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The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague
by Ash, Timothy Garton
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394588843
- ISBN 13
- 9780394588841
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Random House, 1990. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First U.S. Edition. First printing of this edition per number line beginning with number two as per Random House convention for identifying first edition, first printing. Hard cover in very good condition with deep teal boards, purple spine cloth and gold gilt lettering on spine & front board. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. 156 numbered pages. Dust jacket likewise very good with only a ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the jacket, ""....Timothy Garton Ash's eyewitness account of one of history's most stunning transformations: the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe. From the birth of Solidarity in 1980 to the momentous events of 1989, Garton Ash has been part of the events he so brilliantly chronicles.....""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001230
- Title
- The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague
- Author
- Ash, Timothy Garton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394588843
- ISBN 13
- 9780394588841
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- History, Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe - 1845-1989 - History, Timothy Garton Ash
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; History of Europe;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Number Line
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