SO VAST SO BEAUTIFUL A LAND Louisiana and the Purchase
by SPRAGUE, Marshall
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316807664
- ISBN 13
- 9780316807661
- Seller
-
ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Publisher's light blue cloth with spine ruling and lettering gilt on a black panel, quarto, pp. xix, 396. Black and white illustrations; maps; Chronology. Previous owner signature in a small hand at top edge of free front endpaper. Dust jacket with some chipping and short tears at spine ends and randomly around perimeter. Jacket now protected in removable mylar.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3467
- Title
- SO VAST SO BEAUTIFUL A LAND Louisiana and the Purchase
- Author
- SPRAGUE, Marshall
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0316807664
- ISBN 13
- 9780316807661
- Publisher
- Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1974]
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- This edition first published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- Louisiana; Travel;
Terms of Sale
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
14 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- Chipping
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...