Readings in American History
by Oscar Handlin (ed)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
1st printing. very Good HC, no DJ. Green-blue cloth over boards, gilt letters. Bright, clean covers; spine slightly age darkened; very slightly rubbed at spine end corners; tightly bound; owner signed name 'Henry Commager' (noted author and historian - NYU, Columbia & Amherst) on front free end paper; his pencil marginal notes on 3-4 pages. 8vo, 715 pp + index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14623
- Title
- Readings in American History
- Author
- Oscar Handlin (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- New York: Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1957
- Bookseller catalogs
- History, Politics, Sociology;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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