[LOS ANGELES]. The Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral, 1947
Item #8157
176 pp; 4to; gilt stamped, leatherette backed cloth; pictorial dust jacket split in half at spine and laid in; black & white photographs; reproductions throughout. Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Corral, [1948]. Limited to 600 copies. The first Brand Book of the L. A. Corral. Articles include Gun Fights and Lynchings in early Los Angeles by J. Gregg Lane; Billy the Kid by E. A. Brininstool; pieces on Jeff Milton by H. E. Britzman and Frank M. King; Cowboy Lingo by Ramon Adams; Stern Whacks at a Famous Westerner [regarding San Francisco's Oofty Goofty]; Arthur Woodward on The Garra Revolt of 1851, etc., etc. Illustrators include Charles Russell, and Clarence Ellsworth. Fine condition in poor jacket. |
