Children of Noah: Glimpses of Unkown America
by Burman, Ben L
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1951. Book. Illus. by Alice Caddy, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition hardcover book in clean unclipped dust jacket. Beige cloth boards with green lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean; tasteful previous owner bookplate on front free endpaper. Illustrated with wonderful drawings by Alice Caddy. 233 pages. Clean jacket is not price clipped (3.50 on front inside flap), unchipped, some wear to fold edges; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Burman writes about real living characters of his time along the Mississippi River valley--from the Chinese of the shrimp platforms in Barataria Bay to Captain Bill Menke, king of showboatmen, and Captain Dick Dicharry of the Tennessee Belle..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033227
- Title
- Children of Noah: Glimpses of Unkown America
- Author
- Burman, Ben L
- Illustrator
- Alice Caddy, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Julian Messner, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Mississippi River, Americana, Ben Lucien Burman, River life, first edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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