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The Gentle Americans 1864-1960: Biography of a Breed by Howe, Helen - 1965

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The Gentle Americans 1864-1960: Biography of a Breed by Howe, Helen - 1965

The Gentle Americans 1864-1960: Biography of a Breed

by Howe, Helen

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New York: Harper & Row. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1965. Cloth. An edition in Very Good condition with some aging and edgewear to the boards in a price clipped Good dust-jacket that has some minor scuffing, edgewear, small closed tears and narrow chip; "Biography of a Breed". A delightful re-creation of the literary and social life of some remarkable Bostonians between the 1860's and 1960; 8vo; 460 pages; TBC FSA .
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  • Book Condition Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
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  • Publisher Harper & Row
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1965
  • Keywords Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print

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by Helen HOWE

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by Howe, Helen

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Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965. Frontispiece, Illustrations. Spine sunned and small darker spot due to sticker removal front boards, else, a nice copy - Good+, without dust jacket.. Hard Cover. Good.
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New York. hardcover. Illus. 458pp. 8vo, cloth. N.Y., (1965).<br/><br/>
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The Gentle Americans, 1864-1960

by Howe, Helen

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NY: Harper & Row, 1965. dj w/lite chipping, clipped price, in mylar; 458 clean, unmarked pages; owner's plate...A delightful re-creation of the literary and social life of some remarkable Bostonians between the 1860's and 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by B/W Illus. 8 Vo.
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New York: Harper & Row, 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Biography of Bostonian Mark A. DeWolfe Howe, the author's father. (xix) 459 pages, b/w plates, notes, checklist of M. A. deWolfe Howe's published books, index, 8vo; tan cloth. Very good condition; dust jacket very good, price cut out flap.
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THE GENTLE AMERICANS 1864-1960

THE GENTLE AMERICANS 1864-1960

by Helen Howe

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New York: Harper and Row, 1965. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and spine ends bumped with minor wear. Spine a bit creased. Binding tight and text unmarked. Gift message on ffep. Bio. Stax.
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New York: Harper & Row. Hardcover. 1965. 8vo 458pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations Re-creation of the literary and social life of some remarkable Bostonians between the 1860"s and 1960 .
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New York: Harper & Row, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. Later. Very good Hardcover, later printing, no dustwrapper. Book has light shelf-rub of spine ends and cover edges, light soiling cover and foredges, lightly fading spine. Clean text. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965. Dj bumped, sunned, tears, with well worn edges. Text browning with brown spots.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Libris.
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