Candle By Night: The Story of the Life and Times of Kezia Payne de Pelchin, Texas Pioneer Teacher, Social Worker, and Nurse [Inscribed & Signed]
by MATTHEWS, Harold J
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Bruce Humphries, [1942]. First Edition. Octavo (20.25cm.); publisher's cloth in yellow pictorial dust jacket, blue topstain; 272pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Shallow chips to jacket spine ends, panels a hint soiled, cloth somewhat spotted, else Very Good or better. Warmly inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39973
- Title
- Candle By Night: The Story of the Life and Times of Kezia Payne de Pelchin, Texas Pioneer Teacher, Social Worker, and Nurse [Inscribed & Signed]
- Author
- MATTHEWS, Harold J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bruce Humphries
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- [1942]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Publisher's cloth
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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- 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....