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Newport in the Rockies: the life and good times of Colorado Springs
by Sprague, Marshall
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Denver, Colorado: Sage Books, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at second free endpaper. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations and photographs printed on high-gloss paper. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean but for rubbed out previous owner inscription at first free endpapers, lightly toned interior, minimal rubbing to extremities; bound in blue cloth over boards, gilt titles to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn with some chipping to top edge, protected by a plastic coat. Map endpapers front and rear, being fancifully drawn map of downtown Colorado Springs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [14], 15-370 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 356219
- Title
- Newport in the Rockies: the life and good times of Colorado Springs
- Author
- Sprague, Marshall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sage Books
- Place of Publication
- Denver, Colorado
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Colorado Springs signed Colorado Western Americana Marshall Sprague
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana/Regional Interest;
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- Chipping
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