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Kansas; A Land of Contrasts
by Robert W. Richmond
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0882730258
- ISBN 13
- 9780882730257
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
St. Charles, MO: Piraeus Publishers , 1974 Piraeus Publishers, St. Charles, MO. 1974. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light foxing to textblock top; light shelfwear to board bottom edges. DJ: Fair; large moisture stain to spine and front panel tha does not affect the book. Red cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. 319 pp 8vo. This is a comprehensive survey of the Kansas story beginning with Early Man and his environment and ending with the energy crisis of the 1970s. This is the story of Kansans; good and bad; famous and infamous; red, brown, black, and white; farmers and townsmen; scientists and housewives; Republicans and democrats; students and teachers; all of them participants in the historical drama that has been and is Kansas. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016052
- Title
- Kansas; A Land of Contrasts
- Author
- Robert W. Richmond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0882730258
- ISBN 13
- 9780882730257
- Publisher
- Piraeus Publishers
- Place of Publication
- St. Charles, MO
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Kansas, Kansas history, Kansas development, Kansas politics, Kansas economic aspects, Kansas government, Indian Tribes of kansas, Civil War in kansas, Coronado, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- 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
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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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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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