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Published by S.S. Scranton & Company, 1883
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Rubbing at edges, general age wear. Foxing throughout, still readable. Binding sturdy.
Published by S. S. Scranton & Company, Hartford, 1883
Seller: NorthStar Books, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 672 pgs, illustrated, full calf leather binding, black label on spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Leather is rubbed and lightly worn on edges, front hinge broken and cover is loose, small residue of tape on covers and spine. Interior pages are browned, else clean. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Life in Texas before and after the Civil War. includes two chapters with his service in the 33rd Texas Cavalry. REFERENCES: Herd 2217, Six-Guns 2175, "Some information on John Wesley Hardin, the Taylor-Sutton Feud, and other lawlessness". Jenkins, Basic Texas Books, 201 "Best volume of 19th century Texas humor. Gives a good picture of the simple, straightforward cowboy.".
Publication Date: 1892
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Chicago and New York 1892 (1883 copyright) Rand McNally. Hardcover octavo. 514p. Many text illustrations. Text toned throughout but not brittle. Hinges not cracked. Light lower spine end wear. Good . no owner marks. no dj.
Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1884
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Cloth Boards. First. Original red cloth binding with gilt titling to the front board and spine. Some rubbing and discolouration but in good condition overall. Contents include 265 illustrations and are clean and bright. book.
Published by S. S. Scranton & Company, Hartford, Conn., 1883
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. First edition, second state, 672 pages, frontis, illustrations, original cloth, decorative gilt on cover, minor edgewear, hinges cracked, starting to loosen. Herd 2217, Six-Guns 2175, Some information on John Wesley Hardin, the Taylor-Sutton Feud, and other lawlessness. Jenkins, Basic Texas Books, 201 Best volume of 19th century Texas humor. Gives a good picture of the simple, straightforward cowboy. Rader 3024.
Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1905
Seller: Sabino Books, Oro Valley, AZ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Decorativer red cloth, very good, nice bright copy. 672 pp. illus.
Published by J. S. Ogilvie, N.Y., 1887
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Disbound, lacks the wrappers, 194 pages, illustrations, text browned and fragile due to acidic paper. The American Humor Series 1:1. Rader 3026, Raines 198 notes an issue with 134 pages, not this longer work. Very difficult to find item in any condition.
Published by Literary Licensing, LLC, 2014
ISBN 10: 1498129595ISBN 13: 9781498129596
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New.
Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1905
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo. Red fabric with black, embossed lettering and designs to front cover. Gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations. A Western cowboy tale. Very Good. Small stain to front cover. Sunning to spine. Minor crimping to spine head and tail. Foxing to endpages. Textblock clean.
Published by S.S. Scranton Hartford, CT 1883, 1883
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
672pp. 8vo Profusely illustrated in black and white Gilt pictorial gold cloth 1st edition Adams -- 6 Guns #2174: "Another facetious account of life in Texas in the early days ." Adams -- Rampaging Herd # 2217; Dobie -- Guide to Life & Literature of the Southwest, p.53: "Humorous satire, often penetrating & ruddy with actuality" Covers heavily rubbed and edgeworn, hinges reglued, torn spine reglued, rear endpaper torn & missing about 1/2: VG-.
Published by S. S. Scranton & Company, Hartford, Conn., 1883
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, second state, 672 pages, frontis, illustrations, original cloth, decorative gilt on cover, minor edgewear, front hinge cracked, 1883 presentation on front pastedown. Herd 2217, Six-Guns 2175, Some information on John Wesley Hardin, the Taylor-Sutton Feud, and other lawlessness. Jenkins, Basic Texas Books, 201 Best volume of 19th century Texas humor. Gives a good picture of the simple, straightforward cowboy. Rader 3024.
Published by S. S. Scranton & Company, Hartford, 1883
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . . . . 8vo, hardcover. No dj. Vg condition. Full leather binding, slight rubbing to upper spine and board edges. Contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight, with no cracking at endpaper seams. 672 pp., illustrations in the text. 19th, American, Century, Exploration, History, Native, Southwest, Western,
Published by Rand McNally & Co. , Publishers, Chicago, 1891
Seller: The History Place, Palestine, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. Bound in full grain leather with gold graphic decor . Five ribs on spine . Marble paper pastedowns and endpapers . The book is clean , no marks of any kind . The back hinge is beginning to loosen .
Published by S.S. Scranton & Company, Hartford, CT, 1883
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. This book is listed in: Jenkins 201, Adams/Herd 2217, and Six Guns 2175. The book and contents are tight. Both inside hinges are reinforced with library tape. The pages are clean. There are many b/w illustrations, some are full page. The covers are scuffed and worn on the edges. The corners are bumped and worn, also. The rear cover has a light crease ( 6.5" ) on it.
Published by Chicago und New York, Rand, McNally & Company., 1891
Seller: Antiquariat Cassel & Lampe Gbr - Metropolis Books Berlin, Berlin, D, Germany
Book
22 x 15 cm. 514 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen, teils ganzseitigen Illustrationen. Moderner Halblederband mit Rückenschildchen und Titelvergoldung, marmorierte Deckelbezugspapiere. Texanischer Humor im 19. Jahrhundert. - Schönes Exemplar. // On life in Texas after the Civil War. -- Originally published by Rand, McNally a cloth covered hardback, this copy rebound in half leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. 514 pp., numerous text illustrations. -- Pages tanned, else nice, clean and sound edition in decorative binding. Sprache: Englisch.
Published by Trubner, London, 1883
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Undated, and with no edition stated. May be the First UK edition of 1883. Gilt illustration on front board of 2 men on prancing horses, with an owl &the Lone Star. Front hinge cracked & repaired; pages clean; board corners a little worn, spine worn at head & foot Used - Good. Good hardback in olive-green cloth with black & gi.
Published by S. S. Scranton & Co., Hartford, CT, 1883
Seller: The Dawn Treader Book Shop, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Adams 2217. Front is tide-marked, title page very lightly soiled, rebacked with new endpapers, front cover worn, text a bit soiled, otherwise Very Good. A very scarce and important work.
Published by Trubner & Co., London, 1883
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: V.g. 1st UK edition. 672pp. Frontis., illus., plates. Original gilt-pictorial cloth. Trifle rubbed but an attractive copy. Size: large 8vo.
Published by CHATTO & WINDUS LONDON 1884, LONDON, 1884
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd, London, 1884
First Edition
First Edition. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 672pp + ads. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and darkened. Rebacked Red decorated hardback cloth cover.
Published by Texas Book and Bible Co., 1886
Seller: Bittersweet Books, North Stonington, CT, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Decorative cover with gilt illustration of two men on horseback. 670 pp. Book is complete but disbound. Inscribed on second endpaper, To J. Harris Esq., Regards, J. Armoy Knox, 87 . Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by S. S. Scranton & Company, Hartford, 1883
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 672 pages; Covers with light rubbing and wear, otherwise in fine condition.
Published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1884
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First English edition. 8vo. 672 pages. 32 page publisher's list dated October 1884. Floral endpapers. Frontis. and other full page wood engravings and numerous illustrations in the text. Original red pictorial cloth lettered gilt. Binding rather soiled but a very sound, tight copy.
Published by S. S. Scranton & Company, Hartford, Conn., 1883
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First edition, second state, 672 pages, frontis, illustrations, original cloth, decorative gilt on cover, minor edgewear. Herd 2217, Six-Guns 2175, Some information on John Wesley Hardin, the Taylor-Sutton Feud, and other lawlessness. Jenkins, Basic Texas Books, 201 Best volume of 19th century Texas humor. Gives a good picture of the simple, straightforward cowboy. Rader 3024.
Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1905
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A smart copy of this popular work about the life of the late nineteenth century Texas cowboy, illustrated throughout. A smart 'New Impression' of Alexander Sweet and John Knox's account of their travels through Texas following the American Civil War, which was first published in 1884.Illustrated with a frontispiece and two-hundred and sixty five full page and vignette illustrations.This popular and humorous work provides unparalleled insight into Texas in the late nineteenth century, and the life of the simple cowboy.With a thirty-two page catalogue to the rear, dated June 1905. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with significant fading to back strip. Hinges strained, but firmly held, with offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, but with light spotting to fore edge of text block. Very Good. book.
Later printing. Small 4to, 672 pp. "A New Impression with Two Hundred and Sixty-Five Illustrations." Twainesque saunter through Texas, filled with humorous incident. Sweet was a prominent Texas newspaperman, who had a column called Texas Siftings, which he periodically published in book form. His popularity was great, even outside of Texas -- in New York and London, for example, he maintained offices. The Handbook of Texas calls him the best "Texian" humorist of the 19th century. Fine copy in red decorative cloth.
Published by S. S. Scranton & Company, Hartford, 1883
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition. Decorated mustard cloth with fancy gilt designs on the front cover and spine; 672 pages. Illustrated with many plates and facsimiles. Sixguns 2174; Adams HERD 2217: "Scarce"; Jenkins BASIC TEXAS BOOKS 201: "the best volume of 19th century Texas humor." Later state of the Contents section and with all of the imprints noted by Jenkins on the title page except Cleveland & New York. Hinges neatly reinforced; early owner ink stamp on front blank. Light soiling to covers. Very Good and increasingly uncommon in this condition.
Published by T. N. James & Co., St. Louis & Houston, 1884
Seller: Texas Star Books, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Pictorial Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. First Edition, 2nd State of Texas classic, signed and inscribed on front end paper, "To_____, With regards of J. Armoy Knox of Texas Siftings" And below the inscription is affixed a stamp with Knox's photograph and "Texas Sifting". #201 Jenkins' Basic Texas Books, #2174 Six Guns and #2217, The Rampaging Herd. Book has been professionally repaired with bright gilt type and graphics on front board and on spine. Light spotting and rubbing. Corners are bumped with cloth worn and a little frayed. Tight with slight right lean. End papers are worn on edges and there are a few instances of penciled notes. Interior has a few smudges throughout with an instance or two of tearing. Signed by Author(s).