Fort Concho and the Texas Frontier.
by HALEY, J. Evetts
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Angelo, TX: San Angelo Standard-Times, 1952. San Angelo edition, limited to 185 copies, of which this is number 152 (numbered bookmark laid in). Signed by printers Carl Hertzog and Houston Harte, additionally inscribed and signed by J. Evetts Haley to Dr. E. L. Barker. Octavo. [12], 352, [2] pp. Illustrated by H. D. Bugbee. Publisher's terra-cotta cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial endpapers, top edge red. Some small specks to fore-edge but a very good copy with a fine inscription by Haley.The definitive history of West Texas.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72810
- Title
- Fort Concho and the Texas Frontier.
- Author
- HALEY, J. Evetts
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- San Angelo Standard-Times
- Place of Publication
- San Angelo, TX
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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