Oklahoma: A History of the State and Its People (complete in 4 volumes)
by Thoburn, Joseph B. and Muriel H. Wright
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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About This Item
NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1929. First Edition . Hardcover. No Jacket. Four volumes, bound in 3/4 leather (leather spines and corners), with marbled boards. Generally very good, with some wear to the leather at spine ends (worst on vol IV). Gilt lettering and designs on spines; all page edges gilt. Small social club bookplate at top right corner of front pastedown in all four volumes, along with small club stamp on title page and two ink numbers at bottom of Foreword page. The interiors are tight and square, with tissue guards on some photos in volume IV. Volume I is 471 pages, volume II has pages 472 - 941 and an index for the first two volumes. Volume III is 450 pages, and volume IV has pages 451 - 8456, and includes a name index. A solid, useable set of the first comprehensive state history, done 22 years after statehood. Because of the size of this set, additional postage will be required and no international sales will be made.
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- Bookseller
- Tulsa Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015539
- Title
- Oklahoma: A History of the State and Its People (complete in 4 volumes)
- Author
- Thoburn, Joseph B. and Muriel H. Wright
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lewis Historical Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- Tulsana; Western Americana;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Tulsa Books
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
About Tulsa Books
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