America's Most Alarming Writer: Essays on the Life and Work of Charles Bowden (Sampler)
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2019. Sampler (not the full text). Paperback. Thin octavo [21.5 cm] Black and white pictorial wraps. More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2019. Sampler (not the full text). Paperback. Thin octavo [21.5 cm] Black and white pictorial wraps. More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010. First edition. Paperback. 297pp. Octavo [23cm]; pictorial wraps. From the publisher: From his first book, Killing the Hidden Waters, to his most recent, Murder City: Cuidad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields, Charles Bowden has been sounding an alarm about the..... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010. Later printing. Paperback. 297pp. Octavo [23cm]; pictorial wraps. From the publisher: From his first book, Killing the Hidden Waters, to his most recent, Murder City: Cuidad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields, Charles Bowden has been sounding an alarm about the..... More
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
New York: Random House, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 298pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 black cloth with black paper over boards. In the illustrated dust jacket with creasing to the front inside flap. Signed by the author in black ink on the title page. The author's brilliant and disturbing meditation..... 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
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
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2018. University of Texas Press Edition. Paperback. 334pp. Octavo [21.5cm]; black and white wraps. Foreword by Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan. 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
New York: North Point Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 293pp. Octavo [23 cm] 1/2 cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. The second part of the author's proposed trilogy begun with Blood Orchid. Blues For Cannibals continues the author's quest to discover the headwaters of the sickness..... More
New York; London; Toronto; Sydney: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED: 433pp. Octavo [24.5cm]; quarter cloth brown and tan paper; gilt title on spine. Lionel Bruno Jordan was murdered on January 20, 1995, in an El Paso parking lot, but he keeps coming back as the key to..... 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. 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
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. First edition thus. Paperback. Trade paperback, 448pp. with notes and index. Includes a new afterword not found in the hardbound edition. 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..... 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. [SIGNED]. 174 pp. Octavo. [23.5 cm]. Light blue cloth over boards. Original dust jacket exhibiting toning and some very minimal signs of shelf wear at corners and head/tail of spine. Dust jacket price clipped. The first work by Charles Bowden. Signed..... 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
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 152pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Full blue cloth. Spine titles and cover device in a metallic red. The author's fifth book continued his relentless and fearless examination of life in the United States in the twilight years of the 20th century. 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
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2018. First University of Texas Press Edition. Paperback. 198pp. Octavo [21.5cm]; photo illustrated wraps. Foreword by James Galvin. --- From publisher website: One of Charles Bowden’s earliest books, Red Line powerfully conveys a desert civilization careening over the edge—and decaying at its center. Bowden’s..... 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: W.W. Norton Company, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 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 the..... 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
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
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Signed by author and photographer on the title page. Photographs by Jack W. Dykinga. 141pp. Oversize trade paperback. Only edition issued. Where the Sonoran desert ends and the tropical forests begin; up against the backside of the fabled Sierra..... More