Cowboys Who Rode Proudly by Haley, Evetts - 1992

Nitea Stewart Haley Memorial Library, 1992. Hardcover. Near new condition, covers bright, text clean & binding tight in like dust jacket which is now in a clear protective mylar sleeve.. Twenty-eight Biographical Essays Written by Fifteen Contributors and Illustrated by Eleven Artists. 287pp. Size: 9.25" X 11.75

Midland, TX: Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library; (1992). First Edition . Hardcover. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Owner Melba Kelton Younce's label and a gift inscription of front endpaper. On offprint of Elmer Kelton's contribution -The Cowboy Keltons - is laid in. Inscribed on the frontispiece by Tom Ryan; inscribed also by dedicatee. J. Evetts Haley on the dedication page; and inscribed by the editor, Evetts Haley, Jr. on the first page of the Introduction which he wrote. All inscriptions are to Melba Kelton Younce, Elmer Kelton's first cousin, and the Haley inscriptions are dated 12/15/92, the publication date. Twenty-eight sketches of cowboys who had an impact on the Texas cattle industry, with drawings by multiple artists. Includes map endpapers, end section on brands and the ranches that used them, and an index; 287 pages.

The Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. This copy has been signed by the following authors and illustrators: Evetts Haley, Jr., Bill Modesett, Dr. Lawrence Clayton, Jane Pattie, Barney Nelson, Johnnye Montgomery, Elmer Kelton, T. Dudley Cramer, John A. Haley, Lois Myers, Joyce Merchant Peters, Tim Ryan and Paul Patterson. The authors have signed in the text at the beginning of their piece..