Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass: Cowboy Poetry of the Late Twentieth Century by Warren Miller

Hardcover. Near fine condition, front bottom board has a small bump, signed and inscribed by illustrator on half-title page. DJ is in mylar. A variety of comic, realistic, pain-filled and pleasurable portrayals of a lifestyle permeated with cattle, horses, sky and grass.

Title: Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass: Cowboy Poetry of the Late Twentieth Century

Author Name: Miller, Warren

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S.A., Northland Publishing: 1994

ISBN Number: 0873585704

ISBN Number 13: 9780873585705

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Illustrator(s)

Seller ID: 020256

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY WESTERN VERSE, 

Price: $50.00

Myths & Memories by Mike Smith

Trade paperback. Very good condition, light cover soiling. Stories and verse about cowboys.

Title: Myths & Memories

Author Name: Mike Smith

Illustrator: Larry Bute

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Outlaw Books: 1988

ISBN Number: 0962049700

ISBN Number 13: 9780962049705

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020318

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY AND VERSE, 

Price: $15.00

Bronc to Breakfast & Other Poems by Mike Logan

Trade paperback. Near fine condition, one small soil mark on bottom center of front cover. Signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Mike has been a featured poet at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, at the Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Big Timber, Montana, and at the first cowboy poetry gathering to be held in Canada, the Alberta Cowboy Poetry Gathering, in Pincher Creek, Alberta.

Title: Bronc to Breakfast & Other Poems

Author Name: Mike Logan

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Helena, Montana, U.S.A., Falcon Pr Pub Co: 1988

ISBN Number: 0937959537

ISBN Number 13: 9780937959534

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020312

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY, 

Price: $15.00

Laughing Keeps You Young (But it Does Nothing for Gray Hair!) by Michael H Cotton

Oversized hardcover, no DJ, as issued. Near fine condition. Privately published by his daughter, this book of poetry is full of down to earth thoughts and humor.

Title: Laughing Keeps You Young (But it Does Nothing for Gray Hair!)

Author Name: Michael H Cotton

Illustrator: Rick Welch

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Harrah House: 1998

ISBN Number: 096619490X

ISBN Number 13: 9780966194906

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020221

Keywords: COWBOY WESTERN POETRY, 

Price: $35.00

 

Into Twilight, Endlessly Grousing by Patrick F. McManus

Hardcover. Near fine condition. From an Idaho crimewave to his friend Dolph's atomic-powered huckleberry picker to the uncertain joys of standing waist-deep in icy water.

Title: Into Twilight, Endlessly Grousing

Author Name: McManus, Patrick F.

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A., Simon & Schuster: 1997

ISBN Number: 0684844400

ISBN Number 13: 9780684844404

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020814

Keywords: HUMOR, 

Price: $10.00

The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw by Patrick F. McManus

Hardcover. Near fine condition. Meet Rancid Crabtree, the Troll (his venomous sister), Goombaw (Eddie Muldoon's grandmother), Valvoleen Grooper, Smoky Joe (he who lost the largest known bass), and Retch Sweeney and inconstant siblings, Erful and Verman.

Title: The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw

Author Name: McManus, Patrick F.

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Henry Holt & Co: 1989

ISBN Number: 0805010335

ISBN Number 13: 9780805010336

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020813

Keywords: HUMOR, 

Price: $12.00

Singing Cowboy A Book of Western Songs by Margaret Larkin

Oversized hardcover, no DJ. Stated first edition. In very good condition, top of spine lightly bumped, front hinge is beginning to split, pages are lightly toned. Arranged for piano by Helen Black. Hard to find in first edition.

Title: Singing Cowboy A Book of Western Songs

Author Name: Margaret Larkin

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Alfred A Knopf: 1931

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020261

Keywords: COWBOY SONGS BALLADS,

Price: $150.00

Early American Songs from the Repertoire of the "Song-Spinners" by Margaret Johnson, Travis Johnson

Softcover, 63 pages. Good condition, music store stamp on index page, light colored spill at bottom of spine on first few pages, cover shows wear and soiling. Has 63 songs with piano accompaniments and historical notes.

Title: Early American Songs from the Repertoire of the "Song-Spinners"

Author Name: Margaret Johnson, Travis Johnson

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Associated Music Publishers: 1943

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020380

Keywords: AMERICAN WESTERN SONGS, 

Price: $15.00 

 

Songs of the Sage by Mae Urbanek

Hardcover. Near fine condition, minor bumping at top and bottom of spine. DJ is very good, small closed tear at top of spine on back cover, sunlightened, now in mylar. Signed and inscribed on the preface page. Poetry about the history and folkways of Wyoming. Music is included for a few songs, also.

Title: Songs of the Sage

Author Name: Mae Urbanek

Illustrator: Berniece Bird

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Denver, CO, U.S.A., Big Mountain Press: 1962

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020236

Keywords: WESTERN POETRY, 

Price: $30.00

Tales from the O-No Ranch by Mad Jack Hanks

Oversized softcover. Very good condition, cover splitting at bottom of spine. My life as a ranch cowboy. The whole truth, half truths, and nothin' but the truth.

Title: Tales from the O-No Ranch

Author Name: Mad Jack Hanks

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Cattle Country News: 1991

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020358

Keywords: COWBOYS WESTERN STORIES, 

Price: $25.00

Mad Jack Rides Again by Mad Jack Hanks

Oversized softcover. Near fine condition. Cowboyology continues from the O-No Ranch.

Title: Mad Jack Rides Again

Author Name: Mad Jack Hanks

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published: 1993

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020348

Keywords: COWBOY STORIES, 

Price: $25.00

The Seventh Book of Earl by M C Tin Star

Softcover. Near fine condition. Wally Badgett pens his cartoons as M C Tin Star because he was a Deputy Sheriff at Miles City, Montana, where he still lives.

Title: The Seventh Book of Earl

Author Name: M C Tin Star

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Magpie Enterprises: 1997

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020346

Keywords: COWBOY CARTOONS, 

Price: $10.00

 

From Hide and Horn: A Sesquicentennial Anthology of Texas Poets by Peggy Zuleika Lynch

Hardcover. Near fine condition, bottom front corner lightly bumped. DJ is very good, has sun lightening on front cover by spine. Focuses on each of the one hundred fifty years of statehood from 1826 to 1986. 150 poets talk about the Lone Star state.

Title: From Hide and Horn: A Sesquicentennial Anthology of Texas Poets

Author Name: Lynch, Peggy Zuleika

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Austin, Texas, U.S.A., Eakin Pr: 1985

ISBN Number: 089015497X

ISBN Number 13: 9780890154977

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020252

Keywords: TEXAS WESTERN POETRY VERSE, 

Price: $15.00

Wyoming Moods by Louise Flynn Underhill

Softcover, 60 pages. Very good condition, corners lightly bumped and has some sun toning. Interior is clean and bright. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Reminiscences of Wyoming by a Tenderfoot.
 

Title: Wyoming Moods

Author Name: Louise Flynn Underhill

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published: 1981

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020396

Keywords: WESTERN VERSE, 

Price: $30.00

 

Laugh Kills Lonesome and Other Poems by Mike Logan

Trade paperback. Near fine condition. Western verse.

Title: Laugh Kills Lonesome and Other Poems

Author Name: Logan, Mike

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Helena, Montana, U.S.A., Falcon Pr Pub Co: 1990

ISBN Number: 1560440562

ISBN Number 13: 9781560440567

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020313

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY, 

Price: $10.00

Men of the Open Range & Other Poems by Mike Logan

Softcover. Very good condition. Bottom pages by spine are wavy (water damage?) but there is no water stain. Slight enough you won't notice unless looking directly at it. Poetry about cowboys and range life.

Title: Men of the Open Range & Other Poems

Author Name: Logan, Mike

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Helena, Montana, U.S.A., Falcon Pr Pub Co: 1994

ISBN Number: 1560442476

ISBN Number 13: 9781560442479

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020292

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY, 

Price: $10.00

The Luck of The Draw by Lock Wolverton

Oversized hardcover, no DJ. Near fine condition, front endpaper cracking at hinge. Signed and inscribed: To: Mary & Bruce, Merry Christmas From Yer Mom & Dad, Lock Wolverton, 106/230 (editions). Also has a cartoon drawing of himself on the page. Jokes about rodeo life.

Title: The Luck of The Draw

Author Name: Lock Wolverton

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: Limited

Publisher: Lock Wolverton Productions: 1977

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020275

Keywords: COWBOY HUMOR RODEO, 

Price: $35.00

The Spirit of the West or Ballads of Cattle Land by Lex McLennan

Small hardcover. Very good condition, pages toning. Dustwrapper has chips and is soiled with a piece missing on the internal wrap. The majority of these verses appeared originally in "The Bulletin", the balance in the "North Queensland Register".

Title: The Spirit of the West or Ballads of Cattle Land

Author Name: Lex McLennan

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd: 1943

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020046

Keywords: WESTERN POETRY, 

Price: $25.00

Cowboy Humor of Alfred Henry Lewis by Alfred Henry Lewis

Trade paperback. Near fine condition. Humorous stories by the author, a lawyer turned cowboy, who rode his way through Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Title: Cowboy Humor of Alfred Henry Lewis

Author Name: Lewis, Alfred Henry

Illustrator: Frederic Remington

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Lincoln Herald Press: 1988

ISBN Number: 0942936124

ISBN Number 13: 9780942936124

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020335
Price: $20.00

Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle: A History of the American Cowboy in Song, Story and Verse by Katie Lee

Hardcover. Near fine condition, address label on front endpapers. DJ is good, has some soiling. Composer interviews, accounts of cowboys she has known, over fifty original scores and a complete song compendium and discography with extensive reference materials and bibiliography.

Title: Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle: A History of the American Cowboy in Song, Story and Verse

Author Name: Lee, Katie

Illustrator: William Moyers

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Northland Press: 1976

ISBN Number: 0873581482

ISBN Number 13: 9780873581486

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020262

Keywords: COWBOY SONGS HISTORY, 

Price: $25.00

If You Would Love Wyoming by Lee Ann Siebken

Softcover, 31 pages. Near fine condition. Poetry about Wyoming. 28 poems.

Title: If You Would Love Wyoming

Author Name: Lee Ann Siebken

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: WyoPoets: 1993

ISBN Number: 0917557034

ISBN Number 13: 9780917557033

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020384

Keywords: WESTERN POETRY, 

Price: $15.00

Cowboys Never Win by Kenneth Herrod

Softcover, 56 pages, unpaginated. Very good condition, cover has light soiling and toning, interior is clean and bright. His illustrations are great - will make you smile. And his poetry also reflects western humor.

Title: Cowboys Never Win

Author Name: Kenneth Herrod

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Tackshop Tales: 1973

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020404
Keywords: COWBOY POEMS HUMOR
Price: $15.00

The Donner Party by George Keithley

Hardcover. Near fine condition with a very good DJ with edgewear and sunlightened on the spine, now in mylar cover. Second edition. A poetry narrative about the tragedy of the Donner Party.

Title: The Donner Party

Author Name: Keithley, George

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., George Braziller: 1972

ISBN Number: 0807606383

ISBN Number 13: 9780807606384

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020267

Keywords: WESTERN POETRY DONNER PARTY

Price: $15.00

Horsefeathers by Johnny Ritch

Hardcover, no DJ. Second printing. Signed and dated by author on front end paper. Very good condition, light edgewear on boards. Color and black/white illustrations. "Being a Jumble of Mediocre Verse by an Old Man on the Fringe of Dotage." Illustrated by Charles M Russell, Shorty Shope, Louis Buchelle, Ballie Buck, O C Selzer and G M White. Western poetry.

Title: Horsefeathers

Author Name: Johnny Ritch

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published: 1941

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020043
Keywords: COWBOY POETRY
Price: $50.00
 

The Backside of Sundown by John Swenning

Spiralbound softcover. Near fine condition. Inscribed and signed by author on back of book cover. Poems about cowboy life.

Title: The Backside of Sundown

Author Name: John Swenning

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published: 1996

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020351
Keywords: COWBOY POETRY
Price: $35.00

Into Twilight, Endlessly Grousing by Patrick F. McManus

Hardcover. Near fine condition. From an Idaho crimewave to his friend Dolph's atomic-powered huckleberry picker to the uncertain joys of standing waist-deep in icy water.

Title: Into Twilight, Endlessly Grousing

Author Name: McManus, Patrick F.

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A., Simon & Schuster: 1997

ISBN Number: 0684844400

ISBN Number 13: 9780684844404

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020814

Keywords: HUMOR, 

Price: $10.00

The Stag's Hornbook by John McClure, William Rose Benet

Small hardcover. Very good condition, name and address on advertisement page. DJ is poor, missing pieces, soiled. Five hundred poems and songs for men. Wine and women, merriment and adventure, comedy and fury, good fellowship, and war.

Title: The Stag's Hornbook

Author Name: John McClure, William Rose Benet

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Alfred A Knopf: 1945

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020047
Keywords: AMERICAN POETRY 
Price: $15.00

Hung Out to Dry by John C Dofflemyer

Softcover, 34 pages. Near fine condition. Poetry about the west.

Title: Hung Out to Dry

Author Name: John C Dofflemyer

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Dry Crik Press: 1992

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020385

Keywords: WESTERN VERSE, 

Price: $15.00

Cowboy Poetry of the Southwest by John C Abernathy

Softcover, 45 pages. Near fine condition, signed and inscribed on back of front cover. Also signed by Ronnie Lee Keel, who sang The Haunted Saloon. Includes photographs of the family ranch. Songs are identified by record label, also.

Title: Cowboy Poetry of the Southwest

Author Name: John C Abernathy

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published: 2006

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020378

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY SONGS, 

Price: $50.00

Pull Up a Chair by Jim Ross

Trade paperback. Near fine condition. Signed by author on title page. Previous owner's markings on front endpaper. Cowboy poetry and humor.

Title: Pull Up a Chair

Author Name: Jim Ross

Illustrator: M J Ross

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published: 1987

ISBN Number: 096179321X

ISBN Number 13: 9780961793210

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020320

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY, 

Price: $15.00