Phoenix, AZ (1950): Hobson & Herr. First Edition. Octavo. Signed by the author, 408pp., illustrated with maps and photographs, bound in red cloth, spine lettering gilt, a fine bright copy in near fine unclipped dust jacket. The first history to be written about Arizona by a professional historian. He tells of the fall of the gold and silver towns, founding of the missions, Arizona's little known part in the civil war and the use of pre-historic irrigations and how they worked. A clean bright copy.

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Bookseller: Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 017744
Title: Arizona, the History of a Frontier State
Author: Wyllys, Rufus K
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Hobson & Herr
Place of Publication: Phoenix, AZ (1950)
Keywords: First Edition Maps Illustrated Signed Dust Jacket
Bookseller catalogs: Arizona;

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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...
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