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The Old West; The Cowboys
by Forbis, William H. and by the Editors of Time-Life Books
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic/Illustrations. IV, 5-240 pages, credits, bibliography, acknowledgements and index. Splatter effect endpapers. The text is illustrated with copious colour and black-and-white photographs, colour and black-and-white illustrations and maps. Brown faux ornately decorated covers with a picture of ' The Cowboy' painted by Frederic Remington, which has been pasted on post reduction. Gilt titles to the backstrip along with four raised bands to the top edge and lower edge of the backstrip. Rubbing to the book corners. Light browning and foxing to the text block edges. A history of the American cowboy, from the earliest cowboy, the Californian vaquero, up to the large cattle barons and their large workforce of ranch hands/cowboys. Part of The Old West series. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic/Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; History -- America; Inventory No: 0107591. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0107591
- Title
- The Old West; The Cowboys
- Author
- Forbis, William H. and by the Editors of Time-Life Books
- Illustrator
- Photographic/Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Imitation Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Time-Life Books
- Place of Publication
- Alexandria, Virginia
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- BZDB2 American West -- History, American Cowboys -- History, The Old West -- Series History; History -- America; Photographic/Illustrations Unbranded Forbis, William H. and by the Editors of Time-Life Books The Old West; The Cowboys
- Bookseller catalogs
- History -- America;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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