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Dane Gray Hansen; Titan of Northwest Kansas 1883-1965
by Billy M. Jones
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0865460450
- ISBN 13
- 9780865460454
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Wichita, KS: Center for Entrepreneurship/College of Business Administration/Wichita State University, 1982 Center for Entrepreneurship/College of Business Administration/Wichita State University, Wichita, KS. 1982. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. WSU Business Heritage Series. Gift presentation bookplate on FFFP from the Dane G. Hansen Foundation. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight waviness to first two pages from paste-on bookplate. DJ; Very Good: clear vinyl wrap with rubbing and scattered scratches. White tweed boards with gray leatherette overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. 271 pp 8vo. Dane Hansen spent his life and amassed his wealth in the small Kansas town of Logan in Phillips County. He was a partner in a General Mercantile in 1905 with his father and later went out on his own into the lumber business, road construction, and the oil business. A strong Republican he was very involved in politics, never as a candidate, but always near the decision makers. In his waining years, he gave the majority of his wealth to Logan, Phillips County and Kansas. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016413
- Title
- Dane Gray Hansen; Titan of Northwest Kansas 1883-1965
- Author
- Billy M. Jones
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0865460450
- ISBN 13
- 9780865460454
- Publisher
- Center for Entrepreneurship/College of Business Administration/Wichita State University
- Place of Publication
- Wichita, KS
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- philanthropy, Logan Kansas, Phillips County Kansas, Dane Gray Hansen, Lumber business, road construction, oil business, Republican party, Republican National Committee, politician, political contributor, Kansas Politics, Kansas Republican, Kansas entrepre
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related; Biographies;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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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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- Rubbing
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