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The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid: The noted desperado of the Southwest, whose deeds of daring and blood made his name a terror in New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico
by Garrett, Pat F
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0809435810
- ISBN 13
- 9780809435814
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Time-Life Books. Very Good+. 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. 0809435810 . This is a facsimilie reprint of the original 1882 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 leather with gilt spine and cover lettering (the Standard Edtion has faux leather covers with white edges). This copy has the original Classics of the Old West bookplate affixed to the front end paper, but no owner name has been inscribed. There is a slight dent on the rear cover, else this is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. Ref: Adams, Six Guns 807 for the rare first edition. ; Classics of the Old West Series; B&W Illustrations; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 137 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20026
- Title
- The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid: The noted desperado of the Southwest, whose deeds of daring and blood made his name a terror in New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico
- Author
- Garrett, Pat F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0809435810
- ISBN 13
- 9780809435814
- Publisher
- Time-Life Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- 0809435810, Crime, Western Americana, Outlaws, Southwest
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
Biblio member since 2023
Traverse City, Michigan
About Peninsula Books
Peninsula Books has been providing fine and rare books to collectors, institutions and the book trade since 1980. We have a select general stock of books and specialize in Americana in its many forms. We welcome your inquiries and are always happy to answer any questions about our books. Email is usually the quickest way to have your questions answered.
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
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