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Bisbee: Queen of the Copper Camps
by Bailey, Lynn R
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Tucson, AZ: Westernlore Press, 1983. First Edition. Quarto. 159 pages, index. maps, and over 100 photographs. An essential work on Bisbee from the discovery of rich ore in 1877 to the end of its major mining in the early 1970's. A fine copy bound in red cloth, spine lettering gilt, in a near fine blue pictorial dust jacket lettered in white with a short, closed edge tear to upper edge of front panel, head rubbed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031116
- Title
- Bisbee: Queen of the Copper Camps
- Author
- Bailey, Lynn R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Westernlore Press
- Place of Publication
- Tucson, AZ
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Bisbee Copper Camps Mining
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mining; Arizona;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Fine
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