Isbn: 9780982408094 - greetings from starved rock : a picture postcard l (2 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority. Jim Ridings (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small format hardcover 23 x 16 cm, 200 pages, illustrated throughout, glossy paper, NOT ex-library. Book is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Boards show gentle handling wear, short corner creases. price blacked out on rear panel. Issued without a dust jacket. -- This book is a collection of picture postcards from Starved Rock State Park in Illinois. Most of the pictures are from the vintage postcard views of a century ago. Some cards have been enlarged slightly to show their detail and beautiful colors. Picture postcards were very popular a century ago. They contained only a brief, casual message -- sort of the equivalent of texting in that era. Starved Rock and adjacent Matthiessen State Park had quite a variety of postcard views, and both state parks are shown in the beautiful colors of the postcards of the era. This book is published on the 100th anniversary of Starved Rock becoming a state park. Jim Ridings (ilustrador).…