U.S. West. The Saga of Wells Fargo.
by Beebe, Lucius & Charles Clegg
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1949. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the Second Printing of the First Edition. Small quarto. Red cloth binding with a blindstamped stagecoach in blue and gilt on the front board. Clean and fresh text; 320 pages, indexed. Illustrated with numerous period photographs. The spine is slightly faded, as is a band across the top of the front board (approximately 3/4", less noticeable than it sounds. No dustjacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Second Printing.. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001420
- Title
- U.S. West. The Saga of Wells Fargo.
- Author
- Beebe, Lucius & Charles Clegg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Printing.
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Western History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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