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America's Western Frontiers: The Story of the Explorers and Settlers who Opened up the trans-Mississippi West
by Hawgood, John A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1967. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over red boards, gilt lettering and medallions on spine, author's initials on blind-stamped panel on cover, black endpapers, fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with B&W illustrations and maps.. The volume is in excellent condition, tight, square and clean, with minor shelf-wear on edges and slight wear to front hinge, else as new. The price-clipped dust jacket is mildly chipped along the top edge and at the head of the spine. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE.. B&W Maps and illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xxiii), 440, (12) pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9676
- Title
- America's Western Frontiers: The Story of the Explorers and Settlers who Opened up the trans-Mississippi West
- Author
- Hawgood, John A
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Western history, History, Non-Fiction;, Americana, Exploration, United States, Western expansion
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
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