Cape Town, Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 208pp. Octavo [22 cm] Orange paper covered boards with a white ink stamped title. Very good. The edges of the covers are mildly bumped and rubbed. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Lightly rubbed and soiled. There is..... 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: 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
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; 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. 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
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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
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
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
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. [SIGNED]. 198 pp. Octavo. [23.5 cm]. Black cloth over boards with original dust jacket, which is in near fine condition. Corners and head of tail of spine slightly rubbed and scuffed. Edges toned. Foreword by William Appleman Williams. "Studs Terkel..... 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
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