OWEN WISTER'S WEST: Selected Articles Edited with an introduction by Robert Murray Davis. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1987). First edition, first printing. "First edition" statement to the copyright page. A superior collection of twelve historical essays on the West with wonderful real life details that include focuses on Native Americans, cow punchers, bad men, people he knew such as Frederick Remington, Roosevelt's west, changes, nature, Yellowstone, and more. Wister, most renowned for his 1902 novel THE VIRGINIAN--that was adapted to four feature films, two TV films, plays, and a television series--was also highly lauded for his non-fiction writings of the west. Fine, crisp and very tight in red-clay linen with gilt embossed titles to the spine, burgundy-and-yellow headband and tail-band, russet-red-clay end-papers; in a fine dust jacket. Octavo; 170 pages; works cited and bibliography. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!