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TALES FROM THE AMERICAN FRONTIER
Edited, Told, Retold, and Illustrated by Richard Erdoes New York: Pantheon Books, (1991). First edition, first printing. A volume in the Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library series, with Pantheon's illustrated double-sided series bookmark laid in. A fascinating, bounteous compilation of western lore and legends, generously illustrated with delight pen-and-ink art by the author. Fine and square in fresh black cloth over auburn boards with gilt embossed titles and vignette illustration of a cowboy on a galloping horse to the front cover, and with gilt embossed titles, decorations and a humorous vignette illustration of a cowboy on a long-horned steer to the spine, red-and-yellow headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket; original printed $25.00 price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo; 443 pages; source notes; bibliography. PLEASE VIEW FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! |