The Buffalo Runners. A Tale of the Red River Plains.
by BALLANTYNE, R.M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
James Nisbet, London., 1891. First edition. Octavo. pp viii, 416, 8 adverts. Pictorial cloth with bevelled edges. On the front pastedown is a label from 1893 awarding the book to a member of the choir of the Holy Trinity, Southwark, for ''Regularity and Good Conduct''. Five plates and title-page vignette from drawings by the author.Very good indeed. A bright copy. Scarce.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BALLANTY012152
- Title
- The Buffalo Runners. A Tale of the Red River Plains.
- Author
- BALLANTYNE, R.M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Nisbet, London.
- Date Published
- 1891
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