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Arizona's Dark and Bloody Ground; An Authentic Account of the Sanguinary Pleasant Valley Vendetta That Swept through Arizona's Cattle Land in the late Eighteen-Eighties – The Graham-Tewksbury Feud
by Forest, Earle R
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Andrew Melrose, London, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. foreword by William McLeod Raine, introduction by author, 4 appendices, book list and index. The text is illustrated with contemporary black-and-white photographs. Map illustrated endpapers showing the Arizona territory and the area involved. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black, white and brown coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A retelling of one of the most deadly of range wars in American West history, that became known as the Pleasant Valley war. The feud between the Graham and Tewkesbury families was of such intensity and violence that almost every principle of the families were killed. Softening of the backstrip and rubbing to the book corners. Some flecking to the lower book edges. Browning and foxing to the textblock edges and to the internal text. Chipping to the backstrip edges and to the dustwrapper corners. There are numerous tears along the dustwrapper edges, ranging from 0.25 " to a 3.5 " tear to the lower left-hand corner of the rear dustwrapper panel. That dustwrapper has become quite brown and shows foxing and handling marks. Clipping of the dustwrapper, find fold over, lower right-hand corner. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (4), 5-224 pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; American West; United States; Genealogy & Local History. Inventory No: 0112694. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0112694
- Title
- Arizona's Dark and Bloody Ground; An Authentic Account of the Sanguinary Pleasant Valley Vendetta That Swept through Arizona's Cattle Land in the late Eighteen-Eighties – The Graham-Tewksbury Feud
- Author
- Forest, Earle R
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Andrew Melrose
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- BZDB2 History, America, American West, Pleasant Valley War, The Graham-Tewksbury Feud History; American West; United States; Genealogy & Local History. Photographic Unbranded Forest, Earle R. Arizona's Dark and Bloody Ground; An Authentic Accoun
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- American West;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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