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A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War
by Foreman, Amanda
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0375756965
- ISBN 13
- 9780375756962
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2012. First Thus 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Number Line Indicates A First Printing Of This Trade Paperback Edition. Includes Glossary, Index And Page Notes. Pictorial Wraps With White And Yellow Lettering On The Spine. Ownership Information On The Last Free Endpaper. The Text Appears To Be Free Of Notation. The Cover Has A Few Light Scratches. In This Brilliant Narrative, Amanda Foreman Tells The Fascinating Story Of The American Civil War, And The Major Role Played By Britain And Its Citizens In That Epic Struggle - Back Panel.
Synopsis
Amanda Foreman is a Visiting Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London. She won the Whitbread Prize for Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire , which was adapted for the screen as The Duchess . Educated as an undergraduate at Sarah Lawrence College and with master’s and doctorate degrees in history from Oxford University, she is now married with five children and lives in New York.
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044293
- Title
- A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War
- Author
- Foreman, Amanda
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0375756965
- ISBN 13
- 9780375756962
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 958
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, British; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Foreign Public Opinion, British; United States - Foreign Relations - Great Britain; Great Britain - Foreign Relations - United St
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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