Shirley Plantation: A personal adeventure for ten generations
by Young, Joanne B
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/VG++/ND
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1981* Publisher: Shirley Plantation.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Slight marks to front cober, no creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly used. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Colour photos within text. throughout. B/w line drawn family tree and ground plan to inside covers.* Pages: 63 pp. text. i pp. footnotes at rear.* Product Description:- This is a history of a Colonial family and their stylish house which was conceived in the middle of the 17th Century and came to represent the history of Virginia. The Hill Carter family still own and enjoy the estate and have opened it to the public since the 1950?s. Their history and the beautiful home in which they live is of considerable interest whether you live in the USA or the UK.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. edition with minimal shelf wear and slight marks to the front cover reducing it to VG++*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3005
- Title
- Shirley Plantation: A personal adeventure for ten generations
- Author
- Young, Joanne B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/VG++/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Thus,
- Publisher
- Shirley Plantation
- Place of Publication
- Charles City, Virginia, USA 64
- Date Published
- 1981-01-01
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