Advocates and Adversaries : The Early Life and Times of Robert R. Rose : The Lakeside Classics # 75
by Rose, Robert R.; Edited by Gene M. Gressley
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Fine condition./No Dust Jacket, as issued.
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About This Item
Chicago, Illinois:: The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1977. 4.5" wide by 6.75" tall. Bright, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. Top edge gilt. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. With 11 illustrations including a double-page map of Wyoming in color, and a frontispiece portrait of the author. Gilt lettering on the spine, and Lakeside Press logo on the front cover, are still bright and shiny. From the publisher's preface: "In 1914, a young lawyer from Denver, Robert R. Rose, arrived in Kemmerer, Wyoming to hang up his shingle and commence the practice of his profession. As a small time lawyer, he became acquainted with the activities of the county, and was involved in many of them. The story of his eight years in Kemmerer, never before published, makes up the seventy-fifth annual edition of THE LAKESIDE CLASSICS." Bound in the original blue cloth. The Lakeside Classics # 75.. First Edition (never-before-published). Hard Cover. Fine condition./No Dust Jacket, as issued.. lix, 328pp.. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Title
- Advocates and Adversaries : The Early Life and Times of Robert R. Rose : The Lakeside Classics # 75
- Author
- Rose, Robert R.; Edited by Gene M. Gressley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition.
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket, as issued.
- Edition
- First Edition (never-before-published)
- Publisher
- The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois:
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- lix, 328pp.
- Keywords
- Autobiography. Western Americana.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Western Americana;
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