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A LONG ROAD HOME: Journeys Through America's Present in Search of America's Past
by O'Gara, Geoffrey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0393026434
- ISBN 13
- 9780393026436
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York/London: W. W. Norton & Company (1989) 312 pp. Original dark purple paper covered boards w/ gilt title on white cloth spine. Binding very bright and clean. Spine ends bumped. Faint, small brown spots on foredge of text block (don't believe it is foxing). DJ has modest edge wear. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6572
- Title
- A LONG ROAD HOME: Journeys Through America's Present in Search of America's Past
- Author
- O'Gara, Geoffrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393026434
- ISBN 13
- 9780393026436
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York/London
- This edition first published
- 1989
- Keywords
- AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES DESCRIPTION TRAVEL 1920 1940 1981 SOCIAL HISTORY SOCIOLOGY SOCIALISM SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL LIFE CUSTOMS 1918 1945 FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT NEW DEAL POLITICS GOVERNMENT NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics; Social History;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Shoemaker Booksellers
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
Established in 1992, we are family owned and operated. We strive to provide excellent customer service and our inventory is hand picked for the best quality and subject matter. Our diverse inventory of used, rare and out of print books, as well as ephemera, covers most areas of interest and favors more the uncommon or unusual titles.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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