WESTERN HIGH SPOTS. READNG AND COLLECTING GUIDES.

large 8vo, xiii, 192pp, several illustrations. VG+ in VG+, price-clipped dj. Many years ago most booksellers would have known the name Jeff Dykes. He was one of the pre-eminent Western Americana booksellers and collectors of his day and wrote and lectured widely on the subject. This book is part biography and part bibliography. He writes about many of his friends and acquaintances he had met over the years and comments on their work. Some of the chapter headings are: Collecting Modern Western Americana; My Ten Most Outstanding Books on the West; High Spots of Western Fiction; Billy the Kid Was My Friend; Dime Texas Novels; Books and Dealers; Dobie Rarities; Remington Rarities; Russell Rarities.