Washington on View: The Nation's Capital Since 1790 (New in publisher's shrinkwrap)
by Reps, John W
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New in publisher's shrinkwrap
- ISBN 10
- 0807819484
- ISBN 13
- 9780807819487
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. Perfect condition. Still sealed in the publisher's clear plastic shrink wrap. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Sharp corners. Bright and shiny. Fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. 1991. First Printing of the First Edition with complete number row (54321) on the copyright page. Illustrated with more than 100 maps, bird's-eye views, engravings, etchings, collotypes, aquatints, mezzotints, steel engravings, wood engravings, and lithographs. Most are in full color. Includes notes on the artists, printers, publishers, and history of the city. Views are accompanied by 97 excerpts from contemporary published works of visitors and residents, e. g. Charles Dickens, Frederick Marryat, Harriet Martineau, Benjamin Perley Poore, Anthony Trollope, Francis Trollope, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman. Bound in the original light gray cloth, stamped in bright gold over a black panel on the spine. Complete with pristine dust jacket. Oversize Hardcover. Oblong. 15" wide by 11.5" tall. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. New/New in publisher's shrinkwrap. xiv, 297pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022980
- Title
- Washington on View: The Nation's Capital Since 1790 (New in publisher's shrinkwrap)
- Author
- Reps, John W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New in publisher's shrinkwrap
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0807819484
- ISBN 13
- 9780807819487
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill
- Date Published
- 1991
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maps / Cartography; Art / Fine Arts / Arts & Crafts;
- Size
- xiv, 297pp
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