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Castle Gap and the Pecos Frontier Dearen, Patrick Foreword by Elmer Kelton Texas Christian University Press 1988 Signed by the author on the half-title page. Trade paperback Softcover, 23 cm. 236 pages. Map frontispiece, illustrated. Includes annotated bibliography & index. Number six in the TCU Chisholm Trail Series. Previous owner's name and address in ink on front free endpaper, else near fine. spine uncreased, clean, square and tight. sku 8090306 ....]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:49:12 GMT http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/john-graves-self-portrait-with-birds-some-semi-ornithological-rec $425.00
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