NY: The Grafton Press. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, waterstaining to front and rear . endpapers along gutter and top edges, extending through to next ten leaves . fore and aft, signed author letter heavily stained.. 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. xii, 249 pp. Black decorative cloth. Top edges gilt. Six photogravure plates from illustrations by F. T. Wood. Signed handwritten letter by the author to his Aunt Fannie dated November 7, 1906 glued to recto of rear free endpaper. A collection of stories about Soapy Smith, Curly Bill, Gentle Annie, and other characters of the Old West. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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Bookseller: Old Saratoga Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 38485
Title: Smith of Bear City and Other Frontier Sketches
Author: Buffum, George T
Illustrator: F. T. Wood
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, waterstaining to front and rear endpapers along gutter and top edges, extending throug
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Grafton Press
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1906
Keywords: Old West, Western Americana, Western Frontier
Bookseller catalogs: The American West;

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Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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