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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Brown binding with gold lettering on spine and front cover. B/W photos throughout the book. Minor foxing to endpapers. Dust Jacket chipped and torn at spine ends and corner tips. Some wear to Edges of Jacket. Photos of book on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good+. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 267 pages. A VERY SPECIAL COPY INSCRIBED AS A GIFT FROM CLINT PEOPLES (1910-1992), SENIOR RANGER CAPTAIN, AUSTIN TEXAS TO A "GOOD FRIEND", DR. BOB KIMBRO. SIGNED BY TEXAS RANGER CAPTAIN CLINT PEOPLES. Peoples is one of the Rangers included in this book and in The Texas Ranger Hall Of Fame. If you are even remotely interested in Texas law enforcement history, or more generally Texas history you will enjoy this book. Here is authenticated data on fifty-seven men who have had a "speaking" part in making Texas the great state it has become. There are 465 period pictures, most never before published, of Texas Rangers made during their "badge-toting" days. In addition to biographical sketches of each of these men, there are numerous pictures of the gear they used - their guns, badges, holsters, hand cuffs, leg irons, boots, hats, leather cuffs, chaps, spurs, saddles, etc. A few of the more notable rangers included in this study are John Coffee Hays, Ben McCulloch, William Alexander "Big Foot" Wallace, John R. Hughes, William Jesse "Bill" McDonald, Frank Hamer, Manuel T. "Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas, Homer Garrison Jr., Clinton Peoples, and Walter Russell. A fascinating book. There is a small stain on the first end paper, otherwise the Book is a Very Good plus, clean, solid copy showing only moderate use. The Dust Jacket is Good with some wear and repair to the edges and primarily the spine ends. There is also some rubbing. It is now protected in a clear plastic cover. Overall a nice copy of a scarce book associated with a well-known Texas Ranger at a reasonable price. Language: eng Language: eng.

[TEXAS RANGERS]. First edition. Quarto. One of a limited edition of 200 copies bound in genuine Longhorn Steer Hide. This is copy 34. Longhorn steer hide, cloth front and rear endpapers, xiv (2), 267 pp., frontispiece, preface, acknowledgments., introduction, illustrated, bibliography, index. You will find 465 pictures, most never before published, of Texas Rangers made during their "badge-toting" days. Plus biographical sketches of fifty-seven men who contributed in making Texas the great state it has become. Detailed sketches of John Coffee Hays, Ben McCulloch, Charles Schreiner, James B. Gillett, John R. Hughes, Frank Hamer, Manuel T. Gonzaullas, Alfred Y. Allee, and many others. Chapters depicting badges worn by the Texas Rangers and gear used by them. A "must" book for anyone interested in the Texas Rangers or law enforcement. Scarce item with many fine photographs of both old and relatively new Texas Rangers. Two small closed tears to bottom edge and with former owner's book plate on verso of front free fly leaf along with light foxing to first and last pages of book.

(Texas: Y-O Press, 1969). 4to. Orig. cloth with gilt. Dustjacket (lightly faded; edges slightly chipped). (xiv, 268pp.). With textured endpapers and num. b/w illusts. Fine.