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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 492 pages. 9.25x6.10x1.11 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New. NOT a library discard; Tom Lea; Bernhardt Wall (illustrator). First Edition. Chicago, Illinois: W. B. Thorsen, 1965. New and unread copy of the FIRST EDITION. NO owner's name or address label. Very mild age toning. This copy is from the publisher's surplus inventory which we acquired along with the magazine's archives -- now housed at the John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Vol. XV #8, Apr. 1965. Contains: Jeff C. Dykes' "Tentative Bibliographic Check Lists of Western Illustrators #21" which describes 156 works by Tom Lea or containing his illustrations. The bibliography of Tom Lea by Jeff Dykes in this magazine has only one illustration: Lea's frontispiece from Dobie's "John C. Duval, First Texas Man of Letters." Also included in this issue is: "Building a Tom Lea Collection" also by Jeff Dykes -- with details on the earliest and later appearances of Lea's illustrations in magazines, plus more on Lea's connection with Carl Hertzog, pirated editions, the 5-cent Sam Houston stamp, etc. This issue reproduces 25 etchings from Bernhardt Wall's "Abraham Lincoln," originally issued at $800 in only 36 copies. Charles Heartman's American Book Collector lasted 36 issues before publication ceased in 1935. In 1950, William B. Thorsen began a new magazine called The Amateur Book Collector. However, he soon received permission from Heartman's widow to change the name to American Book Collector. There were 233 issues published before its demise in 1976. A third incarnation of the American Book Collector, unrelated to the others, appeared in 54 issues between 1980 and 1987. . First Edition. Softcover. New. Illus. by NOT a library discard; Tom Lea; Bernhardt Wall. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.