99. EGGENHOFER, Nick. Wagons, Mules and Men.
How the Frontier Moved West.... New York: Hastings
House, [1961]. 184 pp., illustrations by the author. Small
4to, half-calf and decorated cloth, gilt. Very fine in
publisher’s slipcase.
First
edition, limited edition (#17 of a special edition
limited to 215 copies containing an original signed
watercolor). Pingenot: This superbly illustrated book,
with an original water color sketch, by the late, great
Western artist, has hundreds of line drawings and many
wonderful double-page illustrations. Not only was
Eggenhofer an outstanding Western artist, he was an expert
on Western wheeled vehicles. The trade edition was not very
large, and the limited with an original sketch by the
artist is rare. The watercolor sketch bound into this copy
is a fine illustration of a frontier cowboy on
horseback.
($700-1,000)