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Last updated January 5, 2012


1. Bacigalupa, Andrea. SANTOS AND SAINTS' DAYS.. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Sunstone Press, 1972. 32 pages. Softbound covers. Light wear to the edges of the covers. $5.75

2. Bakker, Johan P. TRACKING TOM HORN.. Union Lake, Michigan: Talking Boy, 1994. 159 pages. Large softbound covers. Housed in a plastic sleeve. Includes an accomanying folding map of land ownership in Iron Mountain, Wyoming. This book is number 2 of a limited printing of 100 copies. It was presented to the Wyoming State Museum and signed by the author. There is a "Discard" stamp on the title page. The first 10 pages are loose within the book and there is a tear to the paper at the top of the spine. Contents complete. A rare publication. An excellent historical work chronicling the life of Tom Horn and his adventures in the American West from railroad laborer, Indian fighter, miner, lawmen, to his eventual trial and hanging for a murder conviction. $125.00

3. Briggs, Walter. WITHOUT NOISE OF ARMS: THE 1776 DOMINGUEZ-ESCALANTE SEARCH FOR A ROUTE FROM SANTA FE TO MONTEREY.. Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press, 1976. 212 pages. Slight shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has slight edge-wear and a couple of small tears to the edges. Illustrated with oil paintings by Wilson Hurley. $10.00

4. Burrus, Ernest J. JUAN MARIA DE SALVATIERRA S.J.: SELECTED LETTERS ABOUT LOWER CALIFORNIA.. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1971. 279 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Limited to 600 copies. $28.50

5. Burrus, Ernest J. KINO REPORTS TO HEADQUARTERS: CORRESPONDENCE OF EUSEBIO F. KINO, S.J. FROM NEW SPAIN WITH ROME.. Rome, Italy: Institutum Historicum Societatis Jesu, 1954. 135 pages. Signed by the author/translator. Blue cloth binding. VG condition. $45.00

6. Carroll, H. Bailey. THREE NEW MEXICO CHRONICLES: THE EXPOSICION OF DON PEDRO BAUTISTA PINO, 1812; THE OJEADA OF LIC. ANTONIO BARREIRO 1832; AND THE ADDITIONS BY DON JOSE AGUSTIN DE ESCUDERO, 1849.. Albuquerque: Quivera Society, 1942. 342 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Slight soiling to white spine cloth. This is #456 of a limited edition of 557 copies published by the Quivera Society. This is Quivera Society volume 11. $50.00

7. Chipman, Donald E. NUNO DE GUZMAN AND THE PROVINCE OF PANUCO ON NEW SPAIN, 1518-1533. Glendale, Calif.: Arthur H. Clark, 1967. 322 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. $28.00

8. Deaver, William L. & Carla R. Van West. EL MACAYO: A PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT IN THE UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY.. Tucson, Arizona: Statistical Research, Inc., 2001. 273 pages. Large softcover binding. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges. $20.00

9. Dunne, Peter Masten. EARLY JESUIT MISSIONS IN TARAHUMARA.. Berkeley: University of California, 1948. 276 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. $10.00

10. Frontain, Dick. SAN XAVIER DEL BAC: POEM OF THE DESERT.. Tucson, Arizona: Los Amigos, 1972. 36 pages. Limited edition to 2,000 copies, signed by the author. Large softcover binding. There is slight fading to the paper on the edges of the covers. $24.00

11. Hennessy, C.A.M. THE FRONTIER IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY.. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1978. 202 pages. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn dust jacket. $6.00

12. Inman, Colonel Henry. THE OLD SANTA FE TRAIL.. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1899. 493 pages. 1899 second edition. Green cloth binding is slightly cocked. Shelfware to the side edges and corners. The spine title is faded a bit. $33.00

13. Kessell, John L. FRIARS, SOLDIERS, AND REFORMERS: HISPANIC ARIZONA AND THE SONORA MISSION FRONTIER, 1767-1856.. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 1976. 347 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some wear to the edges. $54.00

14. Leon-Portilla, Miguel. VOYAGES OF FRANCISCO DE ORTEGA, CALIFORNIA 1632-1636.. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1973. 75 pages. Slight shelf wear to spine and corners. Limited to 500 copies. $55.00

15. Mathes, W. Michael. CLEMENTE GUILLEN, EXPLORER OF THE SOUTH. DIARIES OF THE OVERLAND EXPEDITIONS TO BAHIA MAGDALENA AND LA PAZ, 1719, 1720-1721.. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1979. 99 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Light wear only. $28.50

16. Matson, Daniel S. & Bernard L. Fontana-editors. FRIAR BRINGAS REPORTS TO THE KING: METHODS OF INDOCTRINATION ON THE FRONTIER OF NEW SPAIN, 1796-97.. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 1977. 177 pages. VG in lightly worn dust jacket. $15.50

17. Murray Robert A. CITADEL ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL. THE SAGA OF BENT'S FORT.. Bellevue Nebraska: Old Army Press, 1970. 88 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine of book and dust jacket, and labels and pocket inside the front cover. There is a library label on the front cover of the dust jacket. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. The binding is tight. $9.50

18. Nutt, Catherine F. THE SPANISH SOUTHWEST, 1519-1776 AND AFTER: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECTED TITLES TO COMMEMORATE THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE UNITED STATES.. Flagstaff, Arizona: Northern Arizona University, 1976. 60 pages. Softbound covers. Some wear. $15.00

19. Paylore, Patricia P. KINO, A COMMEMORATION. . Tucson: Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society, 1961. Softbound covers. Slight wear. With three articles by Patricia P. Paylore, Ted De Grazia, and Donald M. Powell. $19.00

20. Polzer, Charles W. THE DOCUMENTARY RELATIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST, PROJECT MANUAL, 1977.. Tucson, Arizona: Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, 1977. 160 pages. Large softbound covers. Overall very good condition. $18.50

21. Schmidt, Robert H. A GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF SINALOA.. El Paso, Texas: Texas Western Press, 1976. 77 pages. Softbound covers. Light wear to the covers. $5.25

22. Wagner, Henry R. THE SPANISH SOUTHWEST, 1542-1794: Two volume set. . New York: Arno Press, 1967. 269 pages. Two volume set. Arno Press 1967 reprint of the Quivera Society original edition. Near new condition. $60.00

23. Young, Otis E. THE FIRST MILITARY ESCORT ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL: 1829 From the Journal and Report.. Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark, 1952. 222 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine of book and dust jacket, and labels and pocket inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. The binding is tight. $35.00

24. Zevallos, Francisco. THE APOSTOLIC LIFE OF FERNANDO CONSAG: EXPLORER OF LOWER CALIFORNIA.. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1968. 93 pages. Slight shelf wear to spine and corners. Limited to 500 copies. $40.00

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