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Auction archive: Lot number 386

Eleven Early Books on the American West

Discovery Auction
19 Jan 2014
Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$212
Auction archive: Lot number 386

Eleven Early Books on the American West

Discovery Auction
19 Jan 2014
Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$212
Beschreibung:

Johnson, W. Fletcher. Life of Sitting Bull and History of the Indian War of 1890-'91. Edgewood Publishing Co., 1891. 12mo, blue-green illustrated cloth, gilt lettering and highlights front and spine, printed endpapers. There are two different copies of this book in the lot, one with 545pp (544 numbered, plus 1p with songs - "Dog Dance of the Sioux," and "Chippewa Scalp Dance"); the other copy adds Chapter XLI (41), 587pp. Both with wear, second with sunning of boards. Bowles, Samuel. Our New West. Records of Travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean.... Hartford (CT): Hartford Publishing co., 1869. 8vo, brown cloth, gilt front and spine, 528pp. Heavy shelf wear, cocked, ffep separated, front hinge nearly so. Denison, E.S. Pacific Coast Souvenir. Oakland (CA), 1888. 12mo, brown illustrated cloth, gilt lettering. 46 colorized images on 28 unnumb. pp, plus 10pp of description following. Shelfwear, especially corners and spine ends. Photos in very good condition. [Goodrich, Samuel Griswold.] History of the Indians of North and South America. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1844. 12mo, originally full leather, 320pp. Non-professional repairs to spine and hinges. Leather scuffed, missing from spine. Front inner hinge nearly separated. Van de Water, Frederic F. Glory-hunter: a Life of General Custer. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1934. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering front and spine, 394pp. Ffep and second endpaper separated, but present. Heavy shelfwear; splits to front outer hinge. Burns, Walter Noble. The Saga of Billy the Kid. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. 8vo, green embossed cloth, gilt spine, 322pp. Stratton, R.B. Captivity of the Oatman Girls: Being an Interesting Narrative of Life among the Apache and Mohave Indians. New York: By the author, 1857. 12mo, brown embossed cloth, gilt spine, 292pp. Beadle, J.H. Western Wilds, and the Men who Redeem Them. Cincinnati: Jones Brothers & Company, 1882. Large 8vo, full leather, gilt front and spine, four spine bands, printed endpapers, marbled page edges, 628pp, frontis two-page color map of the U.S. Vivian, H. Hussey. Notes of a Tour in America. From August 7th to November 17th, 1877. London: Edward Stanford, 1878. 8vo, printed green cloth, gilt front and spine, 260pp. Front cover illustration of one of the lodges in Yosemite Valley. Plus one with no tp, spine title "The West." Spine has been professionally repaired, original embossed leather boards present, inner hinges with cloth tape. Marbled end papers and page edges, 620pp. Paper is mostly untoned, scattered foxing. Provenance: Ex James E. Sanders Collection

Auction archive: Lot number 386
Auction:
Datum:
19 Jan 2014
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Johnson, W. Fletcher. Life of Sitting Bull and History of the Indian War of 1890-'91. Edgewood Publishing Co., 1891. 12mo, blue-green illustrated cloth, gilt lettering and highlights front and spine, printed endpapers. There are two different copies of this book in the lot, one with 545pp (544 numbered, plus 1p with songs - "Dog Dance of the Sioux," and "Chippewa Scalp Dance"); the other copy adds Chapter XLI (41), 587pp. Both with wear, second with sunning of boards. Bowles, Samuel. Our New West. Records of Travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean.... Hartford (CT): Hartford Publishing co., 1869. 8vo, brown cloth, gilt front and spine, 528pp. Heavy shelf wear, cocked, ffep separated, front hinge nearly so. Denison, E.S. Pacific Coast Souvenir. Oakland (CA), 1888. 12mo, brown illustrated cloth, gilt lettering. 46 colorized images on 28 unnumb. pp, plus 10pp of description following. Shelfwear, especially corners and spine ends. Photos in very good condition. [Goodrich, Samuel Griswold.] History of the Indians of North and South America. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1844. 12mo, originally full leather, 320pp. Non-professional repairs to spine and hinges. Leather scuffed, missing from spine. Front inner hinge nearly separated. Van de Water, Frederic F. Glory-hunter: a Life of General Custer. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1934. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering front and spine, 394pp. Ffep and second endpaper separated, but present. Heavy shelfwear; splits to front outer hinge. Burns, Walter Noble. The Saga of Billy the Kid. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. 8vo, green embossed cloth, gilt spine, 322pp. Stratton, R.B. Captivity of the Oatman Girls: Being an Interesting Narrative of Life among the Apache and Mohave Indians. New York: By the author, 1857. 12mo, brown embossed cloth, gilt spine, 292pp. Beadle, J.H. Western Wilds, and the Men who Redeem Them. Cincinnati: Jones Brothers & Company, 1882. Large 8vo, full leather, gilt front and spine, four spine bands, printed endpapers, marbled page edges, 628pp, frontis two-page color map of the U.S. Vivian, H. Hussey. Notes of a Tour in America. From August 7th to November 17th, 1877. London: Edward Stanford, 1878. 8vo, printed green cloth, gilt front and spine, 260pp. Front cover illustration of one of the lodges in Yosemite Valley. Plus one with no tp, spine title "The West." Spine has been professionally repaired, original embossed leather boards present, inner hinges with cloth tape. Marbled end papers and page edges, 620pp. Paper is mostly untoned, scattered foxing. Provenance: Ex James E. Sanders Collection

Auction archive: Lot number 386
Auction:
Datum:
19 Jan 2014
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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