The American City: Literary Sources and Documents

Graham Clarke

Published by Helm Information Ltd., East Sussex, 1997

About this Item

A lovely collection of literary source material regarding the history and cultural development of the American city, illustrated throughout. A fascinating and very comprehensive collection of literary source material regarding the history and cultural development of the American city. Including short stories, articles, poetry, and more, all concerning the history and cultural development of American cities like New York City, Chicago, Boston, Washington D.C., New Orleans, and more.Including contributions by Herman Melville, Edgar Allen Poe, Edmund Burke, Leo Marx, A. Robert Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Frank Lloyd Wright, James Fenimore Cooper, and more.Edited by Graham Clarke.Complete in three volumes.The first edition of this work.Including twenty-four in-text illustrations, collated and complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with just a touch of bumping to the extremities, particularly the tail of the spine to Volume I. A small puncture to the tail of the spine on Volume III. Internally, all volumes firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The American City: Literary Sources and Documents
• Publisher: Helm Information Ltd., East Sussex
• Publication Date: 1997
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Not Stated
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: book