The Cowboy:

His Characteristics, His Equipment, and His Part in the Development of the West

by Philip Ashton Rollins

illustrated by N.C. Wyeth and others 

New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition, with a VERY GOOD DJ under Mylar.

• Burgundy cloth covers are mostly clean, with gilt text.  Boards show some edgewear.  Upper corner is bumped.  See photos. 
• Spine has gilt text darkened, with crushed ends.  See photos.  
• Binding is strong.  
• Pastedowns and feps have some toning, a few pencil marks. 
• Frontispiece is present.
• Illustrations, black and white photo reproductions, are clear, with scattered foxing at head edge.  
• Interior is gently tanned, exhibits scattered foxing, 1/8" fold along edge of pg. 335.  See photos. 
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have untrimmed fore and foot edges, are foxed along fore.  See photos.  
• Illustrated DJ looks great behind Mylar and is backed with archival paper.
• DJ has some edgewear, chipped corners, bumping along foot edge, some staining to back, darkened spine strip.  See photos. 
• PS2026.0107

353 pages. 5 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches

Publisher's burgundy boards with gilt title behind tan paper wrapper with burgundy illustration and title, with price marked $2.50 on front return.  Illustrated with photo reproductions of drawings by artists including N.C. Wyeth and C.M. Russell, some of which originally appeared in Scribner's Magazine.  Binding is supple, interior is unmarked.  Some scattered foxing at top margin, with condition overall Very Good.  

First published in 1922, The Cowboy is one of the earliest and most respected efforts to preserve the authentic culture, customs, and character of frontier cowboys.  Drawing from firsthand observation and interviews, Rollins paints a vivid portrait of daily life on the open range.

Philip Ashton Rollins (1869-1950), Princeton University Class of 1889, first visited Wyoming at the age of five in the company of his father, a railroad man.  Rollins's interest in the history and culture of the American West led him to amass a Library of Western Americana, comprising several thousand volumes, which he and his wife eventually gifted to Princeton University.  

Copyright 1922, Published 1922.  This copy was issued in 1924, as per the title page.

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