The Red Arrow: An Indian Tale
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1915. Rockwell, Norman P. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2354593
April 1928 printing (D-C code on copyright page). Boards lightly soiled, edges a bit foxed, ink name on front flyleaf. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked.
282, [1] pp. A novel for young readers following warriors of the Sioux tribe, featuring a black-and-white frontispiece and plates by Norman Rockwell, who at the time of this work's first publication was just starting out as an artist. His long run of covers for the Saturday Evening Post would begin the following year, and up to that point he had been a staff artist at Boys' Life. While this is not the first book Rockwell illustrated (that was Tell Me Why: Stories about Mother Nature, published in 1912 when he was just 18 years old), still a very early appearance. The plates bear his name, but he is not credited on the title or copyright pages for them.
Price: $125.00