9780938896593 - Mississippi's Old Capitol: Biography of a Building von Skates, John Ray (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: very_good.

Presumed first edition (no direct statement upon copyright page) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. xii, 179 pages. Hardcover: H 26.25cm x L 22.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed. Gray cloth. Light foxing to endpapers and to half-title; non-authorial three-line Christmas gift ink inscription at top of front free endpaper; slight toning at margins of interior leaves; some scattered light soiling and foxing to other interior pages. Author's three-line ink inscription on the title page: "For Simpson Hemphill, | in-law kinfolks | Ray Skates." Binding is firm. A very good copy in a near fine dust jacket. History of Mississippi's Old Capitol Building which only earned that name in 1903 when the state legislature moved to larger building several blocks away in downtown Jackson. The Old Capitol was designed by architect William Nichols in the Greek Revival style with construction begun in 1836 and completed by 1840. Author John Ray Skates is a professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. {MS-Shelf #3} ISBN 0938896598.

xii, 179 pages. Hardcover: H 26.25cm x L 22.25cm. Dust jacket. Gray cloth. An as new copy which remains in the publisher's original shrink-wrap. History of Mississippi's Old Capitol Building which only earned that name in 1903 when the state legislature moved to larger building several blocks away in downtown Jackson. The Old Capitol was designed by architect William Nichols in the Greek Revival style with construction begun in 1836 and completed by 1840. Author John Ray Skates is a professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. {MS-Shelf #2} ISBN 0938896598.

Presumed first edition (no direct statement upon copyright page) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. xii, 179 pages. Hardcover: H 26.25cm x L 22.25cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Gray cloth. Some foxing upon the top edge. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding is firm. Else a near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with the author's two-line inscription upon the title page: "Best Wishes | Ray Skates." History of Mississippi's Old Capitol Building which only earned that name in 1903 when the state legislature moved to larger building several blocks away in downtown Jackson. The Old Capitol was designed by architect William Nichols in the Greek Revival style with construction begun in 1836 and completed by 1840. Author John Ray Skates is a professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. {MS-Shelf #1} ISBN 0938896598.