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Bits of Music, Wisdom, Honey, and Poison
by Phil Miller (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$24.06NZ$16.84
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About This Item
Wichita, KS: Phil Miller Enterprises, 1977 Phil Miller Enterprises, Wichita, KS. 1977. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight shelfwear to tail and lower tips. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($5.50); chipping and small closed tears to top edge, head, and tail. Red buckram boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine.70 pp 8vo. This is a book of poetry written by a Winfield Kansas native. The book is part religious, part inspirational, and autobiographical. The author has endured many pains and many joys in his life which he put together in a very nice and easy to read rhyming manner. 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 #
- 013503
- Title
- Bits of Music, Wisdom, Honey, and Poison
- Author
- Phil Miller (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Phil Miller Enterprises
- Place of Publication
- Wichita, KS
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- poetry, Winfield, KS, gliders, back injuries, pain, joy, inspirational poetry, religious poetry, poet, Phil Miller,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related; Americana;
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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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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....
- 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...
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