Bluegrass Houses and Their Traditions
by Simpson, Elizabeth M
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good + overall
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Lexington, KY: Transylvania Press, 1932. Hardcover. Good + overall. Signed presentation copy of this study of ante bellum houses and families in Kentucky. Inscription reads, "To Garland H. B. Davis with the cordial good wishes of a fellow Kentuckian, Elizabeth M. Simpson, Lexington Kentucky, December the twenty fifth, Nineteen hundred and thirty three". An additional inscription at the front paste down: "Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, to Garland from Father & Mother, Dec 25th, 1933."
Account of Kentucky homes, with introduction by William H. Townsend. Two cards loosely inserted in the front. Royal 8vo, 408pp, frontispiece, illustrations throughout. 3 items loosely inserted: hand colored Christmas greeting card, a card signed Frances Todd, and a Southwestern Bulletin, on Francis Walker Gilmer, by John H. Davis. Original green cloth, paper title pieces on front cover & spine. Spine darkened, spine ends rubbed.
Account of Kentucky homes, with introduction by William H. Townsend. Two cards loosely inserted in the front. Royal 8vo, 408pp, frontispiece, illustrations throughout. 3 items loosely inserted: hand colored Christmas greeting card, a card signed Frances Todd, and a Southwestern Bulletin, on Francis Walker Gilmer, by John H. Davis. Original green cloth, paper title pieces on front cover & spine. Spine darkened, spine ends rubbed.
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- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24082
- Title
- Bluegrass Houses and Their Traditions
- Author
- Simpson, Elizabeth M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good + overall
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Transylvania Press
- Place of Publication
- Lexington, KY
- Date Published
- 1932
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