Author: SETON, Ernest Thompson
Title: Two Little Savages: Being the Adventures of Two Boys Who Lived As Indians and What They Learned
Description: New York, Doubleday Page & Company, 1898. Hardcover. Illustrations by the author. 8vo. Pale green cloth with gilt and dark green lettering and pictorial stamping. xvii, 552pp. Pictorial title page, 29 full-page plates, numerous small marginal line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Binding faintly edgeworn (mainly at spine head/tail) and spine faintly age toned; a few leaves roughly opened, but tight and internally near fine. "Over Two Hundred Drawings" (boasts title page) grace this attractive first edition -- actually 202, for two side-by-side front flyleaves bear an original well-rendered ink sketch showing two lads in Boy Scout-type uniforms, one with hands behind back eying the viewer and the other with rifle slung over shoulder walking away with dog at his side; we do NOT believe this is in Seton's hand, but rather an early owner's rendering of the "Two Little Savages" of the title. On page xvii ("Part I / Glenyan and Yan"), the author boldly inscribes and signs it "To E. Ording / with best wishes of / Ernest Thompson Seton / 5 May 1940" and adds his usual pawprint trademark. Early private owner has lightly inked in white "adventure / for boys / TWO" at base of spine -- visible but not offensive. Quite an interesting copy and one wonders if recipient "E. Ording" to whom Seton inscribes it was the artist who extra-illustrated it. A very scarce title and here inscribed by Seton with unknown artist's nicely-done ink drawing of the title characters. .

Keywords: American Literature


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