Apr 25, 2018 10:00 EST
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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GREY, ZANE
The Last of the Plainsmen. New York: The Outing Publishing Company, 1908. First edition, with a four line 1908 inscription by Charles Jesse "Buffalo" Jones and with a check signed by Grey and a contemporary photograph of Grey with a camera tipped-in at front. Publisher's decorated cloth. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches (21 x 14 cm); photographically illustrated, 314 pp., ads. Toning and small stains to boards, a sound copy; Together with Buffalo Jones' Forty Years of Adventure, Topeka: 1899. Compiled by Colonel Henry Inman. Publisher's decorated cloth. Plates. Ownership signature, else fine.
Jones is well known for attempting to save the buffalo at his ranch near the Grand Canyon. The photograph tipped-in depicts Grey with a camera in this southwestern landscape. The additional work is the definitive biography of Buffalo Jones. Graff 2233; Howes I54.
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GREY, ZANE
The Last of the Plainsmen. New York: The Outing Publishing Company, 1908. First edition, with a four line 1908 inscription by Charles Jesse "Buffalo" Jones and with a check signed by Grey and a contemporary photograph of Grey with a camera tipped-in at front. Publisher's decorated cloth. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches (21 x 14 cm); photographically illustrated, 314 pp., ads. Toning and small stains to boards, a sound copy; Together with Buffalo Jones' Forty Years of Adventure, Topeka: 1899. Compiled by Colonel Henry Inman. Publisher's decorated cloth. Plates. Ownership signature, else fine.
Jones is well known for attempting to save the buffalo at his ranch near the Grand Canyon. The photograph tipped-in depicts Grey with a camera in this southwestern landscape. The additional work is the definitive biography of Buffalo Jones. Graff 2233; Howes I54.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, Apr 25, 2018
