The Devil's Backbone: The Story of the Natchez Trace.
by Daniels, Jonathan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NY: McGraw-Hill, (1962). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth covered boards with gilt and copper-gilt decorations and spine titles. Map endpapers. 278pp. including index and bibliography plus biographical note on author. With jacket illustration, map and striking woodcut headpieces by "the Dillons". A very tight, fresh copy with the faint remains of a minor remainder mark on bottom edge, else fine in a dust jacket with faint soil, minor edgewear and a couple of very short edge tears. A very near fine volume in a very good plus dust jacket..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 02868
- Title
- The Devil's Backbone: The Story of the Natchez Trace.
- Author
- Daniels, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- F
- Publisher
- NY: McGraw-Hill, (1962).
- Keywords
- NATCHEZ, AMERICAN TRAILS, SERIES, HISTORY, AMERICAN, MAP, NATCHEZ TRACE, MISSISSIPPI, RIVER, COMMERCE, TRADING, OUTLAW, PIONEER, EXPLORER, TRADER, RIVERBOAT, SHIPPING, TRANSPORTATION, STEAMBOAT, TRAIL, SOUTH, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Remainder Mark
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- Tight
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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