WISTER, Owen (1860-1938). The Virginian. A Horseman of the Plains. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902.
8vo. 8 plates after Arthur I. Keller. Original pictorial tan cloth stamped in red, black, and gilt. Provenance: Chas. E. Lauriat (booksellers' ticket).
FIRST EDITION of the first true fictional western that paved the way for Zane Grey and other western novelists. “Although a novel, this book probably created more impressions of what a cowboy was like – even among cowboys – than any other work, fact or fiction.” (Reese, Six Score 116). A VERY BRIGHT COPY.
[With:] WISTER. Typed letter signed ("Owen Wister"), to A.G.D. Johnston, 3 December 1919. 1p., 4to, old folds.
[With:] Publisher's prospectus laid in.
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