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Many Thousand Gone African Americans from Slavery to Freedom
by Hamilton, Virginia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394828739
- ISBN 13
- 9780394828732
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1993. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0394828739 . Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over pale salmon pink boards, gilt lettering on spine, dark orange endpapers. Illustrated with b&w drawings by Leo and Diane Dillon. . Slight rubbing to heel of spine, gilt on spine is a little faded, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket has a 4" tear at the top edge of the rear cover, now protected by mylar. NEAR FINE/ VERY GOOD-. . B&W drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 152 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16098
- Title
- Many Thousand Gone African Americans from Slavery to Freedom
- Author
- Hamilton, Virginia
- Illustrator
- Leo and Diane Dillon
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394828739
- ISBN 13
- 9780394828732
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- 0394828739, Underground Railroad, History
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Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
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- Fine
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