America & Her Almanacs: Wit, Wisdom & Weather: 1639-1970. [hardcover].
by Sagendorph, Robb
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG minus/VG+ dj. Ex-library copy, back pocket removed. Covers soiled by unlaminated jacket, text clean/tight/bright; no foxing.
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Dublin/Boston. Yankee/Little, Brown. (c1970). HARDCOVER.. VG minus/VG+ dj. Ex-library copy, back pocket removed. Covers soiled by unlaminated jacket, text clean/tight/bright; no foxing. Jacket spine sunned else complete/clean/bright 8vo Profusely illustrated: black & white + sepia toned reproductions & facsimiles, over 200 from woodcuts. 318pp. Bibliography & Sources. LC: 71-87913. Presumed First Edition, none stated. Off-white, full cloth covers, brown lettered spine. Brown endpapers.
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- Seller
- Booktopia
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 2011322
- Title
- America & Her Almanacs: Wit, Wisdom & Weather: 1639-1970. [hardcover].
- Author
- Sagendorph, Robb
- Format/Binding
- HARDCOVER.
- Book Condition
- Used - VG minus/VG+ dj. Ex-library copy, back pocket removed. Covers soiled by unlaminated jacket, text clean/tight/bright; no foxing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Yankee/Little, Brown.
- Place of Publication
- Dublin/Boston.
- Date Published
- (c1970).
- Pages
- 318pp.
- Keywords
- Almanacs, Americana, USiana, Old Farmer's Almanac, American Publishing, Books on Books
- Size
- 8vo
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