Tom Mix Western Songs

M. M. COLE PUBLISHING COMPANY

Publication: M M Cole Publishing Co, 1935, Chicago

First edition. Quarto. 12" x 9" pictorial wrappers, 64 pp., illustrated from photographs. Inside the front cover is "A Word From Tom Mix." At the center of the booklet are three pages of action photographs of Tom Mix and his horses, Tony and Tony, Jr. along with a two-page full-page biography of Tom Mix by Boris Randolph. Contains words and music to 25 "original songs" written by Tom Mix, Curly Brown, Johnnie Crockett, and others, including, "I Love Those Saddle Songs," "The Arizona Yodeler," "I Want To Be A Real Cowboy Girl," "The Night Herder's Song," "Chuck Wagon Blues," and 20 more titles. On the front cover is a photo-portrait of Tom Mix along with a horse and rider drawing by James Axelrod. Tom Mix made more than 300 cowboy movies from 1909 to 1935, most known for high action and dare devil stunts performed by Tom and his horses Tony and Tony, Jr. Former owner's small inked name to top edge of inside front cover, spine reinforced with cloth by former owner, tiny bit of minor rubbing to the front cover fore-edge, else a well-preserved very good copy.