Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2018. University of Texas Press Edition. Paperback. 270pp. Octavo [21.5cm]; black and white wraps. Forward by William Langewiesche. More

Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 175pp. Octavo [23 cm] Blue cloth over boards with a copper stamped title on the backstrip. Very good plus, with a short, thin mark on the bottom edge of the text block. In a very good dust jacket, with..... More

New York: North Point Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 293pp. 8vo. The second outing in the author's proposed trilogy which began with Blood Orchid. More

Austin: University of Texas Press, 2018. First University of Texas Press Edition. Paperback. 235pp. Octavo [21.5cm]; black and white illustrated wraps. Lannan Charles Bowden Publishing Project. Foreword by William DeBuys. --- From publisher website: A forerunner of Charles Bowden’s acclaimed books about the harsh life in the Southwestern borderlands, Desierto..... More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Later printing. Hardcover. 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 "War..... More

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1994. Second printing. Paperback. 165pp. New afterword by the author. Color photographs by Jack Dykinga.The author's fourth book . The Catalina Mountains on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona are called "Frog Mountain" by the native Tohono O'odham people. Bowden is the most fearless writer working..... More

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 174 pp. Octavo. [23.5 cm]. Light blue cloth over boards. Dust jacket toned, with small losses at head and tail. Price clipped with one 1.5 cm triangular chip on back panel of jacket. The first work by Charles Bowden, exploring drought..... 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

Orlando, FL: Harvest Book, 2005. First paperback edition. Paperback. 326 pp. [20 cm]; yellow, black and red illustrated wraps. 326pp. "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..... More

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2018. University of Texas Press Edition. Paperback. 227pp. Octavo [21.5cm]; black and white wraps. Foreword by Scott Carrier. More

Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1981. Richard Younker. First edition. Hardcover. 198 pp. Octavo. [23.5 cm]. Black cloth over boards with original dust jacket. Dust jacket with a [2 in] tear at top edge and some very mild signs of shelf wear at corners. Previous owner's inscription on front free end..... More

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. 180pp. Octavo [22.5cm]. Gray paper over boards, with title stamped in silver on spine. In this sixth and final installment of his "Unnatural History of America" series, journalist Charles Bowden contrasts the intractable violence of man with the enduring beauty..... More