Category: Deserts

DESERT MAGAZINE, December 1949.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: William Knyvett

Seller ID: 005000

Condition: Good

December 1949 issue with cover showing White Christmas on the Desert. Some articles include: Valley of the Cathedrals, by Charles Kelly; We found Ant Hills covered with Jewels, by Edith Rutenic McLeod; Panamint Pack Trip, by Randall Henderson; Pom Poms at Christmas, by Dorothy L. Pillsbury; and Adobe Maker of Scottsdale, by Christine B. MacKenzie. Pictorial cover with some rubbing. Several small nicks at spine joint. Back cover 4 1/2" tear at spine.Mildly soiled back cover. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+.
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THE DENVER WESTERNERS MONTHLY ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY 1969, VOLUME XXV, NUMBER 2

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Denver, Denver Posse of The Westerners : 1969

Seller ID: 006573

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Very Good+

In this issue: Camels, Their Use in the Southwest and Final Disposition by Nolie Mumey. 24 pp. Paper magazine with lightly worn edges and corners, staple-binding tight. Interior clean. Magazine in VG+ condition.
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THE MENTOR MAGAZINE JULY 1924 (Volume 12 No. 6 Serial No. 257)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Springfield, Ohio, The Crowell Publishing Company : 1924

Seller ID: 002737

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Good+ to Very Good-

Color illustrated covers with painting by W R Leigh on front. Articles: "The Lure of the Desert" by John C Van Dyke; "The Pageant Highway, a 6,000 mile trip from Park to Park" by Ronne C Shelse' of the U S Geological Survey; and J Pennington writes about Taos. Slight soil around cover edges. Top front corner tip chipped, small crease on side. 1/2" tear at spine base, otherwise covers are Good + to VG-. Interior is tight, clean and in VG+ condition.
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THIS IS THE DESERT - The Story of American's Arid Region

By: Ault, Phil

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Company : 1959

Seller ID: 003514

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine to Fine

Stunning illustrations by Fisher. 175 pp. small sticker on front endpaper of New Method Book Bindery. Otherwise Book is Near Fine to Fine. Dust jacket mildly soiled. Several tears. DJ is Good. Leonard Everett Fisher is a painter and illustrator but primarily known as an illustrator. He has a publishing career spanning forty-five years. He has illustrated some 260 books for young readers, and is the author of eighty five of these books.
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THE MENTOR MAGAZINE: RECLAIMING THE DESERT. OCTOBER 15, 1918 (Volume 6, Number 17, Serial No. 165)

By: Blanchard, C. J.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, The Mentor Association : 1918

Seller ID: 002746

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good+ to Very Good-

Department of Science. Volume 6, Number 17, October 15, 1918. 12 pps. plus 6 loose gravure illustrations: "A Miracle of Irrigation, Uncompahgre Valley, Colorado", "High Line Canal, Utah Valley, Utah", "Gunnison Tunnel, Colorado", "Roosevelt Dam, Arizona", "Arrowrock Dam, Idaho..", "Suburb of Phoenix, Arizona--Reclaimed from Desert Land." Each of the plates has a descriptive essay on the reverse side. Have 2 copies of gravure #5: Arrowrock Dam, Idaho. Stiff decorative covers slightly soiled around edges. 1/2" tear at spine top, otherwise ex...
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THE EFFECT OF IRRIGATION AND CROPPING ON DESERT SOILS

By: Botkin, C. W.; and L. B. Shires

Price: $35.00

Publisher: State College, New Mexico, New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts : 1939

Seller ID: 005721

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Bulletin 263 (Technical), May 1939. Agricultural Experiment Station of the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, State College, NM. 39 pp. Paper wraps have slightly bent corners, chipping to page edges, and rubbing to spine edge. Browning along paper edges. Interior is tight and clean. Pamphlet in VG condition.
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TUNNEL IN THE DESERT: AN UNDERGROUND VENTURE IN EDUCATION

By: Carr, William H.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Tucson, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum : 1957

Seller ID: 006958

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good-

Educational Series, Number Two, December 1957. 34 pp. Stiff paper covers with photograph of kit fox in his den on front cover. Cover corners are bumped, spine is creased and spine ends torn, light soiling to cover faces. Interior clean. Document in VG- condition.
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GEOLOGICAL STORY OF DEATH VALLEY

By: Clements, Thomas

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Palm Desert, California, Desert Magazine Press : 1954

Seller ID: 006969

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Very Good-

Publication No. 1. Death Valley 49ers, Inc. 52 pp. Green stiff paper covers. Covers are rubbed along edges and corners, edges are browning and discolored, scuffing marks on cover faces. Spine paper is torn and pulling away. Interior is tight, clean, no marks. Pamphlet in VG- condition.
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AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT CALIFORNIA

By: Dibblee, Thomas W.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office : 1967

Seller ID: 006903

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Very Good

Geological Survey Professional Paper 522. Contribution to west coast earthquake investigations. 153 pp. Illustrations, tables, and five folded maps in pocket attached to back inside cover. Gray paper covers. Cover edges and corners are creased, back cover dirty and bent (from map pocket), spine ends are torn. Some dirt smudges to edge of back free endpaper. Interior pages are clean, no marks. Document in VG condition.
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FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS: POPULAR SERIES NO. 4

By: Dodge, Natt N.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Santa Fe, New Mexico, Southwestern Monuments Association : 1952

Seller ID: 005337

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"...printed to provide accurate and authentic information about the Southwest." 112 pp. with index. Dirt smudges to card stock paper wraps. Pamphlet is tight, clean and in Very Good condition.
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GREAT AMERICAN DESERTS

By: Findley, Rowe

Price: $5.50

Publisher: Washington D.C., National Geographic Society : 1972

Seller ID: 002752

ISBN-13: 9780870441073

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good+

Photography by Walter Meayers Edwards. "In this vivid book you will learn of the geological and climatic forces that have shaped the desert." 207 pages with index. DJ is Good with chipping and small tears to edges and corners, jacket front and back is soiled. Cover spine ends are bent. Interior is tight and clean.
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Desert Wild Flowers

By: Jaeger Edmund C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Stanford University Press : 1940

Seller ID: 003513

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good to Very Good+

Green and tan decorative covers. Rubbing to spine ends, otherwise exterior is VG+. 322 pp. Index. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. numerous illustrations and descriptions.
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OUR DESERT NEIGHBORS

By: Jaeger, Edmund C.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Stanford, California, Stanford University Press : 1950

Seller ID: 004083

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good+ to Very Good-

A series of attractive, intimate sketches of the lives of desert animals. Based on scientific fact and personal observations of the author. Book's cover illustrated with animal figures. Hinge broken in areas but all pages intact. Interior is clean. Overall Book is Very Good. DJ with soiling, minor tears at ends. Protected by mylar (plastic) cover.
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THE CALIFORNIA DESERTS

By: Jaeger, Edmund C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Stanford University Press : 1941

Seller ID: 002747

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Gift inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise interior is Near Fine.
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JULIA, DEATH VALLEY'S YOUNGEST VICTIM

By: Johnson, LeRoy and Jean

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Roseville, MN, LeRoy and Jean Johnson : 1981

Seller ID: 005339

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Story about the death of a young infant while traveling through Death Valley. 20 pp. Card stock paper wraps are in Good condition with corners and edges rubbed, dirt smudges on back cover, and remainder of price sticker on back cover corner. Errata stamp on back inside cover. Interior is tight and clean. Pamphlet is in VG condition.
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The Voice of the Desert. A Naturalist's Interpretation

By: Krutch, Joseph Wood

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, William Sloane Associates : 1964

Seller ID: 003974

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good-

223 pp. Photographs. Slightly soiled covers. Front free endpaper with previous owner's name and that it was purchased at the Taos Bookstore in 1965. Plus notation "X int-esp. latter half". Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. Original plastic DJ with black printing of title is Good. Two tears at spine's upper edge and 1/4"x1/4" piece missing. Barely visible. DJ is Good.
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DEATH VALLEY

By: Laycock, George

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Four Winds Press : 1976

Seller ID: 005549

ISBN-13: 9780590073998

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good +

"The book tells the fascinating story of the history - and the natural history - of this unique desert." 113 pp. with index. DJ in Good+ condition with rubbed edges, small tear to top of front, and rubbing to spine edges/corners. Yellow cloth covers with cactus image on front. Covers in VG to NF condition. Interior is tight, clean and VG+.
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THE GREAT CALIFORNIA DESERTS

By: Lee, W. Storrs

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons : 1963

Seller ID: 002888

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

blue ink line across top page edge. remainder? Interior is Fine. Dust Jacket tear and crease on back cover. Protected by mylar (plastic cover). index.
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THE LAND WHERE THE SUNSETS GO: SKETCHES OF THE AMERICAN DESERT

By: Leonard, Orville H

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, Sherman, French & Company : 1917

Seller ID: 001603

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

209 pp. Black covers with gilt title lettering on front and spine. Corners and sections of edges rubbed to boards, wear to cover faces, spine ends are bent and fraying. Darkened/untrimmed page edges. Endpapers are browning. Spine loose. Interior pages clean. Book is Good.
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DEATH VALLEY IN ‘49.

By: Manly, William Lewis

Price: $23.50

Publisher: Readex Microprint : 1966

Seller ID: 002226

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

GREAT AMERICANA in gilt lettering on front cover along with title.
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Category: Deserts