Walter Durbin, Texas Ranger And Sheriff

ROBERT W. STEPHENS

Publication: Clarendon Press, 1970, Clarendon, Texas

First edition. 8vo. Inked gift inscription on the half title page signed by the author. Laid-in is a newspaper article about this title written by Wayne Gard and dated March 7, 1971. Orange colored cloth, titles stamped in black on the front cover and spine, pictorial front and rear endpapers printed on yellow paper stock, xviii [2], 174 pp., introduction, foreword, acknowledgments, frontispiece, illustrated, portraits, bibliography, index. Walter Durbin was a cowboy for the Waggoner Ranch and Tee Fork Cattle Company before becoming a Ranger. Adams 150: 131 says: "This is a story of one of Texas' peace officers and his adventurous life, revealing some history heretofore untold. The author tells of some new adventures of Bass Outlaw not seen before, has a mention of Sam Bass, Jim Courtright, John Selman and many of the noted Texas Rangers." This is a scarce Texas Ranger book. Near fine copy in dust jacket with small nicks and chips to the spine ends, corners, and extremities.