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Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia
by Torpey, Dorothy M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1961. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. First Edition, SIGNED and inscribed by author to her friend (presentation copy). Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering and Commonwealth of Virginia seal on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean; very slight dust-speckling to text block edges. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper: "With warmest wishes to Annette Badour: A wonderful Lady and Friend - Dorothy M. Torpey." Illustrated with photographs and maps. 253 pages with index. A book covering the geography, history, and economic, cultural and political life in the Commonwealth of Virginia..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022653
- Title
- Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia
- Author
- Torpey, Dorothy M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Whittet & Shepperson
- Place of Publication
- Richmond, Virginia
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- AMERICANA, STATE OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIAN HISTORY, DOROTHY M. TORPEY, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY, PRESENTATION COPY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; SIGNED Editions;
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Stanley, New York
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Edges
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- Text Block
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Inscribed
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