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George W. Littlefield Texan
by Haley, J. Evetts
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- first
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1943. First Edition. Octavo. 287p. index. Illustrated by Harold D. Bugbee. The legendary cowman-banker whose career ranged from riding with Terry's Texas Rangers to becoming a major for gallantry at Mossy Creek. He trailed longhorns to Kansas, opened huge ranges in the Panhandle and learned how to also operate as a successful banker. He devoted a fortune in building up the University of Texas and along the way wrote a marvelous history of the South. Bound in beige cloth, pictorial spine in green and gilt, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Near fine.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016196
- Title
- George W. Littlefield Texan
- Author
- Haley, J. Evetts
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- First Edition 1st Dust Jacket Harold D. Bugbee
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana; Texas;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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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...
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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