UNDER TURQUOISE SKIES: Outstanding Features of the Story of America's Southwest From the Days of the Ancient Cliff-Dwellers to Modern Times
by Robinson, Will H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1928. 538 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding very bright and clean. Corners and spine ends a bit bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Previous owner's name neatly written on front blank endpaper. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24099TX
- Title
- UNDER TURQUOISE SKIES: Outstanding Features of the Story of America's Southwest From the Days of the Ancient Cliff-Dwellers to Modern Times
- Author
- Robinson, Will H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- AMERICANA TEXAS STATE HISTORY TX DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL NEW SOUTHWEST ANTIQUITIES NATURAL HISTORY INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA NATIVE AMERICANS AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED PHOTOGRAPHS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; American Indian;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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