1911. · New York
by Wister, Owen
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.
(Inventory #: WRCAM51731)