Outlaw Trails: A Yankee Hobo Soldier of the Queen [Inscribed]
by WITTEN, George
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1929. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19.5cm). Light brown cloth stamped in red; 252pp; frontispiece portrait. Lengthy inscription to halftitle: "To my Dear Bunty [?], the pal who has stuck to me through all the trials of entering the field of authorship—this first copy of my first book is lovingly inscribed...Feb. 7, 1929." Pencil annotations throughout. Rubbed, edges bumped, mild dustsoil, slightly loose: around Very Good. Memoir of a young American runaway who becomes a scout during the Boer War. [63251].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63251
- Title
- Outlaw Trails: A Yankee Hobo Soldier of the Queen [Inscribed]
- Author
- WITTEN, George
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Minton, Balch & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Inscribed
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- Cloth
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