Letters of Francis Parkman (Two Volumes)
by Jacobs, Wilbur R. (Editor)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1960. Parkman is probably the most important American historian of the 19th Century. These are Fine copies of the First Edition (stated). Brown cloth bindings; spine label/titling in red and gilt. Clean texts; lxv, 204 pages; and xl, 286 pages. Indexed; illustrated with photographs. A beautiful set; no dustjackets, lacking the slipcase.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004349
- Title
- Letters of Francis Parkman (Two Volumes)
- Author
- Jacobs, Wilbur R. (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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