Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Good with no dust jacket. 1927. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Author's first book. Quarter-bound in black cloth; boards are bound in red paper with gilt and black designs. Title and author embossed on spine; gilt, but nearly faded. Boards have wear at all edges, with bumping at the fore-edge corners; back board has black soiling near fore-edge and tail of spine; some wear on cloth at head and foot of spine. Water stain - top down - has caused some of the red on the boards to bleed onto the paste-down and free end papers; the water stain shows throughout book, however text is not affected. Previous owner inscription on upper corners of front paste-down. Stanley Vestal (1887 - 1957) was an American writer, historian, and biographer; his works concentrate on the American Old West. Fandango is a collection of Western ballads about the adventures of Kit Carson and other cowboy themes. Words only, no sheet music. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 66 pp .

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Bookseller: Back of Beyond Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 023394
Title: Fandango Ballads of the Old West
Author: Vestal, Stanley
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Houghton and Mifflin
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1927
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Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.

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