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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. A clean, sound first edition of the autobiography of this beloved American author. Bright green boards with gilt titles and a black line drawing of a lassoing cowboy on a horse show lightly bumped spine ends. Interior and page edges show occasional foxing, else unmarked. Mylar protected dust jacket shows minor sunning to spine and rear panel, light wear to edges, else clean and bright. Includes frontispiece photo of Will James, and charming illustrations throughout, also by him. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1930.

Madrid, Spain: Imprenta Nacional. Leather binding with gilt trim is clean and tight. Marbled endpapers and edges. Owner name on half-title page, else text is clean and unmarked. Manuel Josef Quintana was both patriot and poet. He was active with the liberals during the Spanish War of Independence, and with the Anti-Bonaparte resistence. He was a poet of the Spanish "Illustracion" movement, and one of Spain's most important figures in the transition to Romanticism. This is the first revised edition of his Poesias, first published in 1802. 253 pages + Index. . Very Good. Full Leather. 1st Edition Thus. 1813.