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Dobie, J. Frank, Illustrated by Tom Lea. The Longhorns. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1941.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Description: Sleek pictorial cloth; 8vo.,387pp. Unabused Ex-Lib but with all the usual stamps, etc.,still, V.Good Reading copy.
Seller: Shamrock Books, Lubbock, TX, U.S.A.
Dobie, J Frank. The Longhorns. Little, Brown, 1941.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Reprinted 1947. No DJ. Old price written on ffep. Light shelf wear. Else clean and tight.
Seller: Webster's Bookstore Cafe, Inc., State College, PA, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. The Longhorns. Little Brown & Co, 1941.
Price: US$22.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good. Light to moderate shelf wear to covers/corners; satisfaction guaranteed. Hardcover lacking the Dust Jacket. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973.
Seller: Earthlight Books, Walla Walla, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Worn cover, no dust jacket,inscription of privious owner in front cover and fly leave.
Seller: R Bookmark, Youngtown, AZ, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. The Longhorns. Little Brown and Company, 1941.
Price: US$27.43 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. The Longhorns. Little Brown and Company, 1941.
Price: US$27.43 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. The Longhorns. Little Brown and Company, 1941.
Price: US$27.43 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. The Longhorns. Little Brown and Company, 1941.
Price: US$27.43 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. The Longhorns. Little Brown and Company, 1941.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Later printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Dust jacket is quite worn. Text block clean. Tight binding. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 2
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
J. Frank Dobie. The Longhorns. Little, Brown & Company, 1941.
Price: US$43.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hard cover published by Little, Brown and Co. in 1941. 19th printing. Inside front cover has the name of a prior owner and front endpaper has a gift inscription. Book is in good plus condition. Dust jacket is worn at the ends of the spine and along edges. DJ has some scuffing and small stains, and is in good condition. 8vo, 388 pages, 1.8 lb.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 388 pages
Seller: Inside the Covers, Lancaster, TX, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank and Tom Lea (illus.). THE LONGHORNS. Little, Brown & Co.: Boston, 1941.
Price: US$74.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illus. by Tom Lea, 8.75 x 5.75", color pict cloth, 388pp with index, covers rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped, spine ends with vertical indents, former owner's bookplate inside front cover, pp toned, no dustjacket. Not a great copy but still a FIRST EDITION ("
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
J. Frank Dobie. The Longhorns. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1941.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. 8vo. (xxiii), 388 pages- including the index. Tom Lea (illustrator).There is a color illustration on frontis page extending to top half of the title page. On the inside of the front cover the previous owner wrote who he was, where he lived and a comment regarding a special edition (not this one) was done in leather. Despite his notes, this is a very nice copy. Dobie wrote page xiii: "The Texas Longhorn made more history than any other breed of cattle the civilized world has known. As an animal in the realm of natural history, he was the peer of bison or grizzly bear. As a social factor, his influence on men was extraordinary. An economic agent in determining the character and occupation of a territory continental in its vastness, he moved elementally with drouth, grass, blizzards out of the Arctic and the wind from the south. However supplanted or however disparaged by evolving standards and generations, he will remain the bedrock on which the history of the cow country of America is founded." Dobie himself described the book thus: 'History of the longhorn breed, psychology of stampedes; days of maverickers and mavericks; stories of individual lead steers and outlaws of the range; stories about rawhide and many other subjects. The book attempts to reveal the blend made by man, beast, and range.' 'One of the true classics of range cattle literature.' (Reese Six-Score 32. Howes D375. Rampaging Herd 694).
Seller: Cat House Books LLC, Pensacola, FL, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. THE LONGHORNS. Little, Brown & Company, Boston, 1941.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: vii-xxiii,388pp. plus numerous illustrations by Tom Lea. Original pictorial cloth. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Without dust jacket, slight toning to spine. Internally clean and fresh. Very good. First edition, trade issue. "Dobie himself described this book as a 'history of the Longhorn breed, psychology of stampedes; days of maverickers and mavericks; stories of individual lead steers and outlaws of the range; stories about rawhide and many other related subjects. The book attempts to reveal the blend made by man, beast, and range.' One of the true classics of range cattle literature" - Reese. Certainly one of the Texas author's best books, and one of the best books on cattle, with illustrations by Tom Lea. REESE, SIX SCORE 32. ADAMS HERD 694. DOBIE, p.102. DYKES, KID 295. DYKES, LEA 135,136. GRAFF 1099. HOWES D375. 44&44 18. McVICKER A9a(2). REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 250.
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. THE LONGHORNS. Little Brown & Co, 1941.
Price: US$119.93 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.69
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Dobie, J.Frank.. THE LONGHORNS.. Little Brown, Boston, 1941.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: D.j., 380 pp., illus. by Tom Lea, photos, index. One of Dobie's best works. One of the true classics of range cattle literature. Six-Score #32; Merrill Aristocrat.
Seller: The Wright Collection, Waxahachie, TX, U.S.A.
Frank J. Dobie. The Longhorns. Little Brown Boston, 1941.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tight copy with previous owner's name. Price clipped cover in very good condition otherwise.One of the true classics of range cattle literature. Herd 694, Reese, Six-Score 32
Seller: Out West Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
DOBIE, J. Frank. Longhorns. , 1941.
Price: US$137.50 + shipping
Description: DOBIE, J. Frank. The Longhorns. Illustrated by Tom Lea. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1941. 1st ed. xxiii,388. Frontis., illus., plates. Orig. pictorial cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine. Adams, Herd 694. Graff 1099. HOWES D-375. Cook 34. Reese, Six Score 32. "This is certainly one of the author's best books, and one of the best books on the cattle industry"-Reese, Best of the West 250.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Dobie,J. Frank. The Longhorns. Little, Brown and Co., Boston, MA, 1941.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG-/-. Illustrated boards. No DJ. Boards rubbed, smudged, chemically darkened. Scattered 1/4" spots of chemical discoloration. Corners lightly bumped. Page edges heavily sunned. Spine tight, slightly cocked. Front free end paper has gift inscription in black ink. Half-title signed by author with distinctive J. Frank Dobie design. Interior sunned, clean. No marks. Collectible copy. Photos provided upon request.
Seller: Books to Die For, The Woodlands, TX, U.S.A.
J. Frank Dobie. The Longhorns. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1941.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition with publisher's illustrated boards. Illustrations by Tom Lea. Book has toning to spine with a dot of discoloration, scuff to spine ends, toning to page edges. Jacket has scuffing along edge with light chipping to spine ends, closed tear 1/4 up from front panel spine fold, ding at bottom of spine and one half way up from bottom. Price clipped. Signed by Dobie on the half title page.
Seller: Rio Bound Books, San Marcos, TX, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. Longhorns. Little, Brown, Boston, 1941.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book has 1941 in ink on fep and prev owner name in real ink on back of front board. Dj shows light wear to top and bottom of spine ends. Not price clipped. Faint tiny pinhole on spine front fold mid-way. Dj shows slight wear to corners. Overall this is still a nice copy of a desirable Texana book. Prev owner also put his initials in ink on the top outer corner of the fep. Wraparound dj. Book is clean, square and tight. Why do people muck their books up? One of Dobie's best works and a classic book. A cornerstone of Texas and Western books.
Seller: Bob Lakin Books, Chatfield, TX, U.S.A.
DOBIE, J. FRANK.. The Longhorns. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1941.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book very good or better, with previous owner's bookplate, dust jacket is price clipped, very good. First trade edition. Merrill s Aristocrats. Loring Campbell. Dobie/Dykes 18. Six Score 32: One of the true classics of range cattle literature. Graff 1099. Howes D375. Herd 694. Powell, A Southwestern Century 27: One of the major works of American history, natural history, folklore, and the range, by a man who was born and bred in the Longhorn country, deep in the brush covered heart of Texas, and powerfully illustrated by his friend from El Paso. Dobie p. 151.
Seller: Darwin Labordo, Books, Sierra Madre, CA, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. The Longhorns. Little, Brown and Company, 1941.
Price: US$219.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. DJ and extensive illustrations by Tom Lea. Sale price intact ($3.50). An excellent copy of this interesting work about the American west. Protected in an archival wrapper. More images and/or description can be sent on request. This classic has been reprinted many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in its original first edition state. Condition: Near Fine in a Very Good DJ
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. The longhorns SIGNED. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1941.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: xxiii, 388 pages : illustrations, plates ; 23 cm. ; illustrated taupe cloth; dj in mylar. Dj wear at folds. SIGNED by Dobie on half-title. Prev owner's name on front pastedown. Gift inscription on rear free endpaper dated May 1941. Adams Herd 694. The twilight of the Longhorn has fallen. The noble breed is nearer extinction than the buffalo ever was. (Ed. 2023: no longer true, fortunately. The breed has recovered and now even has a formal purebred registry.) Yet in this rousing chronicle the great days of the Longhorn live again, a brave and surging part of our national heritage.
Seller: Old Bookie, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
J. Frank Dobie. The Longhorns. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1941.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 388 pp, b/w illustrations and a color illustration on frontis page extending to top half of the title page, J. Frank Dobie signed on the half title page, the book and contents are clean and tight, covers have light bumping on 2 corners, there is very minimal soil, the dust jacket has some insect chewing on the spine and the folds, the dust jacket front flap has been reattatched with acid-free archival tape on the inside, this is a very solid and usable book SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.
DOBIE, J. FRANK. THE LONGHORNS. Little, Brown and Company, 1941., Boston, 1941.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Description: First Trade Edition. 8vo. Decorated cloth, xxiii [1], 388 pp., introduction, illustrated, notes, index. Numerous illustrations by Tom Lea. Dobie, "tells of the Spanish conquistadors, who brought their cattle with them; of ranching in the turbulent colonial times; of the cowboy, whose abandon, energy, insolence, and pride epitomized the booming West. He writes of terrifying stampedes, titanic bull fights on the range, ghost steers, and encounters with Indians." "Dobie's book not only gives a history of cattle introduction into the western hemisphere but the history of cattle drives, the nature of the beast that made the longhorn so popular. He does this through gathered anecdotal information in the cowboys' and cattlemen's own language. The book is replete with terms, slang, uses of longhorn 'parts,' connections with Native Americans, comparisons of traits of longhorns and buffalo, as well as more 'modern" cattle.'" Six Score 32 says," One of the true classics of Range Cattle Literature." Fine, bright copy in a sharp price-clipped dust jacket with two tiny nicks to top edge of front cover panel. A sharp copy.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank; Lea, Tom (Artist). The Longhorns. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1941.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Despite it's obvious use and wear, this volume still quite scarce in the "Rawhide Edition" as indicated on colophon that contains an illustration by Tom Lea of himself and J. Frank Dobie and is signed by each of them below their illustration. Produced in an edition of 265 copies, this is #128. First Printing. xxiii, 388 pp. Brown leather binding with blind embossed titling to spine, J. Frank Dobie's brand on cover board; losses at edges, corners and head and foot of spine. Previous owner's inscriptio on front pastedown in blue ink, darkening to endpapers. Very clean within.
Seller: Craig Olson Books, ABAA/ILAB, Belfast, ME, U.S.A.
DOBIE, J. FRANK. THE LONGHORNS. Little, Brown and Company, 1941., Boston, 1941.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. The "Rawhide Edition," limited to 265 numbered copies signed by Dobie and illustrator Tom Lea. This is copy 212. Full calf, 388 pp., color frontispiece, illustrations. Dobie, "tells of the Spanish conquistadors, who brought their cattle with them; of ranching in the turbulent colonial times; of the cowboy, whose abandon, energy, insolence, and pride epitomized the booming West. He writes of terrifying stampedes, titanic bull fights on the range, ghost steers, and encounters with Indians." "Dobie's book not only gives a history of cattle introduction into the western hemisphere but the history of cattle drives, the nature of the beast that made the longhorn so popular. He does this through gathered anecdotal information in the cowboys' and cattlemen's own language. The book is replete with terms, slang, uses of longhorn 'parts,' connections with Native Americans, comparisons of traits of longhorns and buffalo, as well as more 'modern" cattle.'" "History of the longhorn breed, psychology of stampedes; days of maverickers and mavericks; stories of individual lead steers and outlaws of the range; stories about rawhide and many other related subjects. The book attempts to reveal the blend made by man, beast, and range."--J. Frank Dobie. "This is the most desirable edition. . One of the true classics of range cattle literature. The limited edition is increasingly hard to procure."--Bill Reese (1976). J. Frank Dobie dedicated his life's work to capturing and expressing the spirit of Texas through literary folklore. By the 1930's J. Frank Dobie had become the state's leading cultural and literary icon, known for his outspoken views as well as his teaching and writing. The Popular reception of THE LONGHORNS (1941) was instrumental in saving the cattle breed. He reached a widespread audience through his Sunday newspaper column that ran from 1939 until his death in 1964. Dobie received the nation's highest civil award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, from Lyndon B. Johnson on September 14, 1964. - Shifting Frontiers, Texas From Spain to Space. Lightly rubbed at corners and to spine ends else a fine, bright copy in a custom-made clamshell case with titles stamped in brown on the spine. Otherwise an excellent copy of a highly desirable and rare work. Highly recommended.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank; Tom Lea [Illustrations]. The Longhorns. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1941.
Price: US$5800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. The Rawhide Edition, limited to 265 copies signed by Frank J. Dobie and Tom Lea. Specially bound in full saddle leather, branded by the author and artist. About Fine, with toning and light perfume odor to pages, though leather binding is sharp and fresh. In an edge-gnawed unprinted dust jacket with a toned spine and several splits, some of which have been mended from the verso. In a Near Fine publisher's slipcase with matching number penned to spine, toning and light foxing. An unusually nice copy, which has been very well protected by its jacket.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.