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Dobie, J Frank. The Ben Lilly Legend. Little Brown & Company, 1950.
Price: US$58.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12th printing. $5.95 price on jacket. Light edge wear to jacket.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. The Ben Lilly Legend. Little Brown & Co, 1950.
Price: US$66.01 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. The Ben Lilly Legend. Little Brown & Co, 1950.
Price: US$66.30 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Missing dust jacket; otherwise in excellent condition. Acceptable Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!
Seller: Hawking Books, Edgewood, TX, U.S.A.
DOBIE, J. FRANK. THE BEN LILLY LEGEND. LITTLE BROWN & CO, Boston, 1950.
Price: US$68.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: BOOK RATES NEAR FINE CONDITION, VERY SOLID AND IMMACULATELY CLEAN. HAS TINY DENT ON FOREEDGE OF FRONT BOARD , OTHERWISE WOULD BE FINE. D/J IS COMPLETE AND NOT PRICED CLIPPED AND HAS ORIGINAL PRICE OF $3.50. THE SPINE ENDS ARE CHIPPED AND THERE ARE A FEW SMALL TEARS & CHIPS. THERE IS A PICTURE OF THE AUTHOR AND BIOGRAPHY ON BACK OF D/J. `` Here are all of the stories Ben Lilly told and many more Frank Dobie has heard``. TRUE WESTERN ADVENTURES. HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BOOK PRICED TO SELL, DIRECT INQUIRIES ALWAYS WELCOMED, SCANS ON REQUEST, THANKS.
Seller: Come See Books Livres, Canton de Hatley, QC, Canada
J. Frank Dobie. The Ben Lilly Legend. Little Brown & Co, 1950.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston: Little Brown 1950. Early printing June 1950. Hardcover 8vo 237 pgs. Color frontis, b/w plates. Very good in a fair dust jacket. Spine ends bumped. Foxing to endpapers. Ink owner name on front pastedown, small ink note on front endpaper. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket edgeworn, chipped (with large chips on spine ends) and has edge tears. Rear panel toned. (Bear Hunting, Biography) Inquire if you need further information.
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. The Ben Lilly Legend. Little Brown and Company, 1950.
Price: US$77.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked interior text. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.88
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. The Ben Lilly Legend. Little Brown & Co, 1950.
Price: US$85.82 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any).
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
J. Frank Dobie. The Ben Lilly Legand. Little, Brown and Company, 1950.
Price: US$119.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated First Edition, May, 1950.HC w/ DJ. Tan boards with burgundy Illustration on cover and burgundy text block on spine supporting title. Mildly bumped on corners. Pristine interior. Clean and unmarked. Tight binding. Color Frontispiece, Ben Lilly interpreted by Tom Lea, + 10 other Illustrations. DJ is price clipped and has tears around edges along with some chipping. Rare with DJ and in such fine condition. 8vo. 237pp. BR (Box 159)
Seller: Best Books And Antiques, Chandler, TX, U.S.A.
J. Frank Dobie. The Ben Lilly Legend. Little, Brown and Company, 1950.
Price: US$119.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated First Edition, May, 1950.HC w/ DJ. Tan boards with burgundy Illustration on cover and burgundy text block on spine supporting title. Mildly bumped on corners. Pristine interior. Clean and unmarked. Tight binding. Color Frontispiece, Ben Lilly interpreted by Tom Lea, + 10 other Illustrations. DJ is price clipped and has tears around edges along with some chipping. Rare with DJ and in such fine condition. 8vo. 237pp. BR (Box 159)
Seller: Best Books And Antiques, Chandler, TX, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. The Ben Lilly Legend. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1950.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Jacket has been price clipped. Very slight wear to front fore-edge and, along back edge and tail of spine. Chipped at head of spine. Light crease on spine. Otherwise very good and in mylar jacket cover.
Seller: The Dawn Treader Book Shop, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. The Ben Lilly Legend. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1950.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 237pp.incl.index; HB brwn.w/red-pic.cover; rubbed w/sm.chips ft.cover&along ft.hinge; minor wear on corners; ink notation on booklist&sources(pg.223), otherwise clean,tight pgs. DJ brwn.&white w/blue-pic.cover; rubbed w/chips&tears; not original to book; isbn 0-316-18792-5 stamped bk.cover w/#00501445 stamped ft.flap; price cut. ft.flap of original jacket included. Legend of a great American hunter. "Here are all the stories Ben Lilly told and a great many more Frank Dobie has heard about him, put together in a fresh and fascinating contribution to American folklore." illus. signed by Dobie on pg.before dedication.
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
DOBIE, J. Frank. The Ben Lilly Legend. Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1950.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 21cm x 14.5cm. Publisher's tan boards. Dustjacket. Titled and decorated in gilt and maroon to spine and front board, clean and bright with only the lightest shelfwear, and some bumping to the spine ends, in a bright, strong dustjacket, lightly sunned to the spine panel and with some minor scuffing and fraying to extremities, most visibly at the spine ends. A very good copy indeed. 237pp. Internally clean. A collection of stories from, and about, the legendary bear and pabther hunter who was at one point Teddy Roosevelt's "Chief Huntsman."
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
DOBIE, J. FRANK. THE BEN LILLY LEGEND.. Little, Brown and Company, 1950., Boston, 1950.
Price: US$485.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. Signed by Dobie on a special tipped-in sheet, bound in by the publisher. Neither McVicker nor Cook describe this edition. Decorated cloth, xv [3], 237 pp., frontispiece, "Esau the Hunter," illustrated, sources, index. The story of a great American hunter . the greatest bear hunter in history after Davy Crockett, by his own account and also by the record. J. Frank Dobie met Lilly and was so struck by this extraordinary man that he collected everything he could find about him. Here are the stories Ben Lilly told and a great many more Frank Dobie heard about him. Former owner's inked name and date and bookplate on front pastedown sheet else a near fine copy in price-clipped, bright dust jacket with light wear to spine ends and corners and tiny nicks and chips to bottom edge of front cover.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
Dobie, J. Frank. THE BEN LILLY LEGEND. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1950.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 237 pages. Index. Author's SIGNATURE on blank after the copyright page--these blanks were inserted for the author's use. Fine in very good plus dust jacket. (088) Signed
Seller: Colorado Pioneer Books, Centennial, CO, U.S.A.