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Those Tremendous Mountains: The Story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
by David Freeman Hawke
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393013057
- ISBN 13
- 9780393013054
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Photographs. VG/VG, used hc, 273 pages. Three quarter orange paper over boards with navy cloth around spine with gilt text; minor shelf wear to head and tail of spine. Color illustrated dust jacket with red, blue, and black text on upper, and blue and black text on spine; 3/8" tears at head and tail of spine on lower; minor chip to head of flap foldover on lower, no other chips of tears. Map of Expedition trip on end papers. Interior pages clean, unmarked, no highlighting. Binding tight.
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- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012098
- Title
- Those Tremendous Mountains: The Story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Author
- David Freeman Hawke
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393013057
- ISBN 13
- 9780393013054
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- David Freeman Hawke, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Captain Meriwether Lewis, Captain William Clark, Voyage of Discovery
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming
About PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
We specialize in western history, gun knife and hunting titles. Also try to stock Wyoming history titles. We have a walk-in store on US Hwy 26/85 the most direct route to Fort Laramie National History site..We have what I think is the largest seleciton of weapons titles in SE Wyoming, both new and used. Always looking for good used weapons titles.
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- Shelf Wear
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Jacket
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- 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....
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
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