The Fifteenth Ward and the Great Society (Inscribed First Edition, Printing)
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: M.S. Books, Salisbury, MD, U.S.A.M.S. Books
AbeBooks seller since May 4, 2001
Condition: Used - Near fine
£ 26.61
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Inscribed First Edition, First Printing of this detailed and cheery portrait of local government and civic planning in New Haven, Connecticut at the dawn of President Lyndon Johnson Great Society era of the mid 1960s. Ironically, rough times were in the offing in the near future for the city with a confluence of problems in the 1970s that would exemplify that decade's experience of urban decline in many eastern and Rust Belt cities in the Unite. Inscribed by William Lee Miller to a previous owner on the title page.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Fifteenth Ward and the Great Society (Inscribed First Edition, Printing)
- Author
- Miller, William Lee
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Publication year
- 1966
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
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We accept checks, money orders, and payments via Paypal. We accept returns for any reason within two weeks after shipment of the book. We will cover both cost of the book and buyer's mail cost if the book was not as described in our ABE listing. Seller: Brian Busek, 24764 Harness Lane, Salisbury, MD, 21801; (443)736-8673; bbusek2000@yahoo.com
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