Sundown
by Mathews, John Joseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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About This Item
NY: Longmans, Green & Company, 1934. First Edition . Hardcover. Very good+ with no dust jacket. Orangeish cloth is just slightly sunned on the spine. Owner's signature on blank page facing title page; evidence of erasure of pencil notes on rear free endpaper. Inscribed by the author at the top of the front endpaper: "Tulsa, November 15, 1934/with pleasure/John Joseph Mathews". The Osage author's second book and first novel, and scarce signed at the time the book was released. This copy has the rear panel of the jacket, which is a photograph of the author, trimmed slightly and glued to the front pastedown, and what appears to be the front flap of the jacket, also trimmed, and glued to the rear pastedown.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tulsa Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021623
- Title
- Sundown
- Author
- Mathews, John Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1934
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Tulsa Books
Books are shipped promptly upon receipt of payment. Any item may be returned within 10 days of receipt for a full refund of the purchase price. Shipping costs are not refunded unless the item was not as described.
About the Seller
Tulsa Books
Biblio member since 2008
Tulsa, Oklahoma
About Tulsa Books
Internet only bookseller specializing in modern first editions, signed books, western americana, and general interest out of print books.
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- Jacket
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- Good+
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- 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....
- Sunned
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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