Eagle Forgotten": The Life of John Peter Altgeld
by BARNARD, Harry
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About This Item
1938. (ALTGELD, JOHN PETER). BARNARD, Harry. "Eagle Forgotten": The Life of John Peter Altgeld. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1938. 8vo. 496 pp., frontis., plates. In orig. cloth. Spine faded. Dampstaining to the textblock edges as well as faint tidelines to the bottom corner of some leaves. Rear hinge starting but solid. Good to very good.
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- Bookseller
- George S. MacManus Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81560
- Title
- Eagle Forgotten": The Life of John Peter Altgeld
- Author
- BARNARD, Harry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- GEN AM, ALTGELD, JOHN P, BIOG
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