Published by Macrae-Smith, Philadelphia, 1948
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. 1st. First Edition. Lengthy INSCRIPTION by the author in year of publication. 8vo. 285 pp. Tan cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (light fading to spine; small chip to lower rear edge; light, general wear; brief ink notation on rear cover). When a murder charge is brought against Cole Kerrigan, he knows he has to get as far west of Texas law as possible. So, he and his friend Dixie, a comic but deadly tumbleweed printer, ride away hard from the Chisholm Trail and eventually into the sprawling wheat country of the great Northwest.