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Dorothy Sloan Books – Catalogue 10/1 (3/93) 1. Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver. [Boston: Little, Brown, 1939]. See McVicker A7. Typescript carbon. 11 leaves. Minor corrections by the author. Chapter entitled “The Man Who Knows” which appears in the “Lost Adams Diggings” section of the book. 2. John C. Duval: First Texas Man of Letters. [Dallas: Southwest Review, 1939]. See McVicker A8. Source Material. Approximately 300 leaves. Includes correspondence, articles, transcriptions, and newspaper articles about John C. Duval used by JFD for the book. Typescript. 105 leaves. Author’s corrections throughout. Three drafts of JFD’s biographical and bibliographical essay about Duval. 3. The Longhorns. [Boston: Little, Brown, 1941]. See McVicker A9. Typescript. 365 leaves. Minor corrections by author throughout. Lacks chapters VIII, IX, X, and XIX. The revised manuscript sent to publisher. Galley Proofs. 143 leaves. Minor corrections by author throughout. Holograph manuscript. 2 leaves. “The Texas Longhorn made more history than any other breed of cattle....” Written in third person. Appears to be a draft of the d.j. text for The Longhorns. 4. Tongues of the Monte. [Dallas: SMU, 1942]. See McVicker A4a(2). Typescript. 8 leaves. “The Trail to Mexico.” Author’s corrections throughout. New introduction to Tongues of the Monte. 5. A Texan in England. [Boston: Little, Brown, 1945]. See McVicker A11. Source Material. Approximately 350 leaves. About 250 leaves consist of manuscript material--typescripts of talks and articles as well as many handwritten notes. Most of the talks and articles have corrections throughout by JFD. The rest of the material consists of clippings from newspapers and magazines. Typescript. 261 leaves. Author’s corrections throughout. Lacks chapter VII (“Rememberers”), otherwise complete. Contains an unpublished chapter entitled “American Soldiers in England.” This chapter was removed and replaced with Dorothy Sloan Books – Catalogue 10/1 (3/93) “At The Anchor” in the revised draft. Typescript. 275 leaves. Revised draft sent to publisher. Author’s corrections throughout. Unrevised Galley Proofs. 97 leaves. Wear to extremities, top half of first 12 leaves (chapter one) torn away, otherwise complete. Contains substantive holographic and typed corrections by author. Unrevised Galley Proofs (second set). 97 leaves. Labeled “Author’s Proofs (containing proofreaders marks).” Another copy of the above proof containing corrections by JFD and a proofreader. Evidence shows that JFD read and corrected two sets of the same proof, the second in response to a proofreader. Revised Galley Proofs. 97 leaves. Wear to extremities. Incorporates the changes made to the unrevised galley proofs. JFD has added some more modest holograph corrections. Revised Galley Proofs (second set). 97 leaves. Labeled “Author’s Proofs (containing proofreaders marks).” Contains corrections by JFD and the proofreader. A cursory examination shows JFD’s corrections to be apparently identical to the ones on the above set of revised galleys. A Texan in England. Boston: Little, Brown, 1945. Third printing, fine in d.j. JFD’s copy, edited for the British edition, with over 30 pages showing holograph corrections. Six of these pages contain substantial additions. Also included are proofs of the d.j. and promotional postcard. 6. The Voice of the Coyote. [Boston: Little, Brown, 1949]. See McVicker A12. Source Material. Approximately 1,200 leaves. Contains many early, heavily corrected versions of chapters, some of which were originally submitted as independent articles for magazines. The oldest of these date back to the early 1930’s. Also includes correspondence, transcripts, miscellaneous articles, and newspaper clippings relating to coyote history and folklore. Typescript. 570 leaves. Original typescript draft. Heavily corrected by the author. Typescript. 380 leaves. Revised typescript draft. Author’s corrections throughout, many substantive. Galley Proofs. 115 leaves. Lacks last chapter, otherwise complete with preliminaries and end notes. Author’s corrections throughout, some substantive. Galley Proofs. 5 leaves. Chapter entitled “Tales of Don Coyote” published in the Pacific Spectator, Spring 1949. Dorothy Sloan Books – Catalogue 10/1 (3/93) Precedes the book publication. Minor corrections by author. 7. The Ben Lilly Legend. [Boston: Little, Brown, 1950]. See McVicker A13. Source Material. Approximately 750 leaves. Consists of correspondence with people who knew Ben Lilly, as well as transcriptions of letters and documents. Also includes a dozen photographs of Ben Lilly and 3 homemade knives which apparently belonged to Ben Lilly. The protective wrapping has in JFD’s handwriting: “Ben Lilly Knives from New Mexico, 1940.” Typescript. 275 leaves. Original draft, all chapters present. Heavily corrected by the author. Chapter II, “The Cowwhip,” has an attached letter from Henry Nash Smith to Bertha Dobie written on October 18, 1943. Smith is returning the typescript of the chapter to Bertha with positive reviews (JFD having left for Cambridge, England to teach). A later version of the same chapter labeled “revised” follows. Typescript. 192 leaves. “Publisher’s Copy” including title-page mock up and preliminaries. Author’s corrections throughout.Galley Proofs. 73 leaves. Author’s corrections throughout (mostly typographical in nature). Page Proofs. 227 leaves. 8. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest. [Dallas: SMU, 1952]. See McVicker A10b. Typescript. 81 leaves. Heavily corrected by the author. Consists of the additions and revisions JFD used to update his Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest. Typescript carbon. 42 leaves. Chapter 21--”Range Life: Cowboys, Cattle, Sheep”--from the revised Guide. (An earlier draft of the introduction to this chapter can be found in the typescript above.) JFD reworked this part of the Guide more than any other. His superb collection of books about range life (now housed at the University of Texas at Austin) was reaching culmination, and this chapter reflects his knowledge and love of the subject. Manuscripts of Book Contributions 9. [ROGERS, John William]. Bibliographic essay in Rogers’ Finding Literature on the Texas Plains. [Dallas: Southwest Press, 1931]. “Life and Literature of the Southwest.” Typescript. 17 leaves. Heavily corrected by the JFD. See McVicker B14. An important, early work which JFD later enlarged and Dorothy Sloan Books – Catalogue 10/1 (3/93) revised to create the Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest. 10. DOBIE, J. Frank (ed.). Tone the Bell Easy. [Austin: TFLS, 1932]. Includes contributions by JFD, J. Mason Brewer, Martha Emmons, Ruth Dodson, and others. See McVicker B15. Typescript. 254 leaves. Extensive corrections by JFD and other contributors throughout. Galley Proofs (partial). 29 leaves. JFD’s editorial corrections scattered throughout. The galleys are present for the first half of the book, through Jovita Gonzalez’s article “Among My People.” Page Proofs. 167 leaves. Lacking preliminary material and JFD’s essay “Mustang Gray: Fact, Tradition and Song,” otherwise complete. JFD’s heavily corrected draft of the essay is present in the above typescript. Artwork and Illustrations. 10 (of 11) original pen and ink drawings by Tom Smith used to illustrate J. Mason Brewer’s article “Juneteenth.” These original drawings, measuring approximately 6.5 x 10 inches (17 x 25 cm.), are much larger and more detailed than the reduced versions in the book. Other than some minor creases to extremities and a paperclip rustmark in the margins of two drawings, the lot is in fine condition. Also included are 44 leaves of hand- sketched musical notation that were used throughout the book for illustrations. Miscellaneous. Small lot of four letters to JFD, all dated 1932, from Louise Girvan, Henry Meyer, ? Rourke, and Walter R. Smith praising the book. 11. [POTTER, Jack]. Foreword to Potter’s book, Lead Steer and Other Tales. [Clayton: Leader Press, 1939]. “Belling the Lead Steer.” Typescript. 15 leaves. JFD’s corrections throughout. See McVicker B34. 12. DOBIE, J. Frank, Mody C. Boatright, & Harry H. Ransom, (eds.). Mustangs and Cow Horses. [Austin: TFLS, 1940]. See McVicker B36. Typescript. 484 leaves. The typescript is an assemblage of individual articles submitted by the contributors with the addition of an introduction and notes. 31 of the 37 stories that appear in the book are present. There are moderate editorial corrections throughout by JFD and another person (probably Boatright or Ransom). Corrections by the author of each article are also present in varying degrees. Galley Proofs. 154 leaves. First leaf torn with slight Dorothy Sloan Books – Catalogue 10/1 (3/93) loss, moderate overall wear with browning to leaves. Contains JFD’s editorial corrections throughout. The second half of the galley proof exists in an unrevised and revised version. Both are present with the first having substantial typewritten additions from various authors attached to the galleys. 13. [WRIGHT, Solomon Alexander]. My Rambles as East Texas Cowboy, Hunter, Fisherman, Tie-Cutter. [Austin: Printed by Carl Hertzog for TFLS, 1942]. Arranged with an introduction by JFD. See McVicker B47. Typescript. 266 leaves. Heavy corrections by JFD throughout. [With]: Typescript carbon, revised draft. 201 leaves. Also included is the following correspondence: 14 typed letters signed and one autograph letter signed from Carl Hertzog to JFD dated between June 3 and October 5, 1942, accompanied by 5 typed carbons of JFD’s letters to Hertzog.