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Ross Santee. A group of 5 First Editions, including 2 inscribed with original sketches.... (Total: 5 )
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Ross Santee. A group of 5 First Editions, including 2 inscribed with original sketches.Ross Santee. Men and Horses. New York: The Century Co., [1926]. 8vo, illustrated by the author, original blue cloth-backed pictorial orange cloth stamped in blue on the front cover, spine gilt-lettered; cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION of the author's first book. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED WITH A SKETCH BY THE AUTHOR/ARTIST on the front free endpaper: "For Walter Braunschweiger / Ross Santee / -28." With an ink sketch above his signature depicting a horse tied outside a half-timber building in a landscape. With upper panel of original dust jacket laid in. Spine a bit dulled. Adams, Herd 2010 - Santee. Cowboy. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1928. 8vo, illustrated by the author, original pictorial pale orange cloth stamped in black; cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION. Minor soiling; previous owner's signature and stamp on front free endpaper. Adams, Herd 2008. - Santee. The Bar X Golf Course. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., [1933]. 8vo, illustrated by the author, original yellow cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in black; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, with original score card illustrated by Santee laid in. Dust jacket price-clipped, and with minor wear to ends of spine panel and corners, a few short tears or nicks. Donovan & Murdoch 33090; Murdoch 665. - Santee. Apache Land. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. 8vo, illustrated by the author, original beige pictorial cloth, stamped in brown; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED WITH AN ORIGINAL SKETCH BY THE AUTHOR/ARTIST on front free endpaper: "For B. E. J. with congratulations for the excellent marks gotten at Malvern High - especially algebra. Ross Santee /47." With an ink sketch beside the inscription depicting two Apaches riding. Dust jacket with some chipping and browning. Adams, Guns 1941; Adams, Herd 2007. - Santee. The Rummy Kid Goes Home. New York: Hastings House, Publishers, [1965]. 8vo, illustrated by the author, original pictorial beige cloth stamped in black; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Fine.
Provenance: From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2025 September 10 - 11 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part III, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6321 (go to Auction Home page)
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