From William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
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347pp. plus eight plates and [5]pp. of advertisements. Original gilt pictorial cloth, with "Rand, McNally & Co. Chicago" stamped in gilt at bottom of spine. Front hinge repaired. Slight edge wear, text tanned as usual, with a couple corners chipped. Lacks front free endsheet. Also lacks portrait of the author and color frontis. "The first - and best - cowboy autobiography" (Howes), and undoubtedly one of the most important range books. This copy lacks the portrait of the author and the color frontispiece, but includes a plate of a buffalo captioned "An Ugly Predicament" and an odd advertisement on the verso of the dedication leaf for "Colgate & Co.'s Cashmere Bouquet Perfume." opposite the first page of text. Printed from the sheets of the second edition which Rand, McNally acquired from Siringo & Dobson. REESE, SIX SCORE 99. HOWES S518. GRAFF 3804. DYKES, KID 17. DOBIE, p.119. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 2032. ADAMS HERD 2077. BASIC TEXAS BOOKS 185. Seller Inventory # WRCAM46001
Bibliographic Details
Title: A TEXAS COW BOY OR, FIFTEEN YEARS ON THE ...
Publisher: Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago & New York
Publication Date: 1886
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