Gun Code by Yore Clem (5 results)

hardcover. lib stamp,VG, 1st Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. A rodeo bronc rider has to eliminate the bad guys in order to love his gal in peace. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the edges, hinges loose. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, including a 2" by 3" chip to the lower front, in Brodart.

8vo. 320 pp. Orange publisher's cloth, black lettering covers & spine (minor shelfwear, rubbing, Rental Library markings on endpapers), w/ d.j. cover art of cowboy chasing down a steer towards cowgirl holding a six-shooter by C.E.D. (minor chipping head & foot of spine, creasing, edgewear, couple closed tears), still a G/G copy, from the Eleanor T. MacMillan Rental Library in the Portland, Hotel. First edition of this fast-paced Western set in a raucous Amarillo, TX with "Galloping Barry," a "sliver-built, saddle-warped bronco buster" fighting off "a pack of bad hombres" and pursuing the skilled gun-toting Molly Mary "because she has a fine hand with horses and can strike out square and hard in danger." Yore (1875-1936) joined the Texas Rangers in 1890, worked as cowpuncher, packer, stage driver, and prospector, followed the Klondike Gold Rush as a journalist, fought in the Spanish-American War, and eventually published 20 Westerns, two books of Western verse, and over 600 short stories.

Hardback. Condition: nrFine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG- DW. 1st Edition. Name of owner at front of book and date 1932. Slightly cocked. Clean DW Has some edge loss not affecting lettering.