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Requiem for a People: the Rogue Indians and the Frontiersmen
by BECKHAM, Stephen Dow
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1971). First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xiv,214pp; illus. Inconspicuous bowing to front and rear boards, else a tight, Near Fine and unmarked copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $7.95 on front flap), lightly rubbed at folds and edges, Very Good+. Published as no.108 in the publisher's series "The Civilization of the American Indian." A sensitive account of Native American cultures in the Rogue River section of southwestern Oregon, concluding with the removal of native tribes to the SIletz Reservation in 1856.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60714
- Title
- Requiem for a People: the Rogue Indians and the Frontiersmen
- Author
- BECKHAM, Stephen Dow
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- Date Published
- (1971)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History; Native Americans;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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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