The First Hundred Years: An Informal History of Denver and the Rocky Mountain News
by Perkin, Robert L
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Arvada, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Foreword by Gene Fowler. Signed, Inscribed by author Perkin and two former newspaper editors (Foster and Chase) to another former managing editor (Dwyer), all referenced in the book. Laid in is a somewhat tanned 4-page outside sheet facsimile on newsprint of the first issue of the 12x15" tabloid newspaper of Saturday, April 23, 1859. Dust jacket, with price on flap, has a 1" and a 1/2" tear, a tiny corner chip, and edgewear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Algonquin Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16482
- Title
- The First Hundred Years: An Informal History of Denver and the Rocky Mountain News
- Author
- Perkin, Robert L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Jack Foster, Bob Chase, Vince Dwyer, Rocky Mountain News, newspapers, Gene Fowler, Colorado history, Denver, noisbn
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About the Seller
Old Algonquin Books
Biblio member since 2006
Arvada, Colorado
About Old Algonquin Books
Old Algonquin Books. owned by John and Helen Dunning, was an open store in Denver from 1984-1994. and has been an online business since then. Member: Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA).All books with dust jackets have removable mylar covers on the jackets unless otherwise noted. First edition also means first printing unless otherwise noted.
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Facsimile
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