Author: GIBSON, ARRELL MORGAN
Title: The West in the Life of the Nation
Description: Lexington, Massachusetts: D. C. Heath and Company, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0669615153. A signed first edition of this work by Oklahoma historian Arrell Morgan Gibson. Per his preface, the author ".narrates and interprets the saga of Western America from prehistoric times to 1976. It depicts the 350-year contest waged by Spain, France, Great Britain, Russia, and, belatedly, the United States to control the territory.". With dozens of black & white illustrations and photos, as well as 12 maps. Signed by author on front free endpaper. Indexed. --- In wood grain-look yellow paper-covered boards with engraved illustration of men shooting buffalo from a steam locomotive to cover. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With specks of soiling to a few leaves, and with sunning to spine, else a tightly bound, sturdy copy. (This item scarce in this edition.) ; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xii, 640 pages; Signed by Author. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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