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The Great Buffalo Hunt.
por Gard, Wayne
- Usado
- Capa dura
- Condição
- BINDING/CONDITION: khaki cloth with burgundy buffalo vignette; burgundy and turquoise on the spine; top edge tint is light red;
- Livreiro
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Oroville, California, United States
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Sobre este item
New York:: Alfred A Knopf, 1960.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: khaki cloth with burgundy buffalo vignette; burgundy and turquoise on the spine; top edge tint is light red; a Very Good book, with a Fair dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. The jacket has good color, and the front and rear panels are almost entirely intact, but the jacket was torn apart at the center spine, and has external tape repairs in the reassembly.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Bibliography, index. Description: Illustrated with 17 halftone reproductions from various sources and with line drawings by Nick Eggenhofer. A comprehensive history of the slaughter of the buffalo, the battles between the hunters and Indians. Also tells of the buffalo hunting for sport by Washington Irving and the Russian Prince Alexis. Describes Buffalo Bill's killing buffaloes to feed the men who were building a railroad across the plains. Most of the book, however chronicles the hide hunters who swarmed over the ranges in 1871 and reduced the herds of nearly forty million buffaloes to fewer than one-thousand, taking the hides and leaving the meat to rot. Six-Guns, Number 801; 50 Great Western Illustrators, Eggenhofer Number 79.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- The Bookworm
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 065825
- Título
- The Great Buffalo Hunt.
- Autor
- Gard, Wayne
- Formato/Encadernação
- Hardbound
- Estado do livro
- Usado - BINDING/CONDITION: khaki cloth with burgundy buffalo vignette; burgundy and turquoise on the spine; top edge tint is light red;
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- Alfred A Knopf
- Local de publicação
- New York:
- Data de publicação
- 1960.
- Páginas
- 324, xii pages.
- Size
- 8vo (8.5 inches tall)
Termos da venda
The Bookworm
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Sobre o Vendedor
The Bookworm
Membro de Biblio desde 2003
Oroville, California
Sobre The Bookworm
We are a small town bookstore, in the same location for over fifteen years. We strive to maintain a wide selection of books in lower price ranges.
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