9780929021232 - The call of the high plains: The autobiography of Charles E. Hancock, a very unusual man (6 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Maverick Publications, Denver, CO. 1989. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light edgewear to wraps; light bumping to lower tips. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 249 pp 8vo. The editor of this book has taken a bunch of scraps of writing and tape recordings to produce 16 chapters on the life of Charles E. Hancock. He came to western Kansas from Missouri in 1880 by wagon train and homesteaded on a section of land in Stevens County. As he grew up the ran through many occupations; cowboy, farmer, glass blower, inventor, and the father of America's mobile home. A clean very presentable copy.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. xiv, 249 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. "Re-written and edited from his original notes and tape recordings"--Cover. This copy like new.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. The author, Harry E. Chrisman re-wrote and edited the the autobiography of Charles E. Hancock which became this book. He also provided the art work for the front cover and a photo on the back cover. There are 249 pages plus multiple pages of black and white images. Included in the page count are a Selected Bibliography and Notes and Sources sections. This volume is clean bright and without marks internally or externally. The dark blue boards have silver lettering and designs on the front cover and spine. Only the bottom front board tip is bumped, the rest are sharp and the spine ends stiff.

Paper Back. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st. 249pp.; SC yellow w/blk.-pic.cover; clean,tight pgs. Bio. of Charles Hancock, cowboy, farmer, glass blower, inventor, & father of America's mobile home. b/w photos. signed by Chrisman. Signed By Editors.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near fine/very good, used, i-xiii, 249pp. Interior clean, no marks except the editors inscription, signature and date on the half-title page, the former owners graduation card is taped at the top of the same page, there is a line of inked text on the dedication page and editors signature at the bottom of page xii. The original invoice from Maverick Publications is laid in loose. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Zustand: Good. About very good with no marks. Light wear.