RUSSELL. More Rawhides. MT, 1925. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY RUSSELL WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING.
Sale 2065 - Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 14, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$400 -
600
Lot Description
RUSSELL, Charles M. (1864-1926). More Rawhides. Great Falls, MT: Montana Newspaper Association, 1925.
4to. Numerous in text illustrations by Russell. Original pictorial wrappers stamped in green. Provenance: Emil Pollak-Ottendorff (1863-1950), American artist (presentation inscription, see below).
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY RUSSELL TO A FELLOW ILLUSTRATOR WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING of a bison and saddle, dated 1925. Charles M. Russell, one of the great artists of the American West, also wrote fiction. His character Rawhide Rawlins figured in two collections, this being the second. More Rawhides was published the year before Russell's death. Yost & Renner I:39.
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon
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