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Poddy: The Story of a Rangeland Orphan.
by Robb, Harry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: burgundy cloth with gilt text; the spine is slightly slanted, one very small blemish on the front board, ther
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
Pasadena, California:: Trail's End Publishing Co, 1947.. 1st Edition, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: burgundy cloth with gilt text; the spine is slightly slanted, one very small blemish on the front board, there is a publisher's promotional slip pasted to the front free endpaper, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Fair dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Description: This copy is inscribed and Signed by the author, and is also signed by the illustrator. This is an informal autobiography of a man who worked his way from a nameless beginning to a highly respected top cowhand. The story, like Robb, wanders from his home state of Texas all through the range country up into Wyoming and Montana. The book is illustrated by Wauneta Wyoming Robb (the author's daughter) with four color plates and five in b&w. [listed in Rampaging Herd Number 1914].
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021548
- Title
- Poddy: The Story of a Rangeland Orphan.
- Author
- Robb, Harry
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: burgundy cloth with gilt text; the spine is slightly slanted, one very small blemish on the front board, ther
- Edition
- 1st Edition, so stated.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Trail's End Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Pasadena, California:
- Date Published
- 1947.
- Pages
- 237 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (8.5 inches tall)
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Oroville, California
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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