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High Prairie (inscribed by the author)
by E.E. Halleran
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/good
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: Macrae Smith, 1950. Hardcover. Fine/good. Hardcover in light turquoise cloth. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Rip, Tear & Gramma--and maybe the rest of the mob/ E.E. Halleran". 251 pp. No statement of edition but copyright page notes that the book was published in condensed form in Two Western Books magazine under the title "Hoot Owl Range". Fine in edge tattered disty jacket. Novel of the American West in which the large cattlemen war with the nesters beleived to be guilty of dirty work and rustling. Complete with a lovely young widow, a bank robbery, a vicious murder, and ultimate justice. Books inscribed by Halleran, a prolific author of westerns, are remarkably scarce.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E22193
- Title
- High Prairie (inscribed by the author)
- Author
- E.E. Halleran
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macrae Smith
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- west, western, cattle, ranching, autographed, signed, wild west, cattlemen, rustling
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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