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Mostly Alkali: A Biography.
by Jocelyn, Stephen Perry
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with gilt text; a Very Good book, with a Near Fine dust jacket publisher's price on the jacket fla
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
Caldwell, Idaho:: Caxton Printers, 1953.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with gilt text; a Very Good book, with a Near Fine dust jacket publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Appendices, index. Map endpapers. Description: Includes a few maps, many black and white plates with historic photographs, and a fold-out panoramic photograph of Stites, Idaho. General Stephen Perry Jocelyn served forty-four years in the Army, more than thirty of those years were spent in assignments on the western frontier. He was an officer at Fort Warner when the Modoc War broke out; he was brevetted for conspicuous gallantry in action in the Nez Percé War, and he was a participant in the Bannack Indian War. This is written by General Jocelyn's son, Stephen Perry Jocelyn II, and is derived largely from General Jocelyn's letters and journals.
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 060320
- Title
- Mostly Alkali: A Biography.
- Author
- Jocelyn, Stephen Perry
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with gilt text; a Very Good book, with a Near Fine dust jacket publisher's price on the jacket fla
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Caxton Printers
- Place of Publication
- Caldwell, Idaho:
- Date Published
- 1953.
- Pages
- 436 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (9.25 inches tall)
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