The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not price clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with delivery confirmation in a heavy cardboard box. The book has a stain at the bottom of the volume which extends for the entire length of the book. The stain is approximately 1 1/2" high beginning at the bottom edge and extending up the gutter. (It is not offensive). The dust jacket has minor chipping, creasing and rubbing at the extremities (primarily at the top of the spine panel). Very good condition in very good dust jacket. Selling Used and Rare books on line since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984. ; 8vo.; ix, 321 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

THE GATES OPEN SLOWLY: A HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN KENTUKCY

Publisher

University of Kentucky Press, Lexington

Publication Date

1949

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Store Description

Established in 1984, Black Swan Books is housed in building constructed in 1912. Our 3,000 square feet of floor space is filled with well organized shelves devoted to Kentuckiana, Horses, Military History, Literature, Poetry,Art, Americana, European and British History and Children's books etc. Our books are selected for condition as well as content. Many of our titles reflect the fact that we are located only a couple of blocks from the University of Kentucky. Our shop is pictured in Southern Writers, has been written up on the New York Times blog. and was used in a program produced for National Public Television. We have hosted readings as well as book signings of many regional authors, including Wendell Berry (of whom we have a large inventory)& Bobbie Ann Mason. E-mail us to be placed on our mailing list.

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Black Swan Books, Inc.
505 E. Maxwell Street, Lexington, KY, 40502, U.S.A.

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Personal checks, Visa, MC,and American Express accepted.
Postage $4.95 1st book, $1.00 each additional title. Specialty and priority postage extra. Overseas postage billed at cost. All books in dustjackets protectd with Brodart covers. Books held 7 days, order by phone or by e-mail. Returnable within 7 days if not as described.

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