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The Real Wild West; The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West
by Michael Wallis (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 031219286X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312192860
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
€42.08€29.46
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About This Item
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1999 St. Martin's Press, New York. 1999. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($35.00); light bumping to head, tail, and tips. Green paper over boards with black overlay on spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. Gold endpapers. 652 pp 8vo. An epic story of the most influential ranch of the Old West. Founded in 1893, the 101 was an actual working ranch that also had touring Wild West Shows that came to embody the spirit of the frontier for the entire nation. The author paints and indelible portrait of the frontier as it expanded westward in the middle of the 19th Century. Laid in is a newspaper clipping on the book and a book signing. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013362
- Title
- The Real Wild West; The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West
- Author
- Michael Wallis (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 031219286X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312192860
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- 101 Ranch, Colonel George Washington Miller, cowboys, cowgirls, Wild West Shows, Buffalo Bill, Geronimo, Tom Mix, cattle drives, Chisholm Trail, 101 Ranch Shows, Hollywood, Western Films, Will Rogers,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Title Page
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