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America and Cosmic Man
by Lewis, Wyndham
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Nicholson & Watson. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1948). First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Some spots of foxing to page edges. A 25mm piece of adhesive tape on reverse side of dust-jacket, over a 6mm tear to margin. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 231, [1 (blank)] pages. Second state binding, blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 190 x 121mm. "This book is not only an informal history of the United States, with a particular emphasis upon its latest and most remarkable rulers. It is at the same time an evaluation of what might be termed "Americanism"." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25802
- Title
- America and Cosmic Man
- Author
- Lewis, Wyndham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Nicholson & Watson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1948)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Jacket
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- Second State
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