WESTERNS - vintage paperbacks & hardbacks
Plenty of US editions included in this selection, and a couple of less common titles.
Book grades (Very Good, Good, Fair, Acceptable, Poor) are explained below the list of books.
Where
2 or more books with the same title, edition & grade are available,
I will sell the best copy first (unless you express a preference).
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IRWIN BLACKER Westering : 1960, Corgi 1st print : SOLD!
JAMES BOYD Bitter Creek : 1956, Corgi, 1st UK printing : Fair
TEX BRADLEY The Big Fury : undated (1950s/60s), Badger Books LW73 : Acceptable
TB is pseudonym of the prolific and versatile British author John Glasby.
MATT CHISHOLM Three For Vengeance : 1963, Mayflower-Dell, 1st thus : Fair
JUDD COLE Pathfinder (Cheyenne #9) : 1994, US, Leisure Books : SOLD!
STEPHEN CRANE The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky and other stories : 1956, US, Avon : Good
TOM CURRY Riders of Steel (Rio Kid) : 1975, Tandem : Good
KIT DALTON Shotgun Station (Buckskin #19) : undated (late 1980s?), US, Leisure Books : Good
J. T. EDSON The Ysabel Kid, .44 Caliber Man (sold together) : SOLD!
J.T. EDSON The Deputies : 1988, Severn House 1st UK Hardback edition : Fair (ex library)
J.T. EDSON J.T.'s Hundredth : 1979, Corgi B-format PB 1st UK print : Good
LARRY ELLIS Suckers At Silver Falls : undated (1950s?), Hamilton & Co : Acceptable
LEE FLOREN Gambler with a Gun : 1985, Robert Hale 1st UK print, HB : Acceptable (ex library)
L.L. FOREMAN Desperado's Gold : 1970, US, Centurion Books : Acceptable
NORMAN A. FOX Lord Six Gun : 1971, Mustang Western : Fair
DEAN GREY Desperado : 1953, Curtis Warren : Fair
ZANE GREY The Heritage of the Desert : 1953, Pan 227 1st print : SOLD!
ZANE GREY Desert Heritage : 1965, Consul, 1st print : Good
Abridged version of Heritage of the Desert, originally published in 1910 and filmed twice.
ZANE GREY The Rainbow Trail (Riders of the Purple Sage #2) : 1974, Sphere, 3rd print : Acceptable
ERNEST HAYCOX Man In The Saddle : 1960, Corgi reissue : Acceptable
WILL HENRY The Feleen Brand : 1965, US, Bantam 2nd print : Acceptable
ROBERT J. HOGAN The Challenge of Smoke Wade : undated (late 1950s) Avon, Canada : Good
WILLIAM HOPSON The Gringo Bandit : 1952 (by copyright), Avon, Canada : Good
CY JAMES Gun (Sam Spur #8) : "First published in 1971 by Mayflower Books Ltd." : Fair (whole book a little creased)
DOROTHY M. JOHNSON Indian Country : 1961, Corgi, 1st print : Good
11 short stories including the source material for 2 films: "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" & "A Man Called Horse."
Foreword By Jack Schaefer.
WILLIAM W. & J.A. JOHNSTONE Winchester 1887 (Winchester #2) : 2015, US, Pinnacle Books 1st print : Good
WILLIAM W. & J.A. JOHNSTONE Texas John Slaughter : 2014, US, Pinnacle Books 2nd print : Good
JAMES KEENE Gunnison's Empire : undated, US, Avon : Good (some foxing)
LOUIS L'AMOUR The Sackett Brand (The Sacketts #10) : 1977, US, Bantam 20th print : Acceptable
LOUIS L'AMOUR Passin' Through : 2005, US, Bantam 42nd print : Acceptable
LOUIS L'AMOUR Rivers West (Talon and Chantry #3) : 1975, Corgi 1st UK print : Acceptable
LOUIS L'AMOUR Over on the Dry Side (Talon and Chantry #6) : 1976, Corgi 1st UK print : Acceptable
JAKE LOGAN Slocum's Slaughter (Slocum #24) : 1981, US, Playboy Press 2nd print : Good (cover hole-punched)
BLISS LOMAX Saddle Hawks : undated, Ward Lock #97 : Acceptable
WILLIAM COLT MACDONALD Six-Gun Melody : undated (1950s) Avon, Canada : Good
Norman Saunders cover.
GARY MARSHALL Old Panther Foot : undated, Collin, published for The Wild West Club : Fair
CHAD MERRIMAN Hard Country : 1970, Mayflower 1st UK print : Acceptable
JAMES A. MICHENER Centennial : 1975, Corgi 1st thus : Acceptable
WAYNE D. OVERHOLSER Gunlock : 1992, US, Leisure Books : Acceptable
LEWIS PATTEN Gunsmoke Empire : undated (mid 1950s), Gold Medal : Good
ORLANDO RIGONI Hunger Range : 1970, US, Magnum Books : Good (but stains to page margins)
'Easy Eye' larger text - but not as big as modern large fonts.
J.R. ROBERTS The Rat's Nest (The Gunsmith #258) : 2003, US, Jove 1st print : Good (well read)
J.R. ROBERTS Faces Of The Dead (The Gunsmith #260) : 2003, US, Jove 1st print : Good (well read)
TEX RYLAND Trail Of Revenge : 1968, Mayflower 1st print : Acceptable
JACQUIN SANDERS The Fortune Finders : 1958, Panther, 1st print : Good
LUKE SHORT Bounty Guns : 1989, US, Dell 1st print : Acceptable
JACK SLADE The Man from Del Rio (Lassiter #7) : 1973, Belmont Tower/Flamingo : Good (well read)
The US edition slightly rebranded for UK.
MICHAEL STRAIGHT Carrington : 1963, Corgi, 1st print : Good
Story of 1866 Fetterman Massacre, written as fiction but based on facts & Carrington's dispatches.
Includes relevant maps.
W.C. TUTTLE The Loot of the Lazy F : 1938, White Circle Wild West Club, 8th print : Good
ERROL WOOD Ace High : 1954, Curtis Warren : Fair
GRADING
Very Good -
minor defects, faults or wear to cover, pages & dust jacket if
present; only light creasing to spine; light tanning to pages; if
writing present at front, it is in pencil
Good - average
book, complete & intact; faults may include: heavier creasing to
spine & page tanning, bumping, foxing (yellow/brown marks) &
cover fading; may be small stamp / sticker or writing in pen at front of
book
Fair - between good and acceptable
Acceptable - book with complete text pages (incl. maps,
plates) but may lack endpapers; may have heavy creasing, marks, bumping
& foxing; edges & corners of covers / pages may be damaged;
covers may feature stickers or sticker remains, etc; binding may be weak
or splitting with 1 or 2 loose pages; book may show some signs of poor
storage, possibly in a damp environment; may be ex-library
Poor -
book that is sufficiently worn that its only merit is the complete
text, which will be legible; multiple pages or page blocks may have come
loose
Please
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listed (product details, combining postage etc). Also, you can now visit
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and magazines that are not yet listed, and I'm happy to see if I have a
title you are searching for.