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Lot 363
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
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Mar 5, 2025
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Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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[AMERICANA]. A group of 6 FIRST EDITIONS, comprising:
1) JESS, Zachariah. A Compendious System of Practical Surveying and Dividing Land. Wilmington: Bonsal and Niles, 1799. Evans 335670.
2) REID, Mayne, Capt. The Rifle Rangers; or, Adventures of an Officer in Southern Mexico. London: William Shoberl, 1850. IN THE RARE ORIGINAL RED CLOTH; folding case. Sabin 69068.
3) Historical Sketch Book and Guide to New Orleans and Environs. New York: Will H. Coleman, 1885. Later issue, lacking folding map.
4) BOURKE, John G. An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. PRESENTATION COPY, with a printed slip tipped in ("Compliments of the Author") and in a presentation morocco binding gilt-lettered with the above words to C.A. Snow. Howes B-652.
5) BOURKE, John G. An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. A BRIGHT COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH. Howes B-652.
6) WRIGHT, Robert M. Dodge City, The Cowboy Capital and the Great Southwest... Wichita: Wichita Eagle Press, 1913. FIRST ISSUE with the color printed frontispiece. Adams, Six Guns 2465; Howes W-706.
Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, all 8vo, all in original cloth or contemporary bindings, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally very good.
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon
