first edition Hardcover
1906 · Boston
by Adams, Andy
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. 316pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Olive cloth with printed graphics and title to the front cover; gilt title to the spine. A number of tiny light spots to the rear board. Front hinge just a little soft. Text block cracked at the beginning. Internally very good. A collection of 14 cowboy stories, accentuating the adventures and challenges of cowboy life, as well as the camaraderie they forged on the trail. The Indiana-born author Andy Adams spent a decade in Texas driving cattle. He subsequently settled in Colorado Springs, where he began writing his "real" stories of the American cowboy. (Inventory #: 67653)