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Bibliography of American Literature / Volume 1: Henry Adams to Donn Byrne
by Blanck, Jacob
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1959. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1959. Second printing of the 1955 First Edition. Quarto, black boards with red and gilt design and imprint on spine, 474 pp. Substantially better than Very Good, just short of near fine with some marks on the outside boards, dust spot on bottom page edges. Contents are, of course, fine. Sharp, tight copy, little used, if at all. L-24
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005400
- Title
- Bibliography of American Literature / Volume 1: Henry Adams to Donn Byrne
- Author
- Blanck, Jacob
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 474
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- bibliographic reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliographic;
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- Quarto
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- Tight
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