Rollins (Philip Ashton) Jinglebob
£295
New York & London, Scribner’s, 1930.
First edition. Inscribed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original cloth with inset colour illustration.
A narrative set in the American West, depicting the experiences of two brothers who spend a summer on a relative’s ranch. Excellently illustrated by Wyeth. With full-page inscription to the half-title from the author, including a poem attributed to Badger Clark, the cowboy poet.
In stock
Minor foxing; cloth a little bumped but overall very good.
Plates, endpapers and cover illustration by N.C. Wyeth.
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