SOCIETY, MANNER AND POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES: BEING A SERIES OF LETTERS ON NORTH AMERICA
by Chevalier, Michael
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Boston 1839 Weeks, Jordan. Translated from the third Paris edition. Octavo, 467pp., original hardcover with new spine. A few institution stampps; blindstamp on title page. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracked, text lightly foxed and spotted. .
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- Xerxesbooks
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- Title
- SOCIETY, MANNER AND POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES: BEING A SERIES OF LETTERS ON NORTH AMERICA
- Author
- Chevalier, Michael
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- americana;
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