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Joshua Pilcher: Fur Trader and Indian Agent
by John E Sunder
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/very good +
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. Very good plus first edition, as stated. Black cloth with yellow and blue title stamping on spine. Binding is sturdy and square. Offsetting to end papers and pastedowns from older Brodart cover. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. In a very good plus, original, unclipped dust jacket which shows mild wear. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. Black and white photos, map. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 672
- Title
- Joshua Pilcher: Fur Trader and Indian Agent
- Author
- John E Sunder
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman, OK
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- indian bureau, native, explore, fur, trapper, trader, Missouri
- Bookseller catalogs
- California & the West;
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
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