A Texas Cow Boy, Or Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony, Taken from Real Life by Chas. A. Siringo an Old Stove Pipe "Cow Puncher" Who has Spent Twenty Years on the Great Western Cattle Ranches [LEATHER BINDING]
by Siringo, Charles A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0809435683
- ISBN 13
- 9780809435685
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Time-Life. Very Good. 1980. Hardcover. 0809435683 . This is a facsimilie of the original 1885 edition and is nicely bound in brown leather with gilt spine and cover lettering, stamped decorated covers, and all edges are gilt. Printed in two versions, this is the Deluxe Edition issued in real leather with gilt edges and an sewn in ribbon bookmark. The covers are brown leather with gilt spine and cover lettering (the Standard Edtion has faux leather covers with white edges). Contains two color illustrations in the front matter and b&w illustrations throughout. The original edition is quite scarce. This book is referenced in most western Americana bibliographies. Howes calls it "the first--and best--cowboy biography." This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, just a few light scratches to the original gilt edges (visible under certain lighting conditons). ; Classics of the Old West Series; Color & B&W Illustrations; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 316 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20418
- Title
- A Texas Cow Boy, Or Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony, Taken from Real Life by Chas. A. Siringo an Old Stove Pipe "Cow Puncher" Who has Spent Twenty Years on the Great Western Cattle Ranches [LEATHER BINDING]
- Author
- Siringo, Charles A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0809435683
- ISBN 13
- 9780809435685
- Publisher
- Time-Life
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- 0809435683, Western Americana, Cowboys, Texas, History, Howes, Leather Binding
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Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
About Peninsula Books
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