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WILL JAMES

Publication: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929, New York

First edition. 8vo. Inscribed on the front free fly leaf : "To Carson Mowre - / A man who has only got one fault - / he don't chew terbaccer - but he / might get to that yet - / One redeeming feature about him / is that he'll never allow no friend / of his go thirsty nor be lonesome - / I claim to be one of his friends - / May his trail upards never be / hindered with nothing bigger than pebbles - / Sincerely / Will James '29 " Beneath the inscription is a branded longhorn steer and a calf. Green cloth, titles and decoration stamped in black on the front cover and spine, x, [2], 328 pp., numerous illustrations by Will James. The drawing on the dust jacket, according to Frazier in his bibliography of James Books says, "The one very wonderful black-and-white drawing on the dj is not repeated in the book, so if you want all 48 of the separate Will James drawings and sketches in SAND you have to get the first edition in dj." Book covers with minor rubs to the spine ends, else a fine bright copy in a lightly used dust jacket with two faint crease marks to the lower front front panel, spine a bit darkened, and light wear to the corners and extremities. An attractive copy.

Inventory Number: 52909