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George Catlin and the Old Frontier
by Harold McCraken
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Dial Pres, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Beautiful Book, 1959, stated First Edition, 12.5 inches in height by 9.25 inches in width, nice study of George Catlin and his amazing illustrations of Native Americans, wonderful collection of 131 black and white and 36 full color illustrations, 216 pages including index. Book is Fine, very clean rust cloth boards with bright gilt title to spine and gilt native American on front board, tight and square, No previous owner bookplate or writing. Jacket Very Good Plus, full color illustrations on both front and rear panels, corner and edge wear, rear panel has a rash of small splotch running from top to bottom in a 2 inch strip, still shows nicely in a new mylar sleeve. A very clean and most presentable First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003262
- Title
- George Catlin and the Old Frontier
- Author
- Harold McCraken
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Dial Pres
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- George Catlin, Native Americans, American History, Illustrations Native Americans
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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