Topeka, Kansas: Crane and Company, 1917. Lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Front cover vignette of wagon train in green, brown, and white. Several illustrations as chapter heads and tail pieces. Quite a clean copy. Material on Kit Carson, Indian War, passing of the buffalo, Custer, Santa Fe Trail among others. 280pp.. Fifth Edition. White Cloth. Minor Wear and Soiling./No Jacket. Octavo.

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Bookseller: Glenn Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 011761
Title: TALES OF THE TRAIL, SHORT STORIES OF WESTERN LIFE.
Author: INMAN, COLONEL HENRY
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Minor Wear and Soiling.
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: Fifth Edition
Publisher: Crane and Company
Place of Publication: Topeka, Kansas
Date Published: 1917
Size: Octavo
Keywords: Kansas, Western Americana, Kit Carson, Buffalo

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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...
Vignette: A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
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...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...