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The Ninth of Twelve From the Usta Place
by Henen B. Sexton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1585970492
- ISBN 13
- 9781585970490
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
$15.00$10.50
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About This Item
Leawood, KS: Leathers Publishing, 2000 Leathers Publishing, Leawood, KS. 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; lightly bumped head and tail; scatter brown spotting on the FFFP. DJ: Near Fine; light rubbing and edge bumps to panels. Red leatherette boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine and front board. 269 pp 8vo. This the personal memoir of a lady born in 1925 to a family of 12 children at a farm called Usta Place near Moundville, MO. The book is full of recollections from good times and hard times and most of all about with loving and providing for 13 people in one house. The Depression, the War, and making do through life and the lessons learned from a hardscrabble life. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007223
- Title
- The Ninth of Twelve From the Usta Place
- Author
- Henen B. Sexton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1585970492
- ISBN 13
- 9781585970490
- Publisher
- Leathers Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Leawood, KS
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Moundville Missouri, Fort Scott Kansas, Pittsburg Kansas, The Great Depression. personal memoirs, farm life, family life, Usta Place, reminiscence, religion,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Memoirs; Kansas Related;
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
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- Brodart
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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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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