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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. Brown binding with gold lettering on spine and front cover. B/W photos throughout the book. Minor foxing to endpapers. Dust Jacket chipped and torn at spine ends and corner tips. Some wear to Edges of Jacket. Photos of book on request.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 267 pages. Hadcover with a dust jacket. INSCRIBED to a collector and SiGNED by author Charles Schreiner III at the famous Y.O. Ranch in Mountain Home, Texas. If you are even remotely interested in Texas law enforcement history, or more generally Texas history you will enjoy this book. Here is authenticated data on fifty-seven men who have had a "speaking" part in making Texas the great state it has become. There are 465 period pictures, most never before published, of Texas Rangers made during their "badge-toting" days. In addition to biographical sketches of each of these men, there are numerous pictures of the gear they used - their guns, badges, holsters, hand cuffs, leg irons, boots, hats, leather cuffs, chaps, spurs, saddles, etc. A few of the more notable rangers included in this study are John Coffee Hays, Ben McCulloch, William Alexander "Big Foot" Wallace, John R. Hughes, William Jesse "Bill" McDonald, Frank Hamer, Manuel T. "Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas, Homer Garrison Jr., Clinton Peoples, and Walter Russell. A fascinating book. The Book is in Fine condition with only light use. The Dust Jacket has some wear along the edges and at the spine ends. It is about Very Good. The Dust Jacket is now protected in a "Brodart" style cover. Overall a very nice copy at a reasonable price. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 267 pp., frontis, index, bibliography, photographs, illustrations. A fine, tight, sharp cornered, unmarked copy in a bright very good+ unclipped dust jacket as photographed. Comprised of excellent historical and biographical information with photographs of fifty-seven prominent and legendary Texas Rangers. The excellent photographs of the Rangers are well done, also included are photographs of the Rangers gear and badges with a tribute to the Texas Longhorn cattle breed. A most collectible volume. COLLECTOR QUALITY.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good+. First Edition.

[TEXAS RANGERS]. First edition. Quarto. One of a limited edition of 200 copies bound in genuine Longhorn Steer Hide. This is copy 34. Longhorn steer hide, cloth front and rear endpapers, xiv (2), 267 pp., frontispiece, preface, acknowledgments., introduction, illustrated, bibliography, index. You will find 465 pictures, most never before published, of Texas Rangers made during their "badge-toting" days. Plus biographical sketches of fifty-seven men who contributed in making Texas the great state it has become. Detailed sketches of John Coffee Hays, Ben McCulloch, Charles Schreiner, James B. Gillett, John R. Hughes, Frank Hamer, Manuel T. Gonzaullas, Alfred Y. Allee, and many others. Chapters depicting badges worn by the Texas Rangers and gear used by them. A "must" book for anyone interested in the Texas Rangers or law enforcement. Scarce item with many fine photographs of both old and relatively new Texas Rangers. Two small closed tears to bottom edge and with former owner's book plate on verso of front free fly leaf along with light foxing to first and last pages of book.…

(Texas: Y-O Press, 1969). 4to. Orig. cloth with gilt. Dustjacket (lightly faded; edges slightly chipped). (xiv, 268pp.). With textured endpapers and num. b/w illusts. Fine.