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A Time in the Sun; An Epic Novel of the Apaches and the Struggle for Arizona
by Jane Barry
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. , 1962 Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY. 1962. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light bumping to tail; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Good; chipping and missing small pieces at head, tail, and tips; light toning to spine. 384 pp 8vo. A major historical novel of the Indian Wars in the West, told from both points of view- the Apache's and the White Man's. Anna Stillman was on her way West when captured by an Apache raiding party. Many attempts by soldiers and whites to bring her back were met with the reality that she was living with an Apache brave and did not want to return. A powerful novel about the conflicts experienced by people at odds with one another caught between two ways of life. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013345
- Title
- A Time in the Sun; An Epic Novel of the Apaches and the Struggle for Arizona
- Author
- Jane Barry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Historical fiction, Indian Wars, Apaches, Apache raiding party, Victorio, Cavalry Soldiers, Mimbrenos tribe, westward expansion, manifest destiny, Apache attacks, white settlers, U.S. Army, The old West, The Western Frontier, Southwest history, Apache civ
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
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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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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