ISBN: 9780809440337 - A Tour on the Prairies (classics of the Old West) (10 results)

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Reprint Edition. Description: This is a volume from the Time-Life Classics of the Old West series, and is a facsimile reprint of the original 1835 edition Irving, an 'artist with the pencil' gives a vivid account of an expedition to the country west of Arkansas set aside for emigrating Indians. Includes a map. Irving was the first professional writer to write about the west. He kept a daily record of their ten week excursion to the 'Far West', by which he meant present-day Oklahoma. On his return he wrote this record from his chronicle. His vivid description of the rivers, plains, and forests on the journey are unparalleled in Western writing. Even more valuable is his reporting on life among the carefree U.S. Army Rangers, with whom the party traveled for protection, and what he says about the Indians they encountered. This is one of the few firsthand accounts of frontier life in the early nineteenth century, and a prime source for understanding the relations between Indian and whites before their competition for land brought on warfare. (Listed in: South of Forty Number 2029; Howes I86). Includes the publisher's insert. BINDING/CONDITION: from a uniformly bound series: dark brown bonded leather with gilt text, stamped decoration on the front cover, all edges gilt, ribbon place marker; Very Good+ condition. Marbled endpapers. 8vo (8.5 inches tall). 335 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Facsimile Reprint. A real nice clean unmarked 335 page leather bound facsimile reprint of the 1835 first edition.Has nameplate back inside cover. See my scans for real nice condition and more information. Size: 8 1/2h x 5 3/4w. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine.

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Leather bound. Condition: As new. Classics of the Old West. Time-Life Books, c1983. 333pp. A Facsimile of the 1835 edition. 8vo. Embossed leather stamped in gold, marbled paper end pages, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. Publisher's loose sheet and unused bookplate laid-in. Small scratch in the gilt on upper edge of the textblock, ding in the gilt on lower edge of the textblock, else as new unread leatherbound hardcover.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket, as issued. Facsimile reprint of 1835 edition. Alexandria, Virginia: Time Life Books, 1983. A gorgeous, pristine copy. No previous owner's name. No remainder marks. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Fresh and crisp, obviously never read. Handsomely bound in full, brown leatherette that is gilt stamped, and embossed with a longhorn design. With a silk ribbon marker built-in. Attractive marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. A volume in the Classics of the Old West series. Illustrated. A true narrative of the travels of Washington Irving in 1835 from Fort Gibson to the Cross Timbers in what is now Oklahoma. He traveled as secretary to Henry L. Ellsworth, the newly appointed Indian Commissioner. See Howes I86 [Final Edition I88]; Wagner/Camp/Becker 56. Laid-in is the publisher's introductory letter, which says in part: "Irving kept a daily record during their 10-week excursion. Irving's vivid descriptions of the rivers, plains and forests on the journey are unparalleled in Western writing. Even more valuable is his reporting on life among the carefree U.S. Army Rangers -- with whom the party traveled for protection -- and what he has to say about the Indians they encountered. A TOUR ON THE PRAIRIES is one of the few firsthand accounts of frontier life in the early 19th Century and a prime source for understanding the relations between the Indians and the whites before competition for the land brought on chronic warfare.". Facsimile reprint of 1835 edition. Hard Cover. As New condition./No Dust Jacket, as issued. 8vo. xiii, 335pp.…

Imitation Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Facsimile edtion. The Old West; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 335 pages; Leather-Bound, all Edges Gilt. Ribbon marker. Book Tight binding. Text Pages clean no markings seen.

Hardcover. 8vo. Full brown blind-embossed leather with gilt lettering. xiii, 335pp. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers, sewn-in yellow silk page marker. Fine. Tight and handsome facsimile reprint of the scarce 1835 John Murray first edition. A volume in this publisher's "Classics of the Old West" series. GRAFF 3097. NEW HOWES I 88 note. RADER 2029 note. …

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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.