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Men to Remember: How 100,000 Neighbors Made History
by Kenneth D. Ruble
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£12.91£9.03
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About This Item
Minneapolis, MN: Self-Published by the Author, 1947 Self-Published by the Author, Minneapolis, MN. 1947. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head; slight dust soiling to textblock top. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($2.00); light edge bumping; closed tear on top of front panel. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and milt wagon on the front board. Maps as endpapers. 318 pp 8vo. This is the story of the 100,000 men who joined together in the 1940s to create a dairy cooperative that became Land O'Lakes Creameries. Illustrated with 60 pictures and 27 sketches this book is history come to life. It is a real story of men and women combining all the elements of action, conflict, and human interest to put together a plan of action for the greater good of the region. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012645
- Title
- Men to Remember: How 100,000 Neighbors Made History
- Author
- Kenneth D. Ruble
- Illustrator
- Lyle Justis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Self-Published by the Author
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis, MN
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- dairy business, milk products, butter products, Land O'Lakes Creameries, cows, dairy farms, milking facilities, midwest farms, dairy cooperative, labor cooperative, production cooperative,
- 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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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Spine
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