The Builders
Chicago: Forbes & Company, 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 12mo, 361 pp. with single page publisher's ad at rear, Signed copy of this novel about gold prospecting and town building on the western frontier. Emerson himself was famous for founding the copper mining town of Encampment, Wyoming. Signed and dated in the year of publication on the ffep. Laid in is a 7 14" x 4 3/4" portrait of the author on cardstock with a few edge tears and wear at corners. The book is very good with some rubbing and scuffing to pictorial front cover. Spine is darkened and cloth is worn at corners and spine ends. Some toning and spotting to page block edge, else clean internally save for some offsetting where the photo was originally laid in on pg 42-43. Very Good. Item #4071
12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
Price: $75.00