Lies in The Desert
by Bowden, Charles
Salt Lake City, UT: Ken Sanders Rare Books, 2003. First edition. Broadside. SIGNED. LIMITED EDITION. [28cm x 22cm]. Hand-made paper, printed broadside. As new. Illustrated by Pat Eddington and Susan Makov. One of 100 total copies. Signed by Charles Bowden.
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Down by the River: Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family
by Bowden, Charles
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof. Paperback. Very Good. 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 of how a murder led one... Read More
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Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau
by Bowden, Charles
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Jack Dykinga. SIGNED. 128pp. Square quarto 29 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with a silver stamped title on the spine. With 81 photographs reproduced in color. The book is just a trifle bumped at the head of the spine. The surface of the dust... Read More
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Blood Orchid; An Unnatural History of America
by Bowden, Charles
New York: Random House, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Historical accounts of various episodes that occurred in the western United States during the twentieth-century. Near fine hard cover with like dust cover. Colophon.
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A Shadow in the City; Confessions of an Undercover Drug Warrior
by Bowden, Charles
Orlando, FL: Harvest Book, 2005. First paperback edition. Paperback. As NEW. 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 war are, or what the fight... Read More
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Lies in The Desert
by Bowden, Charles
Salt Lake City, UT: Ken Sanders Rare Books, 2003. 1/100. Broadside. SIGNED. [28cm x 22cm]. Hand-made paper, printed broadside. Illustrated by Pat Eddington and Susan Makov. Signed by Charles Bowden. Numbered out of a total print run of 100.
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Dreamland: The Way Out of Juarez
by Bowden, Charles
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Alice Leora Briggs. SIGNED. 165pp. Quarto [25.5 cm]. Black cloth with gold stamped titles on the spine. In the illustrated dust jacket, with rubbing to the panels. Signed by Charles Bowden on the title page. The terrifying words of Charles Bowden matched with the torturous drawings... Read More
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Dreamland: The Way Out of Juarez
by Bowden, Charles
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010. First paperback edition. Paperback. NEW. Alice Leora Briggs. SIGNED by all authors. 165pp. Quarto [26 cm]; illustrated wraps. A terrifying journey exposing the drug cartel/police corruption, warfare, and murder in Ciudad Juarez as well as the murder, rape, torture, and decapitation of almost 4,000 of its citziens in a single year through... Read More
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Red Line
by Bowden, Charles
New York: W.W. Norton Company, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +. [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 the infamous drug dealer, Nacho.... Read More
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The Charles Bowden Reader
by Bowden, Charles; Erin Almeranti (Ed.) & Mary Martha Miles (Ed.)
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010. Later printing. Paperback. NEW. 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 rapacious appetites of human beings and the... Read More
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Frog Mountain Blues
by Bowden, Charles
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1994. Second printing. Paperback. New. 165pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Glossy printed wraps. New. Color photographs by Jack Dykinga. The Catalina Mountains on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona are called "Frog Mountain" by the native Tohono O'odham people. Bowden's fourth book.
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Killing the Hidden Waters
by Bowden, Charles
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very good -. 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 culture and what it means... Read More
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Red Line
by Bowden, Charles
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 202pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth over red boards. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by author on the title page.
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The Red Caddy: Into the Unknown with Edward Abbey
by Bowden, Charles
Texas: University of Texas Press, 2020. Reprint. Paperback. New. 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 Gang that continue to inspire environmental... Read More
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Dreamland: The Way Out of Juarez
by Bowden, Charles
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Alice Leora Briggs. SIGNED. 165pp. Quarto [25.5 cm]. Black cloth with gold stamped titles on the spine. With a couple of dings to the top edges of the boards. In the illustrated dust jacket, with rubbing and minor scratching to the panels. Signed by Charles... Read More
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Dreamland; The Way Out of Juárez
by Bowden, Charles;
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Alice Leora Briggs. SIGNED. 165pp. Quarto [25.5 cm]. Black cloth with gilt stamped titles on the spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Signed by Charles Bowden, Alice Leora Briggs, and Julián Cardona in black pen on the title page. The terrifying words of Charles Bowden matched with... Read More
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Dreamland: The Way Out of Juarez
by Bowden, Charles
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Alice Leora Briggs. SIGNED. 165pp. Quarto [25.5 cm]. Black cloth with gold stamped titles on the spine. In the illustrated dust jacket, with light rubbing to the panels. Signed by Charles Bowden on the title page. The terrifying words of Charles Bowden matched with the torturous... Read More
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Bowden on Book Collecting
by Bowden, Charles
Salt Lake City, UT: Ken Sanders Rare Books, 2005. 1/50. Broadside. SIGNED. [28cm x 14cm]. Broadside. Fine. One of two broadside excerpts from 'Book Collecting, The Last Refuge of the Illiterate.' Signed by the author. Produced to commemorate the author's reading at Ken Sanders Rare Books. Letterpress printing by Jason Davis at Verdant Press. This copy is number 11.... Read More
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Street Signs Chicago: Neighborhood and Other Illusions of Big City Life
by Bowden, Charles and Lew Keinberg
Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Richard Younker. 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 paper. Edges toned. Foreword by William... Read More
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Ape-Men Fact or Fallacy
by Bowden, M.
Bromley: Sovereign Publications, 1977. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good +. 193pp. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated wraps. Light rubbing and bumping to extremities. Creasing to spine. M. Bowden's thoughts and attempts to disprove the evolutionary theory.
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A Shadow in the City: Confessions of an Undercover Drug Warrior
by Bowden, Charles
New York, New York: Harcourt, Inc, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. New/New. 309pp. Hardcover in dust jacket. "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 war are, or what the fight is for. Still, he never feels... Read More
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Mezcal
by Bowden, Charles
United States of America: University of Arizona Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 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 odyssey into Mexico fueled by... Read More
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The Sonoran Desert
by Bowden, Charles; Jack W. Dykinga (Photographer)
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED. 167pp. Oblong quarto [27.5 cm]. Bound in yellow cloth, with a green ink stamped title on the spine. Foot of spine mildly bumped. In a mildly rubbed dust jacket. Signed by Charles Bowden on the title page. Emerson Trout is quoted on the... Read More
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Frog Mountain Blues
by Bowden, Charles
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 165pp. Octavo [24 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a silver stamped title on the spine. In a dust jacket with rubbing to the surface, and subtle sunning at the jacket's spine. Color photographs by Jack Dykinga. The author's fourth book, and a work focusing... Read More
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Dreamland: The Way Out of Juarez
by Bowden, Charles
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. Alice Leora Briggs. SIGNED. 165pp. Quarto [25.5 cm]. Black cloth with gold stamped titles on the spine. Lightly bumped at the head of the spine. In the illustrated dust jacket, with rubbing and light scratching to the panels. Signed by Charles Bowden on the... Read More
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