Recent Arrivals from West Elk Books

Laramie, WY: Kopischka, 1992. Paperback. Very good. 76 pages, stapled in wraps. Includes route diagrams and descriptions, and route index. Clean and fresh (a few rippled pages). A very few notes pencilled in.

Laramie, WY: Poor Person's Guidebooks, 1992. 10th. Paperback. Very good. 10th edition, 1992, "A Poorperson's Guidebook," by Dingus McGee and the Last Pioneer Woman. Unpaginated, stapled in wraps. Extensive diagrams and sketches, and an index of routes. Clean and fresh, looks unused.

Heritage Press, 1941. first thus. Hardcover. Very good/slipcase. Valenti Angelo. A lovely hardcover volume in excellent shape, with beige cloth-covered boards with blue titles. Introduction by John T. Winterich, decorations by Valenti Angelo. In the slipcase, which is cracked one corner. Owner name and bookplate inked out, inside front board. Laid in, the Heritage Club "Sandglass" newsletter that… Read more about this item

Tim Toula, 1986. 3rd ed. Paperback. Fair. Third edition 1991, 68 pages stapled in wraps. Worn and well-used and still functional.

Farolito, 2000. 1st Edition. Paperback. Very good. Signed and inscribed on title page, this softcover bilingual Spanish/English edition is clean and fresh. The story of mezcal.

Phyllis Matheus, 1995. 1st Edition. Paperback. Very good. Signed by writer Phyllis Matheus on title page, this 103-p book, illustrated with b/w photos, describes the early days of Lyon County, Nevada, region. Clean, uncreased, unmarked.

Patagonia, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As new/very good. Essays by Kevin Starr, Steve Roper, and Glen Denny. Oversized hardcover, 144 pages, extensively illustrated with b/w photos. 4th printing, 4/13. A lovely tribute to a unique time and place.

Knopf, 2020. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. As new/as new. Signed by both authors on title page, this hardcover is crisp, fresh, unread: gift quality.

Christian J. Buys, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Signed by the author on bookplate on title page, this hardcover first edition is clean and uncreased, in a very good dustjacket. (owner name inked inside back board). 288 pages, including index and bibliography. Extensively illustrated with b/w photos. Of special interest are the journal entries of Armstrong,… Read more about this item

University of Alaska Press, 1993. Paperback. Good. Signed and inscribed on title page by the translator, Margot Krause McCaffrey, granddaughter of writer Aurel Krause. 230 pages, 1993 first English translation. Worn and soiled, but solid, covers, and good textblock. The human side of the expedition to early Alaskan country by two scientists.

R. J. Rubadeau, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As new/as new. Signed simply "R.J. Rubadeau" on title page, this hardcover first edition is crisp, fresh, flawless, in a perfect dustjacket: gift quality. Murder and detecting in a Rocky Mountain town.

Patagonia, 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As new/very good. Crisp and fresh, this 201-page oversized hardcover features photographs and first-personal narratives to memorialize that tiime and place. A beautiful book.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Signed with a mushroom sketch by Hague on title page, this hardcover first edition is stained on front and back boards. No jacket. Text block clean and fresh. Still a fine sturdy copy, with a wonderful author sketch.

William Morrow, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As new/as new. Signed and inscribed by both authors (husband and wife Judith Barnard and Michael Fain) on first leaf. First edition, first printing hardcover in a complete, very good unclipped jacket.

David Romtvedt, 1996. Paperback. Very good. Inscribed and signed by the poet on title page, this softcover is clean, fresh, glossy: gift quality.

Beth Robbins, 2019. 1st Edition. Paperback. Very good. Signed by Robbins on the title page: "For _____________." This softcover first edition is clean and unmarked; slight crease top front wrap; "local author" and "staff pick" stickers on front cover. Poems, notes, journal entries addressing grief.

Susan J. Tweit, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Kirk Caldwell. Signed by the author on title page (dated March 1998, Border Book Festival; not personalized), this first edition hardcover (full number line) is crisp and uncreased, with very slight shelf aging top edge, in a very good unclipped dustjacket: gift quality. Essays and lovely illustrations.

John Hickenlooper, 2016. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As new/as new. Signed and inscribed by the author on title page, this hardcover first edition, full number line, is crisp and fresh: appears unread. Colorado governor, brewer, entrepreneur.

Norton, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Signed and inscribed "Pam Houston" on title page. With your purchase, I will include Houston's "Sight Hound" in hardcover, signed by the author, as a gift.

Laura Clock, 1983. Hardcover. Very good. Signed by the author on title page, this large hardcover second printing is fresh, unmarked, and clean: gift quality. The story of early settlers in the Muddy Country and North Fork Valley of western Colorado. No jacket, as issued.