1939: The Lost World of the Fair
by Gelernter, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0028740025
- ISBN 13
- 9780028740027
- Seller
-
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Free Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0028740025 . DJ shows light wear head and tail of spine, and light rippling lower back panel ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W photographs ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 418 pages; "In 1939, exhausted by a decade-long depression, Americans faced a brewing European conflict that would prove to be the most destructive war in history. At this dark juncture, a World's Fair was held in New York City that evoked such acute hope in its promise of a glorious future that a whole generation was drawn to it and transformed by its vision." .
Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21438
- Title
- 1939: The Lost World of the Fair
- Author
- Gelernter, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0028740025
- ISBN 13
- 9780028740027
- Publisher
- The Free Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- 0028740025, World's Fair, 1939
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.