BRAZOS: AN HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE SOUTHWEST 1876-1885

Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1938. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-329 [330-336: blank], original green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in terra cotta, other edges rough trimmed. First edition. A young Texan's experiences in the American southwest in the 1870s and 1880s. The author's debut novel, praised by Stephen Vincent Benet and Owen Wister, that faithfully depicts both camp life on the cattle trail and life in the wild frontier towns of the old southwest. "Realistic." - Coan and Lillard (1967), p. 13. A fine (like new) copy in a fine pictorial dust jacket with touch of wear at upper spine end. A lovely copy. (#162515) (Inventory #: 162515)