COMPASS & CLOCK: DEFINING MOMENTS IN AMERICAN CULTURE 1800 1850 1900.
Language: English
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc c1999, New York, 1999
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc., Lexington, KY, U.S.A.Black Swan Books, Inc.
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90 illustrations, including 15 plates in full color. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover. ; Color and B & W Photographs and Illustrations; Large 8vo.; 256 pages.
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- Title
- COMPASS & CLOCK: DEFINING MOMENTS IN AMERICAN CULTURE 1800 1850 1900.
- Author
- Wilmerding, John
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams, Inc c1999, New York
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- F
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0810940965
- ISBN 13
- 9780810940963
- Edition
- First Edition.
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Black Swan Books, Inc.
Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since April 2, 1998
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Established in 1984, Black Swan Books is housed in building constructed in 1912. Our 3,000 square feet of floor space is filled with well organized shelves devoted to Kentuckiana, Horses, Military History, Literature, Poetry,Art, Americana, European and British History and Children's books etc. Our books are selected for condition as well as content. Many of our titles reflect the fact that we are located only a couple of blocks from the University of Kentucky. Our shop is pictured in Southern Writers, has been written up on the New York Times blog. and was used in a program produced for National Public Television. We have hosted readings as well as book signings of many regional authors, including Wendell Berry (of whom we have a large inventory)& Bobbie Ann Mason. E-mail us to be placed on our mailing list.…
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