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Bill Vaughan, Starbeams
by Edited by Kirk W. Vaughan, Robert W. Butler
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0830903291
- ISBN 13
- 9780830903290
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
From the dust jacket, back flap: "In 1939, Vaughan came to work for the Kansas City Star, where he remained for thirty-seven years, except for three years spent in the Army Air Force in World War II. Shortly after his return from Europe, Vaughan was given "Starbeams," thought to be the oldest continuously published column in the country (it originated in 1880).
Bill Vaughan died in February 1977, but his humor, compassion, and understanding of the human condition have made his work immortal."
Book - Very Good condition. Black leather over boards with gold gilt lettering and illustration on front and spine. There is a seal type impression on the front end paper that says: Library of D.A. Blankenship. Pages are clean and binding is tight.Dust Jacket - Very Good- condition. There is a small chip near the spine on the front and a discoloration where a sticker used to be, and there is a chip at the top back edge. Otherwise edges show minimal wear.
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148 pages.
Bill Vaughan died in February 1977, but his humor, compassion, and understanding of the human condition have made his work immortal."
Book - Very Good condition. Black leather over boards with gold gilt lettering and illustration on front and spine. There is a seal type impression on the front end paper that says: Library of D.A. Blankenship. Pages are clean and binding is tight.Dust Jacket - Very Good- condition. There is a small chip near the spine on the front and a discoloration where a sticker used to be, and there is a chip at the top back edge. Otherwise edges show minimal wear.
Please use photos as part of the description.
148 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1472
- Title
- Bill Vaughan, Starbeams
- Author
- Edited by Kirk W. Vaughan, Robert W. Butler
- Format/Binding
- Leather over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Assumed First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0830903291
- ISBN 13
- 9780830903290
- Publisher
- Independence Press
- Place of Publication
- Independence, MO
- Date Published
- 1981
- Pages
- 148
- Keywords
- Bill Vaughan, Kansas City, Kansas City Star, humor, human nature, communication, newspaper column
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor; Kansas City;
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Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
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Independence, Missouri
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- Gilt
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