Life in the Saddle (signed association copy of Cowboy Poet & Congressman S. Omar Barker) Western Frontier Library Series

Collinson, Frank

Published by University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1963

About this Item

University of Oklahoma Press. Norman, Oklahoma. 1963. 243 pages. First edition, first printing of the Western Frontier Library edition. Inscribed by celebrated Cowboy Poet and former U.S. Congressman S. Omar Barker (N.M). Barker inscribed this copy to his brother: For Charles Burton Barker, than whom nobody ever had a better brother, Ochenta y Cinco! Querido hermano! Caballero honrado - y Republicano! Con mucho amor, Omar and Elsa (McCormick.) As for the condition, there is foxing on page edges and cloth edges near pages. Faint toning spots on endpapers; otherwise book is fine. Original DJ has $2.00 price intact on flap. DJ shows rubbing along edges and light soiling. A warmly inscribed association copy of the first living author to be inducted into the Hall of Fame of Great Westerners in the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. As for the content of the book, author Frank Collinson tells of the last tragic days of buffalo hunting on the Plains, clashes of hunters and cowboys with the Plains Indians, and the nature of violence, usually at gunpoint. A Western classic and American original. Seller Inventory # 002291

Bibliographic Details

Title: Life in the Saddle (signed association copy ...

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma

Publication Date: 1963

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Harold D. Bugbee

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition