The Trail Drivers Of Texas, Interesting Sketches Of Early Cowboys And Their Experiences On The Range And On The Trail During The Days That Tried Men's Souls - True Narratives Related By Real Cow-Punchers And Men Who Fathered The Cattle Industry In Texas

J. MARVIN (COMPILED AND EDITED BY)) HUNTER

Publication: Cokesbury Press, 1925, Nashville

Second edition revised. Deluxe edition limited to 100 copies of which this copy number 10, Signed by George W. Saunders, President of "The Old Trail Drivers Association." Two-tone quarter gray cloth and light blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, top edges gilt, xvi, 1044p., frontispiece (portrait). illustrated from photographs, portraits, foreword, two volumes in one. "Published under the direction of George W. Saunders, President of the Old Trail Drivers Association." This edition is preferred by many collectors and scholars because it combines all the accounts found in the original Volumes 1 and 2, and the first revised issue of Volume 1. This edition also contains 9 additional accounts not found in any earlier editions. "...Perhaps the most important single contribution to the history of cattle driving on the Western trails."---Ramon Adams. "This compilation is the essential starting point for any study of Texas trail driving days."---John H. Jenkins. "Absolutely the best source there is on the cattle trail."---Walter Prescott Webb. "This vast compilation of original accounts by old trail drivers is one of the best cattle books and the largest collection of first hand narratives of the range cattle industry."---Bill Reese. An important work. A Merrill Aristocrat of the Cow Country. An amazing copy still protected with the original unprinted glassine dust jacket and a fine, virtually unused copy of a book that rarely comes to market. This is the nicest copy we have ever handled and it is housed in a two-tone quarter leather and cloth clamshell case with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. An exceptional copy.

Inventory Number: 49616