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The Beginning of the West; Annals of the Kansas Gateway to the American West 1540-1854
by Louise Barry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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NZ$50.51NZ$35.36
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About This Item
Topeka, KS: Kansas State Historical Society, 1972 Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS. 1972. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light soiling to textblock edges. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($14.75); light chipping to head; bumping and small closed tears to bottom edges of DJ; small punctures on spine. Green cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. Maps as endpapers. 1295 pp 8vo. In commemoration of the approaching Centennial of the Kansas State historical Society and the Bicentennial of the USA. This book exemplifies and documents the superb breadth and depth of the Kansas story, seen in a larger context. A contribution to the local history of Kansas and the first really broad and thoroughly responsible treatment of the Sunflower State's rich pre-territorial history. A clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket with little if any use.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016102
- Title
- The Beginning of the West; Annals of the Kansas Gateway to the American West 1540-1854
- Author
- Louise Barry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Kansas State Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- Topeka, KS
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- pre-territorial Kansas, plains Indians, Kansas history, Indian cultures, Spanish conquistadors, French voyageurs, army officers, Lewis and Clark, missionaries, trappers, Indian traders, cattle trails, Indian Wars, Civil War
- 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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- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
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