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If Walls Could Talk: The Story of Missouri's First Families
by Carnahan, Jean
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0966899202
- ISBN 13
- 9780966899207
- Seller
-
Madison, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri Mansion Preservation Inc., 1998. 430 pp. Red boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Tiny chip on front bottom board. Tight binding. Pictorial dust jacket with slight edgewear and several scratches on the back cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Dated author inscription and signature. This is a well-researched volume assembled by former Missouri First Lady, Jean Carnahan. She engages with the lives of thirty Missouri first families, and her essays are accompanied by plentiful pictures and illustrations, in color and black and white. . Signed and Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029748
- Title
- If Walls Could Talk: The Story of Missouri's First Families
- Author
- Carnahan, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0966899202
- ISBN 13
- 9780966899207
- Publisher
- Missouri Mansion Preservation Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Jefferson City, Missouri
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Missouri History Architecture Home Decor Government Governors Family
- Size
- Quarto
Terms of Sale
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Spine
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- Inscribed
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- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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