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Twenty-Five Years a Parson in the Wild West Being the Experience of Parson Ralph Riley
by Brown, Rev. John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Fall River, Mass.: Printed for the Author, 1896. Hardcover. very good. 1st privately printed edition. 215pp. 12mo, original dark navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece entitled "Parson Ralph Riley". Tight copy, shows light shelf wear to exterior. very good Adams (Rampaging Heard) 343 - "Experiences principally in Nevada and Texas; ranch and cowboy life", Flake (A Mormon Bibliography) 904 chapter 13/14 about Mormons. Very scarce privately printed book. 1896
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124750
- Title
- Twenty-Five Years a Parson in the Wild West Being the Experience of Parson Ralph Riley
- Author
- Brown, Rev. John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for the Author
- Place of Publication
- Fall River, Mass.
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- American History|Mormon|Cowboys|Nevada|Ranching|Texas
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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