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Lysius Gough. Western Travels and Other Rhymes....
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Description
Lysius Gough. Western Travels and Other Rhymes. Dallas: A. D. Aldridge & Co., 1886. 8vo. 114 pages (lacking pages 113-114). Drab paper boards covered in green cloth, upper cover lettered in black."Cowboy Poet" Lysius Gough's very scarce first collection of poetry. In 1876, at just fourteen years old, Gough ran away from home and found work as a cattle driver-a decade later, he published this volume, capturing in verse his experiences among cowhands on the Texan frontier. In 1935, Gough published another collection of poetry titled Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs, which included many of the poems from this earlier work.
Condition: Lacking final two pages (pp. 113-114). Some wear to spine and edges. Evidence of repairs to the front joint and gutters; adhesive staining to the front pastedown. Pencil ownership signature on front free endpaper. Light, scattered foxing and staining throughout.
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2026 February 26 Historical Manuscripts & Texana Signature® Auction #6328 (go to Auction Home page)
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