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Broken Hand: The Life Story of Thomas Fitzpatrick, Chief of the Mountain Men
by LeRoy Reuben Hafen; W. J. Ghent
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Old West Pub. Co, 1931-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket as issued. Forest green cloth boards with tooled border and gilt lettering on the front panel; lettering on the spine. The binding is tight, corners lightly rubbed. A .25" closed tear on the front hinge. A patch of yellowing on pages 28 & 29 from a newspaper clipping. Previous owner name written lightly in pencil on the FFEP.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPhafBHL
- Title
- Broken Hand: The Life Story of Thomas Fitzpatrick, Chief of the Mountain Men
- Author
- LeRoy Reuben Hafen; W. J. Ghent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Old West Pub. Co
- Date Published
- 1931-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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