LAST OF THE LONGHORNS
by Ermine, Will (Harry Sinclair Drago)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dell Publishing Co. Inc., 1948. First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. Vintage Paperback -- Dell Mapback, 378: Will Ermine is a pseudonymn used by mid-20th century western genre writer and western historian, Harry Sinclair Drago. Drago, who averaged three novels a year with a total output of well over a hundred books, used the Ermine penname at least 10 times. His other pseudonymns included Bliss Lomax, Peter Field, Sinclair Drago and Grant Sinclair. "Last of the Longhorns" is the story of two brothers struggling with each other for control of a large cattle empire and a beautiful young woman. First Printing, First Paperback Edition (originally issued in hardcover by Doubleday). Pictorial wrappers showing two men fighting on front cover and map of "Powder City" on back. 192 pages, including one page ad for "Celeste" by Rosamond Marshall. Wrappers show light creasing and surface wear, no tears, no chipping or scratches. Text is lightly age-tanned but clean, complete and unmarked. Last dozen pages are lightly creased across lower corner, o/w a Very Good copy of a scarce book by an accomplished genre author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005514
- Title
- LAST OF THE LONGHORNS
- Author
- Ermine, Will (Harry Sinclair Drago)
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- WESTERN, FIRST EDITION, SIBLING RIVALRY, BROTHERS, RELATIONSHIPS, VINTAGE PAPERBACK,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure; Western; Historical Novel;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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