The Growth of the English Nation
by Coman, Katharine and Elizabeth Kendall
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Meadville, Pennsylvania: Flood and Vincent: The Chautauqua Century Press, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good. A volume from The Chautauqua Literary Scientific Circle. Hard cover in very good condition with blue boards. Delicate black decorative border design on front board with black circular panel in center with title in blue raised letters. Decorations in black on spine with title in gold-gilt. Overall shelf & edge wear; head & heel of spine shows rubbing & wear. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing or markings noted. Text block edges dust-toned. Black line drawing illustrations throughout. Frontspiece is a map: ""Physiographical Map of the British Isles."" From the Preface, ""This little treatise traces the growth of the English nation form its beginnings in a weak and struggling island community to its present [1894] attainment of maritime supremacy and world-wide empire. ....social, economic, and political conditions. . . industrial prosperit, intellectual development, the evolution of methods of self-government . . . We shall endeavor to understand the people and those popular movements that shape the stateman's policy. . . .""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MA103
- Title
- The Growth of the English Nation
- Author
- Coman, Katharine and Elizabeth Kendall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Flood and Vincent: The Chautauqua Century Press
- Place of Publication
- Meadville, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- History, Great Britain - History, Great Britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- History of Great Britain;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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