Elephant Bill
by Lt.-Col. J. H. Williams
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Book. Illus. by Photographs. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. G/G, used, map end papers, 250pp. Interior clean no marks, binding tight. There is a 1 1/8 X 1 1/2 inch area cut out of the top edge of the ffep near the gutter by a previous owner for reasons not known to me. Shelf rubbing to dust jacket, spine sunned, small tear and small chip to the head of the spine, small tear to top edge of the upper at fore-corner, small tears and chip to tail of the spine, corners rubbed..
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- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026246
- Title
- Elephant Bill
- Author
- Lt.-Col. J. H. Williams
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- BIG GAME, AFRICA, ELEPHANTS, HUNTING, SHOOTING, ELEPHANT BILL
Terms of Sale
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
Biblio member since 2012
TORRINGTON, Wyoming
About PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
We specialize in western history, gun knife and hunting titles. Also try to stock Wyoming history titles. We have a walk-in store on US Hwy 26/85 the most direct route to Fort Laramie National History site..We have what I think is the largest seleciton of weapons titles in SE Wyoming, both new and used. Always looking for good used weapons titles.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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