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Ramona, CA: Acoma Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1971. Fifth Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 353 pages; Very minor soiling. .

New York: Macmillan, 1940. First Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/In quite good condition. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. x, 354, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones. Inscribed: Presented to L. M. Klauber, with the best wishes of one desert man to another. -Philip A. Bailey 9/24 1940. Lawrence Klauber was a noted expert n rattlesnakes. Golden Mirages is a collection of tales about the desert and mountain areas that Philip Bailey knew best. Although his yarns cover territory as far away as Tucson and the tip of Baja, most center on the mountain and desert country within a half day's drive from San Diego. This was probably because Bailey made his home here from 1911 until his retirement in 1950. From San Diego he ventured into the back country and across the border into northern Baja to interview old timers.Philip Bailey conducted a one-man oral history project. He was less interested in facts, however, than… Read More

New York: Macmillan Company. Clean very good hardcover with a chipped but good d.j. . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprinted. 1949.

New York: Macmillan Co., 1940. 8vo. xvii, [11], 353, [1] pp. Frntsp., numerous maps, numerous photo plates. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng (slght shlfwr, vry slght sunng uppr fore-edge frnt cvr), w/d.j. wraparound cover art by John O’Hara Cosgrove II (mnr chppng hd & ft of spine, tear to uppr fore-edge frnt cvr affecting 3 lettrs), still VG/G copy. First edition, 1st printing, of this collection of mining lore stories in the Southwest.

New York: Macmillan Company. Clean very good hardcover with a chipped but good d.j. Very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprinted. 1944.

New York: The Macmillan Company. SIGNED Philip A. Bailey. CLEAN Very Good 1948 fourth printing SIGNED hard cover with very good dust jacket. . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 4th Printing. 1948.

New York: The Macmillan Company. CLEAN Very Good 1940 FIRST EDITION SIGNED hard cover with very good dust jacket. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.

The Macmillan Company, 1948-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1971, Acoma Books edition. Good condition with wear on covers and spine.