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The Walker Heritage: Merriewoode, Macon, Georgia
by Wood, Marie Stevens Walker (compiled and published by)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/good
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Atlanta: Foote & Davies, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo. xvi, [1], 274 pages. Frontispiece photograph portrait of the author. Illustrated. Folding genealogical charts in back. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt illustrated armorial crest on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. Includes glassine dust jacket. Light edge wear and tear to the glassine jacket. Light foxing to the front and rear end sheets and the foredge. Limitation statement on the verso of the title page states 200 copies were printed for private circulation. This copy is not numbered.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30912
- Title
- The Walker Heritage
- Author
- Wood, Marie Stevens Walker (compiled and published by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Foote & Davies
- Place of Publication
- Atlanta
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Georgia
Terms of Sale
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
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Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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