NY, NY: Knopf, 1992. 400 pp., 1/4 leather w/ dark blue cloth boards, all-edges-gilt w/ gilt lettering & decoration; Leather portion of binding shows a few light scratches & a very small nick to the front bottom edge / Front cover of book states: "The American Dream: the People, The Hope, The Glory, 1492 - 1992" Inside: "Special Edition published in 1992 for The American Dream Collection." And also: "Quarterbound in genuine leather by Hartnoll Bound, Bodmin, England, for Philatelic Engravers & Diemakers, Inc." Includes a new introduction for this edition. The book has an extra set of endpapers printed with an early map of the western hemisphere at the front, and the U.S. at the rear. Illustrated with B&W and color photos and reproductions. /. Special Edition. One-Quarter Leather. Very Good to Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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For years legendary broadcaster Alistair Cooke brought America to the rest of the world with incomparable wit and wisdom. This is his now classic and irresistibly readable 'personal history' of America: guiding us through centuries of changing life in the US.Beginning with his own arrival in America as a graduate in the 1930s: Alistair Cooke goes on to write about the explorers who put their new-found land on the map: the pioneers who tamed the Wild West: the soldiers who fought for independence and the tycoons who built fortunes. From the Mayflower to the gold rush: the jazz age to Pearl Harbour: with portraits of figures as varied as Buffalo Bill: John D. Rockefeller and Martin Luther King: here is the American story in all its triumphs and failures: grandeurs and tragedies. It is the defining portrait of a nation.

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Bookseller: High Castle Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: HCA-2898
Title: ALISTAIR COOKE'S AMERICA
Author: Cooke, Alistair
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good to Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: Special Edition
ISBN 10: 0394487265
ISBN 13: 9780394487267
Publisher: Knopf
Place of Publication: NY, NY
Date Published: 1992
Keywords: HCA, NON, HISTORY, SOCIOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, AMERICA, UNITED STATES OF, U S A, USA, US
Bookseller catalogs: ALL BOOKS-0007;
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

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Hi! My name is Leigh Holleschau, proprietor of High Castle Books. We are located in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas, about five miles from the Mexican border. The best-known city which people commonly associate with the area is Brownsville. Our address is 2431 Camino Real Viejo, Mercedes, TX 78579-9486. If you wish to contact us by phone at 956-565-2822, we are usually available between the hours of 9am and 5pm, Central Time. E-mail: HCBooks@rgv.rr.com Rather than divide our stock up into seemingly endless categories, I have coded each item with multiple keywords. This way you can create your own categories. The best way to do this is to use the 'search inventory' function on this page, rather than the 'browse' function, since 'search' accepts not only keywords, but author, title, publisher and other information. For example you could enter the keyword 'mystery' to see all mysteries in stock, and you could further refine your search by selecting the 'first edition' option as well, thereby displaying only first edition mysteries, etc.

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