Riata and Spurs

Houghton Mifflin, 1927 Hardcover in lasso & spurs-decorated brown cloth boards, no markings, Revised Edition with second half of book recast & lacking Pinkerton material, shelf & edge wear, fade & soil to boards with fraying to ends & corners, else clean solid copy; 8vo; xvi + 261pp illus. Hard Cover. Good.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Brown cloth boards stamped in gilt. Yellow top stain has some light dust soiling. Interior is clean and unmarked. Scarce 1931 dust jacket. DJ has some chipping and closed tears; in an archival mylar sleeve. xiv, 261 pages.

Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927. 3rd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. Photographs. Xiv, 261 Pp. Light Brown Cloth Stamped In Dark Brown, As Issued, Lacking The Dust Jacket. Light Wear, Lettering All Strong And Complete. Covers And Contents Clean, Hinges Tight. Previous Owner' Signature Dated 1930.

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1927. First Edition, first issue (unsuppressed). 8vo. xiv, [2], 276 pp. Introduction by Gifford Pinchot, with illustrations. Brown cloth in publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Small stain marks to upper front corner else fine in near fine dustjacket (darkening to spine with some wear; brown tape reinforcement on verso). Still, one of the nicest copies we've seen… Read more about this item

261 pages, includes poem in beginning and introduction by Giffford PinchotFront cover title, author and lasso in gold giltspine has title, publisher , author gold gilt, slightly fadedtext unmarkedprevious owners bookplate verso end paper. previous owners name in ink recto end papersthe wild west by a real lawman, who was Italian American

This is the 1931 edition of Charlie Siringo's autobiography. It's written in a narrative style that runs like butter on a hot cob of corn, slowly and richly. The first edition was in 1927, and this reprinting appears to have the same 4, interesting photographs. Siringo is credited with having authored in 1885 the first authentic cowboy autobiography. It was… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927 276 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, photo frontis; a.e. tanned, t.e. dusty, "Glass" inked front ep, sm bookstore label back rear ep, cocked. Cover: med brown, dk brown artwork front, dk brown titles front/spine; lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, tiny tears head/tail. The book that riled the Pinkertons.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.. Hardcover. 1927. 1st Edition. 8vo 276pp . Very Good with no DJ. B&W Illustrations Embossed by owner, light shelfwear. Scarce first ed. .