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American Childhoods: An Anthology
by McCullough, David Willis, ed
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0316555444
- ISBN 13
- 9780316555449
- Seller
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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, 1987. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. (ix) 405 pp, introduction, acknowledgments; 8vo, few stains page edges & inside cover, contents very good+; 8vo, blue boards/white cloth, gilt letters spine, spine ends lightly bumped, very good+; dust jacket light red stain front inside & out, flap edge, fair. Anthology includes excerpt by Benjamin Franklin, Wanda Gag, Maya Angelou, H. L. Mencken, Rachel West Nelson, many more..
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- Bookseller
- Abstract Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033310
- Title
- American Childhoods: An Anthology
- Author
- McCullough, David Willis, ed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316555444
- ISBN 13
- 9780316555449
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Anthology
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