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Bygone Days of the Old West
by Lambert, Frederick
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- first
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Kansas City, Mo.; (1948): Burton Publishing Co. First Edition. Quarto. 487 pages, special signed limited edition. #109 of 200 copies. Lambert was a pioneer of Cimarron, New Mexico where he was a deputy sheriff, a mounted policeman, and member of the U.S. Indian Service. The book has more than 700 pen and ink drawings, pages 470-485 have a glossary of ranch terms, many of which are not in Ramon Adams book. He has double signed this book also with a long hand-written poem to Gil Traveller, the Methodist preacher who became the expert in Arizona on horses and fine saddles. He was featured in Who's Who in Rodeo Land (1938). After his death, he was honored with an annual horse show in Phoenix. Additionally, signed by him and his wife Katie. "Fred Lambert of the Cimarron". Bound in black pictorial cloth depicting a cowboy on a horse in brown, lettering silver, pictorial spine lettered and decorated in brown and silver, A near fine copy housed within publisher's slipcase.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029975
- Title
- Bygone Days of the Old West
- Author
- Lambert, Frederick
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Burton Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Kansas City, Mo.; (1948)
- Keywords
- Signed Limited Edition Inscribed Manuscript Poem
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arizona; New Mexico;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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