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Publications of the Kansas Historical Society Embracing The Political Career of General James H. Lane (Volume III of the Publication Series)
by Wendell Holmes Stephenson
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Topeka, KS: Kansas State Printing Plant, 1930 Kansas State Printing Plant, Topeka, KS. 1930. Hardcover. Retired public library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for library stamps to textblock edges, FFFP, and title page (and verso). Book Condition: Good; index writing on spine; bumped head and tail; slight shelfwear; small paint splash on front board. No DJ. Green cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering and bands on the spine and blindstamped borders on front board. Frontispiece photo of Lane. Foldout map of Lane Trail present. 196 pp 8vo. General Lane was the outstanding figure in Kansas in the struggle to withstand slavery and found a free state. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008721
- Title
- Publications of the Kansas Historical Society Embracing The Political Career of General James H. Lane (Volume III of the Publication Series)
- Author
- Wendell Holmes Stephenson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Kansas State Printing Plant
- Place of Publication
- Topeka, KS
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- slavery, anti-slavery, Kansas, prohibition, Mexicaon, War, Free-state party, Kansas Politics, Civil War, United States Senate from Kansas, Railroads, Reconstruction, The Lane Trail, pro-slavery, Lecompton Movement, Topeka Movement, Kansas Brigade, The Bla
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related; Biographies; Americana;
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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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