Sale 21JJ01 | Lot 94

[AMERICANA-NATIVE AMERICANS] MURRAY, CHARLES AUGUSTUS. The Prairie-Bird.

Catalogue: Sporting Books from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
[AMERICANA-NATIVE AMERICANS]  MURRAY, CHARLES AUGUSTUS. The Prairie-Bird.

Lot Details

Lot 94
[AMERICANA-NATIVE AMERICANS] MURRAY, CHARLES AUGUSTUS. The Prairie-Bird.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1844. First American edition. Modern cloth. 207 pp., the text in two columns, retains front blank. 9 x 5 1/2 inches. Spotted throughout, cloth spine faded, bookplate of Edward Sands Litchfield.
Rare first American edition of this "romance of adventures on the prairies among the Osages, Delawares, Sioux, and Crow Indians" (from a 1937 Goodspeed listing). Litchfield Collection p. 27.


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Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for $126 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $200 - $300
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Sporting Books from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson

Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 10am EDT