Comrades of the Saddle. Or The Young Rough Riders of the Plains
by Webster, Frank V
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1910. One of Webster's "Books for Boys," which today would be "For Young Adults." Whatever. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition (presumed; cf. McBride). Tan cloth binding, with titling and illustration of a boy on a horse in brown and black on front cover. The spine features a western saddle. Clean text; 206 pages, with a two-page publisher's catalog in the rear. Gift inscription (1924) on FFEP. Bumped corners, and a crease to fore-edge of front cover. Lacking the dustjacket, but still evocative.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004841
- Title
- Comrades of the Saddle. Or The Young Rough Riders of the Plains
- Author
- Webster, Frank V
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cupples & Leon Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- FFEP
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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