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Vanishing Breed; Photographs of the Cowboy and the West
by Allard, William Albert; McGuane, Thomas
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0821215655
- ISBN 13
- 9780821215654
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: The New York Graphic Society | Little, Brown & Co, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed on the front endpaper by Allard to fellow photographer Ray Lustig, additionally signed on the half-title, also with a signed card featuring one of Allard's cowboy photographs, a handwritten wedding invitation illustrated with the same cowboy photograph, and another signed laid-in print featuring one of Allard's photographs from this book. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($34.95), toned a shade on the spine. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Illustrated with 104 color photographs, Allard's book documents his time spent traveling with buckaroos from Mexico to Canada.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9864
- Title
- Vanishing Breed; Photographs of the Cowboy and the West
- Author
- Allard, William Albert; McGuane, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0821215655
- ISBN 13
- 9780821215654
- Publisher
- The New York Graphic Society | Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Blues, Music, Black History, Chicago, Memphis, Photography, Photobook, Photo Book
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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