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Heavens on Earth : Utopian Communities in America, 1680-1880
by Holloway, Mark
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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About This Item
London, UK: Turnstile Press, 1951. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xvi, 17-240pp, plus monochrome plate illustrations. In blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine (cloth lightly rubbed at spine ends). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (faded, worn, lightly bumped on edges, sunned around spine and some faint spotting). 8vo. The first English history of the various American Utopian communal settlements which flourished in the 19th century.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010351
- Title
- Heavens on Earth : Utopian Communities in America, 1680-1880
- Author
- Holloway, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- Publisher
- Turnstile Press
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Utopian Communities, United States History, 19th century
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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- Jacket
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- Plate
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
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