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Lest The Ages Forget; Kansas City's Liberty Memorial
by Derek Donovan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0971292019
- ISBN 13
- 9780971292017
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
€32.70€22.89
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About This Item
Kansas City, MO: Kansas City Star Books, 2001 Kansas City Star Books, Kansas City, MO. 2001. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped $34.95); bumping to lower front tip; light rubbing to panels. Maroon cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Pictorial endpapers. 188 pp 4to. This book tells the story of Kansas City's national monument to World War I; a campaign that began in 1919 as a lasting tribute to the brave men and women who served their country in The Great War. A massive renovation and expansion project has brought the memorial back to the architect's original luster. Through photographs, newspaper accounts, and memorabilia, this book documents the monument's beginnings, fall into disrepair, and renovation to now be the National World War I memorial. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015907
- Title
- Lest The Ages Forget; Kansas City's Liberty Memorial
- Author
- Derek Donovan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0971292019
- ISBN 13
- 9780971292017
- Publisher
- Kansas City Star Books
- Place of Publication
- Kansas City, MO
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- WORLD WAR I, LIBERTY MEMORIAL, KANSAS CITY STAR, NATIONAL World War I monument, GENERAL JOHN PERSHING, LEST THE AGES FORGET, VETERANS OF Foreign WARS, DOUGHBOYS, TRENCH WARFARE, MUSTARD GAS, Kansas City Missouri, American Expeditionary Forces, Kansas City
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- Architecture/Design;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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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
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- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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