New York: Random House, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 420pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth over white boards with title gilt stamped on backstrip. Slight rubbing to dust jacket. Signed by the author, Charles Bowden, on the title page in black ink. More
New York: North Point Press, 2002. First paperback edition. Paperback. 298pp. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated wraps. "In this ground-shaking, breathtaking cri de coeur, Bowden digs with love-driven fury for the roots of our brutal history in this once-brace New World. The figures he casts before us - from Pancho Villa..... More
New York: Random House, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Historical accounts of various episodes that occurred in the western United States during the twentieth-century. Near fine hard cover with like dust cover. Colophon. More
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 175pp. Octavo [23 cm] Full blue cloth with gilt title on backstrip. With a very minor lean to the spine. In the dust jacket, with moderate rubbing and light scratching to the surface. Signed by the author on the..... More
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona, 2018. Later printing. Paperback. 193pp. Octavo [21cm]. Pictoral wraps. "Published in 1986, Blue Desert was Charles Bowden’s third book-length work and takes place almost entirely in Arizona, revealing Bowden’s growing and intense preoccupation with the state and what it represented as a symbol of America’s..... More
New York: North Point Press (a division of Farrar, Strauss and Giroux), 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 293pp. Octavo [23 cm]. Paper covered boards with title stamped in metallic blue on the spine. Photo illustrated dust jacket. Some minor shelf wear. Blues for Cannibals is the second part of Bowden's trilogy..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof. Paperback. SIGNED. 418 pp. Octavo [23 cm] Yellow printed wraps. There are a couple of minor abraded areas on the wraps, and there are several short pen marks on the front wrap. Down by the River is the true narrative..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Later printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 433 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Remainder mark at bottom edge. Charles Bowden was one of the premier writers on social issues along the U.S.-Mexico border. In Down by the River, he turns his critical, lyrical pen to the..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010. Alice Leora Briggs. First paperback edition. Paperback. SIGNED by all authors. 165pp. Quarto [26 cm]; illustrated wraps. A terrifying journey exposing the drug cartel/police corruption, warfare, and murder in Ciudad Juarez as well as the murder, rape, torture, and decapitation of almost 4,000 of..... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010. Alice Leora Briggs. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 165pp. Quarto [25.5 cm]. Black cloth with gold stamped titles on the spine. In the illustrated dust jacket, with light rubbing to the panels. Signed by Charles Bowden on the title page. The terrifying words of..... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010. Alice Leora Briggs. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 165pp. Quarto [25.5 cm]. Black cloth with gold stamped titles on the spine. In the illustrated dust jacket, with rubbing to the panels. Signed by Charles Bowden on the title page. The terrifying words of Charles..... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010. Alice Leora Briggs. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 165pp. Quarto [25.5 cm]. Black cloth with gold stamped titles on the spine. In the illustrated dust jacket, with rubbing to the panels. Signed by Charles Bowden on the title page. The terrifying words of Charles..... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010. Alice Leora Briggs. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 165pp. Quarto [25.5 cm]. Black cloth with gold stamped titles on the spine. Lightly bumped at the head of the spine. In the illustrated dust jacket, with rubbing and light scratching to the panels. Signed by..... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010. Alice Leora Briggs. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 165pp. Quarto [25.5 cm]. Black cloth with gold stamped titles on the spine. With a couple of dings to the top edges of the boards. In the illustrated dust jacket, with rubbing and minor scratching to..... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010. Alice Leora Briggs. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 165pp. Quarto [25.5 cm]. Black cloth with gold stamped titles on the spine. Illustrated dust jacket.. Signed by Charles Bowden in black pen on the title page. The terrifying words of Charles Bowden matched with the..... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010. Alice Leora Briggs. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 165pp. Quarto [25.5 cm]. Black cloth with gold stamped titles on the spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Signed by Charles Bowden, Alice Leora Briggs, and Julián Cardona in black pen on the title page. The terrifying words..... More
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 165pp. Octavo [24 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a silver stamped title on the spine. In a dust jacket with rubbing to the surface, and subtle sunning at the jacket's spine. Color photographs by Jack Dykinga. The author's fourth..... More
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1994. Second printing. Paperback. 165pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Glossy printed wraps. New. Color photographs by Jack Dykinga. The Catalina Mountains on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona are called "Frog Mountain" by the native Tohono O'odham people. Bowden's fourth book. More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 174pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Light blue cloth over boards. Minor bruising at spine ends. Shallow indentation along bottom edge of rear board. In the dust jacket, with pronounced rubbing to the rear panel, and light creasing to the edges. The first..... More
United States of America: University of Arizona Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 152pp. Octavo. [22cm] Blue cloth over boards with red gilt title on the spine and red gilt decoration on the front board. Signed by author on title page. Gently bumped at the foot of the spine. An..... More
United States of America: University of Arizona Press, 1988. First edition, review copy. Hardcover. SIGNED. 152pp. Octavo. [22cm] Blue cloth over boards with red gilt title on the spine and red gilt decoration on the front board. In the illustrated dust jacket with subtle edge-wear. Signed by author on title..... More
Texas: University of Texas Press, 2020. Reprint. Paperback. 100pp. Octavo. [20cm] Illustrated wraps. Foreword by Luis Alberto Urrea. A passionate advocate for preserving wilderness and fighting the bureaucratic and business forces that would destroy it, Edward Abbey (1927–1989) wrote fierce, polemical books such as Desert Solitaire and The Monkey Wrench..... More
New York: W.W. Norton Company, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. [INSCRIBED]. 202 pp. Octavo. [21.5 cm]. 1/4 black cloth over red boards. With original dust jacket. Some very minor signs of shelf wear, such as scuffing to bottom fore edge and spine. Bowden's piece of investigative journalism following the murder of..... More
New York, New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2005. First edition. Hardcover. 309pp. Hardcover in dust jacket. "Joey O'Shay is a cop with a genius for the drug bust. But after more than two decades undercover, he's no longer so certain who the heroes of the drug war are, or what the..... More