Lot 100:
Remington, Frederic: Done in the Open
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Description
This large-format hardcover book, titled Done in the Open, features the drawings of Frederic Remington with an introduction and verses by Owen Wister and others. Published in New York by P. F. Collier & Son, the title page is dated MCMIV (1904). The volume is bound in tan pictorial paper-covered boards with a tan cloth spine. The front cover displays a color illustration of a Rough Rider and bears a printed facsimile signature reading Frederic Remington- 1901- in green ink. The interior contains numerous full-page and double-page monochrome illustrations depicting Western frontier life, including scenes of Native Americans, U.S. Cavalrymen, and cowboys. The copyright page lists dates ranging from 1898 to 1902 for P. F. Collier & Son and 1900 to 1902 for Robert Howard Russell. The illustrations throughout the volume feature printed facsimile signatures of the artist.
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