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Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Woodcut illustrations by Kent. 204 pages. Tall 8vo, blue cloth with pictorial cover label (faded spine and edges of the cover; lacking slipcase). Los Angeles: The Wilderness Press (1970). Limited Edition. A very good copy. Limited to 1550 copies (this one un-numbered), designed by Ward Ritchie and signed by Kent. Includes extensive hitherto unpublished passages from the original journal.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Los Angeles: Wilderness Press/Ward Ritchie Press, 1970. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) is acknowledged as one of the finest American artists of the XXth Century; an incredible draftsman, he was particularly noted for his graphic illustrations. This is a reissue of his first book, originally published in 1920. First Edition Thus, "Including extensive hitherto unpublished passages from the original journal," in a beautiful fine press edition designed by Ward Ritchie. Includes Kent's Prefaces from the previous printings. LIMITED to 1550 copies, this is #1462; however, this copy has not been signed, as the limitation page indicates it should be. [Quercus has seen another copy in the same situation, and speculates that perhaps Kent, who died the following year, had not signed all copies.] Fine condition, with beautiful illustrations on heavy laid paper; a joy to behold and handle. In a heavy slipcase which has a small bump to one edge, else Fine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Woodcut illustrations. tall 8v, blue cloth with pictorial cover label; slipcase. Los Angeles: The Wilderness Press (1970). Limited Edition. Fine. Limited to 1550 copies, designed by Ward Ritchie and signed by Kent. Includes extensive hitherto unpublished passages from the original journal.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition Thus. Hardcover. A revised edition (originally published in 1920) including previously unpublished excerpts from the original journal. Printed by Ward Ritchie Press. A very handsome copy of this rather desirable volume. Tight, bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows slightest hint of shelf wear, else bright and clean. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, pictorial endpages, frontispiece. 8vo. 204pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Limited Edition, this being 908 of 1550 (1500 being for sale). Signed by author on colophon.
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.