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Fire at Eden's Gate: Tom McCall & the Oregon Story
by Walth, Brent
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 087595247X
- ISBN 13
- 9780875952475
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oregon Historical Society Pr, 1994. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Acceptable/Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. Association copy from the personal collection of Jewel Lansing, writer and former Oregon politician. This copy was inscribed to her by the author on the title page, and again by her husband Ron on the FFEP. Solid binding with softening to tail, corners sharp. Text block shows a light colored stain and a small scuff to bottom edge. A few pages have some underlining in pen. Tiny nick to front pastedown. Paper clip indentation to page 347. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 564pp.
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- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPwalFAEG
- Title
- Fire at Eden's Gate: Tom McCall & the Oregon Story
- Author
- Walth, Brent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 087595247X
- ISBN 13
- 9780875952475
- Publisher
- Oregon Historical Society Pr
- Place of Publication
- Portland, Oregon, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 39 oz
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
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
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- Association Copy
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
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