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The Flying U's Last Stand
by Bower, B. M.; Fischer, Anton Otto (Illustrator)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1915. First Thus . Soft cover. Good+. Fischer, Anton Otto. Book #5 in what would eventually become a popular 24-book series about the Flying U Ranch & the Happy Family who live there in the early 20th-century US. In 353 pages, with glossy frontispiece by Anton Otto Fischer. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1915, this hardcover 12mo has green cloth-covered boards stamped with a red & black design & lettering to front & spine. Condition is Good: generally very clean with the occasional spot or smudge. Binding secure, but front hinge starting. Pages moderately tanned, heavier around edges. Two old gift inscriptions dated 1919 & 1936 to ffep; NO other writing/underlining/highlighting. Flaws: rubbing to extremities, heavy along spine, with many heavily rubbed spots/patches. No DJ. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021338
- Title
- The Flying U's Last Stand
- Author
- Bower, B. M.; Fischer, Anton Otto (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Fischer, Anton Otto
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1915
- Keywords
- OLD WEST WESTERN FRONTIER FAMILY FICTION SERIES BOOKS AMERICA
- Bookseller catalogs
- The West/Westerns/Cowboys: Fiction & Nonfiction;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
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