Offered in this lot is the First Edition of, "The Charles M. Russell Book" by John Willard, 1970, with Foreword by Senator Mike Mansfield, Salisbury Press Superior Publishing Company, Seattle. 36 Paintings in Full Color, 2 Rare Wash Drawings, 22 Pen and Ink Sketches. Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926), also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an artist of the Old American West. Russell created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes set in the Western United States and in Alberta, Canada, in addition to bronze sculptures. Known as 'the cowboy artist', Russell was also a storyteller and author. The C. M. Russell Museum, located in Great Falls, Montana, houses more than 2,000 Russell artworks, personal objects, and artifacts. Other major collections are held at the Montana Historical Society in Helena, Montana, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Sid Richardson Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. Russell's mural titled Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians hangs in the state capitol building in Helena, MT. This book is in nice overall condition, brown textured clothbound gold gilt stamped illustrated hardcover exhibits some separation at spine from both covers. Intact pages appear clean, age tanning & foxing not observed. Measures 10.25"W x 13.75"L