Recent Arrivals from Crossroads Books

Reno, NV: University of Nevada, Reno, 1989. powder blue cloth, black lettering on spine, sharp corners, DJ has price tag, 124 pages. near fine/near fine. Historic novel based in Carson City, Nevada when the V & T railroad would travel between Carson City and Reno. The character is Pete and the story whose immigrant parent's run the Basque… Read more about this item

Reno, NV: Western Book/Journal Press, 2002. softcover, 9" x 6", 150 pages, illustrated, index, inscribed on title page by author. near fine. Reno must have been developed by a neat mix of righteous folks, naughty folks, chance takers, conservatives and gamblers. and it came to pass that both Holier than thou and Holy-terror decided that "There is so… Read more about this item

National Air and Space Museum. pamphlet, stapled bindng, 8.25" x 5.25", 24 pages, illustrated. very good. This booklet, when used with your Cub Pilot Trainer, will show you the basic principles of flight. You will learn what forces act upon an airplane in flight, what makes the airplane turn, glide, bank, dive, etc. This material has been prepared… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1977. olive cloth, gilt lettering, sharp corners, DJ not price clipped, illustrated, 146 pages, inscribed by author on title page. near fine/very god. Sagebrush and neon, shpherds and gangsters, a crossroads and a refuge, Nevada is a state that "didn't deserve to be." But it was, anyway, and through a turbulent… Read more about this item

Reno, NV: Black Rock Press, 2004. black boards, gilt lettering on spine, sharp corners, bookmark with book title on it, DJ near fine, inscribed by author on title page, 204 pages, illustrated, 11.25" x 9.5. near fine/near fine. One of Reno's most significant ranches was owned and operated by an amazing woman, Crissie Caughlin. Crissie's devotion to her… Read more about this item

Cedarville, CA: Carmel Publishing Compan, 2003. First Edition. grey cloth, silver lettering, 10.25" x 8.5", 153 pages. near fine/near fine. Vollmer and Sady's photographs give the reader a first-hand opportunity to witness the sky high grandeur of Lake Tahoe and Mark's words descriptively lead us around the 165 mile loop.

Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, 1972. The Basque Series. olive cloth, gilt lettering & design, signed ffep, 146 pages, DJ small tear top front. near fine/very good. The Basques of Europe are legendary for the curtain of privacy they have always drawn around their world, shielding it from visitors from the outside. As a result, accounts of… Read more about this item

Nello Gonfiantini, Jr., 2005. hardcover, DJ, inscribed ffep by author, 186 pages, indexed, illustrated. near fine/near fine. The history of a family in Italy that came to America and settling in Nevada.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1911. Revised and Enlarged. pictorial cover, ex-library, edge wear, corners bumped, written front paste down withdrawn from a library, 250 pages, illustrated. good plus. literature pertaining to the Civil War, sketches of army life, as seen by a boy.

Washington, D. C.: U. S. Geological Survey, 1972. Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations. brown envelope, 1:48,000, large folded map. near fine. DM5.

Washington, D. C.: U.S. Geological Survey, 1968. tan envelope, 1:62,500, large folded map. near fine. DC1.

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Geological Survey, 1968. tan envelope, name written on envelope, 1:24,000, 3 page booklet. very good. DC1.

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Geological Survey, 1960. tan envelope, name written on cover, 1:24,000, large folded map. very good. DC1.

Washington, D. C.: U.S. Geological Survey, 1967. Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations. tan envelope, 11 page booklet, 1:48,000, large folded map. very good. DC1.

Washington, D. C.: U.S. Geological Survey, 1967. Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations. tan envelope, missing 11 page booklet, 1:48,000, large folded map. very good. DC1.

Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey, 1976. Miscellaneous Investigations Series. tan envelope, name written on cover, 1:250,000, large folded map. very good. DC1.

Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey, 1976. Miscellaneous Investigations Series. tan envelope, name written on envelope, 1:48,000, large folded map, 10 page booklet. very good. DC1.

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Geological Survey, 1971. Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations. tan envelope,1:48,000, large folded map. very good. DC1.

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Geological Survey, 1971. Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations. tan envelope, name written on envelope, 1:48,000, large folded map. very good. DC1.

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Geological Survey, 1968. tan envelope, 2 page text description of map, 1:48,000, large folded map, name written on envelope. very good. DC1.