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NY: Octagon Books, 1970.. 1970.. Very good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth titled in gilt. Lightly soiled & rubbed. 492 pp. Very good. <p>Reprint of the 1948 University of Pennsylvania Press edition.
THE VOICE OF THE OLD FRONTIER. by Vail, R.W.G. Inscribed - 1949
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THE VOICE OF THE OLD FRONTIER.
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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1949. 492 pp, 9 1/4" H. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To my good friend / H.P. Kraus, collector / and merchant of / scholarship, with / the admiration of / R.W.G. Vail / July 14, 1955." (Hans Peter Kraus (1907-1988) was a successful rare book dealer in Berlin, but fled Europe at the beginning of WWII, arriving in New York 1939. His autobiography, "A Rare Book Saga", details his career and rise to prominence in the world of rare book dealing in the mid-20th century.) This book was published as part of the Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography. Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Pioneer's Own Story; The Indians' Captives Relate Their Adventures; The Frontier Land Agents Offer Their Wares; A Bibliography of North American Frontier Literature; Key to Locations; Bibliography; Index to the Appendix. Slight toning in margins and gutters of pages, very small printing ink mark on fore-edge of title page, very light browning on endpapers and edges of text block, some light dust soiling on top of text block, small area of shelf soiling and very tiny ink mark on bottom of text block, a few very small light and faint soiling marks on boards, very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, small bump at bottom corner of front board.. Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Keywords R.W.G. Vail, H.P. Kraus, Bibliography, North America, North American Frontier, Land Agents, Land Agency, Pioneers, Settlers, Narratives, Indian Captives, Captivity, Land Speculation, Land Companies, Signed Books, American History, Native Peoples, Referenc
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Thomas Yoseloff, Inc [c.1949], 1949-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Published 1976, University of Pennsylvania Press. Very good copy from Harold Stassen's (former governor of MN) library. His stamp is on the inside of the front board. No dj. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Thomas Yoseloff/ Pennsylvania, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. In black cloth. .
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University of Pennsylvania Press, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Philadelphia, 1949; green cloth covered boards; mild shelf wear; back strip dusty; plain paper cover with cut-out for spine title; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 492 pages.
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New York: T Yoseloff. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, light soil & foxing on endpapers, 492 pp .
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Three lectures: The Pioneer's Own Story, The Indians' Captives Relate Their Adventures, and The Frontier Land Agents Offer Their Wares, delivered at the University of Pennsylvania in 1945, followed by A Bibliography of North American Frontier Literature with an index. xii, 492 pages; black cloth stamped in gold; minor shelfwear; no dust jacket; Good+. Stock#ofc0374.
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New York: Thomas Yoseloff, Inc. Book. VG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1949), xii, 492pp, index to the appendix. Very light wear, else VG in a G, lightly chipped DJ with a small tear at bottom of rear panel. From the DJ: "This volume, containing the series of lectures delivered at the University of Pennsylvania under the auspices of the A. S. W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography, is a dramatic account of the literature produced on the American frontier from the beginning of settlement of this country to the year 1800. It also offers an extensive bibliographical appendix of the works by those living on the frontier on what is now the United States or by agents interested in the promotion of frontier lands." Includes an extensive bibliography of North American Frontier literature..
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New York: Thomas Yoseloff, Inc, 1949. Hardcover. 492p. A navy blue cloth hardcover book in good condition.Edges rubbed, a few ownership markings on front endpaper, and small pencil marks in margins. Binding secure for normal handling. An annotated bibliography of books on western American expansion.
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New York: Ocatgon Books, 1970. About fine. xii (ii), 492p. Gilt-titled black cloth. Comprises three lectures and the bibliography of 1300 items from 1542-1800 and is "a selection of works written by those living on the frontier..., stories of Indian captivity and promotion tracts by agents for the sale of frontier lands..." (Sheehy DB136.).
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