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Passionate Pilgrim: The Extraordinary Life of Alma Reed
by May, Antoinette
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1557783713
- ISBN 13
- 9781557783714
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Paragon House, 1993. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xv, 283pp w bibliography and index. One unpaginated section of historical bw photographs. Dark grey boards, light grey cloth quarter-wrap spine w fine gilt lettering. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ clean and without wear, preserved in BroDart cover. Octavo. First edition, 1993, stated.
Passionate Pilgrim is a biography as vivid and dramatic as fiction, the inspiring account of a life magnificently lived. It should assign Alma Reed her rightful place in the pantheon of twentieth-century heroines.
Passionate Pilgrim is a biography as vivid and dramatic as fiction, the inspiring account of a life magnificently lived. It should assign Alma Reed her rightful place in the pantheon of twentieth-century heroines.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046315
- Title
- Passionate Pilgrim: The Extraordinary Life of Alma Reed
- Author
- May, Antoinette
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1557783713
- ISBN 13
- 9781557783714
- Publisher
- Paragon House
- Place of Publication
- Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 283
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Reed, Alma M., 1889-1966 Women journalists -- United States -- Biography. Women archaeologists -- United States -- Biography. NOISBN Women, "Editors, Journalists, Publishers", Adventurers & Explorers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoirs;
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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