A Texas Cow Boy (Classics of the Old West series).

Alexandria, Virginia:: Time-Life Books, 1980.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: from a uniformly bound series: dark brown bonded leather with gilt text, stamped decoration on the front cover, all edges gilt, ribbon place marker; embossed ownership seal on the blank page that has publisher's statement on the verso; otherwise in Very Good condition.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Marbled endpapers. Description: This is a volume from the Time-Life Classics of the Old West; a facsimile reprint from the 1885 first edition, including reproductions of the colored title page and colored frontis. From the original title page: ''Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony; Taken from Real Life by Chas. A Siringo, an Old Stove Up 'Cow Puncher,' Who has Spent Nearly Twenty Years on the Great Western Cattle Ranges.'' This was the first autobiography of a cowboy and is one of the most important range books. John H Jenkins states, ''In this narrative, Siringo relates all these cattle drives, outlaw chases, and cowboy adventures frankly and with obvious glee -- he was not yet thirty when he wrote his book.'' Stanley Vestal says, ''Rambling, self-assured, dramatic humorous, easy, it not only gives facts and adventures in plenty, but interprets all''. (Rampaging Herd, Number 2077; Six-Guns, Number 2032; Life and Literature of the Southwest, pg 119; Basic Texas Books Number 185; Howes Final Edition, Number S525; Book Lover's Southwest, page 86). Includes the publisher's insert.