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ALLEN, JOHN HOUGHTON. Southwest.Philadelphia: J B Lippincott 1952. 1st Edition, so stated. Hardbound 8vo (about 8'' to 9.5'' tall) 220 pages. Description: The illustrations by Paul Laune include twelve full page drawings plus chapter headpieces and the dust jacket art. True life accounts and legends of life in the area of the Tex-Mex Railroad. ''Combination of nostalgic recollections of the Brush Country where Allen grew up and romantic fiction and folk tales. It includes some vivid writing about the vaqueros and their work in the brush.. more fact than fiction but classed as a novel by the publishers''. (Jeff Dykes) {listed in: Dobie's Life and Literature of the Southwest, page 95; 44 More Range Country Books Topped Out, Number 82} BINDING/CONDITION: tan cloth with dark brown text and decoration; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: B0007DV1YE
Offered for US$ 17.50 by: The Bookworm - Book number: 006974
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