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A History of the State Normal School of Kansas for the First Twenty-Five Years [with] Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the State Normal School, Emporia, Kansas
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About This Item
Emporia, KS: (Kansas Publishing House, Clifford C. Baker, printer), 1889. Octavo. Two parts in one. 169pp. and frontispiece, 85pp. Each with separate title pages. The first part gives a general sketch of the school along with its faculty, library Prize contest, buildings and much more. The second part focuses on the alumni record, catalogue of the students, parents, and their occupations along with the teachers, what they taught and dates. Bound in green cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, light chipping to spine ends, corners worn through, light toning to leaves. A very good copy without names or bookplates.
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- Title
- A History of the State Normal School of Kansas for the First Twenty-Five Years [with] Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the State Normal School, Emporia, Kansas
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Publisher
- (Kansas Publishing House, Clifford C. Baker, printer)
- Place of Publication
- Emporia, KS
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- School Students
- Bookseller catalogs
- Regional America;
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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