Forrester Blake; Walter O'Meara; Cothburn O'Neal; Evan S. Connell Jr.; Stephen Bransford

A Collection of Westerns

New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc.; The Bobbs-Merrill Company; Crown Publishers, Inc.; The Viking Press; Doubleday & Company, 1948-1984. First edition. Cloth. Five smart first edition Western novels from American authors such as Forrester Blake, Walter O'Meara, Cothburn O'Neal, Evan S. Connell Jr. and Stephen Bransford. Five volumes. First edition. This set contains: Johnny Christmas, 1948. Johnny Christmas was only twenty when Sam Houston's Texans smashed the Mexican armies of Santa Ana. But now he was a grown man with a roan horse and a Hawken rifle ready to fight his way across the wide, untamed frontier. Written by Forrester Blake, an American author. The Grand Portage, 1951. Daniel Harmon left his native Vermont at the age of twenty-two to seek his fortune in the fur country. He carried with him the strict Puritanical scruples of his forbears, which would soon be lost to him as he came up against life in the lonely and savage country. Written by Walter O'Meara, an American writer. Untold Glory, 1957. A moving and dramatic story of Felicia Lee Carey Thornton Shover, an untold heroine of the Confederacy whose valiant service has never before been disclosed. Written by Cothburn O'Neal, an American author. The Patriot, 1960. The story of Melvin Isaacs, a seventeen-year-old boy, and his experiences in naval aviation school during the Second World War. Melvin must face the terrifying reality of training and the likelihood of his "washing out" (failing). Written by Evan Shelby Connell Jr. an American novelist, short-story writer, essayist and author of epic historical works. Riders of the Long Road, 1984. A review copy with the publisher's original notice. In 1783, the youthful heir to an American fortune hounds a circuit rider deep into the wilds of Kentucky. But the youth carries a secret - he is the preacher's illegitimate son. Written by Stephen Bransford, an American author. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear and light fading to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrappers are smart with light wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spines with the odd small mark. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges of Johnny Christmas, The Grand Portage, and Riders of the Long Road. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 951T110

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Westerns Johnny Christmas Portage Untold Glory Johnny Christmas Riders Road Not Stated

Stephen Blake Mettee Editor

The Portable Writers' Conference: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Published

Sanger, California, U.S.A. Quill Driver Books, 1997. Soft cover. 1884956238. Near Fine 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.444. Authorship-marketing, authors and publishers, publishers and publishing. clean tight unread copy slight corner wear. Very Good/Unknown.

Judith Patton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 006108

Keywords: WRITING AUTHORSHIP MARKETING PUBLISHERS PUBLISHING AUTHORS 1884956238

A Salopian, Nimrod, Dryasdust, Lechmere, Junglicus, Paddy Blake, Stephen Oliver, Tom Moody, Rookwood, Salmoneus, Deccan, George Agar Hansard, Charles W. Brooks,

The New Sporting Magazine, Volume 7 - 1834 May to October

Rudolph Ackerman, London, 1834. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Half leather with marbled covers and banded spine with gilt lettering and decoration. Marbled end-papers. Slightly bumped corners and very light wear at spine-ends. Covers rubbed and marbled paper covering boards worn at edges. Binding is sound, pages are clean. Contains 14 plates but no title page is present. Plates are clean. Some but not all are foxed to varying degrees. Contents Includes: January; Hillingdon Hall or The Cockney Squire: A Tale of Country Life (chapters in each month from XV to XXII), First Meet of Season at Hopwas Earths, Christmas at Willowford Village, India Pickles, Sports of the West, List of Stag and Fox-Hounds for the Ensuing Season, Upcoming Coursing Mettings, Racing Calendar. February; The Friars of Old, Pittites - Though No Tories, Flapper Shooting on the Cornish Moors, Switzerland and its Sports, Scenes in Texas - A Walk Among the Wild Turkeys, Shooting A La Francaise, Thames Regatta, Royal Western Yacht Squadron AGM. March; India Jungle Tiger Hunting, A Slick Run Down Hill, Steeple-Chases to Come, Coaching and Coach Men, List of Stallions for 1844, Sporting Law, Tattersall's. April; Woodcock Shooting in Cornwall, Newmarket, Fishing in Ireland, The National Steeple-Chase, Bencraft's Patent Saddle, Rail v Road or Ancient and Modern Travel by Whiskaway, Hours in the Himalayas, Training Race Horse, Remarks on Kennel Lameness. May; Nimrod's Analysis of "The Diary of a Huntsman" by Thomas Smith, Sporting Peregrinations by Robin Hood, Irish Hounds and the Men who Ride Them, Increase of Dog Stealing, State of the Odds. June; Epsom Races, Steeple-Chase Winners in 1843-44, A Spanish Bull-Fight, Chester Cup Race, Public Amusements in the Metropolis. The Coursing Calendar 1843-44. Index to the Racing Calendar 1843. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 57020014002. ISBN: 0853152748

Bailgate Books LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 57020014002

Catalogue: countryside, farming, field sports,agriculture, horticulture

Keywords: BZDB4 , hunting, theatre, country sports, boxing, pugilism, racing, law, scandal, news, British History countryside, farming, field sports,agriculture, horticulture; British History; Indian sub-continent & South East Asia; Sport. A Salopian, Nimrod, Dryas