THE JIMMYJOHN BOSS AND OTHER STORIES. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1900. Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-2] 3-332 [333] [334: blank] [335-336: ads], 12 inserted plates with illustrations by Frederic Remington, A. B. Frost and others, original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in gray, black, white and gold, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Wister, along with Zane Grey and Clarence Mulford, basically invented the modern western novel. His VIRGINIAN (1902) is generally regarded as the first cowboy novel. This is Wister's second collection of western fiction. FPAA IV, p. 391. Wright (III) 6035. Neat, brief gift inscription on the front free endpaper. A bright, nearly fine copy. (#164925).
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