Flint Spears, Cowboy Rodeo Contestant
de James, Will
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San Francisco, California, United States
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938 First edition without the Scribner's 'A' on copyright page, and with "New York" at bottom of title page. xiv, [2], 269pp. plus photographs. Full-color frontispiece and 30 black & white drawings by the author, as well as 18 pages of 21 photographs of rodeo riding. Orange-red cloth stamped in black. Neat contemporary owner's name and date (March, 1940) at top of edge of endpaper. A fine copy with pictorial dust jacket (jacket with short half-inch tear near lower spine, head of spine very slightly chipped. "This is again a Will James book of short stories with one central character carrying through from start to finish. Will James knew rodeoing from all sides. He contested in them, put on a few with his friends, wrote news commentaries on them, and acted as a judge in quite a few. These stories give plenty of examples of how rough a game rodeoing is" (Frazier). All the actual rodeo photographs were chosen by the author/artist. [Frazier, The Books of Will James: p.120]..
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- Argonaut Book Shop
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 7169
- Título
- Flint Spears, Cowboy Rodeo Contestant
- Autor
- James, Will
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1938
- Palabras clave
- Rodeos Cowboys Western Americana Old West Literature
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