1941 1st edition "First Edition" stated; SIGNED BY AUTHOR on inside page - see pic; E.P. Dutton & Company publishers, New York; hardbound in burgundy boards with black lettering on cover and spine; quite good condition with only minor foxing and clean unmarked pages; no dust jacket; many black and white drawings/illustrations.
 
Description -
Letters to the father and to the best friend back home in 1940, from a boy spending his vacation on an Arizona ranch. About all the aspects of ranch life from mountain lion hunts to rodeos.