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Good overall condition. Leather cover is good condition with minor wear on top and bottom edges of binding, and some scuffing on back cover.  Binding is solid, with some separation between the first signature and the inner cloth lining.  First signature pages have binding glue visible at the seam. (visible in photo at lower left).  There is some light spotting on some pages.  Illustrations are in very good condition.  Slip Cover is taped on edges.

The Charles M. Russell Book

The Life and Work of the Cowboy Artist

 by Harold McCracken 

published by Doubleday and Co.

Garden City, New York

1957 Limited Edition

one of 250 copies signed by the author

#138/250

leather bound hard cover with embossed buffalo skull logo. Tan Cardboard sleeve with same illustration pasted on front.

Charles Russell was born in 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, spent many years as a wrangler in the  Montana Territory, and was as rough and rugged as the Western scenes he portrayed.  His pictures bring to life the characters and scenes of Western life.  Cowboys, cattle, Indians, hunting, trapping, horses,  wildlife, buffalo hunting, and frontier life are all subjects of his work. Russell never received formal art training, and for many years he painted for his own enjoyment, giving away most of what he produced to his friends.  When he married, his wife saw to it that his paintings and sketches were introduced to the serious art world, and he is now recognized as one of the most important Western artists of all time. His work includes bronze sculpture, oil painting, watercolor, and beautifully illustrated letters. This book contains the story of his life and a large cross-section of his work.

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