Search Results: Jim Kane by J P S Brown

Dial Press, 1970. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Dial Press, 1970. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Dial Press, 1970. First edition, first printing, 432 pp., Hardcover, previous owner's name to front free endpaper else very good in a very good dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

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New York: The Dial Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. 432pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/2 brown cloth with light brown paper covered boards, and a black ink stamped title on the spine. There are multiple very light dot-sized stains to the top edge of the text block, and there is a previous owner's name on the front pastedown. Else, internally clean and bright. In the dust jacket, with light soiling. A first edition of the author's first novel. This story takes place in Arizona and Mexico, and recreates the atmosphere of the real cowboy. The book was made into the movie, Pocket Money, starring Paul Newman.

New York: The Dial Press, 1970. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 432(1) pages. Inscribed: "for Pete Preston, whose reinmaster touch brings sculpture to life." JPS Brown. Pete Preston had years of experience as a cowboy, ranch foreman and herdsman on ranches in Arizona, Texas, Utah and Colorado and uses them in his paintings and sculpture. Additionally signed as "Joe", unusually personal by J.P.S. Brown. Brown's western fiction speaks of the last days of the wild west and of the encroachment of developers in the Phoenix area. The most authentic picture of the cowboys and ranchers who dealt in the cattle trade in the post-World War II era. Chapters deal with key Spanish words central to the world of buying and selling cattle as well as the life of the cowboy with drinking, women, and facing the dudes from back east who thinks his new cowboy hat and garb makes him anything more than a play actor. Forget the third rate movie version called Pocket Money, read this classic on the life of the working… Read More

Dial Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First printing stated. Spine ends of the binding pushed but not rubbed, light scuff on the rear board. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket.