Edgar S Paxson (3 results)

Hardcover. First edition. 126pp. Quarto [31 cm] Shiny red cloth over boards. Very good. The extremities are a bit dinged. In a very good dust jacket, with moderate surface and edge wear. A book written by the great grandson of the artist, frontiersman, scout, soldier, stagecoach guard and telegraph line rider, Edgar S. Paxson.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, x, 126 pages, 32 pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Profusely illustrated. *** Some of Paxson's paintings depict scenes involving Flathead Indians of Montana. *** CONTENTS: Introduction; Childhood; Going west; Frontier days; Beginning artist; Soldier; The artist's masterpiece: Custer's Last Stand: [Letter from E. S. [Edward Settle] Godfrey to Paxson]; A descriptive key to the most prominent features in Custer's Last Stand; Successful artist of the old West; One of a dying breed; The art of Edgar S. Paxson; Color plates: a selected portfolio of E. S. Paxson art; Checklist of paintings by E. S. Paxson (by year); End notes; Bibliographical note. Illustrations: Edgar Samuel Paxson, by Laura Dartnell. Size: Folio. Collectible. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Book is in excellent condition, as new in every respect. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, save authors inscription and signature on title page. Dust jacket has the front cover fold torn free at crease and taped back together, otherwise dust jacket suffers slight edgewear only. Signed on title page. This biographical study chronicles Edgar Samuel Paxson's life as a self-taught Western artist who documented Montana frontier history through portraits of Native Americans, his famous Custer's Last Stand painting, and commissioned murals for the Montana State Capitol and Missoula County Courthouse. Keywords: Montana History, Little Bighorn, Western Montana, Native Portraits, Lewis Clark Murals, Buffalo Bill Cody, Charles Russell, Self Taught, State Capitol, County Courthouse, Deer Lodge, Biographical Study. Paxson, E.S. (illustrator). Signed by Author.…