ISBN: 9780922029198 - californios: the saga of the hard-riding vaqueros, america's first cowboys (4 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Octavo. 175pp. Numerous full page and in-text illustrations. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and vaquero spur stamp to front cover in Jo Mora endpapers. A fine copy. In this, his last book, Jo Mora pays tribute to the daring and skill of the California vaqueros, "that hearty breed of missionary-trained horsemen who tended the immense mission herds for eighty years before the Texas cowboys appeared on our national scene." (Grandeau & Shorts Books B13). Joseph Jacinto Mora (1876 - 1947) was a Uruguayan-born American cartoonist, comics artist, illustrator and cowboy, who lived with the Hopi and wrote extensively about his experiences in California. He was an artist-historian, sculptor, painter, photographer, illustrator, muralist and author. He has been called the "Renaissance Man of the West". Jo J. Mora (illustrator).…

First Edition. Octavo. 175pp. Numerous full page and in-text illustrations. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and vaquero spur stamp to front cover in Jo Mora designed dustjacket and endpapers. A near fine copy (offsetting from news clipping) in near fine dust jacket (minor wear to extremities with chip at spine head). In this, his last book, Jo Mora pays tribute to the daring and skill of the California vaqueros, "that hearty breed of missionary-trained horsemen who tended the immense mission herds for eighty years before the Texas cowboys appeared on our national scene." (Grandeau & Shorts Books B13). Joseph Jacinto Mora (1876 - 1947) was a Uruguayan-born American cartoonist, comics artist, illustrator and cowboy, who lived with the Hopi and wrote extensively about his experiences in California. He was an artist-historian, sculptor, painter, photographer, illustrator, muralist and author. He has been called the "Renaissance Man of the West". Jo J. Mora (illustrator).…

Zustand: Good. hardcover. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Rubbing/chipping to dust wrapper edges. Supporting Bay Area Friends of the Library since 2010. Well packaged and promptly shipped.

Hardcover.