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Fifty Great Western Illustrators, A Bibliographic Checklist [deluxe slipcased edition]
by Dykes, Jeff (signed twice); from the library of Sol Lewis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine condition/Near Fine slipcase
- ISBN 10
- 0873581148
- ISBN 13
- 9780873581141
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press, 1975. INSCRIBED / SIGNED on the front free endpaper: "For Sol - collector, editor and publisher and Western Americana buff. With the regards of the author. Jeff Dykes." Association copy: Sol Lewis "publisher of Western History" and Jeff Dykes "collector, historian and esteemed bibliographer of the West" [as acknowledged in the preface to OUTLAWS ON HORSEBACK by Harry Sinclair Drago]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine slipcase. Sharp corners. Short closed tear to the edge of two early leaves. 1975. First Edition. From the limitation page: "This Collector's Edition limited to 200 copies... has been specially bound, slipcased, numbered and signed by the author. This is No. 68 (signed) Jeff Dykes." 93 illustrations, 10 full color. Includes 1,400 entries on Frederic Remington alone and 5,000 more on Beeler, Bjorklund, Borein, Cisneros, DeYong, Dunton, Ellsworth, Fogarty, Hurd, Koerner, Lea, Santee, Schoonover, Von Schmidt, Zogbaum, N. C. Wyeth, Will James, William Robinson Leigh, Frank T. Johnson, and 30 others. According to William Reese, this "work describes many Western items recorded nowhwere else." See: THE JEFF DYKES STORY, A PERSONAL MEMOIR by William S. Reese (in) AB BOOKMAN'S WEEKLY, Oct 1, (1991?). At the rear of this collector's edition is a special 16 page section where pages are printed with artist's names. Added so the reader can add notes and additions. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in bright silver on the black leatherette spine, and with a rattlesnake and coyote vignette on the front cover. Complete with slipcase. Oversize Hardcover. 9.5" wide by 12.25" tall. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail.. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Deluxe First Edition, Limited 200 copies. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine slipcase. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 471pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024852
- Title
- Fifty Great Western Illustrators, A Bibliographic Checklist [deluxe slipcased edition]
- Author
- Dykes, Jeff (signed twice); from the library of Sol Lewis
- Illustrator
- NOT a library discard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine slipcase
- Edition
- Deluxe First Edition, Limited 200 copies
- ISBN 10
- 0873581148
- ISBN 13
- 9780873581141
- Publisher
- Northland Press
- Place of Publication
- Flagstaff, Arizona
- Date Published
- 1975
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art / Fine Arts / Arts & Crafts; Book Collecting / References for Book Collectors;
- Size
- 471pp
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Henderson, Nevada
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