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Wild Cow Tales
by Ben K. Green (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. , 1969 Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 1969. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a returned date and small address label on the FFFP. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($5.95). Brown cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine with gilt cowboy hat on front board. Tinted textblock top. 306 pp 8vo. In thirteen stories full of rope burns and brush scratches, the author tells of the days when he made a specialty of catching wild cows. The author tells of his adventures with wild steers, sharing with readers the years he worked in thorny brush and canyon country delivering those animals that were too wily or too wild for the normal roundup. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012274
- Title
- Wild Cow Tales
- Author
- Ben K. Green (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Illustrator
- Lorence Bjorklund
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Wild cows, cattle round ups, wild steers, veterinarian, horses and cattle, ranch ponies, Ben K. Green, ranch life, cowboys, cowboy stories, western stories, cowboy life, ranch houses,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Animal Stories;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
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- Fine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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