Elmer Keith Books

[LANDMAN4389]

I am trying to locate a few of Elmer Keith's books at a decent price and was wondering has anyone ever tried contacting Petersen Publishing regarding a possible reprint?

I for one would be interested in several different ones, and I'm sure quite a few more people would also.

Anyone know if Petersen Publishing is still in business or have a contact who I could speak with about reprints?

TIA

Andy

 

[wlewisiii]

Good luck. There are no sanely priced copies I am aware of. What I'd give for even a bad scan to pdf isn't funny.

 

[GP100man]

when I was in High School the librarian would order what ever we wanted to keep our intrest up in reading & books !!! Guess what my request was ??? YOU RIGHT read em all !!!

Don`t think she ever realized exactly what I was reading , `cause I told her it was writings from another are in time .

Find em , borrow em , but read em , you`ll never regret it !!!

 

[CraigC]

Don't know of Petersen still publishes books but I've thought about contacting Palladium Press about reprinting some of his work. If you're gonna pay $30 for a book it might as well be leather. I've managed to collect about half of his work. "Sixguns" is the best and typically not too difficult to procure at a fair price. Don't expect to spend less than $50-$75 for it. Got Palladium's reprint of "Big Game Rifles/Sixgun Cartridges & Loads" from Amazon for $49. Paid about that for Sixguns and much less for Gun Notes. Palladium did "Shotguns" and it's all over the place for relatively cheap.

Which ones are you looking for?

 

[JohnD13]

Look at bookfinder.com. They have several, actually a lot of Keith's books, but they start around the fifty dollar mark. And if you really want to help the economy, they has several copies sign by Elmer himself. I should have brought them years ago, 20/20 hindsight.

 

[Nicolai]

Another possible source is www.abebooks.com. If you go there and do a search on "Elmer Keith" you get to wade through a bunch of stuff by an architect of the same name.

 

[CraigC]

I looked on abebooks.com last week and found a bunch of Keith's books.

Ray Riling also has a lot of good stuff. I forget the website.

 

[ThomasT]

If I remember correctly Wolf Publishing (Rifle/Handloader) was selling a reprint of Sixguns. I don't remember the price but you might check thier website.

 

[LANDMAN4389]

Looking for:

Hell, I was There
Sixguns
Safari

The Petersen Publishing that I contacted sent an email that they weren't the same company that I was searching.

I have contacted Palladin Press but no word back yet.

 

[CraigC]

Palladin or Palladium? I remember seeing some 1961 editions of Sixguns for around fifty bucks in my recent searches.

 

[tipoc]

Abebooks, as mentioned already, is a good source. So is EBay actually where Keith's books turn up regularly. Amazon also has links to to used books as well.

as in here...

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...stripbooks&field-keywords=elmer+keith&x=0&y=0

Also try used bookstores and gun shows.

tipoc

 

[gordy]

My copy of sixguns is dated 1955, I bought it in 1992 for 40 bucks.
It is in almost brand new condition.
My copy of Hell I was there is dated 1979, I bought it around the same time for 29 buck.
Both these are hard bound.
My copy of Gun notes volume 1 is paper back and it is dated 1995 it is a second edition. It cost me 25 bucks.
I must say that I enjoyed Hell I was there, the best out of the three.
Then sixguns and gun notes coming in after that.
I reread sixguns last fall and it was so dated, but still a good read.
Gun shows can be a good place to pick up books like these.
But you will pay top dollar for a good copy.
My copy of Bill Jordans No second place winner is dated 1975 it the sixth edition. I think no man should not have a copy of this book.