John Marsh, Pioneer: The Life Story of a Trail-Blazer on Six Frontiers
by Lyman, George D
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
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Omaha,, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Reprint. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Photographs and Artwork. Later printing in blindstamped blue cloth. Map endpapers. Signed and inscribed by the author to Major J. P. Westerfield at San Francisco, 1945. Below the inscription Westerfield has printed "Dinner at the Van Sicklin's / 5 Sept. 1945. Westerfield's signature also appears on the frontispiece verso and the title page. The cloth shows mild edgewear with faint fraying at the head and heel of the spine. The jacket, now in mylar, is edgeworn and torn, with chips at the corners and top edge of the front panel; it also lacks the top 1/3 of the spine. Hinges solid; text clean and unmarked. An interesting association copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- 122798
- Title
- John Marsh, Pioneer: The Life Story of a Trail-Blazer on Six Frontiers
- Author
- Lyman, George D
- Illustrator
- Photographs and Artwork
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY WESTERN AMERICANA UNITED STATES HISTORY INDIANS NATIVE AMERICANS EXPLORATION
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- biography; Western Americana; Signed Books;
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- Heel
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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