NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. WILL JAMES. 431 Pp. THE NARRATIVE OF "LONE COWBOY" TELLS HOW A LITTLE BOY, HARDLY MORE THAN A BABY, BECOMES AN ORPHAN IN THE WEST; HOW AN OLD FRENCH TRAPPER, WHOM THE BOY CALLS "BOPY," ADOPTS HIM AND TAKES HIM ON HIS LONG, LONG HUNTS; HOW WHEN HE IS HARDLY MORE THAN A LITTLE BOY BOPY IS LOST IN AN ICY RIVER AND THE CHILD, HEART-BROKEN, RIDES DOWN INTO THE PRAIRIE REGION ALONG -ON HIS OWN. BOOK DESCRIPTION: GREEN CLOTH HARDBOUND, GILT GOLD STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE & BLACK STAMPED/EMBOSSED ILLUSTRATION ON FRONT BOARD AND SPINE COVER, FRONTIS PHOTOGRAPH OF AUTHOR, TEXT ACCOMPANIED BY NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. DIMENSIONS: 8 1/2" x 6" x 1 1/2." BOOK CONDITION: NEAR FINE; SMALL DAMP STAIN AT REAR SPINE HEEL. DUST JACKET CONDITION: VERY GOOD; 1 1/2" TEAR AT REAR SPINE CROWN (ACCOMPANIED BY SOME VERY SMALL TEARS AT EITHER END OF SPINE COVER), GENTLY SUNNED SPINE COVER. A VERY NICE COPY. (WILL JAMES COLLECTION: SEE ITEMS # 000607, 000608, 000612-000621)

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Bookseller: De Coux and Associates Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000607
Title: LONE COWBOY - MY LIFE STORY
Author: WILL JAMES
Illustrator: WILL JAMES
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0006120008
ISBN 13: 9780006120001
Publisher: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Place of Publication: NEW YORK
Date Published: 1930
Keywords: Editors, Journalists, Publishers", General, General, Historical, Personal Memoirs, Rich & Famous

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