Life in the Far West de Ruxton, George Frederic

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.

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 & 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 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.. 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.