Saranac: America's Magic Mountain
by Taylor, Robert
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395379059
- ISBN 13
- 9780395379059
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean hardcover first edition, first printing (with complete number line) in clean unclipped dust jacket. Brown paper-covered boards with beige cloth spine, blue lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean. No names, writing or marks. 308 pages with Index. Clean illustrated jacket is not price clipped, has one short closed edge tear at top rear spine corner; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Fascinating story of the little town in New York State that became famous for its successful sanitarium for those stricken with tuberculosis, but also teemed with jazz-age society, bootleggers, and gangsters..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034696
- Title
- Saranac: America's Magic Mountain
- Author
- Taylor, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395379059
- ISBN 13
- 9780395379059
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- SARANAC LAKE, NEW YORK STATE, HISTORY, TUBERCULOSIS, FIRST EDITION, ROBERT TAYLOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical/Health; Local/Regional Interest; New York State;
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