Western Fiction
THE VULTURES [and] SHOWDOWN AT HELL'S CANYON.
Lakemont, GA: Fictioneer Books Ltd, 1973. Octavo, illustrations by Stephen Fabian, cloth. First edition. Two western novelettes, one first published in SMASHING NOVELS MAGAZINE, the other first printed here. Afterword by Glenn Lord.
SITKA.
New York: Appleton Century-Crofts, Inc., [1957]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Historical adventure fiction set in Alaska before it was part of the United States.
THE LAW AT RANDADO.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Leonard on the title page above his printed name "Elmore Dutch Leonard" and below his name he has printed the last line from the book. This is Leonard's second published novel. Filmed in 1990 as Border Shootout.
VALDEZ IS COMING.
Thorndike, Maine: Thorndike Press, n.d. [1987]. Pictorial boards. First U.S. hardcover edition. Western novel first published as a paperback original in the U.S. This is the Thorndike Press large print edition, Library of Congress stamp dated 1987 to copyright page, Library of Congress surplus/duplicate stamp to rear free end paper. Made into a feature film with Burt Lancaster.
RUSTY GUNS.
New York: Hillman Periodicals, Inc., n.d., [1950?]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Hillman No. 33. Western adventure.
THE RARE BREED.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1966]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Fawcett Gold Medal d1626. Paperback original. Novelization of the screenplay of the 1966 film.
THE TRANSGRESSORS.
[New York]: A Signet Book published by the New American Library, [1961]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Signet #S2034. Paperback original.
THE UNDEFEATED.
New York: Popular Library, [1969]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Popular Library #8104. Paperback original. Novelization of the feature film with John Wayne and Rock Hudson, based on the screenplay by James Lee Barrett.
TWO-GUN GERTA.
New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1926. Octavo, pp. [1-11] 12-252 [253: note to the reader] [254-256: blank] [note: pagination starts using the paste down], original brown cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. First edition. Western novel. First published book by Daly.