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192090 pages plus 16 pages of nice ads. Features: Our Hunting Trip in Brazil - dealing with giant snakes and jaguars; Photo of Sulphur Bottom Whale leaping out of water to avoid swordfish; Stalked by a Mountain Lion (cougar) - while mining in the Selkirk Mountains near Golden, British Columbia; The Leaf-Wearers of Orissa - great photo-illustrated article on these native people's of India; My Adventure in Sing Sing; Silk Mask Jim - this amazing Chicago criminal, James J. Harrigan, was head of a great thieves trust responsible for over seven hundred robberies in a single year; My Strangest Experience; A Fight on a Mountain Top - the Philippine Constabulary seeks out remnants of Aguinaldo's forces - article with photo; Into the Unknown (part 1) - chasing mountain outlaws in New Guinea ; The "Pinto" of Great Black Pine Mountain - the life and death of a wonderful wild horse in Southern Idaho; The Lifted Veil - part 5 of the story of two British officer POWs in Turkey who apply Spiritualism to escape; Where No Writ Runs - photo-illustrated article on life in the highlands of Kurdistan; The Ghost of the "Lycaon" - a steamship of the Blue Funnel Line; Wolves in Sheep's Clothing - when policement become criminals; The Rector's Story - a South African clergyman's story; Odds and Ends - photo of Arizona Gila Monster listening to phonograph. Covers beginning to detach from textblock. Average wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
1951ref. 226541951. Fox Features Cody of the Pony Express circa 1951 documents postwar Western comic culture through a publishing anomaly in which the interior stories of Cody of the Pony Express appear inside wrappers associated with Female Outlaws. The comic supports research into Western Americana Golden Age comics Buffalo Bill popular mythology and mid-century comic book production practices. Its mismatched format gives the issue added significance as material evidence of how smaller comic publishers repackaged or reused content during a competitive period of rapid genre publishing. Fox Features. Cody of the Pony Express No. 1 with Female Outlaws wrappers. New York: Fox Features circa 1951. Illustrated in color throughout. Original stapled pictorial wrappers. 36 pages. 4to approximately 10.25 x 7 inches. The cover lacks issue number publication date and copyright notice and the issue is sometimes identified as Women Outlaws No. 0. The interior begins with a Cody story on page 2 and contains a complete standard comic including "Wagons of Death" "Powdersmoke Payoff" "Sleepy Time Six-Shooters" "Jim Coulter's Race for Life" and the prose feature "Family Feud." The stories present a youthful William "Buffalo Bill" Cody as a Pony Express rider confronting wagon-train violence freight-route sabotage exhaustion on the prairie and frontier danger. The comic reflects the popularity of Western adventure narratives in early 1950s American mass culture while also preserving an unusual example of wrapper and contents mismatch from Golden Age comic production. Wrappers with wear discoloration and chipping to spine; interior with two small ink marks to margins of page 1 otherwise clean and complete with minimal wear; overall good to very good condition. A notable Fox Features Western comic variant combining Buffalo Bill frontier mythology with evidence of improvised mid-century comic publishing practice. unknown
1951ref. 226541951. Fox Features Cody of the Pony Express circa 1951 documents postwar Western comic culture through a publishing anomaly in which the interior stories of Cody of the Pony Express appear inside wrappers associated with Female Outlaws. The comic supports research into Western Americana Golden Age comics Buffalo Bill popular mythology and mid-century comic book production practices. Its mismatched format gives the issue added significance as material evidence of how smaller comic publishers repackaged or reused content during a competitive period of rapid genre publishing. Fox Features. Cody of the Pony Express No. 1 with Female Outlaws wrappers. New York: Fox Features circa 1951. Illustrated in color throughout. Original stapled pictorial wrappers. 36 pages. 4to approximately 10.25 x 7 inches. The cover lacks issue number publication date and copyright notice and the issue is sometimes identified as Women Outlaws No. 0. The interior begins with a Cody story on page 2 and contains a complete standard comic including "Wagons of Death" "Powdersmoke Payoff" "Sleepy Time Six-Shooters" "Jim Coulter's Race for Life" and the prose feature "Family Feud." The stories present a youthful William "Buffalo Bill" Cody as a Pony Express rider confronting wagon-train violence freight-route sabotage exhaustion on the prairie and frontier danger. The comic reflects the popularity of Western adventure narratives in early 1950s American mass culture while also preserving an unusual example of wrapper and contents mismatch from Golden Age comic production. Wrappers with wear discoloration and chipping to spine; interior with two small ink marks to margins of page 1 otherwise clean and complete with minimal wear; overall good to very good condition. A notable Fox Features Western comic variant combining Buffalo Bill frontier mythology with evidence of improvised mid-century comic publishing practice. unknown books
1919Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Pages 90-176 plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: In a Submarine in War-Time - Perils and harships; Billy the Kid - Photo-illustrated article on his demise at the hand of Sheriff P.F. Garrett; The Valley of Wonders - The first description and photos ever published of Red Rock Canyon in Southern California; Photo of ostrich-powered cart in Pasadena, California - the ostrich is named 'Black Diamond' and is worth $2k!; The Golden Image; In Quest of Cannibals - part 2 - Exploration and adventure in New Guinea - with interesting photos; Brief photo-illustrated article of an Indian juggler who lifts heavy weights with his eyelids; Snipe-Hunting; A Sapper's Night Out; On Foot Through South America - part 1 - Author tramped the entire terrible length of the Andes, a feat probably never accomplished before - with nice photos; On the Trail of the Big Black Elk - Hunting adventure in the Umpqua Mountains of Oregon; My South African Adventures - part 4 - In Search of Kruger's Millions; Cutting Ships in Halves - Photo-illustrated article on how a difficult transport problem was solved; Desert Flying - part 2 - The difficulties of flying over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Persia; The Saving of Freddie Wilson - The incredible story of how Negro woman Agnes Henderson witnessed the Mexican murder of an American couple, saved their son, and took him to Tampico to return him to his relatives; African Snakes. Unmarked with average wear. Covers detached as one but present. A worthy copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1968ref. 72129New York and London: The Macmillan Company; Collier-Macmillan Limited 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. SIGNED. 94pp. Octavo 24 cm Black cloth over boards with silver lettering on the spine. Very minor wear at the spine ends. In the dust jacket with light scratching to the surface subtle rubbing and several insignificant chips to the surface and several creases to the flaps. From the library of late Santa Fe bookseller Nick Potter with his post-it on the front free endpaper which states: "Came to me from Danny 1970s." This copy is signed by Danny Lyon on the title page. ". a tough live-action close-up of the fast-moving far-rambling world of the big bikes and those who ride them." A very attractive copy of this classic 1960s photobook. Filmmaker and self-taught photographer Danny Lyon b. 1942 works in the style of photographic New Journalism. This groundbreaking documentary portrait presents bikeriders on the road on the racetrack and in their homes. Much of the content revolves around the Chicago Outlaws a rebel motorcycle club of which Lyon was a member. The book went out of print four years after it was published and was re-issued many years later in 1997. "The Bikeriders" formed the basis of the 2023 movie adaptation with the same title directed by Jeff Nichols and featuring Austin Butler. The Macmillan Company; Collier-Macmillan Limited hardcover
1968ref. 72129New York and London: The Macmillan Company; Collier-Macmillan Limited 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. SIGNED. 94pp. Octavo 24 cm Black cloth over boards with silver lettering on the spine. Very minor wear at the spine ends. In the dust jacket with light scratching to the surface subtle rubbing and several insignificant chips to the surface and several creases to the flaps. From the library of late Santa Fe bookseller Nick Potter with his post-it on the front free endpaper which states: "Came to me from Danny 1970s." This copy is signed by Danny Lyon on the title page. ". a tough live-action close-up of the fast-moving far-rambling world of the big bikes and those who ride them." A very attractive copy of this classic 1960s photobook. Filmmaker and self-taught photographer Danny Lyon b. 1942 works in the style of photographic New Journalism. This groundbreaking documentary portrait presents bikeriders on the road on the racetrack and in their homes. Much of the content revolves around the Chicago Outlaws a rebel motorcycle club of which Lyon was a member. The book went out of print four years after it was published and was re-issued many years later in 1997. "The Bikeriders" formed the basis of the 2023 movie adaptation with the same title directed by Jeff Nichols and featuring Austin Butler. The Macmillan Company; Collier-Macmillan Limited hardcover books
1959ref. 226531959. Women's HistoryComicsWestern Americana Fox Features comic series Women Outlaws published 1948 to 1949 dramatizes female criminal figures in Western and frontier settings during the postwar period when American popular culture increasingly explored shifting gender roles. Stories centered on armed bandits stagecoach robbers and frontier criminals portray women occupying roles traditionally reserved for male outlaws situating the series within broader mid twentieth century cultural debates over women's independence and authority following World War II. Fox Features. Women Outlaws. New York: Fox Features 1948-1949. Issues No. 5 and No. 7. First printings. Color illustrated comic books in original pictorial stapled wrappers. 1 Women Outlaws No. 5. New York: Fox Features 1948. Stories include Roarin' Fanny Stuart plotting a riverboat robbery an illustrated historical feature on Montezuma and a narrative about Naomi Shanes riding with an outlaw gang led by Devereaux. 2 Women Outlaws No. 7. New York: Fox Features July 1949. Lead story "Josie Freeman The Western Wildcat" follows an Arizona outlaw seeking revenge for her father's murder. Additional stories include a prose account of a stagecoach robbery gang led by Lulu Jane and a comic feature on "Cactus Kate Queen of the Kidnappers." Illustration style reflects conventions of Golden Age crime and Western comics including bold linework bright colors and action centered compositions of gunfights and mounted pursuits. Stories draw inspiration from historical female outlaws such as Belle Starr and Pearl Hart while adapting these figures into sensationalized mid twentieth century crime narratives. Wrappers worn with chipping creases and edge tears. Interiors toned but complete and legible. Good to very good condition. A vivid example of postwar American popular culture exploring female criminal archetypes within Western mythology. unknown
1959ref. 226531959. Women's HistoryComicsWestern Americana Fox Features comic series Women Outlaws published 1948 to 1949 dramatizes female criminal figures in Western and frontier settings during the postwar period when American popular culture increasingly explored shifting gender roles. Stories centered on armed bandits stagecoach robbers and frontier criminals portray women occupying roles traditionally reserved for male outlaws situating the series within broader mid twentieth century cultural debates over women's independence and authority following World War II. Fox Features. Women Outlaws. New York: Fox Features 1948-1949. Issues No. 5 and No. 7. First printings. Color illustrated comic books in original pictorial stapled wrappers. 1 Women Outlaws No. 5. New York: Fox Features 1948. Stories include Roarin' Fanny Stuart plotting a riverboat robbery an illustrated historical feature on Montezuma and a narrative about Naomi Shanes riding with an outlaw gang led by Devereaux. 2 Women Outlaws No. 7. New York: Fox Features July 1949. Lead story "Josie Freeman The Western Wildcat" follows an Arizona outlaw seeking revenge for her father's murder. Additional stories include a prose account of a stagecoach robbery gang led by Lulu Jane and a comic feature on "Cactus Kate Queen of the Kidnappers." Illustration style reflects conventions of Golden Age crime and Western comics including bold linework bright colors and action centered compositions of gunfights and mounted pursuits. Stories draw inspiration from historical female outlaws such as Belle Starr and Pearl Hart while adapting these figures into sensationalized mid twentieth century crime narratives. Wrappers worn with chipping creases and edge tears. Interiors toned but complete and legible. Good to very good condition. A vivid example of postwar American popular culture exploring female criminal archetypes within Western mythology. unknown books
