A Sword of the Old Frontier: A Tale of Fort Chartres and Detroit -- Being a Plain Account of Sundry Adventures befalling Chevalier Raoul de Coubert, one time Captain in the Hussars of Languedoc, during the year 1763
by PARRISH, Randall
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Company, 1905. Hardcover. Illustrations by F.C. Yohn. 8vo. Tan cloth with black, white and orange pictorial stamping. vi, 407pp. Color frontispiece, 3 full-page color plates. Good plus. Mild shelfwear and abrasion near foot of spine, else a clean, tight and nice first edition of a title often found in worn, weak-hinged condition. Soupy historical adventure.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24859
- Title
- A Sword of the Old Frontier: A Tale of Fort Chartres and Detroit -- Being a Plain Account of Sundry Adventures befalling Chevalier Raoul de Coubert, one time Captain in the Hussars of Languedoc, during the year 1763
- Author
- PARRISH, Randall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A.C. McClurg and Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1905
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; American Literature;
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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