THE BROKEN GUN
by L'Amour, Louis
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good to Near Fine
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bantam Books, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Bantam J3098; A contemporary western-mystery, one of L'Amour's few excursions into a genre and time period outside the traditional western; Paperback Original, True First Edition, First Printing; text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned in pictorial wrappers with minor chipping top of spine, minimal other surface and edgewear. Collectable.
Synopsis
Ninety years ago the Toomey brothers, along with twenty-five other men and four thousand head of cattle, vanished en route to Arizona. When writer and historian Dan Sheridan is invited to the missing brothers' ranch by its current owner, he jumps at the chance. The visit fits right in with his plan to solve the century-old mystery--but it turns out that his host isn't a fan of books, writers, or people who don't mind their own business. Soon Dan is living the dangers of the Old West firsthand--tracked through the savage wilderness by vicious killers straight out of the most violent pages of his stories. However, his enemies have made one serious mistake: Sheridan is no pencil-pushing greenhorn, and killing him won't be as easy as they think.Our foremost storyteller of the authentic West, L'Amour has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and women who settled the American frontier. There are more than 300 million copies of his books in print around the world.From the Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001837
- Title
- THE BROKEN GUN
- Author
- L'Amour, Louis
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good to Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- WESTERN, MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, ARIZONA, VINTAGE PAPERBACK
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; Vintage Paperback; Western;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- 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.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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