SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1975* Publisher: Penguin.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card illustrated covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear. Very slight dish & crease to spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No Annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. Seems very lightly read. Minimal paper colouration and light spotting to end papers and edges. VG* Illustrations: None, cover by W. Francis Phillips.* Pages: 213 pp. text. i pp. Advertisement at rear.* Product Description:- Three long and two short stories recall the harsh gun-law of the American West just after the Civil War. These are all exciting stories, but none quite matches the tension of Spanish Stirrup, in which an old blind rancher and his adopted son drive their herd straight up, through Indian territory, from Texas to Kansas.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf wear & tanning reducing it to VG*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3097
Title: The Spanish Stirrup
Author: Prebble, John
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - VG/VG/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0140039740
ISBN 13: 9780140039740
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Place of Publication: Harmondsworth UK. 216
Date Published: 1975-06-26

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