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Frontiers of the Northwest: A History of the Upper Missouri Valley
by Briggs, Harold E
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Peter Smith, 1950. Study of the modern settlement of North & South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and parts of Idaho & Colorado; first by miners, then buffalo-hunters, then cattle & sheep ranchers, finally farmers. Rampaging Herd 319. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Reprint; first published ten years earlier. Hardcover, full rust cloth, black titling. Light wear, some rubbing and smudging; corners bumped; minor tape damage to free endsheet; no jacket, likely as issued. Text clean; xiv, 629 pages; index, bibliography, map endsheets, illustrations, b/w photos, maps.. Signed by Author. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- r0028
- Title
- Frontiers of the Northwest: A History of the Upper Missouri Valley
- Author
- Briggs, Harold E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Peter Smith
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- History, Americana, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Dakotas, Colorado, Gold Mining, Buffalo, Cattle, Sheep, Signed Books, Pioneers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Metals, Metallurgy & Mining;
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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