Cayce, S.C.: Merlene H. Byars / Professional Printers, Ltd., 1981. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Quarto. 482 pages, indexed. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf, "Best Wishes! / Alvin Byars." Hardcover with an orange pictorial dust jacket. The jacket is quite worn and has edge tears and creases. The jacket spine is a bit sunned. Some toning on the left side of the title page. There is some cracking or splitting to the rear inner hinge running down about 4 inches from the headcap (about 1/3 the way down), resulting in the volume being a little shaken. Otherwise the book is sound and clean. Unmarked within. Illustrated throughout. The image on the front panel of the dust jacket is of Olympia Avenue, Olympia Village, Columbus, South Carolina, Circa 1920.

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Bookseller: Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 038943
Title: Olympia Pacific the Way it Was, 1895-1970. (SIGNED)
Author: Byars, Alvin W
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Fair
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition First Printing
Publisher: Merlene H. Byars / Professional Printers, Ltd.
Place of Publication: Cayce, S.C.
Date Published: 1981
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: 1981; Olympia-Pacific; Alvin W. Byars; History; Local; Regional; South Carolina; Signed; Genealogy.
Bookseller catalogs: Americana--The South; Signed Books & Association Copies;

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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.

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