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X. Beidler: Vigilante (The Western Frontier Library series)
by SANDERS, Helen Fitzgerald; BERTSCHE Jr., William H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0806102748
- ISBN 13
- 9780806102740
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 0806102748 . An ex-library, first edition of the University of Oklahoma Press's entry in their The Western Frontier Library series. A diary kept by Montana hero John X. Beidler (1831-1890) edited by Helen Fitzgerald Sanders with assistance from William H. Bertsche, Jr. Known simply as "X", Beidler had a knack for tracking down and arresting killers and other outlaws and bringing them to justice in the mostly lawless days of the Montana Territory of the 1860s. With five black & white illustrations and a foreword by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. --- In full red marble-look paper-covered boards with spine titling in gilt on black block. Volume has no jacket but jacket flaps have been clipped and pasted to a flyleaf. --- Evidence of prior ownership by public library consists of rubberstampings, traces of once-pasted library materials, tape residues and spine serial number. Also with prior owner's signature and small tears to paper at head of spine. Despite damages, the book is intact and fully readable.; Ex-Library; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xvii, 165 pages .
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- Seller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 87148
- Title
- X. Beidler: Vigilante (The Western Frontier Library series)
- Author
- SANDERS, Helen Fitzgerald; BERTSCHE Jr., William H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0806102748
- ISBN 13
- 9780806102740
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- 0806102748
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>American History & Politics;
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Bluebird Books
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Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Flap(s)
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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