"NONE HAVE SURPASSED HIM": REMINGTON'S PUBLISHED DRAWINGS, EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY REMINGTON

REMINGTON, Frederic. Drawings. New York: R.H. Russell; London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1897. Large oblong folio (11-3/4 by 17-1/2 inches), original full russet reverse calf rebacked with original spine neatly laid down, top edge gilt. $12,000.

Signed limited first edition of Remington’s works, number 115 of only 250 copies, signed in pencil by Remington and in ink by R.H. Russell on the mounted limitation label, with 61 splendid full-page halftones of sketches, finished drawings and paintings.

The art of Frederic Remington— consummate illustrator of the American West—"is notable for its swift action and rendering of character. His Indians are Indians: his Apache is an Apache, his Sioux is a Sioux. His American soldiers in the field are splendid… Though there were delineators of the West and frontier before Frederic Remington … none have surpassed him" (DAB). "If Remington did nothing further, already he has achieved: he has made a page of American history his own" (Owen Wister). Without scarce original cardboard box. Howes R205. Graff 3457.

Interior clean, light edge-wear and soiling to reverse calf covers. A very good copy.