Uncle Dick Wootten: The Pioneer Frontiersman of the Rocky Mountain Region [Leather Binding]
by Conard, Howard Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0809435853
- ISBN 13
- 9780809435852
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Time-Life Books. Very Good+. 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. 0809435853 . "An account of the adventures and thrilling experiences of the most noted American hunter, trapper, guide, scout and Indian fighter now living." This is a facsimile reprint of the original 1890 edtion. Printed in two versions, this is the Deluxe Edition issued in real leather with gilt edges and an sewn in ribbon bookmark. The covers are brown stamped leather with gilt spine and cover lettering (the Standard Edtion has faux leather covers with white edges). There are a few light scratches to the gilt edges, else this is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings and no owner names. Ref: Howes C659 for the original edition. ; Classics of the Old West Series; B&W Illustrations; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 491 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20031
- Title
- Uncle Dick Wootten: The Pioneer Frontiersman of the Rocky Mountain Region [Leather Binding]
- Author
- Conard, Howard Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0809435853
- ISBN 13
- 9780809435852
- Publisher
- Time-Life Books
- Place of Publication
- Alexandria, Va
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- 0809435853, Military, Western Americana, Indians, Indian Wars, Frontiersman, Leather Binding, Trappers, Scout, Leather Binding
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
About Peninsula Books
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...