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Ballhagen! Our Story
by Lloyd Ballhagen
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- Like New
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- First
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- 1998
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- Hardcover
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Hutchinson, KS: LWB Publishing (1st Edition, 1998). Like new hardcover with maroon boards, gilt and silver titles/illustration, 185 pages. No dust jacket (as issued).
ABOUT THE BOOK: "Fitting together the pieces of this book was like putting together a gigantic puzzle, collecting items of information from many sources and shaping the work until the total picture came into focus. I… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Our Town
by William Allen White
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- Used - Good-
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- Reprint
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- 1906
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- Hardcover
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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A$30.46
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New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap (1906 reprint edition). Hardcover with yellow cloth boards, 369 pages. Dust jacket missing (if issued). Solidly bound. Ex-library copy, with the expected labels, markings, and wear. Covers age soiled; titles and decoration faded. Pages and endpapers toned. Illustrations by F. R. Gruger and W. Glackens.
ABOUT THE BOOK: [This is] a series of short… Read more about this item Item Price
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Greenwood County, Kansas: Marriage Record Books I (1856-1895) and II (1895-1917)
by Leta Ellen Watts Harrell and Katheryn Ann Brooks Griffith
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- Like New
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- First
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- 1991
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- Plastic Comb binding
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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A$60.92
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Relatively Searching, Hamilton, KS (1991). Set of two softcover books, 434 pages total. Book I (Books A, A1, B, C & D 1856-1895). Book II (Books E, F and G 1895-1917). Both volumes include a Table of Contents and Name Index.
Greenwood County, in the southeast part of the state, is in a region featuring gently rolling plains and tallgrass prairie.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Rural Schools and Schoolhouses of Douglas County, Kansas
by Goldie Piper Daniels
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- Used - Collectible - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First
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- 1975
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- Hardcover
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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~~FLAT SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR ON 2ND FFEP VERSO~~
Baldwin City, KS: Telegraphics (1st Edition, 1975). Hardcover with gold cloth boards, black titles,193 pages. Dust jacket is lightly scuffed, with minor chipping at head of spine. Book itself is in beautiful condition: clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding.
ABOUT THE BOOK: An invaluable book that preserves some of the history… Read more about this item Item Price
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Rural Schools and Schoolhouses of Douglas County, Kansas
by Goldie Piper Daniels
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good-
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- First
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- 1975
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- Hardcover
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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A$220.83
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Baldwin City, KS: Telegraphics (1st Edition, 1975). Hardcover with gold cloth boards, black titles,193 pages. Dust jacket is now protected by clear mylar cover, but shows edgewear, rubbing to the spine, erosion to spine extremities, and a couple of jagged, closed tears to the back flap and back cover (1-1/2" and 3" respectively) (the one on the back cover has… Read more about this item Item Price
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From Emporia: The Story of William Allen White
by Beverley Olson Buller
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- Used
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- First
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- 2007
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- Softcover
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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A$68.54
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~~NON-PERSONAL INSCRIPTION BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE~~ Kansas City Star Books (Stated 1st Edition, 2007). Softcover. Clean and unmarked, binding tight. Colors on cover bright.
ABOUT THE BOOK: This little-known book has the complete, well-researched story of William Allen White, the "Sage of Emporia," written for the lay reader. The author, Beverly Olson Buller, is a former librarian from Winfield,… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Prairie Peter Pan: The Story of Mary White
by Beverley Olson Buller
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- Like New
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- First
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- 2010
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- Hardcover
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- 9781935362739
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Kansas City Star Books (Stated 1st Edition, 2010). HARDCOVER. No dust jacket issued. Like new condition: clean, unmarked, binding tight. Gift quality.
ABOUT THE BOOK: In her brief life, Mary White's spunk and spirit left their mark on her hometown. After she died in a riding accident, her father poured his heart and his renowned storytelling skills into a loving essay… Read more about this item Item Price
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My Flint Hills Childhood: Growing Up in 1930s Kansas
by Gail Lee Martin
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- New
- Edition
- 1st Thus
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- 2009
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- Trade Paperback
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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A$38.07
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ABOUT THE BOOK: A childhood on the Kansas prairies in the 1930s springs vividly to life in the detailed memories of Gail Martin. Her simple accounts of long ago school days, celebrations and family life are a treasure. Travel back in time to life in the Flint Hills during the Great Depression, and the time leading up to World War… Read more about this item Item Price
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Clyde Owen Martin: Family Memories of his Life and Times
by Gail Lee Martin, Cynthia Jo Ross, Virginia Allain
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- New
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- First Thus
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- 2010
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- Trade Paperback
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Born in 1924, Clyde Owen Martin grew up in a Kansas farm family, then worked in all aspects of the oil field from roughneck to driller to production manager. This book of family memories celebrates his 85 years of life and his pioneering Kansas family. Clyde died in 2012.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Clyde's wife, GAIL LEE MARTIN (1924… Read more about this item Item Price
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Leavenworth, Douglas and Franklin Counties, Kansas
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- Used - Acceptable-
- Edition
- First
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- 1899
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- Sewn Binding
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company (1st Edition, 1899). Tooled leather hardcover with gilt title and decoration, gilt top and fore edges, 845 pages. Book is housed in an archival museum box. Sewn binding of text block extremely weak. Backstrip of spine missing. Boards have separated from the binding. The leather covers are heavily worn, with sections along the spine, edges, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Letters of Edward and Sarah Fitch
by Edited by John M. Peterson
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Reprinted from Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains
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- 1989
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- Staplebound journal in museum binder
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Topeka, KS: Kansas State Historical Society (Sections reprinted from Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains, 1989). Staplebound, magazine format, 44 pages. Part I of the Fitch letters was published in the spring 1989 issue of Kansas History; Part II was published in the summer 1989 issue. Protected by museum binder (see our photos). Clean and unmarked; stapled… Read more about this item Item Price
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Kansas Territory and the Pike's Peak Gold Rush
by Calvin W. Gower
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- Used - Very Good+
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- First
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- December, 1958
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- Hardcover
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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A$114.22
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Calvin W. Gower, "Kansas Territory and the Pike's Peak Gold Rush," unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Kansas, 1958. Professionally bound hardcover with black boards, white titles, onion skin paper, 335 pages. No dust jacket, as issued. Clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. Includes two maps: 1) The Gold Fields, 2) Routes to the Gold Regions of Colorado, 1859.
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The Kramer Family of Douglas County, Kansas
by Helen McShane Bailey
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- Used - Very Good+
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- First
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- April, 1999
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- Hardcover
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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A$76.15
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Fairfax, VA: Self Published (1st Edition, April 1999). Hardcover, 109 pages.
About the Book: The Kramer family was one of the German immigrant families that settled on the absentee Shawnee Indian lands in Douglas County, Kansas, in 1864. Tracing and documenting the movement of this family from Württemberg in southwest Germany to the Iowa frontier, to western Missouri, and then… Read more about this item Item Price
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Kansas Its Interior and Exterior Life
by Sara T. L. Robinson
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Stated 3rd Edition
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- 1856
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- Sewn Binding
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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A$152.30
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Boston: Crosby, Nichols and Company (Stated 3rd Edition, 1856, same year as 1st Edition). 366 pages, with 6 pages of publisher ads. Boards and backstrip missing, but the solidly bound text block has been protected with museum conservation techniques. Book was formerly held in a regional museum. Original tissue guard is in place to protect the frontispiece; tissue guard… Read more about this item Item Price
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"The Fighting Twentieth"
by W. Y. Morgan
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- Used - Good+
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- 1st
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- 1899
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- Staple-bound
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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A$114.22
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Topeka, KS: W. Y. Morgan (1st Edition, 1899). Paper wrap covers, side stapled, 96 pages. Covers show wear, with small chips and tears to edges and corners. Illustration and lettering remain bright. Text block tight and solid. Covers have been re-attached with book tape and hinges reinforced with archival document tape. Pages are lightly toned; clean and unmarked.
ABOUT THE BOOK:… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jaunts Across the Sea
by William E. Morris, Jr.
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- Used - Collectible - Very Good+
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- First
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- December, 1906
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- Sewn
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Lawrence, KS: Privately Printed by William E. Morris, Jr. (1st Edition, December 1906). Hardcover with red textured boards and black titles/illustration, 110 pages, heavy stock, cream-colored. No dust jacket was issued. Signed by the author on the Foreward page. Clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. llustrated throughout with original postcards, both color and black-and-white, mounted on individual… Read more about this item Item Price
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Earning the Right to do Fancywork
by Kunigunde Duncan
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good-
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- First
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- 1957
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- Hardcover
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press (1st Edition, 1957). Hardcover with gray boards and dust jacket, 38 pages. Former museum copy; only sign of that is a small shelving sticker on front cover. Dust jacket is scuffed and has several small closed and open tears and chipping. Book is clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding.
ABOUT THE BOOK: Since… Read more about this item Item Price
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Early Days in Kansas: In Keokuk's Time on the Kansas Reservation
by Charles R. Green
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- Used - Poor
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- First
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- January, 1913
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- Sewn
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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A$205.60
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Olathe, KS: Charles R. Green, Historian and Publisher (1st Edition, January 1913 [though stated on front cover to be April, 1912], Green's Historical Series). Ex-museum copy, with call number sticker on front cover. Both boards creased and cracked full length of cover. Book is in rough condition, but is quite rare. Boards are age soiled and stained; edges and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Folklore from Kansas: Customs, Beliefs, and Superstitions
by Wiliam E. Koch
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- Used - Good+
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- Acceptable
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- First
- Published
- 1980
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- Hardcover
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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A$45.69
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Lawrence, KS: The Regents Press of Kansas (1st Edition, 1980). Hardcover in very good condition with gold cloth boards and dust jacket, 467 pages. Dust jacket is in rough condition, with heavy shelf wear, several closed tears and chipping to the edges, and a 1" open tear at bottom front of spine; backstrip is sunned; damp stain to front cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dare to Dream....Dare to Make the Dream Come True
by Perry Rubart
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- Like new
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- First
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- 2011
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- Softcover with glued binding
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Self-published (2011). Like new trade paperback, 174 pages. Inscribed by author. Flexible, high-gloss laminated cover.
About the Book: Perry Rubart, born in 1931, has seen many changes in his lifetime—personally as well as in this country. In this book, Perry describes his childhood in the Flint Hills of Kansas during the Depression era, his young adulthood in the throes of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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