The Ben Lilly Legend

A very, very good copy in an outstanding but clipped dust jacket. Bright yellow cloth boards with black lettering to spine. A biography by J Frank Dobie who met Lilly and was fascinated the extraordinary man and the legend.Ben Lilly was "the greatest bear hunter in history after Davy Crockett by his own account and also by the record". … Read more about this item

Oh, to have been a feared hunter in the old West of the 1800s.. Lilly knew how to spin a yarn. American Folklore from Univ Texas Press.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1950. First Edition. 8vo. 21cm x 14.5cm. Publisher's tan boards. Dustjacket. Titled and decorated in gilt and maroon to spine and front board, clean and bright with only the lightest shelfwear, and some bumping to the spine ends, in a bright, strong dustjacket, lightly sunned to the spine panel and with some minor scuffing… Read more about this item

University of Texas Press, 1981. Paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2004. Reprint. Paperback. New. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 237 pgs. The biography of the famous hunter, houndman, & mountain man. Details Mr. Lilly's life from homesteader/hunter days in the deep South to his lion & bear hunting days in the West. This reprint has complete text but not the old photos… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950., 1950. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Signed by Dobie on a special tipped-in sheet, bound in by the publisher. Neither McVicker nor Cook describe this edition. Decorated cloth, xv [3], 237 pp., frontispiece, "Esau the Hunter," illustrated, sources, index. The story of a great American hunter ... the greatest bear hunter in history… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lea, Tom (frontis&jacket). 237pp.incl.index; HB brwn.w/red-pic.cover; rubbed w/sm.chips ft.cover&along ft.hinge; minor wear on corners; ink notation on booklist&sources(pg.223), otherwise clean,tight pgs. DJ brwn.&white w/blue-pic.cover; rubbed w/chips&tears; not original to book; isbn 0-316-18792-5 stamped bk.cover w/#00501445 stamped… Read more about this item

University of Texas Press, 1981. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Univ of Texas Pr, 1982. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 253 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.00 inches.

University of Texas Press, 1981-01-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Little Brown & Company, 1950. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 12th printing. $5.95 price on jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. .

Little Brown and Company, 1950. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use.… Read more about this item

University of Texas Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor

Little Brown & Co. Used - Very Good. Boston: Little Brown 1950. Early printing June 1950. Hardcover 8vo 237 pgs. Color frontis, b/w plates. Very good in a fair dust jacket. Spine ends bumped. Foxing to endpapers. Ink owner name on front pastedown, small ink note on front endpaper. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket edgeworn, chipped (with… Read more about this item

University of Texas Press, 1981. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Univ of Texas Pr, 1982. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 253 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.00 inches.

Hammond, Hammond & Co., Ltd., 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. . Jacket has minor fading to spine, some tanning to back of jacket. Light shelf wear. Pages/boards/jacket clean, binding tight.

Paperback. Very Good.

University of Texas Press, 1981-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!