On nineteenth-century American humor and sports writing. Thorpe's writings bear a resemblence to the humor of Mark Twain. Estes does a service in resurrecting him. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Seller: BASEMENT BOOKS, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall in blue cloth w/red spine titles. Near Fine book in Very Good DJ. Dust line at horizontal edges of cloth, else About Fine and unmarked; jacket has small tears/chips at spine tips and corners. Written in the 1840's these are Thomas Bang Thorpe's sketches of the old Southwest, edited and with Critical Introduction and Textual Commentary by David C. Estes. 392pp inc. Textual Notes, Emendation, Post-Copy Text-Substantive Variants, Compound Words at the End of Lines. Book. Seller Inventory # 026536
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Condition: Used - Very Good. 1989. Hardcover. Cloth, d.j., in an acetate cover. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good. Seller Inventory # SON000029733
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. A nice clean copy, almost new. Seller Inventory # 178849
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Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 392 pages; Description: 392 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. "Bibliography and publishing history": p. 27-60. Series: The Library of Southern civilization. Subjects: Thorpe, Thomas Bangs, 1815-1878. Frontier and pioneer life --Southwest, Old --Description and travel --Social life and customs 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 163949
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st Edition. (1989). 392 pages. Fine in dust jacket. (108). Seller Inventory # 012413
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 392 pages; Description: 392 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. "Bibliography and publishing history": p. 27-60. Series: The Library of Southern civilization. Subjects: Thorpe, Thomas Bangs, 1815-1878. Frontier and pioneer life --Southwest, Old --Description and travel --Social life and customs 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 163949
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hardcover. Condition: New. New Inside and Out! Crisp pages w/no markings!Email for pictures! Seller Inventory # 240519042
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