A Vaquero of the Brush Country
by DOBIE, J. Frank
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. Hardcover. Illustrations by Justin C. Gruelle. 8vo. Tan cloth with blue lettering. xvi, 302pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, map endpapers. Very good. Spine faintly sunned; cowboy-theme bookplate on front flyleaf. Handsome and tight first reprint edition of Dobie's first book (1929), "Partly from the Reminiscences of John Young," a south Texas cattle man. Characterized by Jenkins as "a lasting contribution to the literature of the Texas range." BASIC TEXAS BOOKS 44 (D). GRAFF 1100. RAMPAGING HERD 696. SIX SCORE 44.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45511
- Title
- A Vaquero of the Brush Country
- Author
- DOBIE, J. Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Western Americana;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Reprint
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.