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Historic Kansas; A Centenary Sketchbook
by Margaret Whittemore
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Lawrence, KS : The University of Kansas Press, 1969 The University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, KS. 1969. Hardcover. Stated 7th Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner bookplate on FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good +; scant shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; scattered find foxing to textblock top and fore edge. DJ; Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($6.50); slight sunfading to spine and top of front panel; two small closed tears; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. Brown cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. 223 pp 4to. This book contains nearly 140 sketches of historical landmarks, with accompanying text, by and artist and writer who appreciates the beauty of the Kansas scene, admires the heroism of the pioneers, and has an enthusiastic interest in the survivals which link the present and the past. 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 #
- 015742
- Title
- Historic Kansas; A Centenary Sketchbook
- Author
- Margaret Whittemore
- Illustrator
- Margaret Whittemore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The University of Kansas Press
- Place of Publication
- Lawrence, KS
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Kansas History, historical associations, capitols and courthouses in Kansas, homes of famous Kansans, Indian landmarks in Kansas, Indian Missions, Coronado's Quest, Churches in Kansas, Trails and Travel in Kansas, Kansas artwork,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related;
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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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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