Ralph c taylor author signed (1 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. 1st Edition. Sage Books, Denver, CO. 1963. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; slight spine foll; light soiling to textblock fore edge; wear to cloth at head, tail, and tips; wear through fabric at tail, lower tips and upper front tip. DJ; Poor; front flap is missing; wear, rubbing, and closed tears to panels and rear flap; paint over spray on the front wrap with 1 inch wide strip of over spray on the front board fore edge. Red cloth over boards and spine with black lettering on the spine . Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 561 pp 8vo. This is a meticulously researched regional history chronicling the frontier heritage, cultural evolution, and geopolitical shifts of southeastern and southern Colorado specifically the area of the Arkansas River basin on south to the border of present-day Colorado. Taylor tells the story of this area with more than 150 pictures. The book is full of people's names, forts, tribes, Santa Fe Trail, Civil War Rebels, famous towns, and colorful individuals. The book is widely regarded by historians as a masterwork of local preservation for its accessible prose and detailed focus on the region's diverse social history. A presentable copy.…