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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."
50 Years in the Saddle (SIGNED) by Ricketts, W. P - 1942
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Sheridan, Wyoming: Star Publishing Company, 1942. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 198 pp. Full-page map. 2 plates (including frontispiece portrait). Green cloth with black lettering. Previous owner inscription; minor wear; a near fine copy. "A natural book with much interesting information. It contains the best account of trailing cattle from Oregon to Wyoming that I have seen." - Dobie Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest pg. 115. "A privately printed little book of reminiscences, now very scarce, containing some material on the Hole-in-the-Wall Country." - Adams Six-Guns 1851. (Graff 3500; Howes R275; Herd 1893).
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- Keywords Cowboy life, ranching, Indian raids, Fort Fetterman, cattle thieves, Yellowstone National Park, Johnson County War, Wyoming, Texas, Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, , , , getmandec
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Sheridan Wyoming: Starr Publishing Company, 1942. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 198 pages, frontis, map, photos, minor cover wear, very light fade to spine, owner name, INSCRIBED by author. Cowboy life, ranching, Indian raids, Fort Fetterman, cattle thieves, Yellowstone National Park, Johnson County War, Wyoming, Texas, Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, etc. Graff 3500, Howes R275, Herd 1893, Six-Guns 1851, "The first complete book written about this noted character.".
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Sheridan: Star Publishing Co., 1942., 1942. First edition. First and only edition. 8vo. Original green cloth with title stamped in black on front cover and spine, [14], 198 pp., frontispiece [portrait of the author], preface, illustrated, map. Privately printed for W. P. Ricketts who was blind when the book was published. Dobie says, "A natural book with much interesting information. It contains the best account of trailing cattle from Oregon to Wyoming that I have seen." Recollections of when he became a cowboy, roundups on the Platte, Indian raids, the winter of 1879-1880, booze and cattle won't mix, his trip to Yellowstone National Park, the open range, and much more. Small erasure to top of front free fly leaf, spine a bit darkened, else a near fine bright, tight copy of a book that was originally published for friends and now has become very scarce to rare.
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Sheridan: Star Publishing Co., 1942., 1942. First edition. First and only edition. 8vo. Signed by the author on the front free fly leaf. Original green cloth with title stamped in black on front cover and spine, [14], 198 pp., frontispiece [portrait of the author], preface, illustrated, map. Privately printed for W. P. Ricketts who was blind when the book was published. Dobie says, "A natural book with much interesting information. It contains the best account of trailing cattle from Oregon to Wyoming that I have seen." Recollections of when he became a cowboy, roundups on the Platte, Indian raids, the winter of 1879-1880, booze and cattle won't mix, his trip to Yellowstone National Park, the open range, and much more. Former owner's gift inscription at top of free front fly leaf else a near fine bright, tight copy of a book that was originally published for friends and now has become very scarce to rare.
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