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[AMERICAN COWBOYS]. THORP, Nathan Howard (1867–1940). Songs of the Cowboys. Estancia, NM: News Print Ship, [1908].
12mo. Original gilt–stamped red textured wrappers (light surface rubbing, tiny wormed tear to upper corner; slightly affecting a few leaves).
FIRST EDITION. “There is no record of an 'honest to goodness’ cowboy ever becoming a 'songbird,' in fact, few of the breed could carry a tune, nevertheless, the nature of their work was such that whistling, humming, and singing were important personal assets that helped to make short days out of long ones, and most of them gave it a fling... [A] puny little book that sold for a quarter...now classed as excessively rare.” (Merrill, Aristocrats of the Cow Country, pp. 10, 25).