O, Call Back Yesterday, Volume II [SIGNED COPY]
by Shaw, Virginia
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Detroit?: No Publisher. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Short biographies of Detroters which originally appeared in the Detroit Free Press. Included are banker Henry Sanger, Shuabel Brief biorgraphies of Michigan personalities (primarily from Detroit's early years) written in a lively style. Includes such people as Conant, Sarah Whistler, Gen. Andrew Porter, James F. Joy, etc. The profiles are about 3 - 5 pages each. Limited edition: #143 of 200 copies. SIGNED by the author. Stated as Vol. II. No publication information other than the date. Undoubtedly a first edition given the limited number of copies printed. A bit of soiling to tan paper covered boards & top corner of spine with a small tear and a bit of staining to spine as well. The book is tight and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 108 pages; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4358
- Title
- O, Call Back Yesterday, Volume II [SIGNED COPY]
- Author
- Shaw, Virginia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- No Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Detroit?
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Biography, Michigan, Detroit, Signed Books, Michigan Author
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Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
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