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THE PONY EXPRESS, THE RECORD OF A ROMANTIC ADVENTURE IN BUSINESS
by CHAPMAN, ARTHUR
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Nearly Fine/Lightly Chipped Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. Map endpapers. INSCRIBED, SIGNED, DATED BY THE AUTHOR on half-title page WITH HAND-DRAWN DOODLES. See photos. Laid-in are two letters from the author to the previous owner of this book thanking him for providing information used in the book. Eight illustrations. Off-setting from old newsprint pp. 14-15. Otherwise a very clean copy. A well-researched history of the Pony Express. 319pp. See Six-Guns 412, Howes C-291, Rader 657.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Tan Cloth. Nearly Fine/Lightly Chipped Jacket. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014350
- Title
- THE PONY EXPRESS, THE RECORD OF A ROMANTIC ADVENTURE IN BUSINESS
- Author
- CHAPMAN, ARTHUR
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Nearly Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Lightly Chipped Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Western Americana, Pony Express, Autograph
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Glenn Books
All books are subject to prior sale. Books are guaranteed as described and may be returned to us within 10 days with immediate notice of intent to return the item.
About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- G
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- First Edition
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