Half Horse Half Alligator The Growth of the Mike Fink Legend
by Blair, Walter and Franklin J. Meine, Edited with an Introduction and Notes By
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Price Clipped Else Good+ to Vg
- Seller
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Wilson, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
The University of Chicago Press, 1956. Tape marks and residue on boards, front endpage cut off 1" from binding, library name stamp on title page, tape marks on rear pastedown, no longer property of stamp on top page edges. D/j is mylar covered and has small chip from bottom edge of rear panel, call numbers painted over on spine. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. 289 pages.. First. Hard Cover. Good+/Price Clipped Else Good+ to Vg. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- Virtuous Volumes et al.
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 012354
- Title
- Half Horse Half Alligator The Growth of the Mike Fink Legend
- Author
- Blair, Walter and Franklin J. Meine, Edited with an Introduction and Notes By
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Price Clipped Else Good+ to Vg
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Fink, Mike Legends Blair, Walter Meine, Franklin J.
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- Biographies and Autobiographies;
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