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Americas: The Changing Face of Latin America and the Caribbean
by Winn, Peter
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679411690
- ISBN 13
- 9780679411697
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back "Americas" provides an overview of the similarities and differences among the 33 countries and half-billion people who live in Latin America and the Caribbean region that has played a crucial role in shaping our modern world. First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Bound in black half-cloth gilt titled with black boards; greyish discoloration on front near fore edge and rubbing of the cloth near the upper corner near the spine, else Fine. Clean, tight and solid. Internals quite clean and free from any markings. 16 full color plates and b/w illustrations throughout. Jacket Painting: Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda, by Diego Rivera. 639 pages with Notes and Index. .9.75 x 6.75 inches. 1993, Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014645
- Title
- Americas: The Changing Face of Latin America and the Caribbean
- Author
- Winn, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679411690
- ISBN 13
- 9780679411697
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- LATIN AMERICA, HISTORY 20TH CENTURY CARIBBEAN AREA,
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Latin America;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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