About this title: In thirteen stories full of rope burns and brush scratches, the author of the classic "Horse Tradin'" tells of the days when he made a specialty of catching wild cows. Ben K. Green calls himself a "stove-up old cowboy," and readers of this book will learn soon enough where the broken bones came from. Green tells of his adventures with wild steers, sharing with readers the years he worked in thorny brush and canyon country delivering those animals that were too wily or too wild for the normal roundup. Finding them was hard, even dangerous, work. Few cowboys looked for such chores. Green ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bison Books
Date Published: 1999-12-01
ISBN-13:9780803270886ISBN:0803270887
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780803270886. read more
Edition: 1st Ed"
Binding: HARDCOVER
Publisher: Knopf Publishers, NY
Date Published: 1969
Description: BJORKLUND, Lorence Ilust. Fair Ex-Lib Cond, Covers & Most Pages Coffee Stained. 5x8" Good DJ 306+pg Classic Folk Tales And Legends From This Noted Texas Writer...Author photo back DJ. read more
Description: Good; Collectible. By Ben K. Green, Lorence F. Bjorklund; ISBN: 0803270887; Pub. : University Of Nebraska Press; Pub. Date: December, 1999; Media: Paperback; Weight: 11.84 oz.; Good condition. Small tears in the dust jacket. Slightly loose binding. Pages slightly browned from age. FORMER LIBRARY COPY WITH MYLAR JACKET ON DJ, . 1969 HARDCOVER STATED 1ST EDITION, HEAVY WEAR ON BOTTOM EDGES OF COVER, CLEAN AND STRAIGHT TEXT, KNOPH PUBLISHERS, 162JZ12200610. by Ben K. Green, Lorence F. Bjorklund; ... read more
Edition: First Edition So Stated
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Knopf, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1969
Description: L. Bjorkland. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall first edition so stated--cloth--illus., covers are dull and some faded spots corners are bumped. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1969
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First Edition stated, First Printing. NF/NF. Hardcover, brown cloth with gilt titles, DJ, 306 pp, b&w drawings by Lorence Bjorklund, red topstain, slight edgewear to price clipped DJ, previous owners name & address on ffep, else a clean and crisp copy. Protected in a Brodart cover. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf, NY, 1969
Date Published: 1969
Description: Gilt-stamped cloth. 306pp. Illustrated with drawings by Lorence Bjorklund. Tipped in before the Introduction is a full-page custom-printed leaf announcing that this copy ("edition") was specially printed for the friends of Sami S. Svendsen, of Chicago (407 South Dearborn Street) an agent /buyer /broker /exporter /importer /counsellor "in Animal Casings and Glands". Fine in pc dj which is slightly chipped at the head of the backstrip. Unusual! Great reading! Wilson 11, Dykes 50 p18, Reese 50. ... read more
Description: Like New. Illustrator: Bjorklund, Lorence.1st edition, review copy with review slip and 5 by 7 b/w glossy of author laid in, dj is edgeworn and there is a 1/2 closed tear to the bottom rear, dj is lightly soiled, nice copy. First Edition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: 306 [2] pp. Near fine with like dustjacket. Few chips to edges, and head of the spine on the dustjacket. Spine of dj sunned. Internally fine. Illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund. read more
Description: 1969, 1st edition, very good+, with a very good+ dust jacket, published by Alfred Knopf, New York, 306 pages. Ben Green the "Old Stove Up Cowboy" has thirteen stories of the days when he made a specialty of catching wild cows that roundups couldn't corral. A story full of rope burns and brush scratches of the thorny brush country. Illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund. read more
Edition: Fourth Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1972
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Author's inscription on ffep. Mylar protected dustjacket is edgeworn. Boards edgeworn.; 8"-9" tall; Signed by Author. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. 306 p. illus. 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. Autobiographical. First Edition signed by Green. FINE dustcover. Fine text w/ owner's bookplate and inked signature on front board. All are protected by mylar. Illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund. Rare to find this book in such pristine condition. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Gift inscription inside cover, as well as "Best wishes, Dr. Ben K. Green. " Original price clipped from inside jacket, no tears, and it is neatly wrapped in non-removeable mylar. No creasing / no marks: fresh, clean copy. 306 pp. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Near Fine. SIGNED BY BEN GREEN. A Near Fine hardback Stated First Edition LIMITED EDITION 300 SIGNED COPIES. THIS IS NO. 190. Complete with original clear plastic Dust Jacket and slipcase. Bound in tan cloth with gilt lettering on black leather spine label. Plastic Dust Jacket is Very Good++ with short closed tears at spine. 8vo. 306 pp. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Date Published: 1969
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author(s) First edition, limited issue. 8vo. Illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund. Original tan cloth, black leather label on spine. Acetate dust jacket, as issued. Fine. Publisher's board slipcase. Number 135 of 300 numbered copies signed by Ben K. Green on the limitation page. With a full page detailed drawing of a Texas long horn steer, signed by Lorence Bjorklund. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780803270886ISBN:0803270887
Description: New. In thirteen stories full of rope burns and brush scratches, the author of the classic Horse Tradin' tells of the days when he made a specialty of catching wild cows. Ben K. Green calls himself a "stove-up old cowboy", and readers of this book will le... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York, New York
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780345237774ISBN:0345237773
Description: Bjorklund, Lorence F. Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Couple of creases on bottom right corner of front cover. read more
Edition: Later printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780803270886ISBN:0803270887
Description: New. 5 x 8, 306 pgs, b&w illustrations. Thirteen stories full of rope burns and brush scratches where in the author tells of the days he gathered cattle "range delivery" in 1930s Texas. read more
Edition: 14th Ptg
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780394451886ISBN:0394451880
Description: Good in good dj; narrow light impression on front board; bound upside-down; otherwise, covers and text block tight, clean, good. Illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund. Brown cloth; small 8vo; dj in new protective mylar sleeve; black & white illus; 306 pgs. read more
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