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Born Grown; An Oklahoma City History
by Roy P. Stewart (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Oklahoma City, OK : Fidelity Bank National Association, 1974 Fidelity Bank National Association, Oklahoma City, OK. 1974. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, has slight spine roll, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; bumping to lower tips; fading of tinted textblock top; light wear at head, tail, and tips. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($5.95); light suntanning; light wear to flap folds; chipping at head; closed tears and folds to front panel and head; light stain from a mud stain to head. Red cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. 352 pp 8vo. Oklahoma's growth began on 22 April 1889 when thousands of people poured in to OKC on the Santa Fe Railroad for the land rush. Oklahoma was the last frontier and OKC had amazing growth from the venturesome spirit and cooperative attitude of its people. This book tells hos the city was built and about the men and women who left the most visible marks on its growth and development. A chronology helps guide the reader. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011213
- Title
- Born Grown; An Oklahoma City History
- Author
- Roy P. Stewart (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Fidelity Bank National Association
- Place of Publication
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Date Published
- 1974
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Oklahoma City Oklahoma, 1889 Land Rush, Unassigned Lands of Oklahoma Country, 89ers. Oklahoma City history, Oklahoma History, oil development, cattle, stockyards, sports, religion, schools, colleges and universities,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Oklahoma Related;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Brodart
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- Gilt
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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