Don Middleton Roy Rogers & Gopher Creek and similar items

ROY ROGERS AND THE GOPHER CREEK GUNMAN by Don Middleton Illustrated by Erwin L. Hess Racine, WI.: Whitman Publishing Company, (1945). First edition, first printing. 'Whitman, #2309, Authorized Edition' to the spine panel. A high-action western featuring film and television cowboy actor Roy Rogers. Roy Rogers's portrait photograph is depicted on the dust jacket next to an illustration of a gun-pointing, fast-riding cowboy. The illustrated end-papers depict a fully western-garbed Roy Rogers standing next to his horse on a trail with boulders, western shrubs and trees. Enhanced with twelve full-page black-and-white illustrations by Erwin L. Hess. Great writing and storytelling by a veteran western author. Pages slightly age-toned, as usual, otherwise near fine in textured deep-green boards with orange embossed titles to the front cover and to the spine; in a bright, near fine dust jacket with minor rubbing to the spine panel and with tiny nicks to the upper and lower spine edges. A striking and beautifully preserved Whitman western collectible. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!