Co Bar: Bill Owen Depicts The Historic Babbitt Ranch.

MARSHALL TRIMBLE

Publication: Northland Press, 1982, Flagstaff

First edition. Oblong 8vo. This copy inscribed on the half title page: "To -- --, With best regards, Marshall Trimble, June 12, 1982." / "Good Luck & best wishes, John G. Babbitt" / "Best wishes Don -- Bill Owen." Boards, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, brown front and rear endpapers, CO BAR logo on front fly leaf, xii, 107 pp., foreword, introduction, frontispiece, illustrated, full-page color plates, maps, selected bibliography, art index, awards, index, acknowledgments. Foreword by John G. Babbitt. Color art by Bill Owen. Ranch history of the Babbitt family's CO Bar Ranch in Northern Arizona. Discusses ranching traditions and daily life, the evolution of cattle operations in Arizona and the people who lived and worked there. Artwork by Bill Owen, a member of the Cowboy Artists of America, showing cowboys, cattle, and ranch scenes with an emphasis on realism and lived experiences. Fine bright copy in dust jacket with light wear to the corners, with small nicks and chips to top edge of rear panel that has been reinforced with cellophane tape, and small chip to bottom of the spine