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Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill"
by Wetmore, Helen Cody
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Chicago and Duluth: The Duluth Press Publishing Company, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xiv, 296pp. Reddish-brown T-grain cloth, gilt spine title, gilt title and blind stamp of a Buffalo on the boards, top edge gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 16 plates. A long neat inscription on the front free endpaper from "Cousin Hattie" of North Platte, Neb., to 'Comfort" dated 1904. Light rubbing else a fine copy. Illustrated by Frederic Remington and E. W. Deming.
USiana W-297, which notes that this pagination fits the third state. Graff, 4016.
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Reviews
On Feb 29 2016, a reader said:
For American histories of early west, this is an enjoyable book that traces W.F. Cody's family trials in Kansas and his youth and coming of age -- beginning after his fathers murder by Pro-Slavery advocates at 12 on the western plains as well as his participation in the Civil War. Especially interesting was learning he was born in Iowa. I have a nice 1909 copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23670
- Title
- Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill"
- Author
- Wetmore, Helen Cody
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Duluth Press Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago and Duluth
- Date Published
- 1899
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
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Thorn Books
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Tucson, Arizona
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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