New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1927). Hardcover first edition - "Thrilling tales of the great west told primarily for boys. .. . The cowboys of the X Bar X Ranch are real cowboys, on the job when required, but full of fun and daring." Illustrated by Walter S. Rogers. Glossy frontispiec. Lists to #5 at the front of the book (#4 and 5 were both issued in 1927). One of a series of Western Stories for Boys. 215 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads. Plain endpapers.