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Hot Type: 150 Years of the Best Local Stories from the News-Gazette
by Kacich, Tom
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1582614822
- ISBN 13
- 9781582614823
- Seller
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Martinsville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Champaign, Illinois, U.S.A.: Sports Pub, 2002. $15.00 is written in ink in the upper corner of the ffep (only flaw); overall a very crisp and clean signed first edition! Inscribed by the author on the title page! Black boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 261 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Hot Type relates the most interesting stories of the last 150 years in East Central Illinois, everything from the arrival of the Illinois Central Railroad in 1854 to a heroic dog that saved the lives of three young boys in 1934, when the nation was in the midst of the Depression and readers needed an uplifting and inspiring tale.". Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Black Boards. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Conover Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045096
- Title
- Hot Type: 150 Years of the Best Local Stories from the News-Gazette
- Author
- Kacich, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1582614822
- ISBN 13
- 9781582614823
- Publisher
- Sports Pub
- Place of Publication
- Champaign, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- HISTORY ILLINOIS NEWSPAPERS JOURNALISM UNITED STATES 19TH CENTURY 20TH
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