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Pioneers of the Prairie: From the Century Farms of Marshall County
by Lois Cohorst (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0897459768
- ISBN 13
- 9780897459761
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
CA$131.93CA$92.35
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About This Item
Manhattan, KS: Ag Press, 2001 Ag Press, Manhattan, KS. 2001. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light shelfwear. DJ: Very Good; chipping to head and tail; light wear to tips; two closed tears on the DJ top edge. Green cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. 414 pp 4to. This is a book about the Century Farms in Marshall; those that have been in the same family for over 100 years. The book lists 55 families that qualify for that designation. Some have detailed family histories and photographs, and others have very little due to lack of history or lack of response. Most farms are identified by a map plot from the county records. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016906
- Title
- Pioneers of the Prairie: From the Century Farms of Marshall County
- Author
- Lois Cohorst (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0897459768
- ISBN 13
- 9780897459761
- Publisher
- Ag Press
- Place of Publication
- Manhattan, KS
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Marshall County Kansas, Kansas History, Marshall County Kansas History, Marshall County Kansas Genealogy, family histories of Marshall County Kansas, Century Farms in Marshall County Kansas, Indian Raids in Kansas,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related; Americana;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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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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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
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- Inscribed
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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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Shelfwear
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