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The Great Americana Scrap Book: A Haphazard History of People, Places, and Things American from Plymouth Rock to Punk Rock
by Hornby, George [Edt.]
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0517550687
- ISBN 13
- 9780517550687
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1985 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 416 pp, editor's note, Foreword: An Interview with Benj. Franklin, The Great Original Cast; 2. They Found the Way...Sometimes; 3. Life in the Colonies; 4. Comes the Revolution!; 5. Our Great Presidents and All of the Others; 6. A Passel of Politicians; 7. Real Heroes, Fold Heros, and Fake Heroes; 8. The Great Operators; 9. Inventors and Innovators; 10. Literary Figures & Figureheads; 11. Entertainment in America?; index with over 1,000 b&w illustrations. First Edition, 1985. Price clipped, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Tan and blue cloth..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002625
- Title
- The Great Americana Scrap Book: A Haphazard History of People, Places, and Things American from Plymouth Rock to Punk Rock
- Author
- Hornby, George [Edt.]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517550687
- ISBN 13
- 9780517550687
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- U.S. HISTORY AMERICANA EPHEMERA AUTOGRAPHS QUOTATIONS COLLECTIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- U. S. HISTORY;
- Size
- 4to
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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