The West in the Life of the Nation
by GIBSON, Arrell Morgan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0669615153
- ISBN 13
- 9780669615159
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Lexington, Massachusetts: D. C. Heath and Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0669615153 . A signed first edition of this work by Oklahoma historian Arrell Morgan Gibson. Per his preface, the author ". . .narrates and interprets the saga of Western America from prehistoric times to 1976. It depicts the 350-year contest waged by Spain, France, Great Britain, Russia, and, belatedly, the United States to control the territory. . .". With dozens of black & white illustrations and photos, as well as 12 maps. Signed by author on front free endpaper. Indexed. --- In wood grain-look yellow paper-covered boards with engraved illustration of men shooting buffalo from a steam locomotive to cover. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With specks of soiling to a few leaves, and with sunning to spine, else a tightly bound, sturdy copy. (This item scarce in this edition.) ; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xii, 640 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83162
- Title
- The West in the Life of the Nation
- Author
- GIBSON, Arrell Morgan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0669615153
- ISBN 13
- 9780669615159
- Publisher
- D. C. Heath and Company
- Place of Publication
- Lexington, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- 0669615153
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>American History & Politics;
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