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The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas
by Margaret Hill McCarter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
A.L. Burt Company, New York. 1912. Hardcover. (Copyright A.C. McClurg 1910/First Burt printing October 8, 1910) Stated 15th Edition December 28, 1912. Book is unmarked but for the previous owners bookplate Book Condition: Very Good+; light wear to tips, edges, head and tail from shelving. No DJ as issued. Green cloth boards with white and green lettering on spine and front board. 4 color illustrations by J.N. Marchand present. 489 pp 8vo. Front board loose but binding tight. This book by Margaret Hill McCarter is a little love story of the prairies is dedicated to all who believe that the defense of the helpless is heroism; that the protection of the home is splendid achievement; and, that the storm, and stress, and patient endurance of the day will bring us at last to the peace of the purple twilight. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The FW Collections
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H189
- Title
- The Price of the Prairie
- Author
- Margaret Hill McCarter
- Illustrator
- J N Marchand
- Format/Binding
- Green cloth boards with white and green lettering on spine and front board.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 15th edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A L Burt Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nebraska;
- Size
- 5x7.5
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About the Seller
The FW Collections
Biblio member since 2020
Lincoln, Nebraska
About The FW Collections
The FW Collections include a wide range of Vintage and Newer Books, Maps, Posters, Poetry, Magazines, Prints, Fine Art, Ephemera, Photographs, Paper from 50 years of collecting. Favorite topics: vintage midwest, visual arts, farming, politics, governance, cultural variations, WWII, and history, family life and vintage children's Books
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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