Colt, Clem, Nelson C Nye (5 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Fast moving Western of the gun-fighting '80's, when Tucson was an outlaws' paradise. Bumped with light wear at the corners and spine ends, hinges slightly loose. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, spine sunned and illegible with a 1" drip mark, in Brodart.

Condition: Good. 1946 signed and inscribed first edition, Arcadia House, Inc. (NY), 5 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches tall red cloth hardbound in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, blue lettering to front cover and spine, 256 pp. Moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of fraying to the top of the backstrip. Bumping to tips, with resultant very slight creasing to a few page tips. Nicely inscribed and signed by the author, Nelson C. Nye, in his pen name, Clem Colt, on the blank front free-endpaper. One page with a half-inch closed tear to the fore edge. Otherwise, apart from slight age toning, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - in a worn, torn and chipped dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Signed works by Nye are rare. [d3] ~N~ Clem Colt was the pseudonym for American author, editor, and reviewer of Western fiction Nelson C. Nye (1907 - 1997), who under his own name and as Clem Colt and Drake C. Denver wrote over 125 books, and won two Spur Awards - one for best Western reviewer and critic, and one for his novel Long Run. In 1968, Nye won the Saddleman Award for 'Outstanding Contributions to the American West.' In 1953 Nye co-founded the Western Writers of America (WWA) and served as its first president during 1953-1954. He was also the first editor of Roundup, the WWA periodical that is still published today. Summary: When Ike Stroud, deputy marshal, came to Perry, Oklahoma, to track down the Picacho Kid he joined the Cantress gang as a means of getting a line on the famous Oklahoma outlaw. After accompanying the gang on a series of dangerous raids, he finally managed to get a message through to the sheriff at Perry, and the action that follows is typical of the Old West. Here's Oklahoma in '93, where cut-throats and outlaws roamed at will and a marshal's life was a touch and go thing that might last no longer than sundown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Original yellow cloth. Some small spots on the front cover, Previous owner's printed name in ink on the front free endpaper and inside the back cover, Very Good, in Good Dust Jacket with small edge tears and edge chips.

First Edition. With most of the front free endpaper excised. Very good lightly used and dust soiled copy in a very good dust jacket with some minor fading to the rear panel and a few small chips and tears. The front panel and spine of the jacket has a color illustration of a handsome sheriff brandishing a pistol while a pretty red haired woman in a red dress stands behind him holding a rifle as as worried looking man looks on from a jail cell behind them.

First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author with both his pseudonym, Clem Colt, and as Nelson C. Nye: For Mr. & Mrs. Earl G. Hammock, Whose gorgeous sunsets remind me of the many gorgeous novels still unwritten. With the kindest regards of the author, Clem Colt, alias Nelson C. Nye. Tyrone, New Mexico, April 1940.Ó About fine bright copy with just a hint of use in a near fine bright dust jacket with some minor spotting to the rear panel and some small chips and tears. The front panel and spine of the jacket has a color illustration of a handsome sheriff brandishing a pistol while a pretty red haired woman in a red dress stands behind him holding a rifle as as worried looking man looks on from a jail cell behind them.