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Stewart Edward White. The Silent Places. McClure, Phillips & Company, New York, NY, 1904.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good: shows light wear to extremities; mild rubbing to the panels; some scuffing to the rear panel; the expected light tanning to the text pages due to aging; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Attractive former owner's bookplate affixed to the upper corner of the front pastedown endpaper. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and minor, unobtrusive cosmetic imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.35 x 1.3 inches). Seven color illustrations, attractive but unfortunately unattributed; an attractive portrait of the author tipped-in at the half title page; eight pages of publisher ads. Language: English. Weight: 22.5 ounces. Deep blue-grey cloth over boards with gilt titles at the front panel and back strip and attractive orange designs at the front panel. Top Edge Gilt. Hardback: No DJ as Issued. Stewart White (1873-1946) was an American novelist, spiritualist, and conservationist . He was a brother of noted mural painter Gilbert White. White's books were popular at a time when America was losing its vanishing wilderness. He was a keen observer of the beauties of nature and human nature, yet could render them in a plain-spoken style. Based on his own experience, whether writing camping journals or Westerns, he included pithy and fun details about cabin-building, canoeing, logging, gold-hunting, and guns and fishing and hunting. He also interviewed people who had been involved in the fur trade, the California Gold Rush and other pioneers which provided him with details that give his novels verisimilitude. He salted in humor and sympathy for colorful characters such as canny Indian guides and "greenhorn" campers who carried too much gear. White also illustrated some of his books with his own photographs, while some of his other books were illustrated by artists, such as the American Western painter Fernand Lungren. Theodore Roosevelt wrote that White was "the best man with both pistol and rifle who ever shot" at Roosevelt's rifle range at Sagamore Hill. In 1927, the Boy Scouts of America made White an Honorary Scout, a new category of Scout created the same year. This distinction was given to "American citizens whose achievements in outdoor activity, exploration and worthwhile adventure are of such an exceptional character as to capture the imagination of boys." . The other eighteen who were awarded this distinction were: Roy Chapman Andrews; Robert Bartlett; Frederick Russell Burnham; Richard E. Byrd; George Kruck Cherrie; James L. Clark; Merian C. Cooper; Lincoln Ellsworth; Louis Agassiz Fuertes; George Bird Grinnell; Charles A. Lindbergh; Donald Baxter MacMillan; Clifford H. Pope; George P. Putnam; Kermit Roosevelt; Carl Rungius; Orville Wright. Select company indeed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$285.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 11 1/2" tall black leather hardcover. Gold print on boards. Rubbing and general wear to boards. Some light scratching. This book has had some minor repairs. It appears the front board may have been split along the front spine seam and it has been carefully re-atttached. Given the age of the book, the boards are probably in Very Good condition. The end pages have been replaced. The pages are tight; clean/unmarked. 1033 pages. Lots of illustrations. Interior pages in Fine condition. Page edges are gold gilt. Front Board has "BIOGRAPHY" printed in gold. "WESTERN OREGON" "ILLUSTRATED" printed in gold on the spine. The book is not available for International shipping. The cost of the book covers extra shipping and insurance. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Village Books and Music, Medford, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original full black leather binding, beveled boards, blind ruled borders, titles stamped in gold, ribbed spine, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt, 1033 pages, illustrated with photographs and engravings. A remarkably well preserved copy, clean and unmarked. Binding solid, hinges good, covers excellent with a few minor, very small nicks to the leather.
Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.