About this title: Action Before Westport consults official records, newspaper accounts, letters, diaries, journals, and privately printed records to describe in detail the unusually daring, last-ditch 1864 Confederate cavalry raid that ended the bitter fighting that had devastated the Missouri-Kansas border.
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Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Westport Historical Society, Kansas City
Date Published: 1964
Description: VG/VG. Gray cloth boards, names written front endpapers else corners square, clean. Pictorial dj has rough edges with some tearing, price clipped and in mylar jacket. Paintings and maps by George Barnett. Detailed account of the Confederate raid near Westport, Missouri during the fall of 1864. With b/w photos, notes, biblio., index.; MCN10226; Large 8vo 9"-10"; 190 pp. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Westport Historical Society, Kansas City
Date Published: 1964
Description: Near Fine in Very Good to Near Fine jacket. Signed by Author 202 pgs. Limited Subscriber Ed. Number 166 of 525 autographed copies. A few small soiled places on white background of lightly edge chipped/torn dj plus 2" closed tear and 1" x 4" non-penetrating moisture stain/slight discoloration on back. read more
Edition: Subscriber s Edition #209
Binding: H
Publisher: Westport Historical Society, Kansas City, MO
Date Published: 1964
Description: Barnett George. Fine; Collectible Subscriber s Edition #209, 1964, Westport Historical Society, signed to Mr. & mrs. Charles B. Biggs, Jr. by author in FINE condition. Dust Jacket in FINE condition, with one tiny closed tear. Book has grey cloth covered boards with gold lettering on blue block on spine. Newspaper about death of author accompanies book. All pages clean, binding tight. 202 p. (201) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Date Published: 1995-06-01
ISBN-13:9780870814136ISBN:0870814133
Description: Fair. Ships from Amazon-NO one ships faster! ! ! 24/7 Support! ! ! Eligible for Super Saver, Prime Discounts and International Shipping! ! ! Never been read-The front cover, binding and most pages are very tight. However, the back cover and last 30 pages have a rip that's 1/2 an inch long that starts at the top of the back binding. Those final 30 pages and the back cover have a crease that extends across the page. No pages are missing and it's still in fine shape! read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN-13:9780870814136ISBN:0870814133
Description: Very Good. 0870814133 Ex-library with typical stamps and labels. Interior clean and unmarked. Some shelf wear to covers. Purchase of this item will help support the programs and collections of the Johnson County (Kansas) Library. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV PR OF COLORADO
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780870814136ISBN:0870814133
Description: Action Before Westport consults official records, newspaper accounts, letters, diaries, journals, and privately printed records to describe in detail the unusually daring, last-ditch 1864 Confederate cavalry raid that ended the bitter fighting that h... read more
Edition: 3rd
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN-13:9780870814136ISBN:0870814133
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Westport Historical Society, Kansas City, USA
Date Published: 1964
Description: George Barnett. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo Dust jacket complete unclipped, closed tears, in a clear protective sleeve. Light green cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. Frontis plate. 190 pages clean and tight. THE CAVALRY ACTION which took place around the frontier village of Westport, Missouri, during the autumn of 4 864, was a part of a Confederate raid which, in many respects, exceeded any cavalry raid the Civil War produced. The climax of a last-ditch ... read more
Binding: Cloth-Hardcover
Publisher: Westport Historical Society, Kansas City, MO
Date Published: 1964
Description: George Barnett. Very Good+ in Good+ jacket. 8vo. Signed by Author Number 441 of a limited "Subscriber's Edition" of 525 copies signed by the author; 202 pages, indexed, and including a list of subscribers; Cloth covers show slight darkening along edges; Very light rubbing along bottom edge of cloth covers; Light age toning on front end leaves; DJ shows scattered shallow chipping along edges, though remains bright and clean; DJ is protected in Brodart Mylar sleeve. read more
Edition: 1985th edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Westport Historical Society, Kansas City, MO
Date Published: 1964
Description: VG/NONE. This is a subscriber's edition and is number 232 of five hundred twenty-five. It is signed by the author on the back of the title page. This is a nice copy with b&w photos. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS
ISBN-13:9780870814136ISBN:0870814133
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