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Come Spring
by Charlotte Hinger (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671554298
- ISBN 13
- 9780671554293
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster , 1986 Simon and Schuster, New York. 1986. Hardcover. 2nd Printing by Line Number. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP dated May 3, 1986. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant soiling to fore edge. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($17.95); small closed tear at head; scattered top edge bumps. orange boards with dark brown cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine; blindstamped signature on the front board. 303 pp 8vo. This sweeping saga of life on the Kansas prairie is the first in a trilogy about the growth of Kansas from plains country to the billion-dollar center of agribusiness it is today. At its heart is the powerful and dramatic conflict between the homesteaders hewing a perilous existence from the stubborn sod and the ambitious and often unscrupulous town builders with their secret ties to the burgeoning railroads. 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 #
- 008809
- Title
- Come Spring
- Author
- Charlotte Hinger (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671554298
- ISBN 13
- 9780671554293
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Kansas, Kansas history, fictional novel about Kansas, western fiction, Great Plains, railroads, westward expansion, town growth, homesteaders, western romance story, historical fiction,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related; Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
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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- Inscribed
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- Bumps
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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