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The Legend of Baby Doe: The Life and Times of the Silver Queen of the West
by Burke, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399112499
- ISBN 13
- 9780399112492
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Putnam, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Small nicks and chips, slight scuffing, rubbing and browning to jacket (chiefly to head of jacket spine and lower right corner of upper jacket); previous owner's blindstamp on front free endpaper; slight internal browning to edges. 273 pages + plates. 'This is the biography of an Irish girl from Wisconsin who came to the Colorado mining camps ... and, after a scandalous divorce, married the greatest of the silver magnates' (jacket front flyleaf). Includes a selected bibliography and index. Signed and inscribed by Burke in blue ink on front free endpaper: 'To Tom + Ruby + Tommy / with all the best from / John Burke / alias R. O'Connor'.14 b/w Illustrations / Plates.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L071314
- Title
- The Legend of Baby Doe: The Life and Times of the Silver Queen of the West
- Author
- Burke, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399112499
- ISBN 13
- 9780399112492
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- History 19th Century 20th Century Tabor, Elizabeth McCourt Doe Tabor, Baby Doe Biography Mining Silver Matchless Mine Signed Inscribed QX91, , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
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- Rubbing
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- Inscribed
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