[Bill Wittliff Collection] Herbert R. Hislop

An Englishman's Arizona [Inscribed to Bill Wittliff by Carl Hertzog]

Herbert R. Hislop. Bernard L. Fontana, introduction. Hazel Fontana, illustrated. An Englishman's Arizona: The Ranching Letters of Herbert R. Hislop 1876-1878. Tucson: The Overland Press, 1965. First edition, one of 510 copies. 
Inscribed to Bill Wittliff by Carl Hertzog: "To Bill Wittliff / carrying on the tradition / Carl Hertzog."
Octavo. 74pp. Illustrated with historic photographs and drawings by Bernard L. Fontana. Publisher's brown quarter cloth over green cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt, printed title to front cover, map endleaves. Original acetate dust wrapper. With Carl Hertzog inscribed note, assorted ephemera laid-in.
From the collection of Bill Wittliff, highly regarded book designer, typographer, photographer and screenwriter from Austin Texas, founder of the Encino Press. 

Sunned to spine; minor shelfwear; acetate wrapper a bit torn and soiled. Very good. Item #2916

Price: $250.00