From My Texan Log Cabin: Aus Meiner Texanischen Blockhutte
by Lisa Kahn
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0890154929
- ISBN 13
- 9780890154922
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$41.44NZ$29.01
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About This Item
Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1984 Eakin Press, Austin, TX. 1984. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; small splash stain on textblock fore edge; light bump to head. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($5.95); smudge on front panel; suntoning to spine and top of rear panel. Red buckram cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Laid-in is an unsigned letter from the author to the F/O regarding her poetry. 64 pp 8vo. This book is a collection of poetry by the author in English and German about her home at Round Top TX, her life there, the ancestral homes of German immigrants, and the calm peaceful countryside. A clean very presentable copy in a BrTexas poetry, Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017011
- Title
- From My Texan Log Cabin: Aus Meiner Texanischen Blockhutte
- Author
- Lisa Kahn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0890154929
- ISBN 13
- 9780890154922
- Publisher
- Eakin Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin, TX
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- poetry, Texas Poetry, German Poetry, German poetry about Round Rock Texas, Round Rock Texas, poetry readings, Texas history, Texas countryside, German Immigrants to Texas.
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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- First Edition
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...