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The Book-Peddling Parson An Account of the Life and Works of Mason Locke Weems Patriot, Pitchman, Author and Purveyor of Morality to the Citizenry
by Leary, Lewis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0912697091
- ISBN 13
- 9780912697093
- Seller
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Bishop, California, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0912697091 . Ex-Library hardcover with usual labels, stampings. Clean cloth with gilt on spine. DJ, in mylar, is taped to covers with strips of tape. Pages are clean throughout, binding remains tight. Mason Locke Weems is the man who invented to fable of George Washington not telling a lie when he chopped down a cherry tree. Man of religion and book-peddlar, Weems is credited with having brought religion and books to far-reaching communities of early America. ; Ex-Library; 8.80 X 5.50 x 0.75 inches; 158 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Range & River Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32118
- Title
- The Book-Peddling Parson An Account of the Life and Works of Mason Locke Weems Patriot, Pitchman, Author and Purveyor of Morality to the Citizenry
- Author
- Leary, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0912697091
- ISBN 13
- 9780912697093
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- 0912697091, American Religious History, MASON Locke Weems, Biography, Us History, American History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion; American History; Biography & Memoir;
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Bishop, California
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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