Manual of the Public Benefactions of Andrew Carnegie
by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Exton, Pennsylvania, United States
Item Price
£14.15£11.32
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About This Item
Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1919 Ex-private library. Brown cloth, lettered in gilt on front and spine, paper library label on spine, spine darkened, extremities rubbed, small closed tear at head of spine, page edges toned, corners bumped. 321 pp. with tissue-guarded photographic portrait and 16 pp. of black and white photographic reproductions and maps.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- A Parcel of Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C1043
- Title
- Manual of the Public Benefactions of Andrew Carnegie
- Author
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1919
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- Biographies;
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