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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. 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$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.