Vaqueros by Rojas Arnold (27 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 182 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.41 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 3rd edition. 588 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.47 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 552 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.38 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine hardcover in Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition Third Printing. Clean, tight and bright. Appears unread. Previous owner's details on the front pastedown, else no other writing or other marks. We wrap and box our books for shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by author! Book has light wear to edges, light rubbing to spine, slight toning to top of textblock. Otherwise, attractive, clean, and solid binding. Dust jacket has slight toning, light smudging to spine, mild wear to edges with several small closed tears, light possible waterstain on back cover. Otherwise, still attractive, unmarked, and now protected in archival covering. Pictures available upon request. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Stated second edition. 8vo. 428 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Cased in yellow hard covers with all stamping in gilt. Inscribed to the former owner by Arnold Rojas on the title page. Author's business card loosely laid-in. Not a library discard. Small, light stains on the top edge of the text block, hence a net grade of very good in a good dust jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy of the rather scarce final volume in a trilogy that has been dedicated to the Vaquero of California's Central Valley. The last section provides a partial list of Vaqueros in the southern San Joaquin valley and its surrounding area. The author has an inscription on the opening page. The book is in very good condition, with some rubbing around the cover edges. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Signed. SIGNED by author on title page. Jacket has minor wear. Foxing to textblock edges, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED by Author. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. No markings inside except for author inscription on front fly. Small tear on top of dust jacket near spine. Dust jacket in mylar. Bumps to spine ends of cover. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Rich Rudish (illustrator). Third Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Illustrated by Rich Rudish. (illustrator). Second edition. INSCRIBED, "Best Wishes, Arnold."on front paste-down. Dust jacket has a couple spots and age darkening to edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by author under his picture. Stated third printing. Dust jacket has minor shelf wear on edges. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Third edition. Hardcover fine in a very good dust jacket, slight soiling minor chipping top edge. 528 pp Illus by Rich Rudish nhb6.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 3rd Edition. "Copyright İ 1974 - by Arnold R. Rojas", "Second Printing 1975" and "Third Printing 1981" stated. Near fine plus hardback in near fine unpriced, unclipped dust jacket. Book has a very light 3/8 inch coffee-colored spot and trivial 'smudges' to top edge of block and 2 inch by 1 inch rubber stamp of 'Offutt's English Tack & Wear' of Petaluma, California along lower edge of front free endpaper. Dust jacket has two closed tears of 1/4 inch each along top edge of front panel, a 1/4 inch closed tear along bottom edge of front panel; and trivial signs of wear/previous use to spine and rear panel. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket. Appears to be signed by author below his photograph: "Best Wishes Arnold Rojas". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. 3rd. Third Edition. Octavo; xvi, 564 pp. Dustjacket illustration by Ernie Morris. Black & white photo-illustrations. Rust colored boards stamped with gold. lettering, dust jacket has small chips to spine end and lower front corner; chipps and short tears to spine head. First published in 1979, this third edition was expanded from 312 pp to 564 pp with new material. The sequel to "These Were the Vaqueros" continues the story of the Hispanic horsemen of California and his Gringo pupil, the buckeroo, who learned his lesson so well that he has won the admiration of the world.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed and inscribed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Hardback cover show some wear to the spine edges and corners. The edges of the text block have some browning. A scarce, privately printed book by this long-time California cowboy. The author gives a good history of the Native American and African-American vaqueros did not get as much historical mention or credit as did the white cowboys. Excellent history of the early cowboys of California.; 428 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine(-). Second edition. Yellow cloth octavo in white DJ, gilt to front board and spine, 428 pages, b&w illustrations; 22 cm. Inscribed and signed by author. Biography, Cultural Studies, History. A sequel to "These Were The Vaqueros." DJ protected in archival mylar wrap. Very little wear to spine head and foot, barely rubbed corners, clean pages, small tear to rear DJ, else Near fine(-) in very good(+) DJ.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Dust jacket is worn, including; edge wear, discoloration/panel scuffing, and light chipping. Pages are well worn on their edges and are slightly foxing, minimal markings present inside preliminary pages, text and main interiors remain unmarked. Binding remains intact and firm.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second printing (1974). Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. A nice copy, tight and square. Fine, but for a little tap to the spine-ends. No marks/writing. Jacket has two short tears at bottom of front panel (the longer of the two being one-half-inch).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Orange cloth stamped in gilt. Signed by Rojas on the front pastedown endpaper, "To John Wray Taylor with best wishes, Arnold Rojas, 8/29/75." Illustrated by Rich Rudish. Dust soiling to the top of the pages, and a small stain to the bottom page edges. The dust jacket has a nick to the rear panel and mild soiling. Collects editions published separately, 1953-1970. ; 528 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Rudish, Rich (illustrator). 1st Edition. Handsome volume with slightest tanning of the dust jacket along the spine. Signed by author inside the cover. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975. Size: Octavo. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Scarce first printing. Very Good Minus in a Very Good dust jacket. No marks/writing of prior ownership. Binding is slightly cocked and there are a couple of very small (freckle-sized) stains to front board. Dampstain to bottom fore-edge of pastedown and first two pages. Rear panel of jacket has a small indent/tear at the gutter, plus a quarter-inch tear at bottom edge.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. Inscribed by the author.

First Edition ~1st Printing Hardcover near fine in very good dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; heavy foxing and a few tiny cracks to jacket edges, very subtle foxing to endpapers else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; stated first edition.

Hardcover. 1st. Complete archive of Rojas' writing, each INSCRIBED by Arnold "Chief" Rojas. 8vo. Photo-illustrations. Cloth in publisher's dust jackets in very good to near fine condition. Offered here is a unique collection seven Arnold Rojas books (6 are First Editions), each INSCRIBED by Rojas plus "Semana Del Caballo en Jerez,' a gift from Rojas to Comfort. In addition, there is a collection of nineteen original photographs of and by Arnold Rojas, including one exceptional image of 'Chief' Rojas with six Native Americans in ceremonial dress. A one-of-a-kind and personal collection bearing testimony to the lifelong friendship of two horse lovers! The books' dedicatee, George Comfort, was a horse lover his entire life. He owned horses, worked on horse ranches and visited many others, attended horse shows, read horse magazines and wrote a book about horses. According to his sister, "Arnold Rojas was a friend of his. He indicated some of the bullfighting pictures were taken by Rojas and some by George. He mentioned that Rojas had a terrific memory." Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Privatley published by the author, 1979, first edition, and printed in Bakersfield; 8vo, 145 x 218mm; pp xvi, 312; bright yellow cloth gilt, the covers stamped with a pseudo leather pattern; pictorial dust wrapper with a photograph on the back of Rojas's displayng his skill in floating a horse's teeth; profusely illustrated throughout with photographs; signed by Rojas on the front fly and with two further dedications on the blank pages following - one reads "Best wishes to Pete Birkett from Ernest Morris" and illustrated with a neat drawing of a horse balking at the edge of a cliff, signed E. Morris 8-79; the other is from the actual giver and reads "Pete from June Christmas 1979"; in a chapter beginning "I met Ernie Morris, the artist . ", this being the person of the second dedication mentioned above, an owner (Pete?) has written deprecatingly in the margin "Pompous & not a good artist. His horses and cows look posed & stiff but he thinks he's the modern Russell."; there are no other comments but three or four pages have light lines run down the margins drawing attention to particular comment in the book; dust wrapper slightly torn and creased at the foot of the spine and with a few small tears at the head but with the book itself in very good, bright condition. . . . . "[The] aim is to present to the reader a simple account of the vaquero's method of working and way of life, and the dangers and hardships he met in following a calling, which in spite of millions of words written in 'Western' books, the public knows nothing about." - in short a truthful and fascinating account of California's early cattle industry and the men amd horses who made it work. This is a good copy of the scarce first edition, here with the author's signature and an attractive dedication and an interesting tendentious comment about a character mentioned.