[Americana] 5 titles, 6 volumes. Books on the Southwest. (1) Hunter, J. Marvin (ed.). 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 Soul - True Narratives Related by Real Cow Punchers and Men Who Fathered the Cattle Industry in Texas. 2 volumes. Complied and Edited by J. Marvin Hunger. Published Under the Direction of George W. Saunders, 1920 and 1923. First editions. 498 and 496 pages. In original blue (vol.1) and green (vol. 2) cloth. Saunders was President of the Old Time Trail Drivers' Association. (2) Haley, J. Evetts. George W. Littlefield: Texan. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1943. First edition. 287 pp. Signed with extensive presentation inscription to John S. Mayfield of Syracuse University from Haley, with signed typed letter from Haley to Mayfield laid in. (3) Benton, Frank. Cowboy Life on The Sidetrack: Being an Extremely Humorous and Sarcastic Story of the Trials and Tribulations Endured by a Party of Stockmen Making a Shipment from the West to the East. By Frank Benton, Cheyenne, Wyo. Illustrated by E.A. Filleau. Western Stories Syndicate, Denver, 1903. First Edition. 207 pp. plus 3 pages of ads, including a photo of the Denver Union Stock Yard. Illustrated with 14 plates from photos and drawings, including a portrait of the author. (4) Inman, Colonel Henry. The Old Santa Fe Trail. Crane & Company, Topeka, KS, 1909. First edition. 493 pp. Frontispiece photograph of Henry Inman. (5) Abbott, E.C. and Helena Huntington Smith. We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1939. First edition. 247 pp.
Condition All very good. (1) Small closed gouge on cover of Vol 1. Inner hinge exposed on Vol 2. (4) Front inner hinge cracked.
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