[Rarebooks] FS: Tex Ritter cowboy songbook, 1941

[Bob Petrilla]

Ritter, Tex. TEX RITTER -- MOUNTAIN BALLADS & COWBOY SONGS: Deluxe Edition.
Chicago: M.M. Cole, 1941. First Edition. 96pp; 6pp illus from photographs.
Inside the cover is a "Story of Tex Ritter," followed by words and music to
87 hillbilly and cowboy songs, including: A Homesick Cowboy; Gonna Gallop
My Gal To Guadaloupe; I'll See You At The Rodeo; Kansas City Cowboy; On The
Banks Of The Sioux; Rhythm Of The Rio Grande; Tombstone, Arizona; Wild
Galoot From "Tuzigoot"; and 79 more. Spine reinforced with cloth by prior
owner.  12" x 9" Very Good. Pictorial Paper Covers.
Tex Ritter (1905-1974), a "real cowboy" born in Panola County, Texas, was
already a star of radio and movies when this songbook was published. Laid
in is a newspaper account of his passing.     $40.00

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