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Fateful Beauty: Aesthetic Environments, Juvenile Development, and Literature, 1860-1960
by Mao, Douglas
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0691133484
- ISBN 13
- 9780691133485
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Princeton, NJ and Oxford, UK: Princeton University Press, 2008. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Octavo. x + 319 pp, preface, introduction, 6 chapters, epilogue, notes, references, index. 6.25" x 9.5" black cloth boards, gilt spine titles, in illustrated, unclipped DJ with acetate protector. Binding tight and square, pages clean unmarked & paper well-preserved. Little sign of prior use. No external wear. .
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009627
- Title
- Fateful Beauty: Aesthetic Environments, Juvenile Development, and Literature, 1860-1960
- Author
- Mao, Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0691133484
- ISBN 13
- 9780691133485
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, NJ and Oxford, UK
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Keywords
- Modern literature - 19th 20th century - aesthetics -
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY CRITICISM;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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