Blue Russell
by BRYANT, WILL
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394487591
- ISBN 13
- 9780394487595
- Seller
-
Newport, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
USA: Random House, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good+ Dust Jacket. Binding of red half-cloth w/gilt titles, blue paper-wrapped boards; clean and unmarked, tight and solid, slight rubbing of bottom edge, no other edgewear. Small red publisher's mark on the lower edge. Interior in Fine Condition. Jacket not price-clipped, illus. with a locomotive going through the mountains. It is clean, faint whitish marks on front, not chipped. It is an unusual jacket--the top and bottom fold over the height of the book and these inner folds are illustrated with a "WANTED" sign the length of the jacket and, on the top part, three illustrations and text: "Among the Questions Blue Russell Answers: What was the Widow's Game in Cape Girardeau? ( an illustration of the widow gambling); What was Hutch guarding in New Orleans? ( an illustration of Hutch with a shotgun); What was in the Black Box on the train to Telluride? ( an illustration of the black box)". Quite unusual. Orphaned boy Blue Russel worked in his uncle's gunsmith shop in the 1890s in St. Louis and it was a life of poverty in opulent, sophisticated St. Louis (in the 1890s!). His uncle in self-defense and goes on the run when a broken-down, one-eyed safecracker rescues him. Well, his adventures take him West--to Wyoming, Yak, Montana-and to a daring train robbery. A roaring good tale. 310 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 1976, Random House, New York, New York, USA
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002796
- Title
- Blue Russell
- Author
- BRYANT, WILL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394487591
- ISBN 13
- 9780394487595
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI--1890'S; UNDERWORLD; WYOMING; UTAH; RAILROADS; TRAIN ROBBERY;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Adventure;
- X weight
- 0 oz
Terms of Sale
The Parnassus BookShop
Shipment 5 days a week upon receipt of payment. If buyer wishes to return a book, buyer must notify us within 5 days of receipt of the item and return the item within 14 days of the date they notify us of the return. Refund will be made within 3 days of the receipt of the returned item.
About the Seller
The Parnassus BookShop
Biblio member since 2007
Newport, Washington
About The Parnassus BookShop
About The Parnassus BookShop: We love and cherish books, inside and out! The Parnassus BookShop is the online bookshop with the goal of providing you with just the book you want, in the best possible condition, with friendly, helpful service and professional, efficient handling of your book purchases. We specialize in history, literature, classics and modern classic fiction and non-fiction; mystery/British mystery; with a wide variety of general fiction, politics and government, nature/natural history, science, psychology, social sciences, the arts, music, children's books, etc. Please see our catalogs.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...