Author: J Frank Dobie
Title: Tongues of the Monte: The Mexico I Like
Description: London, Hammond, Hammond & Co. 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Frank J Dobie's narrative of his adventures in Northern Mexico, enclosed in its rare dust wrapper. The first UK edition. Originally published in 1935 by Doubleday in New York. A scarce edition.Telling of the author's adventures in the vivid, unspoiled country of Northern Mexico, travelling by mule, visiting haciendas, and living with the vaquero of the world. J. Frank Dobie was an American folklorist and writer known for his many books depicting the richness and traditions of life in rural Texas during the days of the open range. Enclosed in its very scarce dust wrapper, unclipped. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper unclipped and smart with some shelf wear, light loss to head and tail of spine, spine gently darkened. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.

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