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Indian Sketches Taken During an Expedition to the Pawnee Tribes (American Exploration & Travel Series)
by John Treat Irving, Jr.; John Francis McDermott, ed
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1955. First Thus. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. A near fine first printing thus from the University of Oklahoma Press. Green cloth boards with maroon and gold title stamping on spine. Tan end papers with previous owner's name on first free end paper. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Odd printing showing a reversed bleed through of text on verso of some pages in the introduction. In a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with no chips or tears. Dust jacket shows spots of soil on back cover and sunning to spine. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. Illustrated with maps and b/w plates. xlii, 275 pp. including index.
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 584
- Title
- Indian Sketches Taken During an Expedition to the Pawnee Tribes (American Exploration & Travel Series)
- Author
- John Treat Irving, Jr.; John Francis McDermott, ed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman, OK
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- indian, native american, pawnee, washington irving, new world, exploration, america
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native America;
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