Morecamp Arthur (42 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No DJ. Name of former owner in pencil on front end page, otherwise unmarked. Binding is loose but still attached. several loose pages in front of copy.Cover is embossed with black illustration of a profile of a bearded man crossing his arms, and of a bow crossed with several arrows and a spear. illustrated in black and white (illustrator).…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

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hardcover. Condition: Fair. "Relating to Two Boys of Fourteen, One a Texan, the Other a Mexican: Showing Their Life on the Great Texas Cattle Trail, and Their Adventures in the Indian Territory, Kansas, and Northern Texas; Embracing Many Thrilling Adventures."Octavo,(approx. 5" wide by 6 7/8" tall) mustard yellow cloth with black titles and design on top cover; gilt titles and design in black on spine. 308 pages + 10 pages of publisher's ads. Preceding the title page is a list of Lee and Shepard's Dollar Juveniles. Illustrated. Former owner stamps and inscription on front endpapers; also stamps on title page. 4 pages are missing from the book, but facsimiles are laid in. Studio. …

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. First Edition. First edition, second state with ad for author's other book at front and 2 pp. ads at rear. 12mo in decorated cloth. x, 363 pp. Wear to corners and spine ends. Light wear to boards. Binding is strong. Interior is clean. No writing or markings of any kind.

Hardcover. Early Reprint of Herd # 1572. Octavo. Original mustard pictorial cloth over boards, black ink and gilt lettering, illustrated. A Narrative relating to two boys of fourteen, one a Texan, and the other a Mexican: showing their life on the great Texas cattle trail, and their adventures in the Indian territory, Kansas, and Northern Texas; embracing many thrilling adventures. Good, wear to spine ends, discolorations to covers, hinges starting to crack, slightly cocked.…

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Live Boys | Charley and Nasho in Texas | Arthur Morecamp | Taschenbuch | 332 S. | Englisch | 2018 | hansebooks | EAN 9783337527310 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Gebunden. Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnA Narrative Relating To Two Boy Of Fourteen, One A Texan, The Other A Mexican.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed., x+38 pp., frontis., illus., ads, cloth, inner front hinge tendero/w nice Herd #1572 Merrill Aristocrat Howes M-790 6-Score #80 The first use of a cowboy cattle trail theme in literature.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 363 pp., tissued frontis, six pages of ads. A bright, unmarked, strong hinged near fine copy with no markings, previous owner's name or book plates. Continued title; A Narrative in Charley's Own Language, Describing Their Adventures During a Second Trip Over the Great Texas Cattle Trail, Their Fortune as Gold Hunters, Their Life Among the Miners, and Their Experiences With the Indians, Cut Short by Charley's Sudden Disappearance in the Night During a Snowstorm. Although a fictional novel Live Boys in the Black Hills is important to the collector. It is an early, perhaps the very first, cloth-covered novel of the Black Hills. It is definitely a lively adventure story.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Mylar protected. No DJ. Bright, lightly worn/soiled pictorial, gold cloth boards w/ gilt titling on spine and black titling and graphic on cover and spine. Tight but loosening binding, lightly skewed w/ lightly rounded corners. Prev owner's stamp on ffep, full pg illus following pg 182 loose but intact otherwise, clean and unmarked throughout on age toned pages w/ dusted ends. 363 pps, frontis, plates, no advert's (makes this the scarce 1st state according to Howes). Handsome copy of sequel to "Live Boys - Charley and Nacho in Texas" and perhaps even scarcer. . Howes M 789a, Herd 1573, Dobie p 113.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 363 pages, frontis, illustrations, minor edge wear, owner name. A sequel to the preceding book, The Live BoysIn Texas, it is perhaps the very first cloth covered novel of the hills. Howes M789, Herd 1573.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pictorial cloth, some cover wear and soiling, pages browning but text clean, a very good copy. First edition, second state. Herd 1573: "A sequel to the preceding (Live Boys in Texas) book, and perhaps even scarcer." Howes M789. Howes describes the first state as containing 363 pages with no advertisements in the front and back. This copy has the advertisements. Jennewein 275: "By the time the boys reach Deadwood they had stopped a hanging, had been run over by buffalo, had met the Indians and had killed a mountain lion. Live Boys in the Black Hills is a sequel to Live Boys; or Charlie and Nasho in Texas. The Texas book is one of the very early stories of cowboy life of the plains. Live Boys in the Black Hills is important to the collector. It is an early, perhaps the very first, cloth-covered novel of the Hills. It is a lively adventure story.".…

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, Later Binding. Octavo. Original gray cloth over boards, illustrations at front cover and spine. Howe M789. Good, slightly askew, spine ends and corners bumped, spine darkened, rubbing to ink illustrations, pages agetoned with minor smudging.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First American Edition. In a publisher's remainder binding. Later issue with ads. Small Octavo. Original green cloth decorated in white and brown. Adventure story, principally a tale of miners and Indians, and a sequel to Live Boys; or, Charlie and Nasho in Texas. Very good, lightly bumped spine ends, some wear to decorative cover. …

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, no ads at rear. Octavo. Howe's M789. Original blue cloth over boards, black ink illustrations on front cover and spine, gilt lettering on spine, Galway Bay poem laid in at half title page. A narrative in Charley's own language, describing their adventures during a second trip over the great Texas cattle trail, their fortune as gold hunters, their life among the miners, and their experiences with the Indians, cut short by Charley's sudden and unaccountable disappearance in the night during a snowstorm. Good, slightly askew, front hinge loose, spine ends worn, corners bumped, wrinkling and spotting to rear cover, gift inscription on front free end paper, pages agetoned.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 308 pages + ads, frontis, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, front inner hinge cracked. Howes M790, Six-Score 80, Merrill Aristocrat, Herd 1572, "Fiction, but is said to be the first to use the cattle trail as a theme.".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed., x+308 pp., ads, frontis., illus., cloth, vg. Howes M-790 Herd#1572 6-Score#80 Merrill Aristocrat. The first use of a cattle trail theme in western literature. Scarce.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, 363 pages. Octavo. Original green pictoral cloth, black ink illustrations, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, pale yellow pastedowns and free end papers, no ads at reat, but front lists Live Boys; or Charley and Nasho in Texas. Very good, white sticker remain on front cover, spine ends and corners bumped, spine darkened, front hinge cracked.…

First Edition. Octavo, red cloth with black printed lettering and illustration to front cover and spine, gilt lettering to spine. Adventure story, one of the earliest cowboy adventures of the plains, and a sequel to Live Boys; or Charlie and Nasho in Texas. Scarce. Very Good but for warping to front cover with wrinkling to cloth at front cover and lower corner of rear cover, some foxing, and water staining to frontis and accompanying transparent paper. Lacking dustjacket.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 1st. Original brown pictorial cloth (spine ends & corners mildly worn), 363 pp., frontis. Herd 1573: "A narrative of adventure during a second trip over the great Texas cattle trail; life among the miners and experiences with the Indians." A sequel to Live Boys; or Charley & Nasho in Texas (see #25713) and perhaps even scarcer. Howes M-789. Appears to be the first state, first edition w/363 pp. & no advertisements. Spine ends & corners mildly worn, otherwise very nice tight copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 308 pages; Rebacked with original spine laid down and new endpapers. Light rubbing and bumping to covers. The true 1st with 1879 on title page and picture of cowboy roping on lower left corner of cover. Complete with all 6 plates.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Both volumes in uniform brown pictorial cloth with gilt lettering on spine and black lettering on front panel, some wear to the covers, text clean, solid, very good copies. Live Boys in Texas, Herd 1572: "This scarce book is fiction, but important because it is said to be the first to use the cattle trail as a theme." Merrill's Aristocrats. Six Score 80: "The first novel to use a trail drive as the theme of the work, and perhaps the earliest novel to use cowboys to any extent. It is fairly entertaining reading. Morecamp wrote another work with the same characters, Live Boys in the Black Hills (1880)." Dobie p. 113: "The chronicle, little fictionized, of a trail drive to Kansas. So far as I know, this is the first narrative printed on cattle trailing or cowboy life that is to be accounted authentic." Howes M790: "Author of this earliest authentic, though fictionalized, cowboy narrative was Thomas Pilgrim, who wrote under pseudnym [sic] shown. Live Boys in the Black Hills. Herd 1573: "A sequel to the preceding book, and perhaps even scarcer." Howes M789. Jennewein 275: "By the time the boys reach Deadwood they had stopped a hanging, had been run over by buffalo, had met the Indians and had killed a mountain lion. Live Boys in the Black Hills is a sequel to Live Boys; or Charlie and Nasho in Texas. The Texas book is one of the very early stories of cowboy life of the plains. Live Boys in the Black Hills is important to the collector. It is an early, perhaps the very first, cloth-covered novel of the Hills. It is a lively adventure story.".…