Publication: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936, Boston
First edition. 8vo.Inscribed and dated on the front free fly leaf to Stanley Marcus of Nieman-Marcus fame "With high regard & best wishes to H. Stanley Marcus, Ramon F. Adams, Dallas, Texas, Feb. 28, 1944." Cloth, frontispiece, x, 257 pp., foreword, illustrated by Nick Eggenhofer, index. An interesting work dealing with the slang of the cowboy ... "from 'dinner plates' and 'walkin' sticks' to 'necktie socials' and 'hot rocks.'"
Neat bookplate of Stanley Marcus on the front pastedown sheet, light offsetting to the front and rear endpapers, else a near fine tight copy in dust jacket, lightly sunned on the spine, a small chip to the foot of spine, ight wear to the head of spine. and trivial wear to the corner tips and extremities.
Inventory Number: 54094