Profane Earth
by Cahill, Holger [aka Edgar Holger Cahill born Sveinn Kristjan Bjarnarsson]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Macaulay, 1927. Hardcover. 383p., light wear else very good first edition in blue cloth boards. *Hanna 557. "A farmboy caught up in the whirlpool of Chicago life." Itinerant laborer makes his way to the docks of Chicago. Cahill was the national director of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Fifteen physical copies found in OCLC as of 5/2021.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 267479
- Title
- Profane Earth
- Author
- Cahill, Holger [aka Edgar Holger Cahill born Sveinn Kristjan Bjarnarsson]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macaulay
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern first edition; Chicago; Labor - American; 1920S;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
All books subject to prior sale Major Institutions can be billed. ALL BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION OR BETTER UNLESS NOTED. All books returnable for any reason within thirty days of receipt.
About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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