Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp
by LOMAX, John A
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. Second Printing. Octavo (19.5cm): rust-colored cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 189pp, [1]. Softening to base of spine, discreet evidence of small bookplate removed from front pastedown, with a faint stain to lower corner of front endpaper; Very Good+ or better. Dustjacket priced $1.90 at spine; 1.75cm chip at crown, with loss along upper edge, various small chips, and several splits and tears tape-mended on verso; Good. Follow-up volume to the author's highly-regarded Cowboy Songs (1910), collecting 74 cowboy songs and ballads broken up into three sections: "Cowboy Yarns," "The Cowboy Off Guard," and "Cowboy Types." With a foreword by William Lyon Phelps. Quite scarce in dustjacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26403
- Title
- Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp
- Author
- LOMAX, John A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Folk Music;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...