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Gene W. Baade Books on the West
Gene W. Baade Books on the West
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Dalton, Emmett WHEN THE DALTONS RODE
$379.19
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Fair. Item #1602033
1st printing. Pictorial cloth. 313pp. Illustrated with portraits. Pictorial endpapers. On the front paste down is the interesting & elaborate custom bookplate of the once well-known book collector & author, Frederick W. Skiff. The Dalton autobiography is one of your bookseller’s all-time favorite outlaw books. In scarce dj, which is chipped 3/8” across top of backstrip & a bit at the bottom of same. The backstrip is also somewhat dark. Couple of minor stains on the back panel. Scarce. Howes D39, 6-guns 549.
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Association copy of a rare Aussie pioneer memoir
MacAlister, Chas Old Pioneering Days in the Sunny South
$2,500.00Gene W. Baade Books on the West
Goulburn (Australia): Chas. MacAlister Book Publication Committee, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 1st and only printing until facsimile reprint in 1977. Gilt-stamped red cloth. 396pp plus 9pp advertising in rear, plus ad on the rear paste down. Index. Ink signature of author’s friend, Charles Cowper, on front paste down and four other pages. Cowper is listed in the index, which cites three pages to which he, alongside the entry, adds in ink three more page citations. More on Cowper below. This is a book filled with vivid, highly detailed accounts of colonial New South Wales. Online information says it is “a vital first-hand record of early colonial life, transport, and lawlessness in southeastern New South Wales…” “The book is exceptionally famous among folklorists and historians for preserving the oldest surviving written version of the legendary ballad, ‘Jim Jones at Botany Bay.” MacAlister arrived in New South Wales in 1833 as a three-year old where his father initially managed the estate of a relative. MacAlister was a “carrier” (freighter) by his teen years, hauling wool and other goods to market between his rural home near Goulburn and Sydney. He soon became a cattle and horse trader and drover, and eventually a hotel owner and gold miner. This firsthand, original source history is packed with information, “including The Penal Period, Bushrangers, Gold Rushes, and Colonial Development.” MacAlister reports much on the prisoners that occupied and labored in this penal colony. He provides details on the growth of Goulburn and Argyle, the importance of the growing city of Sydney, He report extensively on fairs and horse races, floods and droughts, mail service, railroads, “diggers” (gold seekers), outlaws, ticket-of-leave men, judges, sheriffs, pioneers, the old drovers of bullock-pulled freight wagons, politicians and politics, clerics, sports heroes, and many others. MacAlister personally knew hundreds of people and in this book he names literally thousands of individuals along with associated places, dates, and events. MacAlister died before he could review the proofs of his book. His Son, George, edited the volume and brought it to final print. As to Charles Cowper (1834-1911), the original owner of this copy, his father was Premier of NSW five times between 1856 – 1879. Charles, the son whose signatures appear in this copy, was also active politically and was a member of parliament as well as at one time Sheriff of NSW. This copy in fair to good condition with a flaw described here, namely the cloth of the spine split down the middle and thus a candidate for professional restoration. The red cloth is reasonably bright except for some fading to the spine. There is light blotching on the front cover that does not remove or blot out the red color of the cloth, but reduces its brightness. See photo. Quite mild foxing in places. The gilt-stamping of the titles is very good. There is a tiny bit of fraying at the head and toe of the spine. There is short cut to the cloth on the lower spine near the rear board. In two locations signatures separating with webbing exposed. A fascinating book and hard to put down. We have located fourteen copies, all but one shelved in Australian national and university libraries and museums. While this book is not superlatively rare in terms of library access, as offered on the market in the last 100 plus years it is rare. Even the 1977 facsimile reprint is hard to find.
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Deerfield, Mass. Bay, Captivity Narrative
John Williams The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion or a Faithful History of Remarkable Occurrences in the Captivity and Deliverance of Mr. John Williams
$350.00Greenfield, Mass.: John Dickman, 1800. 6th Edition, with Additions (see note below on printing). Binding: Hardcover (Full Leather). Book Condition: Very Good Condition. Size: 16 mo (6-7″). 248 pages. Rev. Williams was among those captured in an Indian raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Feb. 29, 1703/4. Upon his return, he wrote an autobiographical account of his captivity and return which went through eight printings over the next century (though Dickson labels this ninth printing as the “6th Edition, with Additions”). Although most of the content here was taken from earlier Boston printings, Dickman added Taylor’s chronology in his earlier 1793 “Fourth” edition and Taylor’s new “Historical Sketch of Deerfield” is first published here. Note that the date on the title page is 1800 but Taylor’s note about his appendix is dated as Jan. 1st, 1802 (p. 198). Sabin lists the publication date as “MDCCC [i.e., 1802]” based upon Taylor’s date (Vol. 28, p. 424). Besides Williams’ account (pp. 1-125), this printing includes five additions: 1) A sermon Williams preached at Boston in 1706 upon his return (pp. 127-148); 2) An appendix by Williams’ son Stephen who was also captured, recording the names of those taken, those killed in the raid and a chronology of “this mischief done by the enemy in Deerfield, from the beginning of its settlement to the death of” his father in 1729 (pp. 149-158); 3) An appendix sent to the publisher by Rev. John Taylor of Deerfield who continues the chronology of the “mischief done by the enemy, in Deerfield” from 1729 “to the conclusion of the last French War” (pp. 159-197) as well as his new “Historical Sketch of Deerfield” (pp. 197-220); 4) “Some Observations” by Rev. T[homas] Prince of the Old South Church in Boston, originally published in the 3rd edition providing some biographical information about John Williams (pp. 220-224) and 5) “A Sermon delivered in the first parish in Springfield, on the 16th of October, 1775 just one hundred years from the burning of the town by the Indians” (with the running head of “A Century Sermon”) preached by Rev. Robert Beck of Springfield (225-248). Hardcover bound in leather over boards with red morocco title panel marked “REDEEM’D CAPTIVE” in gilt. Corners are bowed with three worn through to the boards. The leather has lost its finish along the top edges and head and foot and along the hinges of the spine. The front end paper is split at the gutter, exposing the cords, but the binding is tight. The pages are tanned from age but unmarked. There is light foxing scattered throughout and a tide mark in the top quarter of the rear free end papers and last two leaves of the text. The original owner’s inscription is on the front free end paper: “Neh Randalls Property Bought August 25th 1805 at Worthington (Mass)” At the bottom is a more recent ownership inscription in purple pencil: “Fred from Ralph” and what appears to be “O K, Eva.” On the inside front cover is an oval stamp: “Private Library of F. G. Simpson No.” with the number 5 written in.
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Gaskell's life of Brontë, 1857 first edition
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn THE LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË (2 Volumes)
$800.00London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1857. First edition. Two volumes; viii, 352 & viii, 327 pages, bound without ads; Frontis engravings with facing tissues and facsimile manuscript plate. Item #26758 Half leather bound with marbled paper covered boards and end papers; Modest wear to edges, corners and raised bands.
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THE LIFE OF AMERICA'S MOST BELOVED STORYTELLER
Paine, Albert Bigelow (1861–1937) MARK TWAIN: A Biography; The Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, [Three Volumes – Complete] THE BIOGRAPHER WHO KNEW HIM BEST
$750.00Published only two years after Mark Twain’s death, this monumental three-volume biography by Albert Bigelow Paine remains one of the foundational sources for understanding Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Paine enjoyed unprecedented access to Twain’s personal papers, correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, and family recollections, allowing him to produce the first comprehensive account of the author’s life, literary development, travels, friendships, and public career. More than a biography, the work presents a vivid portrait of nineteenth-century American literary culture. Paine captures Twain’s rise from Mississippi river pilot and frontier journalist to international celebrity, while preserving anecdotes, letters, and observations unavailable elsewhere. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Three volumes. Handsomely bound in half red morocco over complementary marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers. Five raised spine bands with gilt-stamped titles and decorative devices. Top edges gilt. Octavo format. Illustrated throughout with photographs, facsimiles, and portraits. An attractive early twentieth-century custom binding well suited for both library and display. CONDITION: No flaws or blemishes beyond minimal shelf handling. A particularly handsome set in bright red morocco with fresh gilt, clean boards, and well-preserved marbled endpapers. Still Gift Quality. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —Paine’s biography presents the most influential early account of Mark Twain’s life and career. Drawing upon years of personal friendship and literary collaboration, the author reconstructs Twain’s childhood in Missouri, his years on the Mississippi River, western journalism, world travels, family life, financial reverses, lecture tours, and emergence as one of the defining voices of American literature. The work reflects the transition from nineteenth-century America into the modern literary age. Alongside discussions of major works such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, and The Innocents Abroad, Paine preserves valuable firsthand observations that later biographers frequently relied upon. The result is both an important reference work and a richly readable literary biography. Numerous film, television, and theatrical adaptations have been drawn from Twain’s writings, particularly The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, ensuring the continued cultural influence of the author whose life is chronicled here. Albert Bigelow Paine served as Mark Twain’s literary executor and enjoyed unusual access to the author’s private papers. Published shortly after Twain’s death in 1910, this biography helped shape public understanding of Twain for generations and remains a cornerstone of Twain scholarship. SUBJECTS: Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American Authors, Literary Biography, Nineteenth-Century America, American Literary History, Mississippi River Culture, American Literature, Literary History.
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