The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States [Limited Edition]
por MENCKEN, H.L
- Usado
- first
- Condição
- Veja a descrição
- Livreiro
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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Sobre este item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1919. First Edition. Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 894. Large octavo (23.5cm.); original cloth in pale green dust jacket printed in red, black topstain; x,374pp. Jacket unevenly toned to tan, shallow chips and closed tears to extremities, split along spine edge of upper panel with old tape repair to verso. Still, Very Good in a Good copy of the exceedingly scarce dust jacket.
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- Livreiro
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 23032
- Título
- The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States [Limited Edition]
- Autor
- MENCKEN, H.L
- Estado do livro
- Usado
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 1919
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