Thursday, December 31, 2020

Wondrous Wyoming by James W Ballard


Softcover, 76 pages, unpaginated. Near fine condition, some residual glue on front cover. Humorous short stories, unique recipes, and Western potpourri.

Title: Wondrous Wyoming

Author Name: James W Ballard

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published: 1990

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020420

Keywords: WESTERN HUMOR

Price: $15.00

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Native American Humor by James R Aswell


Hardcover. Very good condition, previous owner markings on half-title page, page edges toning. DJ is poor, has some chips on edges and small closed tears, now in mylar cover. A wide selection of the best native American humor from Colonial Days to Mark Twain.

Title: Native American Humor

Author Name: James R Aswell

Illustrator: Leo Hershfield

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition.

Publisher: Harper & Brothers: 1947

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020274

Keywords: AMERICAN HUMOR

Price: $20.00

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Songs and Poems of the Old West By An Old Cowboy by James H Stevenson


Softcover, 90 pages, unpaginated. Fair condition, cover shows heavy wear, has creases and scuffing. Center page of book has come loose from staples. Cowboy poetry written from his own experiences.

Title: Songs and Poems of the Old West By An Old Cowboy

Author Name: James H Stevenson

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition.

Publisher: Self Published: 1937

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Fair

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020412

Keywords: COWBOY SONGS POEMS

Price: $35.00

Monday, December 28, 2020

West of Boston Yankee Rhymes and Doggerel by James Daugherty


Hardcover. Near fine condition, bottom boards have minor color wear. DJ is very good, has some edgewear, is now in mylar. Graphic words, swinging rhythms, and fine, free drawings express enjoyment and affection for the great people and places of our history.

Title: West of Boston Yankee Rhymes and Doggerel

Author Name: James Daugherty

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition.

Publisher: Viking Press: 1956

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020237

Keywords: WESTERN VERSE POETRY

Price: $30.00

Sunday, December 27, 2020

The Preacher at Stray-Horse Gulch By: James A Dungan


Softcover, 42 pages. Near fine condition. Appears to be signed by the author with an inscription in an old man's writing and "The Author" as signature. Poems of old time preachers, rough cowboys and old West days.

Title: The Preacher at Stray-Horse Gulch

Author Name: James A Dungan

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published: 1955

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020393

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY,

Price: $25.00

Saturday, December 26, 2020

Cowboy Poetry and a Passel of Western Paintings by Jake Holster


Softcover, 43 pages. Very good condition, cover has light rubbing. Signed by author on title page. Numerous b/w reproductions of paintings and sketches by the author along with many poems and recollections of his life.

Title: Cowboy Poetry and a Passel of Western Paintings

Author Name: Jake Holster

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published: 1990

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020401

Keywords: WESTERN POETRY,

Price: $30.00

Friday, December 25, 2020

Pocket Full of Rhyme by Jackie Morgan


Softcover, 57 pages. Near fine condition. Poetry about the west this author saw while growing up in Wyoming.

Title: Pocket Full of Rhyme

Author Name: Jackie Morgan

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published: 1991

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020381

Keywords: WESTERN POETRY

Price: $15.00

Thursday, December 24, 2020

Cow Camp Poetry by Jack Williams


Softcover, 57 pages (unpaginated). Very good condition, upper left corner of front cover is scuffed and back cover has imprint on it. Interior is clean and bright. Subtitle: How It Was Writ - A Lot of Truth - And a Little B. S.!

Title: Cow Camp Poetry

Author Name: Jack Williams

Illustrator: Les Baker

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published: 1990

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020383

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY

Price: $25.00 

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Come Ride With Me by Jack O Perry


Trade paperback. Near fine condition. Inscribed, signed and dated by author on title page. Poetry written by a rancher full of cowboy memories.

Title: Come Ride With Me

Author Name: Jack O Perry

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published: 1996

ISBN Number: 1887804080

ISBN Number 13: 9781887804080

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020296

Keywords: WESTERN VERSE POETRY

Price: $15.00

 

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Burnt Leather by Jack Horan Price: $150.00


Softcover, staplebound, 56 pages. Circa 1931. Good condition, cover edgewear, bumping and has some chips. Outside pages have a couple of ink marks. Interior pages cleaned but toning. Has inscription and date and signature of author on below frontispiece photo. This booklet is a smaller (less poems), earlier edition of the larger work, with the same title, later published in 1937.

Title: Burnt Leather

Author Name: Jack Horan

Illustrator: Leo Beauleaurie

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition.

Publisher: Self Published 0:

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Good

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020425

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY WESTERN,

 

Monday, December 21, 2020

West of Powder River by Jack H Lee


 Hardcover in very good condition, first edition. Tales of the far west told in narrative verse.

Title: West of Powder River

Author Name: Jack H Lee

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: 1st Edition

Publisher: Huntington Press: 1933

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Seller ID: 023521

Price: $50.00

Sunday, December 20, 2020

The Stampede: And Other Tales of the Far West by Jack H Lee Price: $25.00


Hardcover. Moderate bumping to corners and spine ends. Lettering on the front cover is faded. Looks like a small dog chewed on the bottom right corner of the book, but doesn't affect the text area. Inscribed by the author and lots of illustrations added to the front on front fly leaf. Done in verse.

Title: The Stampede: And Other Tales of the Far West

Author Name: Jack h Lee

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self-Published:

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Fair

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 023045

Price: $25.00

Saturday, December 19, 2020

Dust in the Wind by Jack Douglas


Trade paperback. Near fine condition. Inscribed and signed on title page by author. Jack Douglas ranches in Hockley and Baily counties in Texas and is in the registered Brangus business. This is his fourth book of poetry.

Title: Dust in the Wind

Author Name: Jack Douglas

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self-Published: 1991

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020742

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY

Price: $25.00

 

Friday, December 18, 2020

The Cowboy Life in Short Stories and Poems by J'Wayne "Mac" McArthur


Oversized softcover. Very good condition, light cover edgewear and soiling. Second edition. Several photos to accent the poems and stories.

Title:
The Cowboy Life in Short Stories and Poems

Author Name: J'Wayne "Mac" McArthur

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published: 1988

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020345

Keywords: COWBOY STORIES POEMS,

Price: $15.00

Thursday, December 17, 2020

Old Doc Brown's Poetic Practice by J P "Doc" Brown Price: $15.00


Softcover, 52 pages. Very good condition, cover toning and lightly soiled on back cover. Signed and inscribed on back of front cover. Humorous poetry. Each edition is all new poetry. (I have four editions of this book, all different.)

Title: Old Doc Brown's Poetic Practice

Author Name: J P "Doc" Brown

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition.

Publisher: Self Published:

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020435

Keywords: WESTERN VERSE HUMOROUS

Price: $15.00

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Rhymes of a Cowboy by J K Ralston Price: $250.00


Hardcover. Near fine condition, has a pencil drawing of a mustang on a hillside and the name Hugh Fortner above it on the front endpaper. Poetry, prose and drawings from a professional Western and Wildlife artist.

Title: Rhymes of a Cowboy

Author Name: J K Ralston

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition.

Publisher: Billings, MT, Rimrock Publishing: 1969

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020241

Keywords: COWBOY WESTERN POETRY JAMES KENNETH RALSTON

Price: $250.00

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Verse of the New West by Irene Welch Grissom


Small hardcover. Very good condition, minor bumping to corner and spine ends, name date and inscription on front endpaper, front hinge is cracked at copyright page. DJ has chipping at top and spine darkening and is now in mylar cover. Signed by the author on the dedication page. Verse about Idaho.

Title: Verse of the New West

Author Name: Irene Welch Grissom

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition.

Publisher: Caxton Printers: 1931

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020093

Keywords: IDAHO POETRY

Price: $50.00

 

Monday, December 14, 2020

American Cowboy Songs by Hugo Frey


Softcover, 96 pages. Good condition, cover shows some wear, book store stamp on title page, red ink mark through price. Revised and enlarged edition. Full of classic old songs, with musical scores.

Title: American Cowboy Songs

Author Name: Hugo Frey

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Robbins Music Corporation: 1936

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020374

Keywords: COWBOY SONGS

Price: $15.00

Sunday, December 13, 2020

Wanted: The Greatest Cowboy Poet by Christopher Hooten


Trade paperback. Very good condition, light cover wear. A few penciled punctuation marks and one note on one poem, also in pencil. Cowboy poetry, western verse.

Title: Wanted: The Greatest Cowboy Poet

Author Name: Hooten, Christopher

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Late Stage Productions: 1995

ISBN Number: 0964689405

ISBN Number 13: 9780964689404

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020326

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY

Price: $15.00

Saturday, December 12, 2020

Humor of the American Cowboy by S. Hoig


Trade paperback. Near fine condition. Previous owner's markings on half-title page. Tales, anecdotes, yarns, jokes, and humorous incidents of the Old West.

Title: Humor of the American Cowboy

Author Name: Hoig, S.

Illustrator: Nick Eggenhofer

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A., Univ of Nebraska Pr: 1970

ISBN Number: 0803257198

ISBN Number 13: 9780803257191

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020339

Keywords: COWBOY HUMOR

Price: $10.00

Friday, December 11, 2020

Riders of the Stars A Book of Western Verse by Henry Herbert Knibbs


Small hardcover, no DJ. Reading copy only. Has foxing, a water stain at the bottom of the spine, and the boards show heavy wear, staining, and some chipping. Still very readable. Cowboy poetry.

Title: Riders of the Stars A Book of Western Verse

Author Name: Henry Herbert Knibbs

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company: 1916

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Poor

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020091

Keywords: WESTERN VERSE

Price: $20.00 

Thursday, December 10, 2020

Cowboy Feelin' by Craig Hayes Jr.


Trade paperback. As new. A collection of Western poetry written by a cowboy from California.

Title: Cowboy Feelin'

Author Name: Hayes, Craig Jr.

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition.

Publisher: Harbor City, California, U.S.A., Afcom Pub: 1992

ISBN Number: 0939339102

ISBN Number 13: 9780939339105

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: As New

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020311

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY

Price: $10.00

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Truth, Legend and Lies by Harvey Mawson


Softcover, 97 pages. Near fine condition, corners lightly bumped. Poetry written by a retired cowboy who makes his home at Dundurn, Saskatchwan where his family has been ranching for five generations.

Title: Truth, Legend and Lies

Author Name: Harvey Mawson

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Marian Press: 1990

ISBN Number: 0969459807

ISBN Number 13: 9780969459804

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020426

Keywords: CANADIAN COWBOY POEMS

Price: $25.00

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

One Cowboy's Roundup: Prairie Poetry and Proverbs by Ham Hamilton


Trade paperback. As new. A mix of cowboy poetry and Christianity.

Title: One Cowboy's Roundup: Prairie Poetry and Proverbs

Author Name: Hamilton, Ham

Illustrator: Margaret Stoor

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: A Wide Line: 1995

ISBN Number: 0964342618

ISBN Number 13: 9780964342613

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: As New

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020314

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY

Price: $10.00

Monday, December 7, 2020

Thirty Minutes on the Range by H L Bland Price: $30.00


Stiff board covers, no DJ, ex-library. Good condition, boards have edgewear, minor soiling and library markings. There are more library markings within the book and pages are beginning to tone. A musical dramalogue glorifying the American Cowboy. Songs: Home on the Range, Old Paint, Oh! Susanna, The Old Chisholm Trail, Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Doggie, Turkey in the Straw, The Island of Koo-Koo, Hush Baby.

Title: Thirty Minutes on the Range

Author Name: H L Bland

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: New York, Belwin: 1940

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020245

Keywords: PLAY MUSIC VERSE WESTERN COWBOY

Price: $30.00

Sunday, December 6, 2020

End O' The Trail by Guy Parker Price: $50.00


Softcover, 48 pages. Near fine condition. "Most of Guy's poems were thought up as he jogged alone over one mountain then another in search of off range cattle, then after supper he would jot them down on paper for the amusement of other cowhands."

Title: End O' The Trail

Author Name: Guy Parker

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Self Published: 1955

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020375

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY AND PROSE

Price: $50.00

Saturday, December 5, 2020

Posthole Philosophy by Glenn McKenzie


Softcover, 58 pages. Very good condition, light cover soiling. No publication date, copyright applied for. Cowboy poetry from Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.

Title: Posthole Philosophy

Author Name: Glenn McKenzie

Illustrator: Glenn McKenzie

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published:

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020400

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY

Price: $40.00

Friday, December 4, 2020

Sagebrush Trails by George Donaldson


Spiralbound softcover, with stiff pictorial boards. Very good condition, cover edges bumped. The early days of the west when the country was free of wire fences and the horse was the only means of transportation.

Title: Sagebrush Trails

Author Name: George Donaldson

Illustrator: H B Crawford

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Edition: First Edition.

Publisher: Quick Printing Co: 1952

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020338

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY

Price: $20.00

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Poems of Ten Thousand Yesterdays by Frank L Turner


Softcover, 16 pages. Near fine condition. Circa 1985. Poems written from true experiences as a young cowboy from Kansas during his homesteading days in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming in the 1930's. Ten Thousand Yesterdays, The Devil's Sheep, R C's Burro, The Lonely Cabin, The Kentucky Hobo, 'Till the End of Time, My Destiny, Our Great Old West, The Old Green Frog, Frank's No. 2 Tub.

Title: Poems of Ten Thousand Yesterdays

Author Name: Frank L Turner

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Self Published:

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020424

Keywords: COWBOY POETRY

Price: $20.00

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Cowboy Stuff by F W Lafrentz


Oversized hardcover in good condition. The corners of cover are slightly bumped. The cover is beginning to crack at the top of the spine. Unpaginated. Poems. The illustrations bring the poetry to life. There is a letter with author's signature laid in and there is a newsletter with an article about the author donating Remington's Bronco Buster to the Wyoming Library.

Title:
Cowboy Stuff

Author Name: F W Lafrentz

Illustrator: Henry Ziegler

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: New York, G P Putnam's Sons: 1927

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Good

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book 

Price: $500.00

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Sunshine and Rain By: Everett Kelch


Trade paperback. Very good condition. Signed and inscribed on title page by author. Poems and verses about time gone by, with a few tall tales thrown in.

Title: Sunshine and Rain

Author Name: Everett Kelch

Categories: Americana - Cowboy Songs, Poetry, Humor,

Publisher: Thomas Printing: 1976

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 020306

Keywords: WESTERN POETRY

Price: $15.00