alex e sweet (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Rubbing at edges, general age wear. Foxing throughout, still readable. Binding sturdy.

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.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

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 Used - Good. Good hardback in olive-green cloth with black & gi.

Cloth. Zustand: 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.

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.

Zustand: Fair. New York: Texas Siftings Publishing Co., Volume 7 Nos. 1-19, 20-26. Folio Hardcover. 1/2 red leather and pebbled cloth with gilt lettering on spine and marbled page edges and endpages. B/W illustrations. Poor book. Reading copy only. Ex-Library. Covers scuffed rubbed and edgeworn. Joints cracked. Spine and gilt lettering chipped and rubbed. Library of Congress bookplate and stamp on front pastedown. LOC stamp and pencil markings on front cover of every issue. Pages brittle. Some tears to edges. Bottom corner of page 3 of No. 17, torn off, but present. Lacking issue 19. Lacking bottom corner of page 15 of No. 26. In polypropylene bag. (texas, social life and customs, united states, 19th century, american wit and humor ) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Hardback, approx 9 x 6 inches. Light brown cloth with decorative gilt lettering and pictorial designs to spine and black and gilt on front. Floral patterned endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor handling marks to cloth, Some minor rubbing to corners and ends of spine, a couple of small bumps to edges of boards. Endpapers clean, neat inscription to front prelim. Some occasional minor handling marks else pages all very clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 672pp. With B&W illustrations throughout.