![REMINGTON, Frederic (1869-1909). Remington's Frontier Sketches. Chicago, Akron and New York: Werner Co., [1898]. Oblong 4o (232 x 315 mm). 15 half-tone plates, printed tissue guards. Original pictorial boards, edges gilt (some light soiling); later cloth slipcase. Provenance: L. Allan Liddell and Loren Allen Liddell III, 1957 (gift inscription in ink on front free endpaper from Mrs. Enoch Gray and Mrs. Milo Gray); Brian Douglas Stilwell (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. George S. Rowe's introduction describes how Remington captures the Romantic image of the Indian as a fighter, and a natural fixture of a frontier that is now gone, preserved only in art and imagination. Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators 327; Merle Johnson, p. 426; Howes R-206.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/NYR/2012_NYR_02622_0111_000(remington_frederic_remingtons_frontier_sketches_chicago_akron_and_new073052).jpg?w=1)
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REMINGTON, Frederic (1869-1909). Remington's Frontier Sketches. Chicago, Akron and New York: Werner Co., [1898]. Oblong 4o (232 x 315 mm). 15 half-tone plates, printed tissue guards. Original pictorial boards, edges gilt (some light soiling); later cloth slipcase. Provenance: L. Allan Liddell and Loren Allen Liddell III, 1957 (gift inscription in ink on front free endpaper from Mrs. Enoch Gray and Mrs. Milo Gray); Brian Douglas Stilwell (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. George S. Rowe's introduction describes how Remington captures the Romantic image of the Indian as a fighter, and a natural fixture of a frontier that is now gone, preserved only in art and imagination. Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators 327; Merle Johnson, p. 426; Howes R-206.
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REMINGTON, Frederic. Done in the Open. Introduction and verses by Owen Wister. New York: R. H. Russell, 1902. 2o (412 x 283 mm). Errata slip about Wister's text tipped to title. Half-tone illustrations after Remington. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards; ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S PICTORIAL BOARD SLIPCASE (some light soiling, a few small repairs). Provenance: Bob Stilwell (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with misspelled "Frederick" on cover. Dykes, in Western High Spots, ranks this work among the Remington "rarities," stating that "Very few copies with the added 'k' were released prior to the discovery of the error." Dykes, Fify Great Western Illustrators 30; Dykes, Western High Spots, p.21; Howes R-204. A VERY FINE, FRESH COPY. (2)
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REMINGTON, Frederic. Done in the Open. Introduction and verses by Owen Wister. New York: R. H. Russell, 1902. 2o (412 x 283 mm). Errata slip about Wister's text tipped to title. Half-tone illustrations after Remington. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards; ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S PICTORIAL BOARD SLIPCASE (some light soiling, a few small repairs). Provenance: Bob Stilwell (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with misspelled "Frederick" on cover. Dykes, in Western High Spots, ranks this work among the Remington "rarities," stating that "Very few copies with the added 'k' were released prior to the discovery of the error." Dykes, Fify Great Western Illustrators 30; Dykes, Western High Spots, p.21; Howes R-204. A VERY FINE, FRESH COPY. (2)