Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Lea, Tom. THE HANDS OF CANTU. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, hardcover. 244 pages. Illustrated by the author. Very good with head of spine bumped, bottom 3/8" of spine faded, and botom corners lightly bumped, in a fair, mylar-covered dust jacket with foxing to spine, long tear to front fold, chipping with paper loss to head/tail of spine, several tape repairs to tears, and general edgewear. SIGNED by author on half-title page.
Seller: Ziebarth Books, Coal Valley, IL, U.S.A.
Lea, Tom. The Hands of Cantu. Little Brown, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Inscribed "with i Saludos! to xxxx from El Paso del Rio del Norte and from" and SIGNED by author on half-title. Hardcover. Illustrated. Fine in good+ jacket. Jacket has minor wrinkling at tips, lettering on spine and a 3/4" wide strip down front near spine is faded, in mylar cover.
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
Tom Lea. The Hands of Cantu. Little, Brown and Company, U.S.A., 1964.
Price: US$31.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. First Edition, Second Printing. SIGNED by the author on the Half-Title Page. Hardcover is in very good condition (text block is stained, bumped on the top and bottom of the spine and on all four corners, stained and yellowed). Dust jacket is in good condition (multiple tears, price-clipped, yellowed, stained and edge wear). Brodart protected. 244 pages with black and white illustrations. Size: 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Elegant story and breathtaking artwork. This book is about the best horseman ever seen in New Spain, Don Vito Cantu.
Seller: Lotsa Books, Fort Smith, AR, U.S.A.
Lea, Tom. The Hands of Cantu. Little Brown, 1964.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover in jacket quarter-sized chip and browning. Price-clipped. Inscribed by Lea in his wonderful script.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Lea, Tom. The Hands of Cantu. Little Brown, 1964.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edge wear and couple tape repairs to jacket.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Lea, Tom. The Hands of Cantu. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated first edition, signed by Tom Lea on blank page opposite his list of published works. Very good book with lightly bumped upper corner in good jacket with a 2.5" tear along rear joint of spine, starting at the head, and some wrinkling to front panel.
Seller: Peruse the Stacks, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.
Lea, Tom. The Hands of Cantu Signed by Author. Little, Brown, 1964.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed and inscribed by author; 244 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Tom Lea. The Hands of Cantu. Little, Brown, 1964.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. Inscribed. First edition, stated on the copyright page. Minimal wear and creases to the jacket. Pages are tanning.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Tom Lea. The Hand of Cantu (1st Edition). Little, Brown, 1964.
Price: US$67.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with DJ. 1ST EDITION. SIGNED BY AUTHOR (name only.no inscription) on front blank end paper. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear and rubbing.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Lea, Tom. The Hands of Cantu-Signed. Little, Brown and Company, 1964.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed by Author
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Tom Lea. The Hand of Cantu (1st Edition). Little, Brown January 1964, 1964.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Local Independent Bookstore. All Orders ship within 2 business days. Author Signed Copy. 1st Edition/1st Printing. No markings, highlighting, or tears to pages. Very Minor Shelf Wear. DJ in mylar. Previous owners bookplate on FFEP
Seller: 417 Books, Branson, MO, U.S.A.
Tom Lea (AUTHOR SIGNED). The Hands of Cantu. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1964.
Price: US$85.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA. 1964. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Inscribed by the author to the former Dean of Agriculture at NMSU on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; slight shelfwear to board edges; several splash stains on the textblock fore edge; light dust soiling to textblock top edge. DJ: Very Good + ; Price Clipped; small moisture stain on the tail of the DJ spine. Yellow cloth boards and spine with red and brown lettering and decorations on the spine. Tinted textblock top. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 244 pp 8vo. This is the author's fifth book which takes place in Mexico in the 16th century. 30 Chinese ink drawings by the author illustrate the book. This is a beautifully written novel of life on a great Spanish hacienda (Acuichal) in Northern Mexico. It is a story of strong men and strong horses told with restraint and power. The “Hands of Cantu” refers to hands of Don Vito Cantu, the finest horseman in New Spain, into whose hands is put custody of a young Toribio de Ibarra who Cantu turns into one of the finest horsemen in Mexico. Together they make a journey into the Southwest in search of Indians with Spanish horses and of the "true Quivera". A clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
Seller: Books by White/Walnut Valley Books, Winfield, KS, U.S.A.
Tom Lea. The Hands of Cantu' - SIGNED COPY. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$89.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Several small open/close tears along with some light creases and/or wrinkles along the DJ edges and tips. Some wear along the DJ edges and tips. Minor wear along the edges and tips of the book itself. Some rubbing wear to DJ covers. Minor discoloration to pages and to DJ covers.
Seller: Sabra Books, Naperville, IL, U.S.A.
Lea, Tom.. The Hands of Cantu.. Boston. Little, Brown. 1964., 1964.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Signed by Tom Lea on a special tipped-in leaf. Very good plus in woven orange-brown cloth stamped in red on the spine. In a very good edge-rubbed, lightly worn dust jacket with a few closed tears. First Edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Lea, Tom. THE HANDS OF CANTU. Little, Brown & Company: Boston, 1964.
Price: US$1092.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illus. by author, 9.5 x 6.5", finely bound in full crushed Levant by Harcourt Bindery, Boston, raised bands, teg, gilt inner dentelles, silk ribbon, slipcase with paper label, 244pp. Covers have light rubbing/scratches else fine, slipcase has light rubbing, soiling and spotting. "THIS AUTOGRAPHED EDITION IS LIMITED TO 100 COPIES. THIS IS NUMBER 57. INSCRIBED WITH BEST WISHES TO JACK BONNY. TOM LEA AT EL PASO DEL DORTE DAY OF SAN MIGUEL ANNO DI 1964". Gorgeous book. Lacks loose signed print.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
tom lea. hands of cantu (limited edition). little brown, 1964.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: dj: none but the slipcase is as new. book: as new. leather cover. #39 of 100 printed. signed by author. with a signed sketch "young lope" laid in & apparently signed.
Seller: Thylacine Books, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.