50 YEARS IN THE SADDLE
by Ricketts, W. P
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Sheridan, Wy.: Star Publishing Company, 1942.. [12],198,[2]pp., including portrait, map, and one in-text illustration, plus one plate. Original printed dark green cloth. Spine extremities slightly worn, minor shelf wear. Ownership signature on front pastedown crossed out with marker, some offsetting to front endpaper. Interior otherwise clean and unmarked. Very good plus. Ricketts tells the story of his life as a cowboy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was located primarily in Wyoming, but also travelled in the Texas panhandle as well as back and forth to Oregon. Also contains the tale of a man from Hole-in-the-Wall Country who was killed for stealing cattle. Rather scarce on the market. GRAFF 3500. ADAMS HERD 1893. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 1851. HOWES R275, "aa."
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM57026
- Title
- 50 YEARS IN THE SADDLE
- Author
- Ricketts, W. P
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Star Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Sheridan, Wy.
- Date Published
- 1942.
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William Reese Company
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About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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