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Sam Chance
by Capps, Benjamin
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York; (1965): Duell, Sloan and Pearce. First Edition. Octavo. Signed by the author. 261pp., The story of a powerful and influential cattle baron. The story is full of sights and sounds, country and animals....a superb portrayal of life the people of that rowdy but essentially lonely time of our country's history. Bound in paper covered boards backed in rust color cloth, spine lettering gilt. Previous owner's bookplate to rear pastedown. A near fine copy in near fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket with original price sticker from Brentano's on rear panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021266
- Title
- Sam Chance
- Author
- Capps, Benjamin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York; (1965)
- Keywords
- First Edition 1st Dust Jaackt the Trail to Ogallala
- Bookseller catalogs
- Texas;
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
We accept Visa, MC, American Express and Discover. All books are carefully described and may be returned within ten day if the customer is not satisfied. Members ABAA, ILAB. Shipping is $5 for US orders based on books weighing 2 lbs. Worldwide shipping available.
About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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