Fandango, Ballads Of The Old West

STANLEY VESTAL

Publication: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927, Boston & New York

First edition. Author's first book. Dec. cloth, 66pp. A collection of Western ballads about the adventures of Kit Carson, Kit Carson, Satank, Belle Starr, Beecher Island, Santa Fe Trail, Indians, etc. Dobie p.74 says "Vestal's Fandango, a tale of the Mountain Men of Taos, is among the most spirited ballads America has produced. It and a few other Mountain Men ballads are contained in the slight collection, Fandango, 1927." Walter Campbell p.233 says, "The ballad Kit Carson's Last Smoke has been more often reprinted than anything else this author wrote." Fine, bright copy. Dust jacket lightly sunned on spine, else fine.

Inventory Number: 48306