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Visions of Glory: Texans on the Southwestern Frontier
by Stephen B. Oates
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0806108983
- ISBN 13
- 9780806108988
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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A$22.86A$16.00
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About This Item
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1970 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1970. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant foxing to textblock top. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($6.95); light edge bumping; light foxing to spine and flap folds. Black cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 217 pp 8vo. This book is full of accounts of the colorful evolution of Texas from the rowdy, visionary frontier community of the 1800s to NASA's Mission Control Center at Houston; exploits of the Texas Rangers; warfare with the Comanches; the search for glory in the Confederacy; oil at Spindletop; and the Space Age. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016846
- Title
- Visions of Glory: Texans on the Southwestern Frontier
- Author
- Stephen B. Oates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0806108983
- ISBN 13
- 9780806108988
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman, OK
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Texas history, Southwestern Frontier, Indian Raids, Civil War in Texas, Comanche Indians in Texas, NASA, Spindletop, oil history, Mission Control, Visions of Glory, Stephen Oates,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- First Edition
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- Price Clipped
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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