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Frontier
by L'Amour, Louis
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0553050788
- ISBN 13
- 9780553050783
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bantam Books, 1984 Book. Illus. by Muench, David - photographer. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio (4) 210 (6) pp, illus. Photographs by David Muench: First Edition, November 1984. Price clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 9.25" x 12.25". Dark-blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial dj in acetate protector. "I want to temporarily leave behind the boundaries of fiction to share more directly with my readers some of what I have learned and observed about our great North American land during a lifetime of study and appreciation. The landscape has enormous variety, which sometimes escapes visitors. In the twenty-five essays that follow I have tried to offer a few brief aspects of the history, geology, excitement, wonder, and overwhelming power of this land. ".
Synopsis
The popular western author brings together more than twenty-five of his essays, accompanied by more than one hundred color photographs, to recount the history of the American frontier
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6759
- Title
- Frontier
- Author
- L'Amour, Louis
- Illustrator
- Muench, David - photographer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0553050788
- ISBN 13
- 9780553050783
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- PHOTOGRAPHY FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE UNITED STATES LOCAL HISTORY ESSAYS
- Bookseller catalogs
- PHOTOGRAPHY;
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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