THE MYTHIC WEST IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA By Robert G. Athearn. (Lawrence, Kansas): University Press of Kansas, (1986). First edition, first printing. First printing number code sequence 1 through 10 to the copyright page. Illustrated. Foreword by Elliott West. A scholarly and opinionated study, spiced with the historian's own boyhood experiences, observations, and reflections growing up on a Montana ranch. Former owner's initials stamp blind embossed to the lower corner of the dedication page, else very nearly fine, tight and crisp in fresh gray linen boards with black titles to the spine, white headband and tail-band, russet-mauve end-papers; in a fine dust jacket. Octavo; 319 pages; essays on sources; index. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION STUDIES THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.