THE WILD WEST BOOK

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: Undated.* Publisher: Birn Brothers Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour glossy paper covered boards showing cowboy on horseback fighting off indians, red title to spine, red and yellow to face. Tail of spine lightly bumped minor rubs to all edges, lower rear corner severely nibbled and worn. GD* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Red, black and white line drawn illustrated end papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, a few very light marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: One full colour plate to frontis, black and white line drawings throughout some with red highlights.* Pages: 93 pp. text.* Description: The book contains several stories, informative non-fiction articles a couple of strip stories and a puzzle. Arthur Groom is credited with the authorship. There is obviously a serious western influence. The constructional and non-fiction items are also native American orientated including how to build a birch bark canoe, the game of Stone Horses and the origin of the phrase Redskin.* A NEAR VG copy of the 1st. edn. with one corner badly damaged. No dust jacket.*