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On the Border with Crook
by Bourke, John G
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Birmingham, Alabama: Palladium Press, 2009. Full Leather. Near Fine. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 491pp. Bound into full purple leather with gilt design, lettering, and foredges. 3 raised bands to spine, marble endpapers. Printed for members of "The Frontier Classics Library". Reprint of the 1891 Charles Scribner's edition. Some scuffing to gilt foredges.
Synopsis
“There is an old saying in the Army which teaches that you can never know a man until after having made a scout with him in bad weather. All the good qualities and bad in the human makeup force their way to the surface under the stimulus of privation and danger, .... late friend and commander ....present volume, there will be found collected descriptions of the regions in which the major portion of General Crook’s Indian work was carried on; the people, both red and white, with whom he was brought into contact; the difficulties with which he had to contend, and the manner in which he overcame them.” -from the preface.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76311
- Title
- On the Border with Crook
- Author
- Bourke, John G
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Palladium Press
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Date Published
- 2009
- Bookseller catalogs
- Old West;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Midway Used and Rare Books
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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