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The Earp Brothers of Tombstone
by Frank Waters
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Bramhall House, 1960 Bramhall House, New York. 1960. Hardcover. First Printing (A). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; small stain on textblock top; slight shelfwear to board edges. DJ: Very Good; light wear to tips; slight chipping to head and tail; tape repaired closed tear on bottom of front panel. Tan paper over boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 247 pp 8vo. This is the first complete and authentic account of Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, James, and Warren Earp, in Tombstone AZ n the 1880s based on the recollections of Mrs. Virgil Earp. This book is based on her dictated recollections to the author in the 1930s and on a trove of documentary evidence unearthed in 1959. This book reveals the true character of the five brothers along with Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, John Behan, the Clantons, and the how and why for the fight at the OK Corral. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
Synopsis
The first complete and authentic account of the Earp Brothers in Tombstone, Arizona, based on the recollections of Mrs. Virgil Earp.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013091
- Title
- The Earp Brothers of Tombstone
- Author
- Frank Waters
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Bramhall House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Tombstone Arizona, Wyatt Earp, Virgil Earp, Morgan Earp, O.K. Corral, Johnny Behan, James Earp, Warren Earp, Doc Holliday, frontier lawmen, frontier life, silver mining, Apache Indians, Stage robberies, murders, outlaws, Cowboys, the Clantons,
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
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- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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