tongues monte mexico de dobie frank (2 résultats)

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 224pp, illustrated, edges browned and slight foxing, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, Good condition in Fair dustwrapper ; wrapper torn with loss on edges and spine ends.

Cloth. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. None (illustrateur). First edition. 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 ruralTexasduring the days of theopen 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. book.