Featured in this lot is this 1902, first edition of, "John Ermine of the Yellowstone" written and illustrated by Frederic Remington, copy-righted and published by The Macmillan Company of New York in 1902. The novel provides an overview of the exploits of the "adopted" Crow Indian, John Ermine. This book is an epic Western in the classic sense and a complex tale that captures the conflict between European Americans and Native Americans in the Wild West. John Ermine is the tragic character caught between two cultures, unable to assimilate fully into either. Famed artist Frederic Remington uses his pen to convey the irreparable stalemate between two groups of people in an untamed West while making a moving argument for the preservation of a truly wild western front. Not many collectors know that Frederic Remington was a novelist. Because he earned his living as an artist, he had the luxury of portraying the West more truthfully in prose than his contemporaries who tended to romanticize it. The work that best epitomizes this is his novel "John Ermine of the Yellowstone", which is a parody of other frontier tales, such as James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans and Bret Harte’s short story “The Luck of Roaring Camp". The cover and spine have stamped imagery of the main character and a pistol and axe respectively. This brown cloth stamped gilt covered hardcover shows good condition with gold gilt top edges. Slight scuffing present to the cover and spine but the spine is tight and in good condition. The interior pages show good condition with little to no foxing or staining present. It measures 7 3/4" L x 5 3/8" W x 1 1/8" D and weighs 14 ounces.