WISTER, Owen

The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains

London: Macmillan, 1902. First U.K. Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Red cloth, stamped in black and yellow, top edge gilt; [xiv],504m[16]pp; 16pp publisher's ads at rear; frontispiece and seven inserted halftone plates. Former owner's name in ink to f.f.e.p. Sound but rubbed at edges, spine lightly sunned, overall Very Good. Early edition of Wister's classic of the western plains, considered to have inaugurated the American western genre.

Price: $150.00

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