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The YMCA at 150: A History of the YMCA of Greater New York 1852-2002
by Bayless, Pamela
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0971785708
- ISBN 13
- 9780971785700
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: YMCA of Greater NY, 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hardcover, black cloth lettered in red on spine, in publisher's glossy non price-clipped dust-jacket. 232 pages. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. End-matter includes timeline, honor roll, photo credits and index. Two articles from the Staten Island Advance (newspaper, dated 1993 and 1999) laid-in, along with a typed signed (first name) letter from the executive director of the Staten Island YMCA on their letterhead to the recipient of this book. First edition. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. Scarce thus. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021007
- Title
- The YMCA at 150: A History of the YMCA of Greater New York 1852-2002
- Author
- Bayless, Pamela
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0971785708
- ISBN 13
- 9780971785700
- Publisher
- YMCA of Greater NY
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Keywords
- YMCA, History, New York City - Social History - Religious Associations
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York City;
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Fine
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