1897 — pp. (8), 17-471, 23-35 [Paper read by R.S. Rhodes, of Chicago, at the Fourteenth Convention of American Teachers of the Deaf, at Flint, Michigan], (6) [Illustrated Publisher's catalogue, includes advertisement for the Deaf, The Audiphone, hearing through the teeth] + Frontis and full page drawings. Many pages printed upon light color drawings, red, purple, green and blue, which cover the full page. Note: Six candid original photographs of cowboys pasted on first fly leaves. Four Photographs of cowboys and their horses, one photograph of their bunk house and one photograph of their chuck wagon. Small loss on bottom margin affecting text on pages 143 and 144. Inner hinges slightly cracked. Floral end papers. Paper beginning to brown and slightly brittle. Small 8vo. 200 mm. Original publisher's green cloth binding. Front board decorated in silver with design of a cowboy and his horse within an elaborate border. Spine decorated and lettered in silver. Extremities slightly rubbed with very small loss. Graff 3328; Howes P500; Jenkins. Texas #689; Adams. Rampaging Herd #1819. One of the Earliest Books on the Cowboy. An exceptional artifact of early cowboy culture. W4
