O Henry Westerns.
by William Sydney Porter (o. Henry)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London.: Methuen & Co Ltd. (Venture library), 1961. D/J is good with some shelf wear. The book is good tight and clean This is an ex-school library book with usual paste ons to front end papers. Some light foxing to outer edges. This is a bit different from other Westerns you have read, maybe, but then "O. Henry" actually lived and worked as a boy on a Texas Ranch, in the great days of the cattlemen. so he knew cowboy life as it really was, before film and television came in and blew it up. then again, "O. Henry" whose real name was (William Sydney Porter) could write. some say he was about the greatest of short-story writer's. Read and see. You will receive the book seen in the image. Always a pleasure.. Illus. by Richard O. Rose.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First in Series.. Pictorial Cloth. Good/Good.
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- Bookseller
- Besleys Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MC0433
- Title
- O Henry Westerns.
- Author
- William Sydney Porter (o. Henry)
- Illustrator
- Richard O. Rose.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First in Series.
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co Ltd. (Venture library)
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- FICTION. WESTERNS. COWBOYS. RANCH. RANCHERS. RHODEO. O.HENRY. TEXAS. SHORT STORY. TRUE. REFERENCE. HISTORY. AMERICAN LITERATURE. COMEDY. FARCE. ILLUSTRATED. COLLECTIBLE.
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Edges
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- Shelf Wear
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- 12mo
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