Click for full-size.
The Deaths of the Bravos
by Myers, John Myers
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Edmonds, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1962. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 6" x 8-1/2. 467 pages, bibliography, leading characters and events. First Edition/First Printing. Dark brown cloth binding with gilt stamping on spine. Publisher logo blindstamped at lower right-hand corner of front board, top edge stained yellow as issued. Bright, clean, tight, and square text block, no marks of any kind. Map of Western US endpapers. Price clipped DJ in clear archival protector. Edgewear to top and bottom of DJ. From the DJ: 'The Deaths of the Bravos is an informal, behind-the-scenes history of the men who explored, settled and fought in the mountains, towns and plains of the Western territories during their inchoate, preindustrial period. Written by a man who had devoted his life to research and writing of the American West, it is the most comprehensive presentation of American pioneers in action ever written.'
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- McKenzie Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002076
- Title
- The Deaths of the Bravos
- Author
- Myers, John Myers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- 6" x 8-1/2
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions;
Terms of Sale
McKenzie Company
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley was a well-known and highly controversial figure in the first half of the 20th Century. A writer, occultist, magician, and mountaineer, Crowley impacted a diverse collection of sub-cultures and interests. See collectible Crowley from Biblio booksellers.
Collecting One Book
Instead of collecting by series, author, publisher...why not just one title? Learn more about collecting variations and editions of one book.
