LAND OF SAVAGERY, LAND OF PROMISE: The European Image of the American Frontier
by Billington, Ray Allen (1903-81)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393013766
- ISBN 13
- 9780393013764
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: W.W. Norton, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 364 p. Textual illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by Billington to distinguished Southern California historian Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. on the front flyleaf, with an invitation to the memorial service for Billington at Occidental College laid in. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61842
- Title
- LAND OF SAVAGERY, LAND OF PROMISE: The European Image of the American Frontier
- Author
- Billington, Ray Allen (1903-81)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393013766
- ISBN 13
- 9780393013764
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1981
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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- First Edition
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