AHJ_ah00968 Ace Books Westerns collection1929-1972 (Ace Books) collection Processed by Roger Simon University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center
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 Finding aid encoded by Emma Comstock August 2023 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). University of Wyoming American Heritage Center 00968 Ace Books Ace Books Westerns collection 1929-1972 10.35 cubic ft. (23 boxes) Collection contains original manuscripts and published editions of western novels. English History of Ace Books

Ace Books was founded in New York City by Aaron A. Wyn in 1952 as a publishing house of mysteries and westerns. In 1953, it began to accept novels in the science fiction and fantasy genres.

 Scope and Content

Collection contains original typed manuscripts for western novels published by Ace Books, as well as paperback editions of westerns published by Ace. Also included is the typewritten manuscript for the anthology “Every Boy’s Book of Science Fiction,” compiled and edited by Donald A. Wollheim, hardcover editions of westerns published by Doubleday, and assorted westerns from other publishers.

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

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This material was received from Donald A. Wollheim between January 1965 and March 1971.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Roger Simon in September 2026.

Ace Books Records, Bird Library, Syracuse University.

 Access Terms Chadwick, Joseph. Patterson, Rod, -- 1899- Shelley, John L. Germano, Peter B., -- 1913-1983. Newton, D. B., -- (Dwight Bennett), -- 1916-2013. Hogan, Ray, -- 1908-1998. West, Tom. Haycox, Ernest, -- 1899-1950. Trimble, Louis, -- 1917-1988. Nye, Nelson C., -- (Nelson Coral), -- 1907-1997. Newton, D.B., -- 1916-2013. Garfield, Brian, -- 1939-2018. Holmes, L. P., -- (Llewellyn Perry), -- 1895-1988. Payne, Stephen. Foreman, L. L., -- (Leonard London), -- 1901- Allen, Eric. Adams, Clifton. Wollheim, Donald, -- 1914-1990. Authors. Novelists. Manuscripts. Classification -- Books -- Western stories. Authors and publishers. Publishers and publishing. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Literature Businesses and Corporations Publishers and Publishing I. Ace Westerns – Manuscripts 1 “The Action at Redstone Creek” by Merle Constiner undated 1 “A Badge for a Badman” [“The Tin Badge”] by Brian Wynne (Brian Garfield) undated 1 “Bandit Brand” by Tom West undated 1 “Battle at Rattlesnake Pass” [“Powdersmoke Pariah”] by Tom West undated 1 “Big Man from the Brazos” by Roger Spellman (William R. Cox) undated 1 “Bitter Brand” by Tom West undated 2 “Black Buzzards of Bueno” by Tom West 1969 2 “The Blind Trail” by Reese Sullivan (Giles A. Lutz) undated 2 “Border Passage” by Lin Searles undated 2 “The Bravos” by Brian Wynne (Brian Garfield) undated 2 “Bronc” [“The Brothers”] by X.X. Jones (Dan L. Thrapp) undated 2 “Brother Badman” [“Brother with a Gun”] by Ben Elliott (Ben Haas) undated 3 “Call Me Hazard” [“The Dishonored”] by Frank Wynne (Brian Garfield) undated 3 “Cliff Rider” [“The Crimson Star”] by Lin Searles undated 3 “Contract in Cartridges” by Ben Elliott (Ben Haas) undated 3 “The Cougar Basin War” by Philip Ketchum 1970 3 “Crossfire at Barbed M” by Tom West undated 3 “The Deadly Amigos” by Barry Cord (Peter Germano) undated 4 “Deadly Like a .45” [The Hard Rock”] by Reese Sullivan (Giles A. Lutz) undated 4 “Dead Man’s Gold” by Lee Hoffman undated 4 “Death Waits at Dakins Station” by Merle Konstiner 1970 4 “The Demanding Land” by Reese Sullivan (Giles A. Lutz) undated 4 “The Desperate Deputy of Cougar Hill” by Louis Trimble undated 4 “Devil’s Butte” by Ray Hogan undated 5 “The Face Behind the Mask” by Tom West undated 5 “The Four from Gila Bend” [“Four Strangers at the Crescent Saloon”] by Merle Konstiner undated 5 “The Franklin Raid” by Kyle Hollingshead undated 5 “Gallows Ghost” [“The Tenejos Ghost”] by Barry Cord (Peter Germano) undated 5 “Gunfight at Laramie” by Lee Hoffman undated 5 “Gunfire Heritage” [“Kill Fever”] by Rod Patterson undated 6 “Gun Junction” [“Guns Across the Pecos”] by Barry Cord (Peter Germano) undated 6 “Guns at Q Cross” by Merle Constiner undated 6 “The Guns of Sonora” by Ben Smith 1969 6 “Hackett’s Feud” [“The Hackett Brand”] by John Callahan (Joseph Chadwick) undated 6 “Half-Injun, Half-Wildcat” [“Blood on the Range”] by John Callahan (Joseph Chadwick) undated 6 “The Hanging at Whiskey Smith” by Eric Allen undated 7 “Hangrope Heritage” by Tom West undated 7 “The Hardest Man in the Sierras” [“Sierra Star”] by L.P. Holmes undated 7 “Hell-for-Leather Jones” by John and David Shelley undated 7 “The Hellsfire Lawman” by Clay Ringold [Ray Hogan] undated 7 “The Holdout in the Diablos” by Louis Trimble undated 8 “Impostors in Mesquite” by Gene Tuttle 1969 8 “Killer on the Warbucket” by Ray Hogan undated 8 “Killers’ Corral” [“Montana Mantrack”] [“The Gun That Paid Its Debts”] by Merle Konstiner undated 8 “The Killers from Owl Creek” [“Twelve Hours Till Noon”] by Dan J. Stevens (Wayne Overholser) undated 8 “Killer’s Gun” by Ray Hogan undated 8 “Kincaid” [“Ambush Valley”] by John Callahan (Joseph Chadwick) undated 9 “Last Stage to Gomorrah” [“The Quicksand Way”] by Barry Cord (Peter Germano) undated 9 “Legacy of the Slash M” [“The Outsider”] by Ray Hogan undated 9 “The Legend of Blackjack Sam” by Lee Hoffman undated 9 “The Long Wire” by Barry Cord (Peter Germano) undated 9 “Lost Loot of Kittycat Ranch” by Tom West undated 9 “Lynch Law Canyon” [“The Lawless Ones”] by Frank Wynne (Brian Garfield) undated 10 “A Man Named Raglan” by John Callahan (Joseph Chadwick) undated 10 “Marked Deck at Topango Wells” [“Gun Fog”] by William Colt MacDonald undated 10 “Marshal from Whiskey Smith” by Eric Allen 1969 10 “Mr. Sixgun” [“Showdown at Smoke River”] by Brian Wynne (Brian Garfield) undated 10 “Nemesis of Circle A” [“The Lonely Road”] by Reese Sullivan (Giles A. Lutz) undated 10 “The Night It Rained Bullets” [“Bad Weather”] by Brian Wynne (Brian Garfield) undated 10 “No Job for a Cowboy” by Stephen Payne undated 11 “No Man’s Brand” by William Vance undated 11 “The Odds Against Circle L” [“Outlaw’s Legacy”] by Lewis B. Patten undated 11 “Once an Outlaw” by Matt Kincaid (Clifton Adams) 1970 11 “Outcast of Ute Bend” by Clement Hardin (D.B. Newton) undated 11 “Outrage at Bearskin Forks” by Merle Konstiner undated 11 “The Oxbow Deed” [“Bitter Valley”] by Clement Hardin (D.B. Newton) undated 12 “Panhandle Pistolero” [“Panhandle Renegade”] by Ray Hogan undated 12 “The Paxman Feud” [“Holster Basin”] by Clement Hardin (D.B. Newton) undated 12 “The Plundering Gun” by L.L. Foreman undated 12 “The Proud Riders” by Brian Wynne (Brian Garfield) undated 12 “The Raid at Crazy Horse” [“The Land Seekers”] by William Vance undated 12 “Rain of Fire” by Merle Constiner undated 13 “Ransome’s Debt” by Kyle Hollingshead undated 13 “Rawhiders of the Brasada” [“The Rawhiders”] by L.L. Foreman undated 13 “The Relentless Rider” [“The Man from Tucumcari”] by John L. and David H. Shelley undated 13 “The Return of Bullet Benton” [“Killer Brand”] by John L. Shelley undated 13 “Return to Gunpoint” by Wayne C. Lee undated 13 “Return to Rio Fuego” by Clay Ringold (Ray Hogan) undated 14 “Ride a Dim Trail” by Lee E. Wells undated 14 “Ride for Vengeance” by John Callahan (Joseph Chadwick) undated 14 “Ride of Fury” by Tim Kelly undated 14 “Ride the Wild Land” by John Callahan (Joseph Chadwick) undated 14 “The Rincon Trap” [“The San Felipe Grass”] by Dean Owen (Dudley Dean McGaughey) undated 14 “Room to Swing a Loop” by Stephen Payne undated 15 “The Ruthless Breed” by Clement Hardin (D.B. Newton) undated 15 “Saddle the Wind” by Lin Searles undated 15 “The Savage Hours” by L.P. Holmes undated 15 “Shoot Him on Sight!” [“Fugitive from Fear”] by William Colt MacDonald undated 15 “Short-Trigger Man” by Merle Constiner undated 15 “Showdown at Serano” by Tom West undated 16 “Showdown in the Cayuse” by Louis Trimble undated 16 “The Siege at Gunhammer” [“The Wild One”] by John L. Shelley undated 16 “The Silver Concho” by Don P. Jenison undated 16 “Sixgun Duo” by Ernest Haycox undated

“The Killers” and “The Gun Singer.”

 16 “Son of a Desperado” [“The Kid from Hell”] by William Vance undated 16 “Stage to Durango” by Dan J. Stevens (Wayne Overholser) undated 17 “Stampede at Hourglass” [“Stampede”] [“Gambler’s Range”] by Lin Searles undated 17 “Stampede on Farway Pass” by Stephen Payne undated 17 “The Star and the Gun” by Lewis B. Patten undated 17 “Stranger in Rampart” by Dan J. Stevens (Wayne Overholser) undated 17 “Tall for a Texan” [“Holdup on Hatrack”] by Roger G. Spellman (William R. Cox) undated 18 “Top Gun from the Dakotas” [“Hired Man from North Dakota”] by Merle Constiner undated 18 “The Toughest Town in the Territory” by Tom West undated 18 “Trail of the Vanishing Ranchers” [“Smoke Screen on the Dipper”] by Stephen Payne undated 18 “Trouble at Gunsight” by Louis Trimble undated 18 “Trouble at Hangdog Flats” [“Smoke in the Basin”] by Rod Patterson undated 18 “Trouble at Tenkiller” by Ray Hogan undated 19 “Trouble Valley” by Louis Trimble undated 19 “Two Graves for a Gunman” by Barry Cord (Peter Germano) undated 19 “Two Pistols South of Deadwood” by Merle Constiner undated 19 “Valley of Savage Men” by Harry Whittington undated 19 “Warpath West” [“The Bloody Trail”] by Wayne C. Lee undated 19 “The Wild Riders of Savage Valley” [“The Pistol Men”] by William Vance undated 20 “Wolf on Horseback” [“Wolf Eat Wolf”] by Merle Constiner undated 20 “The Wolf Pack” [“Letter to a Gunfighter”] by Frank Wynne (Brian Garfield) undated 20 “The Wolf Slayer” by William Vance undated 20 “The Wolver” by Ray Hogan undated 20 “Write His Name in Gunsmoke” by Tom West undated II. Science Fiction – Manuscript 21 “Every Boy’s Book of Science Fiction” by Donald A. Wollheim (comp., ed.) 1951

“Original manuscript and copy for this 1951 anthology by Donald A. Wollheim.”

 III. Ace Westerns - Published Paperbacks A. Singles 21 “Ambush at Coffin Canyon” by Bliss Lomax undated 21 “Bitter Grass” by Theodore V. Olsen 1967 21 “Brand of the Gun” by Brian Wynne (Brian Garfield) 1968 21 “The Bravos” by Brian Wynne (Brian Garfield) 1966 21 “Bucking for Boot Hill” by Tom West 1970 21 “Chisum” (novelization) by Sam Bowie 1970 21 “Crossfire Trail” by Louis L’Amour 1954 21 “The Desperate Deputy of Cougar Hill” by Louis Trimble 1965 21 “Ghosts of the Golden West” by Hans Holzer 1968 21 “The Hands of Geronimo” by Lewis B. Patten 1971 21 “Kilkenny” by Louis L’Amour 1954 21 “A Killer in Whiskey Smith” by Eric Allen 1971 21 “Long Run” by Nelson Nye 1959 21 “A Lost Mine Named Salvation” by Nelson Nye 1968 21 “Lost Mines & Hidden Treasures” by Leland Lovelace 1972 21 “Marked Deck at Topango Wells” by William Colt MacDonald 1968 21 “Mavericks of the Plains” by Bliss Lomax undated 21 “Once an Outlaw” by Matt Kincaid 1970 21 “Reckless Men” by Clifton Adams 1962 21 “Ride the Hot Wind” by Lewis B. Patten 1971 21 “Rustler’s Moon” by L.P. Holmes 1971 21 “The Shadow Maker” by Robert McCaig 1970 21 “Showdown at Yellow Butte” by Jim Mayo (Louis L’Amour) 1953 21 “Single Action” by Nelson Nye 1967 21 “Sixgun Duo” by Ernest Haycox 1965

“The Killers” and “The Gun Singer.”

 22 “Steel-Jacket” by Merle Constiner 1972 22 “Tragg’s Choice” by Clifton Adams 1969 22 “Trouble at Quinn’s Crossing” by Nelson Nye 1971 22 “Utah Blaine” by Jim Mayo (Louis L’Amour) 1954 22 “The Valdez Horses” by Lee Hoffman 1967 22 “The War on Charity Ross” by Jack M. Bickham 1967 22 “The White Man’s Road” by Benjamin Capps (two copies) 1969 22 “Wild Bill Hickock” by Richard O’Connor 1959 B. Doubles 22 “Bad Blood at Bonita Basin” by Tom West/“Rattlesnake Range” by Tom West 1972 22 “Bancroft’s Banco” by Nelson Nye/“The Seven Six-Gunners” by Nelson Nye 1963 22 “Black Buzzards of Bueno” by Tom West/“The Guns of Sonora” by Ben Smith 1969 22 “Call Me Hazard” by Frank Wynne (Brian Garfield)/“The Rincon Trap” by Dean Owen (Dudley Dean McGaughey) 1966 22 “The Coffin Fillers” by Barry Cord [Peter Germano]/“Trouble on Diamond Seven” by Don P. Jenison 1972 22 “The Cougar Basin War” by Philip Ketchum/“Trouble Valley” by Louis Trimble 1970 22 “Death Waits at Dakins Station” by Merle Constiner/“Ransome’s Debt” by Kyle Hollingshead 1970 22 “Gallows Gulch” by Tom West/“The Man at Rope’s End” by Tom West 1964 22 “Gun Country” by Dean Owen/“Sweetgrass Valley Showdown” by Tom West 1971 22 “Gun Feud at Tiedown” by Nelson Nye/“Rogue’s Rendezvous” by Nelson Nye 1965 22 “Guns at Q Cross” by Merle Constiner/“The Toughest Town in the Territory” by Tom West 1965 22 “Hell in Paradise Valley” by Barry Cord (Peter Germano)/“The Night Hell’s Corners Died” by Clay Ringold (Ray Hogan) 1972 22 “The High Hander” by William O. Turner/“Wild Horse Range” by Louis Trimble 1963 22 “Impostors in Mesquite” by Gene Tuttle/“Marshal from Whiskey Smith” by Eric Allen 1969 22 “Jemez Brand” by L.L. Foreman/“Ransome’s Move” by Kyle Hollingshead 1971 22 “Lobo of Lynx Valley” by Tom West/“The Ragbag Army” by Louis Trimble 1971 22 “Lost Loot of Kittycat Ranch” by Tom West/“Saddle the Wind” by Lin Searles 1965 22 “Lynch Law Canyon” by Frank Wynne (Brian Garfield)/“Stampede on Farway Pass” by Stephen Payne 1965 22 “A Man Called Ryker” by Ray Hogan/“Stage Line to Rincon” by Clement Hardin (D.B. Newton) 1971 22 “Man on the Run” by Reese Sullivan (Giles A. Lutz)/“Odds Against the Texan” by John Callahan (Joseph Chadwick) 1971 23 “Mr. Sixgun” by Brian Wynne (Brian Garfield)/“The Wolf Slayer” by William E. Vance 1964 23 “Nemesis of Circle A” by Reese Sullivan (Giles A. Lutz)/“The Night It Rained Bullets” by Brian Wynne (Brian Garfield) 1965 23 “Quicktrigger” by Gordon D. Shirreffs/“Rio Desperado” by Gordon D. Shirreffs 1963 23 “Smoky Pass” by L.P. Holmes/“Wolf Brand” by L.P. Holmes 1962 23 “Trail Drive” by Brian Garfield/“Trouble at Gunsight” by Louis Trimble 1964 IV. Doubleday – Double D Westerns (hardcovers) 23 “Bitter Grass” by Theodore V. Olsen 1967 23 “Gopher Gold” by Todhunter Ballard 1962 23 “The Mustang Trail” by L.L. Foreman 1965 23 “The Shaming of Broken Horn and Other Stories” by Bill Gulick 1961 23 “The Valdez Horses” by Lee Hoffman 1967 V. Assorted Non-Ace Westerns 23 “Border Justice” (hardcover) by Martin Ryerson (Avalon Books, NY, NY) 1965 20 “The Burntwood Men” (hardcover) by Robert McCaig (The Macmillan Co., NY, NY) 1961 23 “Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws” (paperback) by William MacLeod Raine (Permabooks, NY, NY) (two copies) 1929 23 “Frontier: 150 Years of the West” (paperback) by Luke Short (ed.) (Bantam Books, NY, NY) 1955 23 “The Glory Riders” (paperback) by Charles N. Heckelmann (Avon Books, NY, NY) 1967 23 “The Life and Death of Johnny Ringo” (paperback) by Ray Hogan (Signet Books, NY, NY) 1963 23 “North of 36” (paperback) by Emerson Hough (Pocket Books, Inc., NY, NY) 1956 20 “The Rounders” (hardcover) by Max Evans (The Macmillan Co., NY, NY) 1960 23 “Skjut för att döda” [“Damaron’s Gun”] (paperback - Swedish-language) by Wesley Ray (Ray Gaulden) (Kometförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden) 1963 23 “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (paperback) by B. Traven (Pocket Books, Inc., NY, NY) 1948