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Palmettos and Oaks, a Centennial History of the State, 1891-1991 (SIGNED)
by Pierce, Robert A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Columbia, S.C.: The State-Record Company, 1991. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 350 pages. Hardcover with a black and silver dust jacket, now in mylar. Moderate rubbing and wear to the jacket. A sound copy with secure inner hinges and clean text. INSCRIBED and signed by the author on the front flyleaf.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049830
- Title
- Palmettos and Oaks, a Centennial History of the State, 1891-1991 (SIGNED)
- Author
- Pierce, Robert A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- The State-Record Company
- Place of Publication
- Columbia, S.C.
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.90 lbs
- Keywords
- 1991; Robert A. Pierce; South Carolina; Charleston; Low Country; 19th Century; 20th Century; History; Newspaper; Journalism.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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