James Bridger: Trapper, Frontiersman, Scout and Guide
by Alter, J. Cecil
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Boise, Idaho, United States
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About This Item
Special Definitive Edition limited to 1,000 copies. Red pebbled full cloth boards, embossed decoration of Bridger on front board, gilt lettering. Trace of wear to head and heel of spine and tips of boards, gilt lettering on front board dulled, date stamp on upper corner of front pastdown hence VG+ grade. Binding nice and tight. No jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Last Word Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1117
- Title
- James Bridger
- Author
- Alter, J. Cecil
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint of 1925 edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Long’s College Books
- Place of Publication
- Columbus, OH
- Date Published
- 1951
- Pages
- 601
- Size
- 9.5 X 6.5"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mountain Men, fur trapping, Frontier guides and Scouts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana-Mountain Men/Fur Trapping;
Terms of Sale
Last Word Books LLC
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Last Word Books LLC
Biblio member since 2021
Boise, Idaho
About Last Word Books LLC
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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