Saddles and Spurs. Saga of the Pony Express
by Settle, Mary Lund and Raymond W. Settle
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Harrisburg, PA; (1955): The Stackpole Co. Octavo. 217pp. Illustrated. A fast moving narrative of the Pony Express, the operations of which extended over a period of eighteen months. Although its existence was brief, it contributed a glowing chapter to American folklore. Bound in light brown cloth, spine lettering black, bump to head. A very good copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with clear tape mend to underside at head, some rubbing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010594
- Title
- Saddles and Spurs. Saga of the Pony Express
- Author
- Settle, Mary Lund and Raymond W. Settle
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Stackpole Co
- Place of Publication
- Harrisburg, PA; (1955)
- Keywords
- Wild West, History Pony Express
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana; American History; Regional America;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Octavo
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