Dan Cushman MONTANA HERE I BE 1950 First and similar items

MONTANA, HER I BE! by Dan Cushman New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. First edition, first printing. Publisher's "First printing" statement to the copyright page. Contains original lyrics to several saddle and campfire songs by Cushman. Cushman, most famous for his film adapted novel STAY AWAY JOE, draws on his own experiences and on the yarns old-timers told him during his early days drifting in the Montana mountains, working for cattle outfits and metal mines, and doing his own prospecting and assayer work. Western script-writer with several of his books adapted for film, and winner of the Golden Spur Award, Cushman spins a great western homespun adventure tale, set in Montana, featuring a frontier Robin Hood named Comanche John. Nearly fine in beige linen with deep-brown embossed illustration and titles to the front cover, and with deep-brown titles and decorations to the spine; in a very good dust jacket with two small chips and a few short creased tears to the upper shelf-edges, slight fading to the spine panel, and small chips to the upper and lower spine ends; original $2.50 printed price still intact to the front inner flap. Jacket art by Joseph J. Stefanelli. Octavo; 173 pages. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.