Lot Details
Lot 198
RUXTON, GEORGE FREDERICK Life in the Far West.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. First American edition. Three-quarters red calf, marbled sides. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 (18 x 12 cm); 235 pp. 4 pp. ads. Minor wear to binding, scattered foxing.
Originally published in Blackwood's Magazine June-November, 1848. Wagner-Camp lists this as the first edition, although Howes gives that distinction to the Edinburgh edition of the same year. Cowan p.546; Howes R554; Wagner-Camp 173:1.
C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
Estimate: $100 - $150
Sold for $62 (includes buyer's premium)
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