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Fate of a Nation: American Revolution Through Contemporary Eyes
by Hugh Rankin William P. Cumming
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0714816442
- ISBN 13
- 9780714816449
- Seller
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Walcott, Iowa, United States
Item Price
NZ$82.58NZ$70.20
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About This Item
Phaidon Press. London. 1975. Near fine First Edition with green boards and gilt lettering to spine.Spine slightly bumped with some fading at bottom of boards. Inscribed on half title page by William P. Cumming. Very good clipped jacket has minor shelf wear that is protected with a removable mylar cover. William Cumming (1900 - 1989) was a historian of cartography and professor emeritus of English at Davidson College. Prof. Cumming selected and wrote captions for 240 pre-1800 illustrations of people, events, battles, and maps. Full-page color reproductions are included of such well-known works as John Singleton Copley's Samuel Adams and Paul Revere, the presentation of the Declaration of Independence to Congress by John Trumbull, Gilbert Stuart's head of Washington, and Van Blarenberghe's surrender at Yorktown. (Ref.: The J. of Am. History). 10.5 x 7.5 in. 352 pg.
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- Bookseller
- Lamplighter Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 105
- Title
- Fate of a Nation: American Revolution Through Contemporary Eyes
- Author
- Hugh Rankin William P. Cumming
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0714816442
- ISBN 13
- 9780714816449
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Pages
- 352
- Size
- octavo
- Keywords
- American Revolution, war, patriot, history
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