THE FIFTIES (Two Volumes)
by Halberstam, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine-
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1996. Volume I: pages [i]-xi and 1-388; volume II: pages 389-800. Political and cultural history of the 1950s by the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and popular historian David Halberstam (1934-2007). The book is beautifully bound in 22 kt. gilt- decorated dark blue leather with raised bands on spine; all-edges gilt. An unused Easton Press bookplate affixed to the front endpaper of each volume. The books are in virtually as-new condition!. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Synopsis
"A sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that David Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. It is the decade of Joe McCarthy and the young Martin Luther King, the Korean War and Levittown, Jack Kerouac and Elvis Presley."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W2473
- Title
- THE FIFTIES (Two Volumes)
- Author
- Halberstam, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Leather
- Bookseller catalogs
- U.S. History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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- Gilt
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- Bookplate
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- Raised Band(s)
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- First Edition
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