Sunday, January 31, 2021

The Mountain Men (A Cycle of the West Ser., Vol. 1) by John G. Neihardt


Trade paperback. Bison Books, fourth printing, 1971. In very good condition, cover creased at spine and in right lower corner of front cover, ex-schoolbook. The Song of Three Friends; The Son of Hugh Glass, and, The Song of Jed Smith.

Title: The Mountain Men (A Cycle of the West Ser., Vol. 1)

Author Name: Neihardt, John G.

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Lincoln, NE, U.S.A., University of Nebraska Press: 1971

ISBN Number: 0803257333

ISBN Number 13: 9780803257337

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 009875

Keywords: UNITED STATES HISTORY POETRY GENERAL

Price: $8.00

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Songs of the Cowboys By: N Howard "Jack" Thorp


Softcover, 50 pages. Near fine condition, second printing. A reprint of the original 1908 edition, the first cowboy songbook published in America. 24 songs.

Title: Songs of the Cowboys

Author Name: N Howard "Jack" Thorp

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Carlisle, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Applewood Books: 1989

ISBN Number: 1557091226

ISBN Number 13: 9781557091222

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020402

Keywords: COWBOY SONGS VERSES,

Price: $15.00

Friday, January 29, 2021

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

Thursday, January 28, 2021

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

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

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

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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

Monday, January 25, 2021

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

Sunday, January 24, 2021

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

Saturday, January 23, 2021

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

Friday, January 22, 2021

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

Thursday, January 21, 2021

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

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

The Seventh Book of Earl by M C Tin Star Price: $10.00


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

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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

Monday, January 18, 2021

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

Sunday, January 17, 2021

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

Saturday, January 16, 2021

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

Friday, January 15, 2021

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

Thursday, January 14, 2021

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

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

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

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

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

Monday, January 11, 2021

The Donner Party by George Keithley


Hardcover. Near fine condition with a very good DJ, now in mylar cover. First 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,

Edition: 1st Edition

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

ISBN Number: 0807606383

ISBN Number 13: 9780807606384

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Jacket Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 023687

Keywords: WESTERN POETRY DONNER PARTY

Price: $30.00

Sunday, January 10, 2021

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

Saturday, January 9, 2021

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

Friday, January 8, 2021

The Stag's Hornbook by John McClure, William Rose Benet Price: $15.00


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

Thursday, January 7, 2021

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

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

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

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Get Down and Come In by Jim Ross


Trade paperback. Very good condition, signed and inscribed on title page by author. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Western poetry.

Title: Get Down and Come In

Author Name: Jim Ross

Illustrator: M J Ross

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published: 1985

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020305

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY

Price: $15.00

Monday, January 4, 2021

Images of a Cowboy Poet by Jim Delony


Trade paperback. Near fine condition. Western verse about cowboy life.

Title: Images of a Cowboy Poet

Author Name: Jim Delony

Illustrator: Mark Storm

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published: 1990

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020301

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY

Price: $15.00

Sunday, January 3, 2021

Buckin' Chutes, Bars and Love Songs by Jess Kelly, Danny Kelly


Trade paperback. Very good condition, light cover edgewear. Rodeo wit, women, mean bulls and more.

Title: Buckin' Chutes, Bars and Love Songs

Author Name: Jess Kelly, Danny Kelly

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Sherman, Texas, Boots 'N Hooks Publishing: 1996

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020298

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY

Price: $12.00 

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Poems of the Soiled Doves by Jay Moynaham


Spiralbound softcover in as new condition.Poetry and verse related to prostitutionon the American Frontier.

Title: Poems of the Soiled Doves

Author Name: Jay Moynaham

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Chickadee Publishing: 2002

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: As New

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Seller ID: 023536

Keywords: soiled doves, prostitution

Price: $20.00

Friday, January 1, 2021

Paroo Poets : Voices of Youth by Janine Haig


Softcover, 64 pages. Near fine condition. Written and illustrated by Paroo Shire children up to the age of 17. Learn about the Australia outback and cowboy life there.

Title: Paroo Poets : Voices of Youth

Author Name: Janine Haig

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Eulo, QLD, Australia, Red's Books: 1998

ISBN Number: 0958626707

ISBN Number 13: 9780958626705

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020397

Keywords: AUSTRALIAN VERSE

Price: $25.00