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An Odyssey in Print: Adventures in the Smithsonian Libraries
by Thomas, Mary Augusta
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1588340368
- ISBN 13
- 9781588340368
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Washibngton, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, small quarto bound in dark blue cloth boldly lettered in silver, in publisher's dust-jacket. 179 pages. Index. Foreword by Nancy E. Gwinn. Essays by Michael Dirda and Storrs L. Olson. Profusely illustrated throughout in color and black and white. Ribbon marker bound-in. First edition, first printing with full number line. A pristine, like new copy. Dust-jacket in new Brodart cover. As new in an as new dust-jacket. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020833
- Title
- An Odyssey in Print: Adventures in the Smithsonian Libraries
- Author
- Thomas, Mary Augusta
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1588340368
- ISBN 13
- 9781588340368
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washibngton, D.C.
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
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Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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