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An American Bible: A History of the Good Book in the United States, 1777-1880
by Gutjahr, Paul
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0804734259
- ISBN 13
- 9780804734257
- Seller
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About This Item
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. ISigned by Author(s). Signed by Author(s) First Edition. SIGNED by the author at title page. 8vo. xv, 256 pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt. Minor wear to foot of spine. Illustrated jacket. Minor shelf-wear and faint sunning to spine. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. In archival mylar sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Free Play Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2288
- Title
- An American Bible: A History of the Good Book in the United States, 1777-1880
- Author
- Gutjahr, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0804734259
- ISBN 13
- 9780804734257
- Publisher
- Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999
- Place of Publication
- Stanford, Ca
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 25 oz
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