The American Road to Peace: A Constitution for the World
by Pei, Mario A. [Andrew]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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High Point, North Carolina, United States
Item Price
A$49.58A$39.66
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About This Item
New York: S. F. Vanni, 1945. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. First Edition. Square, tight binding and hinges, clean pages just a bit off-white with age. Some age-related darkening of endpapers. No writing or marks. No evidence of reading wear. Red cloth over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has moderate edge wear, light overall soiling, 1" (2.5 cm) closed tear with crease at top front. 168 pp. Pei (1901-1978), a linguist by training, was an Italian-American language professor at Columbia who advocated internationalism in many ways, from the teaching of Esperanto in public schools to the creation of systems to forestall future wars, such as this book argues should be done. 7.5" (19 cm) tall.
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- Bookseller
- Cat's Cradle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4370037
- Title
- The American Road to Peace: A Constitution for the World
- Author
- Pei, Mario A. [Andrew]
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- S. F. Vanni
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- WORLD, WAR, TWO, WWII, POST, PEACE, PEACEKEEPING, KEEPING, PEACEMAKING
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Politics and Government;
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High Point, North Carolina
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