Trail Drivers of Texas vol. 1

Heading: (Texas)
Author: Hunter, J. Marvin (compiler and editor)
Title: 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 Souls - True Narratives Related by Real Cow-Punchers and Men who Fathered the Cattle Industry in Texas
Place Published: [San Antonio]
Publisher:[Jackson Printing Co.]
Date Published: [1920]
Description:

498, [1] pp. With portrait frontispiece, illustrated from photographs throughout. (8vo) illustrated blue-green cloth. First Edition.

Scarce first edition of perhaps the most important single work on the days of the Texas cattle drive. Jenkins calls the book "the essential starting point for any study of Texas trail driving days..." Adams Herd 1103; Adams Six-guns 1084; Graff 2020; Howes H816; Jenkins 99; Rader 1988; Reese Six-Score 61.
Condition Report: Light rubbing to extremities; hinges cracked, spine starting to detach a bit; toning to interior; about very good.