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At the River's Bend: An Illustrated History of Kansas City, Independence and Jackson County
by Sherry Lamb Schirmer, Richard McKinzie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0897810589
- ISBN 13
- 9780897810586
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
$15.00$10.50
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About This Item
Kansas City, MO / Woodland Hills, CA: Jackson County Historical Society / Windsor Publications, 1982 Jackson County Historical Society / Windsor Publications, Kansas City, MO / Woodland Hills, CA. 1982. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($24.95); shipping at head and tail; light sunfading to spine; shelfwear to flap folds and top of rear panel. Brown cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine; Gray grained endpapers. 374 pp 4to. Designed as a vehicle to provide Jackson Countians with a deeper understanding of their economic and cultural roots, this book traces the founding of Jackson County and the Town of Kansas from 1830 as the jumping off point of the Santa Fe Trail, to its growth as the sprawling metropolis of Kansas City. Hundreds of photographs and rare portraits illustrate the text as well as unique illustrations, painting, maps, and ledgers. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. No International Shipping. Priority mailing will require extra postage.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015976
- Title
- At the River's Bend: An Illustrated History of Kansas City, Independence and Jackson County
- Author
- Sherry Lamb Schirmer, Richard McKinzie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0897810589
- ISBN 13
- 9780897810586
- Publisher
- Jackson County Historical Society / Windsor Publications
- Place of Publication
- Kansas City, MO / Woodland Hills, CA
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Kansas City Missouri, Kansas City Missouri History, Missouri River, Santa Fe Trail, cattle industry, stockyards, railroads, Independence County, Jackson County, riverboats, slavery, Civil War, Town of Kansas, Westport, business, immigrants, westward growt
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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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- Tail
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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