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LONE STAR JUSTICE: THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE TEXAS RANGERS (Softcover) Regular Price: $17.00 Quantity: A vividly written, action-packed history of the most fabled lawmen of the American West. Captures the first 100 yrs. of Ranger history, packed with adventures worthy of Zane Grey or Larry McMurtry. 40 halftones & 11 maps; 6x9 inches, 384 pgs.	FOLLOWING THE TRADITION: CELEBRATING THE ARTISANS OF THE CONTEMPORARY LONGR Regular Price: $75.00 Quantity: The work of over 100 artisans who continue to create the longrifles & accoutrements of the American frontier period. Includes: Longrifles, Powder Horns, Pouches, Quillwork, Knives, Tomahawks, Pistols, Fingerweaving & much more! Full Color; 8.5x11 inches,
LONE STAR LAWMEN: THE SECOND CENTURY OF THE TEXAS RANGERS (Softcover) Regular Price: $17.00 Quantity: Based on unprecedented access to Ranger archives; chronicles 100 years of high adventure as told by one of the nation's most respected Western historians. 6x9 inches, 384 pgs.	ARMING THE WEST (Softcover) Regular Price: $29.99 Quantity: Detailed Western shipping records of firearms sales giant Schuyler, Hartley & Graham from 1868 to 1886. A fresh new look at the guns that were actually carried on the frontier. Gun collectors will be amazed by this fascinating information, which totally r
ANTIQUE TRADER TOOLS: PRICE GUIDE, 2ND ED. (Softcover) Regular Price: $22.99 Quantity: Covers a vast range of tools made from the 18th to 20th century. 2,000 listings with detailed descriptions & actual prices realized at auctions; virtually every tool category; info on building a collection, condition grading, current trends, & investing.	AUTOMATIC PISTOL SHOOTING (Softcover) Regular Price: $14.00 Quantity: Together with Information on Handling the Duelling Pistol and Revolver. Written in 1915, it offers straightforward technical advice, much of it reinforced by subsequent generations of firearms experts. Complete your library by adding this quality reproduc
PRACTICAL PROJECTS FOR THE HANDY MAN, 2ND ED. (Softcover) Regular Price: $19.95 Quantity: Over 700 projects including a Hammock, Kite, Toaster, Sundial, Lantern, Swimming Pool, Camera, & Much More! Foreword by Denis Boyles; B&W illus t/out; 7x10 inches, 480 pgs.	GUNFIGHTERS (Softcover) Regular Price: $25.00 Quantity: True Tales of Outlaws, Lawmen, & Indians on the Texas Frontier. The early Texans were a breed apart. Outlaws & lawmen, ranchers & cowpokes, merchants & preachers, housewives & harlots--all were hard-working, independent, tough people of the frontier. Phot
HOMESTEAD BUILDER: PRACTICAL HINTS FOR HANDY-MEN (Softcover) Regular Price: $12.95 Quantity: A practical Americana Classic, first published in 1872. Filled with handy advice on the best ways to plan & construct dwellings in any location, using wood, earth, & gravel. B&W illus t/out; 4.5x7 inches, 152 pgs.	LONE STAR LAWMEN: THE SECOND CENTURY OF THE TEXAS RANGERS (Hardcover) Regular Price: $30.00 Quantity: The long-awaited second volulme of the action-packed, definitive history of America's most famous lawmen, the legendary Texas Rangers. 30 B&W illus; 6x9 inches, 368 pgs. MAX DISOUNT: 35%.
TIPIS, TEPEES, TEEPEES: HISTORY AND DESIGN OF THE CLOTH TIPI (Softcover) Regular Price: $16.95 Quantity: Explores the many different methods of tipi construction & how to construct, decorate, & transport a tipi. 50 color & B&W photos, 100 line drawings; 6x9 inches, 248 pgs.	SAVAGE FRONTIER: RANGERS, RIFLEMEN, AND INDIAN WARS IN TEXAS, VOLUME III, 1 Regular Price: $19.95 Quantity: From 1840 & 1841. Provides a clear view of life as a frontier fighter in the Republic of Texas. Covers the resulting Battle of Plum Creek & other engagements in new detail. 42 B&W photos, 4 maps; 5.5x8.5 inches, 448 pgs.
WHERE CUSTER FELL: PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN BATTLEFIELD THEN & NOW Regular Price: $24.95 Quantity: Historical & contemporary photos accompany this narrative reflection on the Last Stand.	SAVAGE FRONTIER: RANGERS, RIFLEMEN, AND INDIAN WARS IN TEXAS, VOLUME II, 18 Regular Price: $34.95 Quantity: Focuses on two of the bloodiest years of fighting in the young Texas Republic, 1838 & 1839. 36 B&W photos, 9 maps; 5.5x8.5 inches, 440 pgs.
LOOK OF THE OLD WEST: A FULLY ILLUSTRATED GUIDE (Softcover) Regular Price: $19.95 Quantity: Offers the fashions & feel of the Old West from the end of the Civil War through the 1890s by detailing the styles of the period; military dress for the Union & Confederate armies; weaponry of the time; & more. Images of sabers, steamboats, handguns, hats	WARMAN'S DUCK DECOYS (Softcover) Regular Price: $24.99 Quantity: An essential tool for folk art collectors & skillful carvers with a passion for wooden, modern & factory decoys. Contains tips for idying decoys & spotting forgeries, & techniques for restoring & repairing collectible wooden waterfowl. 1000+ color photos,
WARMAN'S NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN ARTIFACTS: IDENTIFICATION AND PRICE GUIDE (S Regular Price: $24.99 Quantity: Features detailed info collectors can use to make profitable decisions at auction, where artifacts like a Missouri War Axe-style pipe can sell for 11,500. Illustrates the beauty & significance of distinct utensils, tools, weapons & ornaments. Pottery, bas	WESTERN SHIRTS: A CLASSIC AMERICAN FASHION (Hardcover) Regular Price: $39.95 Quantity: Written by insiders; contains a complete list of cowboy shirt labels (over 250 of them!) to help you identify the manufacturer and date of your finds. 300 color photos; 10x11 inches, 176 pgs.
COWBOY BOOTS (Softcover) Regular Price: $15.95 Quantity: The most cowboy boots ever gathered under one cover. 500 color photos by Jim Arndt; 6x6 inches, 328 pgs.	ART OF THE BOOT (Softcover) Regular Price: $24.95 Quantity: This is the perennial best-seller that started it all, with an incredible look at the artistry happening in boot manufacturing over the last 20 years. 150 color & 50 B&W photos by Jim Arndt; 8.5x11 inches, 144 pgs.
AMERICAN INDIAN ARTIFACTS: THE NEW FOUR WINDS GUIDE (Softcover) Regular Price: $29.95 Quantity: An engaging book. Nearly 800 color photos present clothing & accessories for men & women, basketry, pottery, musical instruments, toys & games, textiles, beadwork, & Improved Order of Red Men collectibles. An informative bead glossary also describes bead	COWGIRLS: EARLY IMAGES & COLLECTIBLES - REV. EXPANDED 2ND ED. (Softcover) Regular Price: $24.95 Quantity: The First Ladies from the Great American West live again in this comprehensive pictorial chronicle. 314 color photos; 8.5x11 inches, 112 pgs.
WESTERN MEMORABILIA & COLLECTIBLES (Softcover) Regular Price: $19.95 Quantity: Photo examples of tools, barbershop implements, gambling devices, signs & posters, & a myriad of other infinitely interesting collectibles. Features "cowboy" items, inc/ revolvers, pistols, maps, boots, chaps, & horse gear, such as bits, saddles, & spurs.	COWBOY EQUIPMENT (Hardcover) Regular Price: $39.95 Quantity: Joice Overton portrays the many various & diversified items that were so essential to the cowboy way of life. 547 color photos; 8.5x11 inches, 160 pgs.
COWBOY BITS & SPURS; 2ND ED. (Hardcover) Regular Price: $39.95 Quantity: 432color photos; 9x12 inches, 160 pgs.	COWBOY CULTURE: THE LAST FRONTIER OF AMERICAN ANTIQUES - REV. 2ND ED. (Hard Regular Price: $79.95 Quantity: The American cowboy's unique life-style inspired tools, clothing, amusements, advertising, and more which are avidly sought by collectors today. Here are exquisite spurs, saddles, gambling tools, photography, guns, holsters, bits, chaps, gloves, boots, ha
STETSON HATS & THE JOHN B. STETSON COMPANY: 1865-1970 (Hardcover) Regular Price: $39.95 Quantity: This fascinating, detailed book provides a sweeping survey of the hats produced by the company whose name is synonymous w/ cowboys and the Wild West. 503 B&W photos; 11x8.5 inches, 192 pgs.	COWBOY HAT BOOK, REV. ED. (Softcover) Regular Price: $19.95 Quantity: Features an impressive array of cowboy hats, showcasing the wide variety of styles, colors, & fabrics used to create the cowboy hat, now a symbol of America & western culture that is recognized all over the world. 140 color & 40 B&W photos; 8.5x10 inches,
COWGIRLS: STRONG, SAVVY, SPRITED (Hardcover) Regular Price: $14.95 Quantity: Combines beautiful color photos with inspiring quotes. Color photos; 5.5x5.5 inches, 96 pgs.	AMERICAN LEGEND: THE REAL-LIFE ADVENTURES OF DAVID CROCKETT (Softcover) Regular Price: $15.00 Quantity: The real king of the wild frontier! Debunks tall tales to reveal the fascinating truth of Crockett's hardscrabble childhood, his near-death experiences, his unlikely rise to Congress, & the controversial last stand at the Alamo. 6x9 inches, 352 pgs.
PILGRIM'S JOURNEY: VOL. II: 1996-2005 (Softcover) Regular Price: $36.00 Quantity: Join Mark as he continues his pilgrim's journey back to the 18th century frontier. From flintlocks & moccasins to shooting bags & knapsacks, Baker explores the way of life of the Colonial woodsman. Learn about the clothing, gear, food & skills from an era	FORTRESS 54: FORTS OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER 1820-91 (Softcover) Regular Price: $16.95 Quantity: To protect settlers on the Texas frontier, the U.S. govt constructed a line of forts in 1848-49,a chain that extended for 800+ miles. Covers a wide variety of frontier forts (such as Adobe Walls, Graham & Union) in detail, showing garrison structures, gat
MOUNTAIN MEN: THE DRAMATIC HISTORY & LORE OF THE FIRST FRONTIERSMEN (Softco Regular Price: $14.95 Quantity: These are the true stories of the men who crossed the American frontier. Includes tales of harrowing escapes, feats of supreme courage & endurance, & sometimes violent encounters with grizzly bears & Native Americans. 6x9 inches, 256 pgs.	COWBOY HAT: HISTORY, ART, CULTURE, FUNCTION (Hardcover) Regular Price: $35.00 Quantity: Latest volume in Stoecklein's Cowboy Gear series focuses on the ubiquitous cowboy hat-its history, evolution, & all its different styles. Showcases all the different types of Western cowboy hats. 140 color & B&W photos; 9x9 inches, 168 pgs.
PISTOL PACKIN' MADAMS: TRUE STORIES OF NOTORIOUS WOMEN OF THE OLD WEST (Sof Regular Price: $10.95 Quantity: Celebrates the stories of the non-conforming, gun-toting pioneers who settled the West. The Western woman left the restrictions & conventions of her way of life behind & carried the struggle of emancipation into areas sacred to the male. She competed in b	WHIPS & WHIPMAKING, 2ND ED. (Softcover) Regular Price: $19.95 Quantity: Revised edition adds 2 sections; Mongol whips & the evolution of whip-making, influenced by Hollywood. Illus, glossary; 710 inches, 240 pgs.
COWBOY WISDOM: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM THE WIT & WISDOM OF THE WEST ( Regular Price: $25.00 Quantity: A tribute to the simple code & genuine moral values of the many working cowgirls & cowboys of the West. Full color thru-out by David R. Stoecklein; 9x10 inches, 96 pgs.	LEATHER BRAIDING (Softcover) Regular Price: $9.95 Quantity: The definitive book in its field; how to make serviceable & recreational uses of leather. Illus; 5.5x8.5 inches, 192 pgs.
HOW TO MAKE WHIPS (Hardcover) Regular Price: $24.95 Quantity: Gives instructions for a basic 8-strand whip & deals with the making of fine kangaroo hide whips. Drawings; 8.5x11 inches, 168 pgs.	ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RAWHIDE & LEATHER BRAIDING (Hardcover) Regular Price: $29.95 Quantity: A mass of completely new material about braiding. Illus, glossary/bibliography; 6x9 inches, 556 pgs.