Nothing Like It in the World (LEATHER SIGNED LTD EDITION)
by Ambrose, Stephen E
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- As New/None Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0743202317
- ISBN 13
- 9780743202312
- Seller
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SANDY, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Conneticut: Easton Press, 2000. Leather Edition . Full-Leather. As New/None Issued. Limited, Numbered, and Signed First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black leather with gilt edges and decorative gold foil stamping on front, back, and spine. Golden brown silk moire endpapers with matching ribbon marker. Numbered 1,388 041 of 1,650 copies. Laid-in are the publisher's information card and certificate of authenticity SIGNED by Ambrose and witnessed.
Synopsis
Nothing Like It In the World was written by Stephen Ambrose, a writer of historical literature books, and is a #1 New York Times Bestseller about the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. The book is about the period of the railroad from 1863 to 1869. The railroad spanned from Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California.
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- Bookseller
- PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1110018
- Title
- Nothing Like It in the World (LEATHER SIGNED LTD EDITION)
- Author
- Ambrose, Stephen E
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- None Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Leather Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0743202317
- ISBN 13
- 9780743202312
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Conneticut
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION WESTERN AMERICANA MORMON MORMONISM UTAH BRIGHAM YOUNG GOLDEN SPIKE RAIL CHURCH JESUS CHRIST LATTER DAY SAINTS CHRISTIAN LIFE AUTHORS RELIGIO N CHRISTIANITY MORMONS LDS LEATHER LIMITED EDITION COLLECTIBLE CO LLECTOR LEATHERBOUND NUM
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About the Seller
PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS
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About PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS
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- Spine
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