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All This is Louisiana: An Illustrated Story Book
by Keyes, Frances Parkinson; illustrated by Elemore Morgan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair in Good dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers. Fair in Good dust jacket. (1950). First Edition. Hardcover. Book has a heavy knock to tail end of spine, otherwise good. Some bruising to corners of boards. Some dampstains to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket with chips at ends and at corner of front panel. Contemporary newspaper review clipping from the "New York Herald Tribune Book Review" (April 16, 1950) loosely included. ; This copy with a bookplate signed by both the author, Frances Parkinson Keyes, and the photographer, Elemore Morgan. 317 pages. Blue-green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, blind-stamped initials on front board. Page dimensions: 211 x 141mm. A non-fiction work on Louisiana. Illustrated with numerous b&w photographic illustrations by Elemore Morgan ; Signed by Author & Illustrator .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18040
- Title
- All This is Louisiana: An Illustrated Story Book
- Author
- Keyes, Frances Parkinson; illustrated by Elemore Morgan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1950)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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