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San Antonio: City in the Sun
by Peyton, Green
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Whittlesey House First Edition 8vo size gray clothbound hardcover with jacket; 292 pages. Foldout map is bound into book. From jacket: "(The author) has traced the turbulent history of the city (here was fought the Battle of the Alamo), and in vivid, sharp prose has highlighted the places and the people which make it so distinctive... In this book for the first time, is told the story of the Maverick family, who gave a new word to the English language; of Ralph Morrison, the rich inn-keeper who was held for ransom; of Colonel Bill Nuckols, the flying press agent who sold the Army Air Force to an indifferent nation; of Father Carmelo Tranchese, who talked President Roosevelt into razing the slums; of Emma Tenayuca, the pretty Communist who started the wrong revolution (and many more." Much wear and tear to jacket with chipping and tears particularly at top front; there is a large chip from the top tucked into book. Price clipped. Pencilled prices and markings on fep which is lightly tanned; lightly bumped corners. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . First. Cloth. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001556
- Title
- San Antonio: City in the Sun
- Author
- Peyton, Green
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Whittlesey House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Nonfiction; San antonio; texas; Green Peyton Wertenbaker;southeast;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; First Editions;
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Charity Bookstall
Biblio member since 2005
Newton, Massachusetts
About Charity Bookstall
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Price Clipped
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