Californios: The Saga of the Hard-Riding Vaqueros, America's First Cowboys.
by Mora, Jo
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a short closed tear to the back panel.
- Seller
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Garden City.: Doubleday., 1949. 1st Edition.. Brick cloth, gilt spine title, gilt spur device on cover. . Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a short closed tear to the back panel.. 25x17.5 cm.. Numerous illustrations by the author.. California centennial bookmark in a glassine sleeve tipped in to front endpaper. weight: 1.4 ln.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355941
- Title
- Californios: The Saga of the Hard-Riding Vaqueros, America's First Cowboys.
- Author
- Mora, Jo
- Illustrator
- Numerous illustrations by the author.
- Format/Binding
- Brick cloth, gilt spine title, gilt spur device on cover.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a short closed tear to the back panel.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City.
- Date Published
- 1949
- Pages
- 173 pp.
- Size
- 25x17.5 cm.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
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Zephyr Books
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Reno, Nevada
About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
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