“The Cowboy Builds a Loop”

Lon Megargee

1933

Rare Handmade Edition ◊ Letterset Press

Very rare handmade art book by Lon Megargee with 28 images and 28 poems, letter set press, very limited printing to approximately 200 copies. This copy is signed and dated, has had restoration and comes in a exquisitely designed case with a photograph of Megargee in the early 1930s and a history by Donald Hagerty, scholar and consultant on the art and culture of the American West. The custom case is available separately for collectors who have the book.

The black and white images are the 28 images in the book.

Framed Images are the original woodblock prints started from the 1920s

A special gift is included with purchase of book, a copy of Betsy Fahlman’s “The Cowboy”s Dream:” The Mythic Life and Art of Lon Megargee

 

“The Cowboy’s Dream:” The Mythic Life and Art of Lon Megargee. Betsy Fahlman has authored this captivating biography and presentation of Megargee’s art, spanning fifty years. Autographed by the author and two of the foreword contributors, artist, Ed Mell and Marshall Trimble, author and State Historian of Arizona.