GREY ZANE

Betty Zane, Volume 1, Ohio River Trilogy

Saalfield Publishing, 1940. Hardcover. Illustrated by Lloyd Weidner. Burgundy Hardcovers with black titles to the cover and spine. Very Good, the pages are unmarked with age tanning to them, a tight binding. The DJ is Very good, light spine end chipping and cover edgewear. "When Fort Henry was about to fall before the combined attack of English and Indians despite the settler's gallant defense, Betty Zane proved that she was as brave as her four brothers. At the risk of her life she carried gunpowder to the fort. "; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 24169

Catalogue: Fiction, Westerns

Keywords: Fiction > Westerns

KROETSCH, ROBERT

Badlands

Stoddart Kids, 2003. Paperback. ISBN: 0773760857. A Near Fine Trade Paperback. The binding is tight, there is a small stamp from the previous owner on the half title pages. Clean, unmarked pages. A crease to the front cover right corner." In 1916, scientist William Dawe leads a palaeontological expedition into the badlands of Alberta, obsessed with achieving world renown by discovering dinosaur fossils. Fifty years later, his daughter, Anna, enters these same badlands. In her visit to the expedition site, she exposes not only the absurdity of her father's work, but also the folly of his male ambition." ; 8.7 X 5.3 X 0.6 inches; 240 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 24885

Catalogue: Fiction, Westerns, Historical Fiction, Family

Keywords: 0773760857 Fiction - Westerns Family > Fathers and Daughters Historical Fiction Fiction Historical Fiction Family & Relationships Westerns

MCCARTHY, CORMAC

Crossing, the. Volume 2 of the Border Trilogy.

Vintage, 1994. Paperback. ISBN: 0679760849. Trade Paperback in Near Fine condition. A soild binding, squared with a clean, unmarked text. Very moderate cover wear. "Following All the Pretty Little Horses in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy is a novel whose force of language is matched only by its breadth of experience and depth of thought. In the bootheel of New Mexico hard on the frontier, Billy and Boyd Parham are just boys in the years before the Second World War, but on the cusp of unimaginable events. First comes a trespassing Indian and the dream of wolves running wild amongst the cattle lately brought onto the plain by settlers - this when all the wisdom of trappers has disappeared along with the trappers themselves. So Billy sets forth at the age of sixteen on an unwitting journey into the souls of boys, animals and men." ; 7.90 X 5.10 X 1 inches; 432 pages. Fine .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 19511

Catalogue: Fiction, Westerns

Keywords: 0679760849 New Mexico Fiction Westerns

ONDAATJE, MICHAEL

Collected Works of Billy the Kid

House of Anansi Press, 1970. Paperback. ISBN: 0887840183. A Very Good Paperback, red, brown covers. The pages are clean & unmarked. A crease to the front cover top corner. Cover edgewear and rubbing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 105 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26817

Catalogue: Poetry, Westerns, Canada, Historical Fiction

Keywords: 0887840183 Historical Fiction Westerns, Poetry Canada > Fictions

WELCH, JAMES

L' Hiver Dans le Sang

Albin Michel Littérature, 1992. Paperback. ISBN: 2226058575. French. A Fine+ Trade Papeprback with a solid binding, bright, unmarked pages. "During his life, James Welch came to be regarded as a master of American prose, and his first novel, Winter in the Blood, is one of his most enduring works. The narrator of this beautiful, often disquieting novel is a young Native American man living on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana. Sensitive and self-destructive, he searches for something that will bind him to the lands of his ancestors but is haunted by personal tragedy, the dissolution of his once proud heritage, and Montana's vast emptiness." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 26635

Catalogue: French, Fiction, Classics, Westerns

Keywords: 2226058575 Fiction > Westerns Classics French Books Fiction Classics French Books Westerns