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Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center
by Okrent, Daniel
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670031690
- ISBN 13
- 9780670031696
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Viking Peguin, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated: First Published in 2003 by Viking Penguin. Complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with black boards, sky blue spine cloth, and gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Contains two sections each 8 leaves /16 pages of glossy black & white photos. 512 numbered pages. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; only ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""Everything about the conception and creation of Rockefeller Center was outsized and wildly improbable. Launched in the teeth of the Depression, the most ambitious construction project since the Pyramids was the unintended result of a philanthropic gesture gone awry. . . . Richly detailed, frequently surprising, and consistently entertaining, 'Great Fortune' brings this compelling saga to vivid life.""
Synopsis
Fortunes of War is the collective name given to six novels by Olivia Manning, consisting of The Balkan Trilogy and The Levant Trilogy. The Balkan Trilogy comprises the books The Great Fortune, The Spoilt City and Friends And Heroes. The Levant Trilogy comprises the books The Danger Tree, The Battle Lost And Won and The Sum Of Things.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001072
- Title
- Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center
- Author
- Okrent, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670031690
- ISBN 13
- 9780670031696
- Publisher
- Viking Peguin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Rockefeller Center - History, New York - History - 1898-1951, New York - History - 20th Century, Rockefeller family, New York - Biography, Interviews - New York
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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