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GHOSTOWN OF WHITE OAKS.
by Rakocy, Bill, author and illustrator; Mario Parra, illustrator.
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- Used - Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (some curling to the edges of the covers, spot near top edge of first page)
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- (1998)
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- SIGNED first edition -
- ISBN
- 9781888711011
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- 1
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Ione, California, USA
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A$50.02
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El Paso, TX:: Bravo Press,, (1998). SIGNED first edition -. Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (some curling to the edges of the covers, spot near top edge of first page). First printing, a trade paperback original. A history of the town of White Oaks, New Mexico, from its founding through its boom years as a mining town… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE COLUMBIA RIVER'S "ELLIS ISLAND": The Story of Knappton Cove.
by Anderson, Nancy Bell
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- Used - Fine in illustrated wrappers.
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- (2012)
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- 9781478108184
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Ione, California, USA
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A$25.40
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By the author,, (2012). Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Revised edition. "Lured to the Pacific Northwest by the salmon and timber industries, thousands of immigrants passed through the Columbia River Quarantine Station. In 1891 the U.S. mandated the health inspection of vessels at all Ports of Entry. This is one of the stories Knappton Cove tells in its 300… Read more about this item Item Price
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LASSO THE WIND: Away to the New West.
by Egan, TImothy.
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- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket.
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- very good
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- 1998.
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- Hardcover first edition -
- ISBN
- 9780375400247
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- 1
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Ione, California, USA
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A$33.09
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New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1998.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket.. First printing. His third book, a collection of fourteen essays by a consistently interesting, informative and sometimes provocative writer - . set in eleven states and focusing on the basic struggle for possession of the American West, Among… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE GOLDEN HOOF: The Story of the Sheep of the Southwest.
by Kupper, Winifred.
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- Used - Very good overall in salmon cloth (some sunning to the spine, no dust jacket)
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- 1945.
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1945.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good overall in salmon cloth (some sunning to the spine, no dust jacket). First printing. As the daughter of a German father and an English mother, both engaged in wool growing, Kupper provides an intimate account of her life with the flock in Texas.… Read more about this item Item Price
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GREAT AMERICAN CATTLE TRAILS: The Story of the Old Cow Paths of the East and the Longhorn Highways of the Plains.
by Drago, Harry Sinclair.
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- Used - Very good in beige cloth with red panel and lettering on spine in a very good dust jacket (price-clipped, corners slightly bumed
- Jacket Condition
- beige cloth with red panel and lettering on spine in a very good
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- (1965)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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A$43.87
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New York:: Dodd, Mead,, (1965). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in beige cloth with red panel and lettering on spine in a very good dust jacket (price-clipped, corners slightly bumed). First printing. Among the trails and cities covered are the Osage Trail, Chisholm Trail, Abilene, The Texas Road, Texas Fever, Dodge City, California and Goodnight Trails,… Read more about this item Item Price
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ONE MAN'S WEST.
by Lavender, David (1910 - 2003)
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- Used - Good overall in light red cloth with black lettering on spine - slight spine slant, covers a bit bumped and Christmas stickers o
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- 1943.
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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A$69.26
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Garden City, NY:: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.,, 1943.. Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in light red cloth with black lettering on spine - slight spine slant, covers a bit bumped and Christmas stickers on front endpaper. Rather hard to find in the first edition. . First printing. The first book by this prolific chronicler… Read more about this item Item Price
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MEDFORD CORPORATION: A History of an Oregon Logging and Lumber Company.
by LaLande, Jeffrey M.
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- Used - Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped)
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Published
- 1979
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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A$38.48
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Medford, OR: : Klocker Printing Company,, 1979. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped). First printing. Foreword by Russell J. Hogue. Traces the history of the first 50 years of one of southwestern Oregon's oldest and largest forest products companies. Double page map. Illustrated with many photographs, Endnotes. List of Medco's long… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE NATURE OF GENEROSITY.
by Kittredge, William.
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- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
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- fine
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- 2000.
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780679437529
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Ione, California, USA
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A$37.71
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New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2000.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A continuation of the story of 'Hole in the Sky,' his highly praised memoir of his early life on his family's vast ranch in Oregon. This is part memoir, part travel book, ranging from New York and Venice to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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GOLD HUNTER: The Adventures of Marshall Bond.
by Bond, Marshall Jr.
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- Used - Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
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- like
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- (1969)
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- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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A$76.96
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Albuquerque:: University of New Mexico Press,, (1969). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Marshal Bond, Jr. - who accompanied his father on several of his journeys - tells the story of his father's adventurous life, using his firsthand knowledge as well as his father's diaries and letters. Bond (1867-1941)… Read more about this item Item Price
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MINES MINERALS & MUSTANGS: Nevada's Living Legends - Wild Horses and Dreams of Gold.
by Kerr, John and Jeanette.
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- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
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- fine
- Published
- (2008)
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- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- ISBN
- 9780980960303
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Ione, California, USA
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A$76.96
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Focal Impressions,, (2008). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A book which "captures the romance of Nevada's past as seen by photographer Jeannette Kerr and her husband, geologist John Kerr.. . [it] captures Nevada's abandoned past which reveals a rich panorama of old ghost towns, lapsed mining claims, a daunting landscape and… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BANDITTI OF THE PLAINS or The Cattlemen's Invasion of Wyoming in 1892 [The Crowning Infamy of the Ages]
by Mercer, A.S. Foreword by William H. Kittrell.
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- Used - Fine in brown marbled paper covered boards with small black panel and gilt lettering on the spine in a very good dust jacket (sl
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- brown marbled paper covered boards with small black panel and gilt lettering on the spine in a very good
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- (1963, c 1954
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Ione, California, USA
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A$42.33
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Norman, OK:: University of Oklahoma Press,, (1963, c 1954. Fine in brown marbled paper covered boards with small black panel and gilt lettering on the spine in a very good dust jacket (slight sunning to spine of dj), pictorial dust jacket. . 5th printing. Foreword by William H. Kittrell. A title in "The Western Frontier Library." Originally published… Read more about this item Item Price
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NIMROD: Courts, Claims, and Killing on the Oregon Frontier.
by Lansing, Ronald B.
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- Used - Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
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- (2005)
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- First edition -
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- 9781874222804
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Ione, California, USA
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A$30.01
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Pullman, WA:: Washington State University Press,, (2005). First edition -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. An account of one of the first widely publicized murder trials in Oregon history. At the 65, Nimrod O'Kelly trekked from Missouri along the Oregon Trail in 1845 and "became one of the first to… Read more about this item Item Price
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A RIDE WITH KIT CARSON; Across the Great American Desert and Through the Rocky Mountains.
by Brewerton, George D.
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- Used - Fine in beige linen cloth with gilt lettering on spine, small decoration on front cover.
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- 1969.
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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A$53.10
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Palo Alto, CA:: Lewis Osborne, , 1969.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in beige linen cloth with gilt lettering on spine, small decoration on front cover. . Limited, numbered first edition. An account which originally appeared in Harper's New Monthly Magazine of August 1853 which describes Kit Carson and the journey from Los Angeles to Taos over… Read more about this item Item Price
A$53.10
THE DEATHS OF THE BRAVOS.
by Myers, John Myers.
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- Used - Near fine in brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in in very good dust jacket with edgewear and wear to the folds.
- Jacket Condition
- brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in in very good
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- (1962)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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A$43.87
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Boston:: Little Brown,, (1962). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in in very good dust jacket with edgewear and wear to the folds.. First printing. An informal history of the explorers, settlers, fighters from early days of the American West, including well known figures like Sam… Read more about this item Item Price
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HANDS UP; or, Twenty Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the Plains.
by Cook, General D.J.
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- Used - Very near fine in a good dustjacket (price-clipped, some rubbing to the folds, light sunning to spine of dj)
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- good
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- (1958)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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A$43.87
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Norman, OK:: University of Oklahoma Press,, (1958). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a good dustjacket (price-clipped, some rubbing to the folds, light sunning to spine of dj). First thus. Reminiscences by General D.J. Cook, Superintendant of the Rocky Mountain Detective Association: A condensed criminal history if the Far West. With an introduction by Everett… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE LAST RUSTLER: The Autobiography of Lee Sage.
by Sage, Lee.
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- Used - Very good in rust-colored cloth with orange and black lettering and decorations, no dust jacket.
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- rust-colored cloth with orange and black lettering and decorations, no
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- 1930.
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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A$76.96
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Boston:: Little Brown,, 1930. . Hardcover first edition -. Very good in rust-colored cloth with orange and black lettering and decorations, no dust jacket. . First printing. A classic of Western Americana. Born among the outlaws of Robbers Roost, Sage turned to a life of crime. "He drifted along the cattle ranges from Mexico to… Read more about this item Item Price
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REAL COWBOYS - GRAND CANYON TO MEXICO.
by Ashurst, Ed.
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- Used - Fine in orange boards with black lettering in a fine dust jacket.
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- orange boards with black lettering in a fine
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- (2013)
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- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- ISBN
- 9780989867603
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- 1
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Ione, California, USA
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A$130.83
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Douglas, AZ:: Ed Ashurst Publishing Company,, (2013). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in orange boards with black lettering in a fine dust jacket. . First printing. True stories involving people - real cowboys - whom Arizona-born Ashurst knew and worked with. Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Mike Capron. Foreword by Fred Fellows. SIGNED by… Read more about this item Item Price
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KINO REPORTS TO HEADQUARTERS: Correspondence of Eusebio F. Kino, S. J. from New Spain with Rome. Original Spanish Text of Fourteen Unpublished Letters and Reports with English Translation and Notes.
by [Kino, Eusebio F., S.J. 1645 - 1711] Burrus, Ernest J., S.J.
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- Used - Very near fine in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine.
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- 1954.
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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Rome, Italy:: INSTITUTUM HISTORICUM SOCIETATIS JESU,, 1954.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine.. First edition. In addition to being a Jesuit missionary, Kino was a geographer, explorer, cartographer and astronomer. During the last 24 years of his life he worked in the Pimera Alta (modern-day Sonora… Read more about this item Item Price
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WESTWARD THE BRITON.
by Athearn, Robert G.
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- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, some fading to the spine of the dj)
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Published
- 1953.
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 1
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Ione, California, USA
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A$37.71
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New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1953.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, some fading to the spine of the dj) . First edition. An unusual history book - one which focuses on personal experiences. The front cover of the dust jacket describes this as "The American Far West 1865-1900,… Read more about this item Item Price
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LASSO THE WIND: Away to the New West.
by Egan, TImothy.
- Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Published
- 1998.
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- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- ISBN
- 9780375400247
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ione, California, USA
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A$60.80
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New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1998.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. His third book, a collection of fourteen essays by a consistently interesting, informative and sometimes provocative writer - . set in eleven states and focusing on the basic struggle for possession of the American West, Among those who… Read more about this item Item Price
A$60.80