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Portrait and Biographical Record of Leavenworth, Douglas, and Franklin Counties, Kansas: Containing Portraits, Biographies and Genealogies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present...
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Topeka, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Full leather, tooled, covers with raised spine bands and gilt lettering and decoration on front cover and spine; All edges are gilded; Decorative end pages and paste downs; Cover edges show moderate to heavy wear. 1" closed tear to bottom spine end. Corners rounded with boards showing. Hinges still tight though binding is slightly loose. Text remains clean. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 802
- Title
- Portrait and Biographical Record of Leavenworth, Douglas, and Franklin Counties, Kansas: Containing Portraits, Biographies and Genealogies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present...
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chapman Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1899
Terms of Sale
Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
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About the Seller
Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
Biblio member since 2014
Topeka, Kansas
About Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
We sell antiquarian and gently used books specializing in all things Kansas. We also offer a large selection of books for children, vintage young adult & series books; Agriculture; Psychology; Militaria and Western Americana.
Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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