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THE VIRGINIAN. A HORSEMAN OF THE PLAINS
by Wister, Owen
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About This Item
New York, 1911.. xvi,506pp. Publisher's binding of quarter vellum and paper boards, stamped in gilt, t.e.g. Publisher's prospectus tipped onto front endpaper recto. Near fine. The limited edition of THE VIRGINIAN..., one of the most famous western novels, and the model for many later films and works of fiction in the western genre. This edition was limited to 100 copies, of which this is number eighteen, signed by Wister, and printed on Japan vellum, with illustrations by Charles M. Russell and Frederic Remington. Curiously, this limited edition was issued by the publishers nine years after the first, which had by then achieved great fame. One of the most difficult to obtain of significant titles of the cattle industry in the American West. REESE, SIX SCORE 116. DYKES, REMINGTON 1128. YOST & RENNER 26a.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM51731
- Title
- THE VIRGINIAN. A HORSEMAN OF THE PLAINS
- Author
- Wister, Owen
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911.
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William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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