Mavericks (FIRST LAUREL EDITION) Soft cover - 1974

New York, NY: Dell Publishing Company, 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Lorence Bjorklund. Minor edge and corner wear; former owner's name is in ink on the inner front cover and in red on the ffep; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is creased; some shelf wear; pages are toning; overall a very crisp and clean used FIRST LAUREL EDITION. Color illustrated wrapper with black and red lettering. 155 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and adventure-filled pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "'Old Jake Hanlon sits on the edge of the mesa and looks out over miles of southwestern plain,' starts Jack Schaefer's all-ages novel Mavericks. Old Jake Hanlon is 'ancient and craglike, weathered and withered . . . something like a worn rocky butte himself.' Living in his memories, Hanlon prefers to reflect on his youth, when he lived every cowboy's dream, rather than think about the old man he has become, now labeled 'a decrepit old nuisance' by the folks in town. Ultimately, it is Old Jake's recollection of the tales of his past--stories of endurance, strength, compassion, and cunning--that helps prepare him for death...." (FIRST LAUREL EDITION).