James Bridger
by Alter, J. Cecil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, (1962). First Edition Thus. Fine in brown cloth covered boards with a gilt on red title block on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches with very faint rubbing to the cloth at the corners of the spine and to the tips of the boards. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with light rubbing to the folds and to the ends of the spine area. 358 pages including an index, bibliography, text and illustrated with a two-page map, an image from a black and white photograph and eight reproductions of contemporary works of art. A revised edition of the author's original 1925 publication.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB30037
- Title
- James Bridger
- Author
- Alter, J. Cecil
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman, Okla.
- Date Published
- (1962)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
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- Fine
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- Good+
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- Price Clipped
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Quarto
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- First Edition
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