Come an' Get It; The Story of the Old Cowboy Cook
by Ramon F. Adams
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0806110139
- ISBN 13
- 9780806110134
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$16.84NZ$11.79
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About This Item
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1972. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated 3rd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; bump to upper front tip, slight rubbing to spine edge, suntanning to spine and rear wrap. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 170 pp 12mo. This is the story of the old cowboy range cook; salty and authentic; with the author tracing the evolution of the chuck wagon and its relation to the cattle industry. Down-to-earth-realism about things Western with tophand drawings by the best illustrator the West ever had. A clean and very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002662
- Title
- Come an' Get It; The Story of the Old Cowboy Cook
- Author
- Ramon F. Adams
- Illustrator
- Nick Eggenhofer
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0806110139
- ISBN 13
- 9780806110134
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman, OK
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- THE OLD WEST, CATTLE DRIVES, LONGHORN CATTLE, CHUCK WAGON, COWBOY RANGE COOK, INDUSTRY, OUTDOOR COOKBOOK, FEEDING RANGEHANDS, CHOW, BEANS AND COFFEE, cattle industry
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....