MIRACLE AT PHILADELPHIA: THE STORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1787 [SIGNED]
by Bowen, Catherine Drinker
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 346 pages; VG/VG-; spine age-toned white, with faded red and blue lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; multiple scrapes at jacket spine; some fading and age-toning to jacket spine; price uncut '$7.50'; previous owner's sticker at front free endpaper; signed flat by Bowen at title page; light pencil marginalia throughout. Shelved in U.S. History 1700s. 1352955. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Synopsis
Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention is a work of historical non-fiction, written by Catherine Drinker Bowen and originally published in 1966. Bowen recounts the Philadelphia Convention, a meeting in 1787 that created the United States Constitution. Bowen draws much of her information from notes and journals of the Framers, especially James Madison.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1352955
- Title
- MIRACLE AT PHILADELPHIA: THE STORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1787 [SIGNED]
- Author
- Bowen, Catherine Drinker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1966
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