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Published by Macmillan, 1902
Seller: Anniroc Rare Books, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The genesis of an American mythos *** First edition, first printing. Illustrated plates by Arthur I. Keller. Fine, original tan cloth book with the rare jacket in tremendously satisfying shape - chipped at spine panel ends and corners, a few closed tears else a bright, Near Fine example that retains its visual dynamism. The few Virginian jackets that occasionally surface typically look ravaged. Contemporary female owner signature on front endpaper dated June 1902, Boston. An excellent copy housed in a custom case. *** In 1885, the Harvard educated Wister sought recuperation at a Wyoming ranch after suffering a nervous breakdown. He d begin writing various pieces about the West, culminating in this 1902 magnum opus that he dedicated to his friend, President Theodore Roosevelt. It effectively created the Western genre we know today a mysterious, chivalrous cowboy rides into the West, grapples with moral dilemmas, and encounters a schoolteacher love interest. It also contains classic genre features like horse-thievery, card playing, cattle driving, and a climactic gunfight that s the first showdown in fiction. Truly a landmark work that was the best-selling book in the country for two straight years, garnering Wister fame and fortune and etching a key mythos into the psyche of the nation. ***Please email us for better pricing.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 504 pages. First edition, first printing. The "first" Western and still considered the classic. Illustrated by Arthur I. Keller. Laid in is a note signed and dated in 1925 by Wister. Near fine book in a very good first state dust jacket with no designs or type on the back cover or flaps. Their are six pages of ads at the end of the book. Encased in a custom clam shell box. A rare and unique copy!. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Macmillan, New York, 1902
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Rebound in three quarter dark blue morocco with marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, with the original cloth front panel and spine bound in the rear. Ink owner name on the verso of the added marbled endpaper, light rubbing, near fine. Signed under the half title "by Owen Wister Oct 3. 1917." The seminal Western, generally considered the first cowboy novel and the book that defined the genre. Filmed numerous times. Although copies are occasionally offered with Wister letters, actual signed copies of the book are scarce.
Published by Macmillan and Co, 1902
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Arthur I. Keller (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Printing, with the phrase "set up and electrotyped April, 1902" printed on the copyright page. 8vo, xiii, 504, (6, ads) pp. With 8 black and white illustrations by Arthur I. Keller. Original tan cloth with quite bright red and gilt titles and with design of holstered pistol intertwined with a lariat. Tiny chip to head of spine. 1/2" closed tear to ffep. 3 closed tears to half title page. No Jacket. In archival cover.
Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1902
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. The book is in nice shape. The binding is tight with light wear to the spine and edges. The pages are clean with minor wear. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with the words "set up and electrotyped April, 1902" printed on the copyright page.
Published by The MacMillan Company, 1902
Seller: R. Smith Books, Embrun, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, very good condition with minor wear at bottom of spine. No dust jacket, but has a slip case.
Published by MacMillan Company, New York, 1902
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in boards. Foxing on top/side text block edges. Both hinges cracked. Rubbing along panel edges. Corners bumped. Light bump on side text block edge. TRUE FIRST EDITION with the words "set up and electrotyped April, 1902" printed on the copyright page.
Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1902
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "set up and electrotyped April, 1902" printed on the copyright page. The book is bound in the original publisher's tan cloth. The binding is tight, with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition.
Condition: Very good plus. First edition of the work that introduced a wider audience to the archetype of the cowboy, laying the groundwork for popular conceptions (and misconceptions) of the American West. Encouraged to write about his Western experiences by his classmate Teddy Roosevelt, Owen Wister's THE VIRGINIAN was "an immediate success" upon its publication (Lambert). Wister, a Harvard alum from an upper-middle-class Philadelphia family, wrote about the American frontier not as dime-novel sensationalism, but as a place that could symbolically heal cultural rifts. His cowboy, the nameless VIRGINIAN, was "a cultural symbol that involved both our notions about a beneficent wilderness and our commitment to the values of civilization," a timeless figure that crossed the boundaries between "wild-man" and "gentle-man" (Lambert). THE VIRGINIAN and his exploits captured the hearts and minds of Americans invested in forging unity from the tensions unresolved by the Civil War. Wister's Southern hero and his East Coast intellectual love interest, Molly, are emblematic of "a larger national project of reunification and reconciliation" in a time when "the North and South fed imitatively on each other's racist inclinations" (Kuenz). Despite the large percentage of Black cowboys who worked on the Western frontier, Wister's Wyoming is overwhelmingly white, a feature that would continue to influence this misconception and become a fixture of the Western genre. THE VIRGINIAN has been adapted for the stage and screen several times, including as a 1914 silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and as a long-running NBC TV series. An important cultural touchstone. 7.5'' x 5''. Original tan cloth binding with red, black, and gilt titles and details. Black-and-white frontispiece with seven black-and-white plates. xiii, 504 pages followed by 3 leaves of ads. A bit of edgewear to binding, spine ends bumped with tiny split to top; occasional small spots of soil to leaves. Shows well.
Published by MacMillan, New York, 1902
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. A touch of wear to the bottom edge of spine and seam - see image. Pencilled name on front free endpaper that can be easily erased - left to give provenance if significant to others. ; Book is in excellent condition. First Printing with the words "set up and electrotyped April, 1902" printed on the copyright page. Scarce copy in this true First Edition, in this condition, and at this price. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 504 pages.
Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1902
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First edition. First edition. xiv, 504, [6] pp. Bound in publisher's sandy yellow cloth with red, black, and gilt stamping. Very Good+ with a little foxing to cloth at back board, bumped corners, small repaired tear to head cloth, portrait of the author pasted onto front free endpaper, front and rear hinges show evidence of repair. A novel that has been called the first Western, with the first shootout ending in fiction.
Published by Macmillan, New York, 1902
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. First Edition. 8 black and white illlustrations by Arthur Keller. xiii, 504, (6, ads) pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A Landmark of Western Fiction. Dobie p. 124; Reese Six Score #116; Graff 4725; Smith, American Fiction W-789 Original tan pictorial cloth. Fine copy, in half red morocco slipcase 8 black and white illlustrations by Arthur Keller. xiii, 504, (6, ads) pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
Published by New York, 1902
Seller: T A Swinford, Bookseller, Sun city west, AZ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed., xiii+504 pp., frontis, plates, signature laid in, cloth, vg+, in slipcase Graff #4725 6-Score #116 Merrill Aristocrat Dobie-Dykes # 44. Signed by Author(s).
Published by The Macmillan Co., New York, NY, U.S.A., 1902
Seller: The Book Lovers, Philo, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. Arthur Keller (illustrator). 1st Edition. Tan boards in very good shape. Corners mildly bumped and minor wear to the top and bottom of the spine. Titling in red. A sisxshooter and a rope on the front and a spur on the spine . Prev. owner in ink on flyleaf page. 504 pages with ads at the rear.
Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1904
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Theatre Edition. Octavo. Original red cloth over boards, gilt lettering and decorations at front cover and spine, illustrated by scenes and characters from the play. Near fine, very light spotting at covers, spine ends very slightly bumped, pages slight agetoned.
Published by Easton Press, Connecticut, 1979
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine, Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded bottom and side edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Notes from publisher neatly laid in. Very Iight shelfwear on front and rear panel bottom edges. ; First Easton Press Edition.
Published by Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1979
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine, Leather Bound. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; First Easton Press Edition.
Published by New York: Macmillan Co., 1902
Seller: Centerbridge Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original tan cloth with cover stamping in red and black. 8vo. 504pp plus 6pp ads. First edition with date on title page and "Set up and electrotyped April, 1902" on copyright page. Illustrated with 8 black & white plates by Arthur I. Keller. A very good copy with the front cover very bright and unworn. The spine has some rubbing and wear to the tips. The text is good with some light soiling and wear. There is some edge-chipping to the dedication, intro and contents pages. A few of the plates and pages have some light spotting in the margin. There is an ink name on the front inside cover at the top. The front of the textblock is starting to split in the gutter but is still secure.
Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1904
Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Gray cloth with black spine and cover lettering. Front cover colored past-on of a cowboy in full gear. Small original writing inside the paste-on stating " Dustin Farnum As "The Virginian". Very light rubbing at extremities, period 1906 gift inscription on first free end paper. A very clean and tight copy with no marks or inscriptions. 4 pages of publisher' ads in back. Hard to find first edition. PayPal accepted.
Published by The Macmillan Company, 1902., 1902
Seller: Singing Saw Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible: Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1902. Original tan cloth ettered in red, gilt and black. Good+ with top edge of front board a bit chewed along edge but internally in pretty nice shape. A bit of staining to cloth. The first printing of the very first Western novel.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Photoplay Edition. Fine in a Nf. dj. (Faint traces of soiling at base of spine & along a thin strip directly above. Otherwise, an exceptionally bright example of a scarce photoplay) The 1923 Preferred Pictures production.
Published by Macmillan Company / American News Company, New York, 1904
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition Thus, "Special Edition in paper-covers May 1904". Small octavo, Original decorative gray wrappers. Extremely scarce wrappers printing of Wister's most famous novel and perhaps the Western genres' most recognizable title. This copy with 'The American News Company' statement at lower front wrap and Macmillan Company statement at title and copyright page. Presumably this wrappers edition was published by American News in conjunction with Macmillan for mutual benefit. Very Good to Near Fine, with small nick to lower spine end and lower front corner.
Published by Macmillan, London, 1902
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First U.K. Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Red cloth, stamped in black and yellow, top edge gilt; [xiv],504m[16]pp; 16pp publisher's ads at rear; frontispiece and seven inserted halftone plates. Former owner's name in ink to f.f.e.p. Sound but rubbed at edges, spine lightly sunned, overall Very Good. Early edition of Wister's classic of the western plains, considered to have inaugurated the American western genre.
Published by Heritage Press, New York, 1951
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine Slipcase. Sandglass neatly laid in. Illustrations by William Moyers.
Published by The Nostalgica Publishing House, 2023
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Deurne, Belgium
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition thus, very fine condition. Limited Special Collection. The Virginian A Horseman Of The Plains by Owen Wister. Published by The Nostalgica Publishing House in 2023. Paperback. What makes this title so special is its limited availability. - Publishers Weekly. Collectible item in very fine condition.
Published by The Bibliographical Society of America, New York, 1952
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. First Edition. New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1952. Very Good condition. The spine is square and flat with NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO foxing. THE PAPERS OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Volume Forty-Six (Vol. 46, XLVI), Second (2nd) Quarter, 1952. 1350 copies printed. Contains: FIFTY YEARS OF THE VIRGINIAN (a bibliography of) by N. Orwin Rush [and a bibliography about) by Earle F. Walbridge; etc. Composed and printed by the Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine. Bound in the original wraps. 6.25" wide by 9.5" tall. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. (iv), pp. 87-178. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1925
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition Thus; Second Printing. Very Good+ in boards. Small bump on top front panel.
Published by New York, The Macmillan Co., 1911
Seller: Darwin Labordo, Books, Sierra Madre, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cloth, front and rear hinges broken but attached, still very good. A first printing of the New Edition with illustrations by Russell and Remington. Six Score 116: "Although a novel, this book probably created more impressions of what a cowboy was like - even among cowboys - than any other work, fact or fiction. Its popularity is attested to by sales of over two million copies. Whether totally accurate or not, it is absorbing reading." Merrill s Aristocrats. Dobie p. 124: "Wister was an outsider looking in. His hero, The Virginian, is a cowboy without cows - like the cowboys of Eugene Manlove Rhodes; but this hero does not even smell of cows, whereas Rhodes s men do. Nevertheless, the novel authentically realizes the code of the range, and it makes such absorbing reading." Dobie/Dykes 44. Graff 4725.
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1968
Seller: Sigma Books, Sheridan, WY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The book is Fine. Clean and tight copy from 1968. It is an Unabridged Edition from the Great Illustrated Classics printing in 1968. Dust Jacket is Good, and in an archival cover. DJ is slightly faded and has some light soiling around the edges.
Published by Macmillan, New York, 1903
Seller: The Book Lovers, Philo, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Arthur J. Keller (illustrator). First Edition. 18th printing. A clean but worn book at the top of the spine.