God and the New Haven Railway and Why Neither One is Doing Very Well
by George Dennis O'Brien
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Association copy (Christopher Lasch); inscribed by author; 1st printing. Very Good HC in Good+ DJ. White paper over boards backed with blue cloth, gilt letters. Bright, clean covers and spine; very slight age darkening along cover edge; light dust spotting on text block top edge; tightly bound; inscribed on front free end paper 'to Christopher Lasch | with admiration and | much gratitude | Dennis O'Brien | October 21, 1986'; crisp, clean interior. DJ is lightly scuffed; light foxing-like spots on flaps. Owner was Professor Chrisopher Lasch noted author and historian (Univ Iowa, Northwestern Univ & Univ Rochester). Lasch wrote 1 of the 2 DJ blurb reviews. 8vo, 159 pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15049
- Title
- God and the New Haven Railway and Why Neither One is Doing Very Well
- Author
- George Dennis O'Brien
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Boston, MA: Beacon Press
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- LASCH, RELIGION, GOD, BELIEFS, CHRISTIANITY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy, Religion, Sociology;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Gilt
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