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A Man From Kansas; The Story of William Allen White
by David Hinshaw (SIGNED BY WHITE'S WIFE)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1945 G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 1945. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner name in pencil on the FFFP. Inscribed by Sally White on the FFFP in 1946. Book Condition: Very Good+; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; slight toning to the pages. DJ: Very Good-; NOT Price Clipped ($3.00); sunfading to spine; slight wear at tips, head, and tail; missing small piece at tail. Green cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine and front board. 305 pp 8vo. This is the story, intimate and revealing, of William Allen White of Kansas, who from his littered and battered desk in Emporia, influenced great national decisions and taught people to believe in beauty and integrity. It is the story of the making of a great American liberal and of the things he wanted for his fellow citizens. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013989
- Title
- A Man From Kansas; The Story of William Allen White
- Author
- David Hinshaw (SIGNED BY WHITE'S WIFE)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- William Allen White, Emporia kansas, Emporia Gazette, newspaper owner, newspaper writer, University of Kansas, liberalism, Bull Moose party Theodore Roosevelt, Sally White, Newspaper editor, Progressive party, KKK, Ku Klux Klan,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related; Biographies;
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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- Price Clipped
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...