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The History of a Hoax: Edmund Lester Pearson, John Cotton Dana, and the Old Librarian's Almanack
by Wiegand, Wayne A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0910230137
- ISBN 13
- 9780910230131
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Beta Phi Mu Chapbooks. As New with no dust jacket. 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book has no defects. Bound in brown cloth with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Pages are clean and crisp, binding is tight; book is unread. . The story of a literary hoax. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the first endpaper. A gorgeous copy, gift quality. . Beta Phi Mu chapbook ; no. 13 Series. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 75 pages. Signed by Author. I1 .
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- Bookseller
- Sweet Beagle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26030
- Title
- The History of a Hoax: Edmund Lester Pearson, John Cotton Dana, and the Old Librarian's Almanack
- Author
- Wiegand, Wayne A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0910230137
- ISBN 13
- 9780910230131
- Publisher
- Beta Phi Mu Chapbooks
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh, Pa
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Literary Hoax, Librarianship, Beta Phi Mu, Old Librarian's Almanack, John Cotton Dana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Library and Information Science;
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