[Signed] Pioneer News-Observer, Mountain Home, Texas Vol. 1 1970-71 Kelton, Elmer [Very Good] [Hardcover]

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Pioneer News-Observer, Mountain Home, Texas Vol. 1 1970-71 Supplement to the Kerrville Mountain Sun, Western Horizons, Inc, San Angelo, Texas, Elmer Kelton, Editor. 16 1/8 x 11 5/8 inches. Bound in dark green faux leather boards with gilt on front and spine. Lightly soiled boards. Head and foot of spine bumped. Taped item missing from inside front board. Signed and inscribed on first free endpapers plus laid in subscription card present. All pages toned otherwise clean. Very Good Condition. Monthly publication which apparently ran for five years under the leadership of noted western writer Elmer Kelton. Each issue included an engaging feature story written expressly for the Pioneer News-Observer by Elmer Kelton. In addition, the editors selected news items and photographs from frontier-period newspapers and magazines which presented historical events as they were reported by journalists of the day. Each issue is 24 pages and includes facsimile photos, maps, illustrations. A unique and well-presented anthology of western history. Signed and inscribed by Elmer Kelton, ""For Ford Mitchell--This was a work of love, for there turned out to be no money in it--except our own--which we lost. Elmer Kelton 4/1/88."" This bound collection of the first twelve issues of Pioneer News-Observer was limited to 100 copies. Rare today. We find no holdings of this bound set held by institutions. Small shipping surcharge due to size and weight.