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The Pioneer Swedish Settlements and Swedish Lutheran Churches in America 1845-1860
by Norelius, Eric; translated by Conrad Bergendoff
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0910184313
- ISBN 13
- 9780910184311
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Rock Island, IL: Augustana Historical Society, 1984. Account of these churches & immigrants, mostly in Illinois, but also Iowa, Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin; extracted & translated from the Swedish version of 1890, "a unique, primary source of the story of the earliest years of Swedish immigration". Stout hardcover, full cloth, gilt titling. Light wear to book; jacket shows light rubbing, minor edgewear, stains to front & back panels, spine tanned; faint crease to the upper corner of each page. Text clean; [2], xi, blank, 419 pages; index, a few portraits. A surcharge for international shipping of this heavy book will be required; please inquire for an accurate quote.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Large Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- r0883os
- Title
- The Pioneer Swedish Settlements and Swedish Lutheran Churches in America 1845-1860
- Author
- Norelius, Eric; translated by Conrad Bergendoff
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0910184313
- ISBN 13
- 9780910184311
- Publisher
- Augustana Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- Rock Island, IL
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Immigration, Religion, Sociology
- Size
- Large Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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