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The Bold and Magnificent Dream: America's Founding Years, 1492-1815
by Catton, Bruce and Catton, William B
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385003412
- ISBN 13
- 9780385003414
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: Doubleday, 1978. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition after a privately printed limited edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. The story of America, from Columbus and the Colonial Age through the War of 1812, told by two eminent historians. Black full cloth binding with sharp and bright gilt titles on spine, no wear to extremities, square with sharp corners, tight & solid. Faint smudge spots on text block lower edge, one on top edge. Maps on end papers. Internals very clean & completely free from any markings, lightly toned. Clean unclipped cream jacket with red and black titles, corners and spine edges chipped, a scrape on front. Now with mylar protective cover. viii plus 495 pages with Bibliography and Index. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Doubleday, New York, 1978.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019460
- Title
- The Bold and Magnificent Dream: America's Founding Years, 1492-1815
- Author
- Catton, Bruce and Catton, William B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385003412
- ISBN 13
- 9780385003414
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- HISTORY, UNITED STATES; STATES HISTORY; AMERICAN COLONIAL PERIOD, 1600-1772; DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION; COLONIES;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. American;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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