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Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd), 1951. Fifth printing, 1979. hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Fifth printing, 1979. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows edgewear and rubbing, in a mylar cover. 8vo. xiv, 252pp.

Paperback / softback. New.

1976. 1976 Ruxton, George Frederic LIFE IN THE FAR WEST Glorieta, NM: Teh Rio Grande Press, c1972 second printing 1976 235pp 8vo map bound in at front upper edges of textblock wrinkled, else fine bright copy.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1951. From the Foreward by Mae Reed Porter: "In the litersture of the early Far West, no work excels in color, charm, or authenticity." A little over 100 years later, the editor retraced Ruxton's route from 1846 and found much of it unchanged. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition Thus (stated First Edition). Navy blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 251 pages, indexed, and with two appendices. Previous-owner bookplate on the front paste-down, else Fine. Lacking the dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1849-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Octavo. First American edition. Original black blind tooled cloth. Wear to edges, chip loss to bottom third of spine, cover in modern tape repair. Slightly shaken with several gutters cracking, several leaves almost detached. Marginal soiling. A reading copy. Howes R-554; Wagner-Camp 173

Glorieta, New Mexico: The Rio Grande Press, Inc., 1981. Third Printing. Reprint of 1849 edition. Decorative boards. Fine, without dust jacket as issued.. Hard Cover. Fine.

NY: Harper & Bros, 1849. First Thus. Hardcover. Good. Blind-stamped decorative cloth. 235pp + 4pp ads. Signature of owner, Robert A. Bacon, three times, twice in pencil (ffep & t.p.) & once in ink (t.p.). Also ink stamp of Frederick Thompson, Mill Valley, on front paste down. In the middle of the facing endpapers, front & back, is a dark residue. Their location matches the size & very rough shape of the central motif of the cover blind-stamping. There is what appears to be a quite old blind-stamp seal on the lower title page. Moderate general foxing. This title is a classic of the frontier, & was republished in facsimile years ago in the Time-Life Classics series. An internet search leads to the Thompson family of Mill Valley & the Bank of America. Good. Howes 554.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1849. First printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, publisher's embossed brown cloth stamped in gilt on spine, good to very good, moderate wear to binding, light wear and signs of restoration along outer joints, some foxing to contents. 235 pp, publisher's ads.

New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1849.. First American edition.. original cloth.. Old ink ownership notes on front endsheets; endsheets darkened; foxing throughout; rubbing and wear to the cloth.. 12mo,. Howes R-554. Wagner-Camp 173.

New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1849.. First American edition.. publisher's cloth.. A bit shaken, with moderate foxing throughout; cloth chipped at head and tail of spine, with fading and wear to cloth.. 8vo,. Howes R-554; Wagner-Camp 173.

hardcover. 235pp. 12mo, modern buckram, lea. label; (foxing). N.Y., 1849. First Amer. edn.<br/><br/> Howes R-554. Wagner-Camp 173:1. Sabin 74502.<br/><br/>

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 235 pp + ads, bound in origina black cloth. Spine is faded and has some old repairs, chip in cloth at rear joint, light scattered foxing. Contemporary ownership inscription on the front free endpaper: "Joseph L. Philbrook, North Hampton, N.H., Jan 19th 1850." Ruxton was the first traveler to write extensively of the mountain men of the Rockies. After having visited Veracruz, Mexico to observe the Mexican-American War in 1846, he traveled north to Santa Fe and then on to Bent's Fort in Colorado. From January through May 1847 he hunted along the front range of Colorado, visited with mountain men and endured an extremely cold winter. Wagner-Camp 173: 1: "This series of sketches first appearsed in Blackwood's Magazine numbers 63 and 64, June-November 1848....Of particular interest is an account of the Walker expedition of trappers to California, which Ruxon may have heard from Mark Head, probably one of the independent trappers… Leer más

Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Harper & Brothers, Publishers; New York, 1849. Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good, professional Japanese tissue repair to original blind stamped full blue binding, gilt lettering on spine, some rub/handling marks to boards/spine, some shelf wear, lightly bumped board corners, some sunning to pages, moderate scattered foxing/age spotting throughout, previous owner name in ink on front pastedown else unmarked, binding solid and sturdy, dusty/pulpy text block edges, without Dust wrapper. In a Near Fine, custom blue cloth clamshell case with minimal handling marks and slight fading to spine. A nice copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 235pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

London: William Blackwood & Sons. Good+. 1849. 1849 first British edition. Original brown half leather, with leather spine and corners and marbled paper over boards. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners, with the corners worn through. A few scuffed and rubbed spots to the leather and marbled boards. The hinges are sound and the text block is tight. The pages are clean and tightly bound. And excellently-preserved history of the fur trade and the early American West. ; A beautiful leather the binding, with title in gold on spine.; 312 pages .