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The Kaw: The Heart of a Nation. Illustrated by Isabel Bate and Harold Black. by Streeter, Floyd Benjamin, 1888-1956. Black, Harold & Isabel Bate, illustrators

by Streeter, Floyd Benjamin, 1888-1956. Black, Harold & Isabel Bate, illustrators

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The Kaw: The Heart of a Nation. Illustrated by Isabel Bate and Harold Black.

by Streeter, Floyd Benjamin, 1888-1956. Black, Harold & Isabel Bate, illustrators

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Farrar & Rinehart Inc. [1941; J. J. Little and Ives, NY]. Hard Cover. Twelfth in the Rivers of America series. The Smoky Hill and the Solomon rivers join at Abilene to form the Kaw, a Kansas tributary of the Mississippi. ‘In the heart of the Great Plains… flows the Kaw River, a wide, shallow stream about seven hundred miles long… a vast tapestry patterned by ranches… seas of wheat… wooded hills, unnumbered salt mines, miles of oil derricks… crossed and recrossed by roads and railroads, and always streams, blue waters, gray waters, yellow waters.’ Artists Isabel Bate, b. 1911; Harold Black, 1913-1993. The Rivers of America. Edited by Stephen Vincent Benét and Carl Carmer. As Planned and Started by Constance Lindsay Skinner [1877-1939]. Art Editor Ruth E. Anderson. x, 371 p., index, illus., map; grey cloth covers, 21 cm.; spine faded, pencil owner’s name, else VG. 101186
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The Kaw the heart of a nation rivers of america

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farrar and rinehart, 1941. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. colophon on copyright page, Book is in good shape with just minor shelf wear solid bindiing, Jacket is there but well chipped up with inch size pieces missing top of spine and top and bottom front cover.
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The Kaw, the Heart of a Nation. Rivers of America

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Used - very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. 371pp. scattered illustrations in text plus several two-page illustrations by Isabel Bate & Har
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New York:: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. 1st edition, 1st printing.. hardcover. very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. 371pp. scattered illustrations in text plus several two-page illustrations by Isabel Bate & Harold Black. pictorial endpapers. grey cloth. spine somewhat faded.. Family run used bookstore open to the public since 1988. 30 Years of Bookselling Experience backing the careful selection and description of each book we offer.
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The Kaw: The Heart Of A Nation (Rivers Of America Series)

The Kaw: The Heart Of A Nation (Rivers Of America Series)

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Rinehart & Company, 1955. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bate, Isabel; Black, Harold. No Edition Or Printing Indicated. Includes Index And Bibliographical References. The Book Is Bound In Yellow Cloth Over Boards With Gilt And Burgundy Lettering On The Spine. The Book Has Some Soiling To The Cover And A Ring Stain On The Front. A Few Brown Specks On The Upper Edges. The Endpapers Are Free Of Ownership Information. There Is A Small Amount Of Notation And Marking Within The Text. Light Bumping To The Upper Corners. Small Gift Inscription On The Dedication Page.
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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. Good hardcover with no dust jacket. 1941. Hinge has slight split. Exterior of book, especially spine, have some fringing. Part of The Rivers of America series.. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover. Illus. by Bate, Isabel; Black, Harold.
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THE KAW; THE HEART OF A NATION; RIVERS OF AMERICA

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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. Very nice near fine. 371pp. Biblio. Index. Map. Drawings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, c1941. 1st edition . Hardcover. Very good condition/good. Isabel Bate & Harold Black. 371p., illus. Rivers of America series
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The Kaw: The Heart of a Nation

by STREETER, Floyd Benjamin

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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. Hardcover. Illustrations by Isabel Bate and Harold Black. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 371pp. Map, illustrations, line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with tine chips at extremetieis (more so at head of spine). Handsome, tight first edition of this volume in series editors Stephen Vincent Benet and Carl Carmer's "Rivers of America" series. The Kansas or "Kaw" River runs for about 150 miles east/west through Kansas.
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The Kaw: The Heart of a Nation (Rivers of America Series)

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NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. First Edition, First Printing; The 12th volume in The Rivers of America Series with illustrations by Isabel Bate and Harold Black. 371 pages including an index and bibliography; dj w/slight staining, in mylar (unclipped) small touch of dampstain on rear end paper. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Isabel Bate and Harold Black. 8 vo; 1.5 Pouinds.
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by Streeter, Floyd Benjamin

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New York and Toronto: Farrar and Rinehart, 1941. First edition. 8vo, pp. [x], 371; illus. by Isabel Bate and Harold Black, pictorial endpapers; slightly cocked, jacket has very minor edgewear, else very good or better in original grey cloth lettered in gilt on spine, pictorial dust jacket. Issued in the Rivers of America series.
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The Kaw: The Heart of a Nation (The Rivers of America)

by Streeter, Floyd Benjamin

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Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated. Clipped DJ in archival cover with1mm tear to bottom spine edge. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1941.
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