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California Cowboy Inventions
California Cowboy Inventions
is an interesting combination of handy
"cowboy" inventions and ideas, horsemanship information and picture creation
thoughts and techniques from vaquero artist Ernest Morris. Like all of
Ernie's books, it includes numerous pen & ink drawings of horses, cattle and
cowboys involved in several types of cowboy action. This book is
interesting and informative for everyone from seasoned cowboys to aspiring
artists.
Soft Cover. Approx. 8 1/2" x 11" (76
pages)
$35.00
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El Vaquero
El Vaquero
is a wonderful
way to learn about the early California vaquero. It includes many detailed
descriptions, drawings and paintings of vaqueros and buckaroos in many kinds of
cowboy action, such as colt breaking, bronc riding, team roping, calf
tailing, sliding stops, and complicated roping maneuvers and loops.
Other illustrations include vaquero style horse gear (hackamores, bosals, saddles,
martingales, tapaderos, headstalls, reins and romals, bits, spurs, riatas,
hobbles, mecates, etc.) and headgear used and the progressive handling of
bridle reins in training a horse from the hackamore to spade bit.
El Vaquero
is of interest to historians, artists,
cowboys, horsemen, craftsmen, and anyone who enjoys the tradition of the
early California vaquero horsemanship style. Ernie says, "My aim is to
make an attempt to preserve some history of the old-time vaquero."
Hard Cover with Attractive Dust Jacket
Approx. 9" x 12" (156 pages) Second Printing
$125.00
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Riata Men
Riata
Men
is a intimate look at the life of the cowboy through the eyes of Ernie
Morris. His illustrations capture the daily life on the ranch, often with a
bit of humor. It contains numerous feature drawings, each accompanied
by a folklore description, and several selections from Ernie's personal
sketch books. Hard Cover with Attractive Dust Jacket.
Approx. 8-1/2" x 11" (152 pages)
$60.00
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el Buckaroo - Collectors Edition
el Buckaroo
- Collectors Edition
is leather bound and gilt edged with a slip
case, with the same wonderful contents as the Standard Edition (see next
book description, below). Each book is numbered, signed by the author,
and includes an original pen & ink illustration inside the front book cover.
Each Collectors Edition book also includes a signed & numbered watercolor
print of "Buckaroos at Work" (12" x 16", ready for framing - see dust jacket
for the Standard Edition). Hard Cover, Approx. 9" x 12" (236 pages)Sold Out
Thank You, and enjoy !
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el Buckaroo
el Buckaroo
immortalizes the California vaquero and buckaroo life
and their horse handling, working cattle, and fancy roping as it existed
at the turn of the twentieth century. There are over 400 color and
black-and-white illustrations and historic photographs, which, together
with many personal interviews and biographies, bring to life the remarkable ways
of the buckaroo. There are brief histories of many old-time
and contemporary top-hand buckaroos like Granville Martin, Gilbert
Aguirre, Tom Arano, Chino Boranda, and Bill Dorrance; buckaroo artists like
Ed Borein, Joe Mora, Nicholas Firfires, and Jack N. Swanson; and many
photographs of buckaroo gear including riatas, braided rawhide reins and romals,
spurs, chinks, bosals, mecates, hobbles, and quirts, elaborately carved
and decorated saddles, and silver-mounted bits. Hard Cover with Attractive Dust Jacket.
Approx. 9" x 12" (236 pages)Sold Out
Thank You, and enjoy !
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