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Wilson, Alexander. FORESTERS.|THE. Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, PA, 2000.
Price: US$282.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. quarter leather, cloth covered boards. xx, 112, (3) pages. Limited to 150 numbered copies (Berger A64). Printed on Arches Mouldmade paper by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. This book contains Alexander Wilson's long poem "The Foresters" describing his first "pedestrian journey" with two companions to the Falls of Niagara in the Autumn of 1804. Wilson's work is a wonderfully descriptive account of the spectacular sights of the American wilderness. With engravings by Wesley W. Bates, one of the top-rated wood engravers in North America. Bates works in the classic British style and has produced thirteen full-page engravings plus the title page cartouche for this book. Composed in Dante types by Michael and Winifred Bixler. Includes a foreword by Henry Morris, a synopsis of the poem by Robert Cantwell, and notes on the text. quarter leather, cloth covered boards
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Price: US$290.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover. Number 108 or 150 copies. This lovely book of verse recounts Alexander Wilson's 1804 "pedestrian journey" with two companions to Niagara Falls in 1804. Wilson (1766-1813) was a poet, weaver, and reformer born in Scotland and died in Philadelphia. According to this book's forward, his reputation rests almost entirely upon his monumental American Ornithology, a nine-volume work illustrated with his own drawings. The thirteen beautiful black and white illustrations were the work of Wesley Bates, a Canadian, considered one of the top wood engravers of North America. Bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery in green silk cloth with a brown leather backstrip with a green title label, and with a facsimile of Wilson's signature in gilt on the front cover. Printed with Dante types on Arches Mouldmade Paper. Housed in a green cloth slipcase. Accompanied by the prospectus and an inserted slip offering The Foresters illustrations as prints suitable for framing. In fine condition. Measures 6 x 9.5 inches. vii-x, 112 pages. PRI/032124.
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
WILSON, Alexander. The Foresters. Bird & Bull, Newtown, 2000.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Wood engravings by Wesley W. Bates. 8vo, 1/4 tan leather over green silk, stamped in gilt. Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2000. Limited Edition A poetic account of a walking journey to the Falls of Niagara in the Autumn of 1804. Number 18 of only 180 copies. Small ownership label, otherwise fine, in green silk slipcase.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Wilson, Alexander. The Foresters. Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, 2000.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1/150 copies printed on Arches mouldmade paper; composed in Dante types by Michael and Winifred Bixler and bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery; prospectus laid in; in publisher's slipcase; a beautiful copy.
Seller: Wiggins Fine Books ABAA, ILAB, SNEAB, Shelburne Falls, MA, U.S.A.