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A Tenderfoot in New Mexico
by R.B. Townshend
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Scare First American First Edition, 1924,excellent book on early New Mexico , 257 pages with illustrated frontispiece of R. B. Townshend plus 15 vintage black and white photographs. Book is FINE, publisher's maroon cloth with very bright gilt title to spine, very clean, exceptionally bright, tight and square, Very clean end papers with No previous owner bookplate or writing. Scarce Jacket is near Fine, two small edge tears else Fine, original $3.50 price is on spine, shows almost as new in new mylar sleeve. Spectacular First Edition, found in Sux-Guns 2231 and Herd 2322. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003375
- Title
- A Tenderfoot in New Mexico
- Author
- R.B. Townshend
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- New Mexico, Southwest Travel and Exploration
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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