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A TEXAS COW BOY OR, FIFTEEN YEARS ON THE HURRICANE DECK OF A SPANISH PONY. TAKEN FROM REAL LIF
de Siringo, Charles A
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Chicago & New York: Rand, McNally & Co...., 1886. 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
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- A TEXAS COW BOY OR, FIFTEEN YEARS ON THE HURRICANE DECK OF A SPANISH PONY. TAKEN FROM REAL LIF
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- Siringo, Charles A
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- Rand, McNally & Co....
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- 1886
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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