Outlaw

New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1941. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Good. Ernest Franklin. First Edition, Farrar and Rinehart symbol on copyright page. A unique and lovingly rendered study on the art of illustration: artist Ernest Franklin decorated half-title and title pages with watercolors as well as the end of Chapter Two; there are TWENTY-TWO black ink and felt-tipped pen drawings by Franklin, some full page, most in between chapter beginnings and endings although there are several chapters with no illustrations; and five full-page brown felt-tipped pen drawings; Franklin SIGNED the watercolors and drawing at second half-title; some illustrations are full-page while others are smaller and measure about 3in x 5in and several are smaller still; a truly unique work by a respected Southwestern artist. 8vo, red cloth, housed in custom red cloth slipcase; good+ (edges of boards and spine toning; shelfworn; spine ends bumped and heavily worn with a few shallow tears; corners crimped and worn; number 546 written on front and rear pastedowns, an additional mark is on front pastedown; 1.5in tear to half-title page along bound edge; ink from drawing on p40 bled through to illustration on p39; tear to top edge of pp41-2; stray pen mark on p206; eps and edges browned, pages toning) in good dj (toned and soiled; spine browned and soiled with long scrape to top half and three brown spots; edges heavily chipped, torn, worn, and creased; spine head almost chipped off, tail heavily chipped; tears to front panel along spine and flap edges; waterstains to panels along flaps and spine; ink smudge on top edges of inside flaps) with vg slipcase (shelfworn; edgeworn; white marks on bottom edge and five white spots on panels); 277pp.