Philadelphia: Cowperthwait & Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers worn at all edges with corners rounded and boards showing at corners and along fore edge. Spine ends worn and a bit frayed. Internal hinges are cracking though binding remains sound. Soiling, foxing, and light marginalia scattered throughout. The author writes that the purpose of his work "is simply to report the present facts of local government [in Kansas]"; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 112 pages .

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Bookseller: Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 6397
Title: Local Government in Kansas
Author: Canfield, James H
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Cowperthwait & Company
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date Published: 1885

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