Portrait of the Old West; with a biographical check list of western artists
by Harold McCracken
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/missing
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1952. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/missing. Near Fine/missing dust jacket. A near fine, stated first edition hardcover in teal boards with gilt stamp of cow skull on cover and title on spine. With photos, color plates, b/w plates, sketches, and other illustrations throughout by Frederic Remington, Paul Kane, George Caitlin, John Mix Stanley, and others. 232 pp. including index. Small quarto, 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches tall.
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9780060854233
- Title
- Portrait of the Old West; with a biographical check list of western artists
- Author
- Harold McCracken
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- missing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- California, cowboys, indians, remington, eastman, mining camps, gold rush, mexico
- Bookseller catalogs
- California & the West;
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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