The Character Factory; Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts And The Imperatives Of Empire
by Rosenthal, Michael
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo; pp; x, (ii), 335, index; black and white photographs; gilt lettered cream linen and cream paper covered boards in a pictorial dust jacket; With an errata slip;. Interesting analysis of motivation and effect of the Scouting movement in the waning of the British Empire.
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- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14719
- Title
- The Character Factory; Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts And The Imperatives Of Empire
- Author
- Rosenthal, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Boy Scouts; England; Imperialism; Empire;
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Austin's Antiquarian Books
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Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.
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- 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...
- First Edition
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...