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BRONCHO APACHE
by WELLMAN, PAUL I
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936., 1936. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 303pp. Author's first book. The story of an Apache warrior under Geronimo, named Massai is being relocated to a prison in Florida. He escapes from the prison train somewhere in Missouri and makes his way back to Arizona, where he is betrayed by one of his people, recaptured and sent off to the Florida prison, where he kills his guards and escapes into the Sierras. This was portrayed very well in 1945 in a film directed by Robert Aldrich, and starred Burt Lancaster and Jean Peters with Charles Bronson and John McIntire also in the cast. A fine, bright copy. Dust jacket is lightly sunned on spine, is lightly rubbed, and shows light wear to upper fore-edge and top of spine. A handsome copy. A handsome copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50506
- Title
- BRONCHO APACHE
- Author
- WELLMAN, PAUL I
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company, 1936.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
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BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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About the Seller
BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania
About BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and rare books dealing with Mystery and Western Americana. Books in the mystery field include not only Mystery, but also Detective, Espionage, and Adventure Fiction. Our Western Americana Section offers books about the development of the American West. All books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise.
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Sunned
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- 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....
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