The Virginian: a Horseman of the Plains.
by Wister, Owen
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Franklin, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: MacMillan. Very Good+. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. A touch of wear to the bottom edge of spine and seam - see image. Pencilled name on front free endpaper that can be easily erased - left to give provenance if significant to others. ; Book is in excellent condition. First Printing with the words "set up and electrotyped April, 1902" printed on the copyright page. Scarce copy in this true First Edition, in this condition, and at this price. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 504 pages .
Synopsis
The novel that inspired a century of Westerns...Signet is proud to present a special centennial edition of The Virginian, a novel featuring the first fully realized cowboy hero in American literarture—a near-mythic figure whose idealized image has profoundly influenced our national consciousness.
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- The Book Shelf (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8303
- Title
- The Virginian: a Horseman of the Plains.
- Author
- Wister, Owen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- The West - Fiction
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