LEGENDS OF THE WEST.
by Hall, James
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
New York: T. L. Magagnos and Company Book. Good. Hardcover. 1854. Later Edition, 12mo, xvi, [17]-435pp, frontispiece and pictorial half title page. Rebound in leather, with title portion of old backstrip laid down, original endpapers retained but several new ones added. Light soiling, occasional light foxing, else G+. Six-Guns 904. (Has only the 1857 edition, and calls it rare). Graff 1733. Sabin 29787. Howes 73. Jillson RARE KENTUCKY BOOKS, page 89. Coleman 2139. The first part of the book is about the legend of the notorious Harpe brothers. The second part is largely a collection of legends and stories founded upon incidents which were witnessed by the author during his long sojourn in the West, or upon local traditions. A number of these stories relate to Kentucky and describe the life, manners, and customs of the backwoods and its people..
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- Bookseller
- Legacy Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 05423
- Title
- LEGENDS OF THE WEST.
- Author
- Hall, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- T. L. Magagnos and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- PIONEER HISTORY KENTUCKY
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About the Seller
Legacy Books
Biblio member since 2006
Louisville, Kentucky
About Legacy Books
We have been actively engaged in bookselling since 1977, specializing in Americana, Kentuckiana, Genealogy, Smithsonian Reports, Books about Books, and a wide variety of books in many other categories.
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- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- Title Page
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- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.