Wildlife and Western Heroes: Alexander Phimister Proctor, Sculptor.
by HASSRICK, Peter H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum, (2003). First edition. One of 150 numbered and specially bound copies, signed by the author. Each copy with a Proctor engraving tipped in and with his embossed marl. Quarto. 255, [1] pp. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's full leather with gilt and silver cover and spine lettering, laid-down plate after Proctor on front, marbled endpapers, matching slipcase. A fine copy of this important monograph.
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70696
- Title
- Wildlife and Western Heroes: Alexander Phimister Proctor, Sculptor.
- Author
- HASSRICK, Peter H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Amon Carter Museum
- Place of Publication
- Fort Worth
- Date Published
- (2003)
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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