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Frederic Remington: Artist of the Old West
by Harold McCracken
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1947. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Good/fair. 161 pages. Black cloth binding with signature of Remington on the upper and gilt text on spine. Cover shows minor shelf wear to corners and head of spine. Colored pictorial dust jacket has white text on upper and spine. Dj. shows some scuffing, minor tears and folds, and chips to extremities. The Dedication page has a magazine cutout of a Remington painting that had been taped on. Tape is sstill evident but is not adhered to page. Tape stains show on the reverse of this page. There is also a magazine article cutout that had been taped to the back fep but is now loose. The text of the article is still attached to the back paste down. There are many black line drawings throughout the text. There are 32 full color plates and nine black and white drawings as well as nine photographs of his bronzes on pages at the end of the text. Loosely inserted in the book is a magazine article about Frederick Remington. Text pages are clean; binding is tight.
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- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001088
- Title
- Frederic Remington: Artist of the Old West
- Author
- Harold McCracken
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
- Keywords
- FREDERICK REMINGTON
Terms of Sale
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
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About the Seller
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
Biblio member since 2012
TORRINGTON, Wyoming
About PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
We specialize in western history, gun knife and hunting titles. Also try to stock Wyoming history titles. We have a walk-in store on US Hwy 26/85 the most direct route to Fort Laramie National History site..We have what I think is the largest seleciton of weapons titles in SE Wyoming, both new and used. Always looking for good used weapons titles.
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- 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
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- Shelf Wear
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Folio
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- Jacket
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