James Will William Roderick (7 results)
Published by New York: Charles Scribner's Sons [Scribner - Scribners], 1925., 1925
- Hardcover
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerSecond edition (reprint of the 1924 first edition). xviii, 217 pages. Hardcover: H 24cm x L 18cm. Lacks dust jacket. Gray cloth with black lettering, vignette on front board; specks of white discoloration along spine and board edges, moisture staining at bottom edge of boards with a few small bubbles to cloth at bottom of front…board and light red color bleed at bottom of rear board. Some soiling on and foxing on edges; moderate foxing on endpapers and flyleaves; occasional foxing on interior leaves; faint moisture stain and slight warble at bottom margins of interior leaves but well removed from affecting any text or illustrations. Frontispiece plus 50 sketch illustrations within text. Preface. COWBOYS NORTH AND SOUTH was Will James's first book and often argued to be his best. Wright Howes U.S.IANA - J55. A good+ copy.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940
- Hardcover
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.Books From California
Contact seller4-star sellerhardcover. Condition: Good.
Published by New York ; London : C. Scribner's sons, 1929
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; x p., 1 l., 328 p. : illus. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Horses ; Folklore.Horses Legends and stories. 3 Kg.
Published by A.L. Burt, New York, NY, 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.100POCKETS
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 26.62
£ 5.62 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Text/Bright, strong & Near New w/soiling to pg 36. Illustrated embossed brown cloth boards w/rubs to corner tips & upper/lower spine edges. DJ/None. First published by Charles Scribner; this is a reprint with Scribner logo to lower edge of copyright page. Novel by cowboy autho…r & illustrator Will[iam] Roderick Jackson (1892 - 1942). Story accompanied by action packed illustrations, some first seen in the Saturday Evening Post. Will James (Author-Illustrator) (illustrator).
Published by New York ; London : C. Scribner's sons, 1929
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
£ 21.96
£ 11.90 shippingShips from Ireland to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; x p., 1 l., 328 p. : illus. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Horses ; Folklore.Horses Legends and stories. 1 Kg.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons,, [New York:, 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Zephyr Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star seller8vo. xi, [3], 310 pp. Title illust. by James, over 40 text illustrations & plates by the author. White-silver textured publisher's cloth, black lettering front cover & spine, portrait illust. of "Smoky" on front cover by James (slight darkening to spine, dustsoiling, edgewear), w/ d.j. cover art facsimile letter from James on fr…ont cover, and original front cover art now on back (slight chipping head & foot of spine, dustsoiling, minor wear to corners), still VG/VG copy, w/ ownership markings on front pastedown, price covered by Dennen's Book Shop, Detroit, MI bookseller's label. First "Library Edition" (17th total printing), featuring new dustjacket blurb newly written by William T. Hornaday indicating that all other printings of the Newbery Award winner (1927) were exhausted, and "is the only trade edition available." Originally published as a straight-up genre Western by James, and written in the Western dialect of a real cowboy on the Montana prairie, the book was inspired by a large blue roan that would accept no rider other than himself. James's iconic drawl, and his personal connection with wrangling horses, working cowboys, and ranch life connected with the Newbery committee despite his year-long incarceration in the Nevada State Penitentiary for cattle rustling -- where he took up illustrating and earned himself a parole in 1915. Smoky was later embellished with colour plates and larger illustrations further attracting young readers. For modern readers, and children's readers, the most jarring aspect of James's writing (typical with most Westerns published at the time), are the distinct racist stereotypes, and language, in keeping with the significant legal and cultural racism prevalent in the West persisting well into the 20th Century with African-American communities explicitly prohibited from owning land or property, Chinese- and Japanese-Americans specifically enjoined from marrying outside of their races as well, owning property, or gaining citizenship some of which persisted in Montana until 1953; as well as ordinances across the West notably targeting Hispanic-Americans. Exceedingly scarce in original dustjacket.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons,, [New York:, 1926
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Zephyr Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star seller8vo. xi, [3], 310 pp. Title illust. by James, over 40 text illustrations & plates by the author. Green publisher's cloth, black lettering front cover & spine, portrait illust. of "Smoky" on front cover by James (very slight bumping to couple corners, slight dustsoiling toning to fore-edge of front cover), still a VG bright copy,… signed by the author in 1926. First edition, 2nd printing, signed of this early Newbery Award winner (1927), originally published as a straight-up genre Western by James, and written in the Western dialect of a real cowboy on the Montana prairie, the book was inspired by a large blue roan that would accept no rider other than himself. James's iconic drawl, and his personal connection with wrangling horses, working cowboys, and ranch life connected with the Newbery committee despite his year-long incarceration in the Nevada State Penitentiary for cattle rustling -- where he took up illustrating and earned himself a parole in 1915. Smoky was later embellished with colour plates and larger illustrations further attracting young readers. For modern readers, and children's readers, the most jarring aspect of James's writing (typical with most Westerns published at the time), are the distinct racist stereotypes, and language, in keeping with the significant legal and cultural racism prevalent in the West persisting well into the 20th Century with African-American communities explicitly prohibited from owning land or property, Chinese- and Japanese-Americans specifically enjoined from marrying outside of their races as well, owning property, or gaining citizenship some of which persisted in Montana until 1953; as well as ordinances across the West notably targeting Hispanic-Americans.
