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The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets
by Moyers, Bill
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385479174
- ISBN 13
- 9780385479172
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated: First Edition, July 1995. In addition, complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with speckled cream boards, maroon spine cloth, and cooper gilt spine lettering. End papers contain a collage of people listening to poetry (see photo.) Interior text block clean & tight; no writings; no markings noted. 450 numbered pages. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. Volume measures approx 9 1/2"" tall x 7"" wide x 1 5/8"" thick; 450 numbered pages. * From the jacket flap, ""This is a companion volume to the PBS series from acclaimed team of journalist Bill Moyers and filmmaker David Grubin . . . .a celebration of the vitality of the spoken word, and the importance of poetry in our lives today.""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001419
- Title
- The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets
- Author
- Moyers, Bill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385479174
- ISBN 13
- 9780385479172
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Poetry, American Poets - Ethnic groups - Poetry, American poetry - History and criticism - theory, Minority poets - History and criticism - theory - 20th Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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