1857-1859. Univ of Arizona Pr, 1986. Book Condition: Fine. Binding is tight, interior clean, yellow imprint on black cloth over cream cloth, very light shelfwear. Mylar wrapped dustjacket has not been priceclipped, in beautiful condition. Signed by Zwinger on title page. 100. Limited Edition Everett Ruess Portfolio By RUESS, EVERETT Price: $12,500 In 1985 a set of original Everett Ruess linoleum blocks were discovered in Brother Waldo Ruess’ garden shed in California. This exciting find led the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) to commission a limited edition set of Everett Ruess prints to be printed and sold. A total of 50 sets were printed of 25 plates each. Each print is titled and handnumbered in pencil and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the restorer/ printers. These limited edition sets represent the entire corpus of block prints from original materials created by Everett Ruess. The blocks are now archived at the Utah State Historical Society, and barred from any further reprinting. Of the 25 plates printed, 14 were from Everett’s original blocks and 11 were from new blocks recreated from original proofs of Everett’s. The printers used Reves lightweight ivory printing paper to a deckled edge trim of 9 3/4” x 13” with most of the actual image sizes of 5 x 7 inches. The lino blocks were restored and printed by Thomas Carlyle and Stuart Stenhardt. Carlyle and Stenhardt used a hand-pulled Nolan flat bed proofing press. Each impression required hand re-inking with a mixture of burnt sienna, brown and black oil base ink. The prints in this collection span the last five years of Ruess’ short life, from the age of fifteen to twenty. They portray a variety of natural scenes and chronicle his travels along the California coast, high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and among the redrock canyons of Utah, Arizona and Colorado. 28 www.backofbeyondbooks.com 435.259.5154 47 of the 50 sets were sold within several years of publication. Then as often happens, the remaining few sets were forgotten about, recently ‘rediscovered’ in SUWA’s Salt Lake City office. SUWA has retained one set. Back of Beyond Books is proud to offer the last two sets, numbers 8 and 16. These two sets are in mint condition. As of press time, only set number 16 remains available. Battlements of the Colorado By: Everett Ruess Canyon del Muerto By: Everett Ruess Monument Valley By: Everett Ruess cover art 29 Back of Beyond Books All books in catalogue are first edition, first printings unless otherwise noted. Books may be held for one week and are subject to prior sale. Any item is returnable within two weeks for a full refund. We accept Visa, Master Card, American Express and Discover. Checks are accepted as payment in advance. International and institutional billing is available. Utah residents please add 7.8% tax. Priority shipping costs are $9.00 for the first book and $1.50 for each additional book. Media rates available. All shipments are carefully packed and fully insured. We gladly provide reciprocal discounts for dealers. We buy collections and maintain want lists. 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