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The Vineyard of Liberty: The American Experiment: 1
by Burns, James MacGregor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0394505468
- ISBN 13
- 9780394505466
- Seller
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About This Item
HARDBACK "HARD TO FIND OUTSIDE THE U.S.," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1982.* Pub: Alfred A. Knopf.* Binding and cover condition: Dark maroon cloth covered boards with gilt title to dark red simulated spine label and gilt title to face with decorative gold vignette of schooner on a red ground. No bumps, minor rubs, slight dish to boards. Spine very lightly faded, no other visible faults. VG* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper, ND.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured, decorated end papers (maroon). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with only light reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning. Very slight spotting to page margins & edges. VG+* Illustrations: B/w two page map of the USA & vignettes.* Pages: 626 pp. text. cxix pp. notes, acknowledgements, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: A noted historian combines historical analysis and biographical portraits in an account of the events, leading figures, and ideas involved in the shaping of the United States between 1789 and the Civil War. This book is over 700 pages long and traces the history and influences, political structure, economics, diverse religions and cultural backgrounds of it's population through from George Washington to the populist Andrew Jackson.* A NEAR VG+ copy of the 1st thus with only minor faults but no dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9138
- Title
- The Vineyard of Liberty: The American Experiment: 1
- Author
- Burns, James MacGregor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edn, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0394505468
- ISBN 13
- 9780394505466
- Publisher
- Alfred a Knopf Inc
- Place of Publication
- UK 750
- Date Published
- 1982-02-01
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- Bumps
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- ND
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- Jacket
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- Crisp
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 1st Thus
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- Vignette
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