Nelson Van Kirke (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. Presentation copy; First Printing. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 216 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 216 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good -. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. Tight binding, clean interior. White wraps are lightly age toned; light wear to edges; small water spot corner of back wrap. Interior is unmarked, b/w drawings throughout. A collection of humorous stories from a bygone era, each illustrated by the author. Edited by Van Kirke Nelson. 45 pages. Powell, Ace (illustrator).…

Leather bound. Condition: Very Good. First edition, limited. 216pp. Quarto [30 cm] Brown leather stamped in gilt. Ex-library, with just the library catalog number in pen on the slipcase which has been made for the library in plain brown cloth. Slipcase lightly rubbed and with slight fraying to the head. The book has a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Illustrated by Olaf C. Seltzer. Danish-born painter and illustrator Olaf Seltzer lived in Great Falls, Montana. He was a close friend of renowned western artist Charles Russell. Number 209 in an edition limited to 300 copies. Signed by both editors (Nelson and Butler) on the limitation page. Olaf C. Seltzer (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Original line sketch by Ace Powell on fep as well as signed and inscribed on ffep: "Good luck with the Big Sky Gallery Dale & Mary Hawkins Sincerely Ace (drawn with a card) Powell 1967". Tight binding, clean interior. White wraps have light wear, mild scuffing on back wrap, light bump to bottom of spine. Interior is clean and bright other than a faint smudges on last page. "a collection of humorous details from a bygone era." Also includes Ace Powell's business card. 45 pages. Powell, Ace (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

[MONTANA]. First edition. 4to. Limited to 300 numbered and signed copies of which this is number 195. Full leather, titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, dark brown front and rear endpapers, viii [blank], 217 pp., introduction. Illustrated with 105 paintings by O.C. Seltzer, 16 of which are in color. Each aspect of the history of Montana is illustrated with a painting by Seltzer. A handsome volume in original slipcase. As new, unread copy in original cloth slipcase. …

[MONTANA]. First edition. 4to. Limited to 300 numbered and signed copies of which this is number 369. Full leather, titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, dark brown front and rear endpapers, viii [blank], 217 pp., introduction. Illustrated with 105 paintings by O.C. Seltzer, 16 of which are in color. Each aspect of the history of Montana is illustrated with a painting by Seltzer. A handsome volume in original slipcase. As new, unread copy in original cloth slipcase. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. Presentation copy; First Printing. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 216 pages; In a fine slipcase. One the the rare presentation copies. This one is to Western Artist Paul Rossi when he was the director of the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa. Laid in is a ALS to Rossi from editor Van Kirke Nelson thanking him for his help.…