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Bare Hands and Stone Walls: Some Recollections of a Side-line Reformer
by Russell, Charles Edward
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/very good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner's, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Scribner "A" and Seal both present. Near fine in a very good jacket, unclipped ($3.00), toned on the spine, lightly worn at the edges with a tape repair on the head of the spine. Blue buckram with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a blue top stain. Former owner's gift inscription on the front endpaper. Charles Edward Russell was a newspaper reporter whose political affliction informed his reporting. The book is his telling of Henry George, the Free Trade League, and the bosses of New York City.
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- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1165
- Title
- Bare Hands and Stone Walls: Some Recollections of a Side-line Reformer
- Author
- Russell, Charles Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Scribner's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
Terms of Sale
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All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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