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Early Days in the Big Bend Country (SIGNED)

Early Days in the Big Bend Country (SIGNED)

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Early Days in the Big Bend Country (SIGNED)

by Lewis, William S

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Spokane, Wash: W. D. Allen, 1926. First Edition Thus; the "Big Bend Edition" limited to 105 copies of which 100 copies are SIGNED and numbered by the author, this being #72. 8vo. 35 [2]pp. Frontispiece group portrait of Big Bend pioneers; photo-illustration at rear of the first post office in the Big Bend. Black cloth with gilt lettering to front cover; original grey wraps bound in. A fine copy. Brief history on the early days in the Big Bend country... "breaking trails, rush of miners, coming of cattlemen, making homes, pioneer hardships..." Rampaging Herd 1329 notes its scarcity. (Graff 2486; Howes L-326).

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Early Days in the Big Bend Country (SIGNED)
Author
Lewis, William S
Book Condition
Used
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Edition
First Edition Thus; the "Big Bend Edition" limited to 105 copies
Publisher
W. D. Allen
Place of Publication
Spokane, Wash
Date Published
1926
Keywords
pioneers, early settlers, fur traders, early travelers and missionaries, miners and mining, the early cattlemen, the range and cattle industry, construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad, the passing of the cattlemen, Indians, early sheepmen, trou
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Western Americana;

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