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Mississippi-West Signed By Author
by Charles Wilson Turner
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Item Price
$86.25$60.38
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About This Item
Garrett and Massie, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Highly Collectible Book that is nicely signed by the Author, who died in 1999. Hardback book of 438 pages with Dust Jacket is in Very Good condition with a tight binding and clean crisp pages. This apparent First Edition appears unread. The book is nicely signed in the middle of the first blank end page with NO inscription. Outside cloth covers are nice. Dust Jacket is price clipped and shows some fading and chipping along the edges. Dr. Turner was a History Professor at Iowa State College, University of Minnesota, University of Richmond, and finished his career at Washington and Lee University. Turner wrote many books, but this was his second one. He died in Lexington, Virginia in 1999. This book has come from a special Washington and University Collection and was bought at their annual sale. Dust Jacket is now covered by a new clear mylar cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keller Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141122A
- Title
- Mississippi-West Signed By Author
- Author
- Charles Wilson Turner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Garrett and Massie
- Date Published
- 1965
- Bookseller catalogs
- State of Virginia;
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About the Seller
Keller Books
Biblio member since 2008
Lynchburg, Virginia
About Keller Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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"...
- 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...
- 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...
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