Title: Cowboys North and South Author: James, Will Place: New York and London Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons Date: 1924 Description: xvii, [1], 217 pp. Illustrated with drawings by Will James throughout. 9¼x7, original decorative gray cloth with orange stamped vignette on the front cover, lettered in black, pictorial jacket. First Edition, First State. "This, Will James' first book, is a series of short stories about cowboy life in the real and actual West as it truly was between the 1870's and the early years of the 20th century. These stories, in colorful words and striking illustrations, portrayed the true working West rather than the Hollywood variety. All of the eight short stories in the book were previously printed in magazines. Seven of them appeared first in Scribner's Magazine, and the last one was printed in The Saturday Evening Post" (Frazier). First state with nothing printed on the half-title verso. "First and best of his many books" - Howes J55; Adams Herd 1153; Frazier p. 1. Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket edges lightly chipped, especially at spine tips, and at crease folds, edges and spine yellowed, dampstain along left edge of front panel, and a bit onto spine, as well as a few small spots on rear panel; Very light edge wear to volume; neat 1924 inscription on front free endpaper; very good volume in same jacket. Item number: 208283
Title: Cowboys North and South Author: James, Will Place: New York and London Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons Date: 1924 Description: xvii, [1], 217 pp. Illustrated with drawings by Will James throughout. 9¼x7, original decorative gray cloth with orange stamped vignette on the front cover, lettered in black, pictorial jacket. First Edition, First State. "This, Will James' first book, is a series of short stories about cowboy life in the real and actual West as it truly was between the 1870's and the early years of the 20th century. These stories, in colorful words and striking illustrations, portrayed the true working West rather than the Hollywood variety. All of the eight short stories in the book were previously printed in magazines. Seven of them appeared first in Scribner's Magazine, and the last one was printed in The Saturday Evening Post" (Frazier). First state with nothing printed on the half-title verso. "First and best of his many books" - Howes J55; Adams Herd 1153; Frazier p. 1. Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket edges lightly chipped, especially at spine tips, and at crease folds, edges and spine yellowed, dampstain along left edge of front panel, and a bit onto spine, as well as a few small spots on rear panel; Very light edge wear to volume; neat 1924 inscription on front free endpaper; very good volume in same jacket. Item number: 208283
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