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Kansas Day: A Brief History of Kansas and a Collection by Kansas Authors with Other Miscellaneous Matter Pertaining to Kansas
by F.H. Barrington
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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A$61.57A$43.10
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About This Item
Topeka, KS : George W. Crane and Company, 1892 George W. Crane and Company, Topeka, KS. 1982. Hardcover. First Edition (SD). Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O flowing signature on the FFFP. Book Condition: Good +; shelfwear through fabric at head, tail, and tips; soiling to boards; suntoning to spine; small crack in paper at rear hinge. No DJ. Red cloth boards and spine with tarnished gilt lettering on the spine; Kansas map in front; frontispiece picture of State Capital in front. 253 pp 8vo. The author is a school principal and thus this book reads much like a school textbook as it seeks to give the populace a better knowledge of political institutions and the government of Kansas. The reader will learn the history of the State of Kansas and the acquaintance of some of her best writers in prose and poetry. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016660
- Title
- Kansas Day: A Brief History of Kansas and a Collection by Kansas Authors with Other Miscellaneous Matter Pertaining to Kansas
- Author
- F.H. Barrington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- George W. Crane and Company
- Place of Publication
- Topeka, KS
- Date Published
- 1892
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Kansas history, Kansas government, Kansas in the Civil War, Bleeding Kansas, John Brown, Slavery, Antislavery, Free State, Burning of Lawrence, Kansas poets, Kansas writers, Kansas politics, Kansas government, Kansas state capital, Leacompton, Topeka, Sta
- 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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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- 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.
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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