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MIRACLE AT PHILADELPHIA:
The Story of the Constitutional Convention: May to September 1787 by Catherine Drinker Bowen Introduction by Henry Steele Commager Black-and-white illustrations colored with turquoise by Warren Chappell. New York: The American Past/Book-of-the-Month-Club, Inc, 1986. First edition thus, deluxe special edition. Contains seventeen evocative full page-plate illustrations by Warren Chappell that were made exclusively for this BOMC edition. The introduction by Henry Steele Commage was written exclusively for this BOMC edition. Classic non-fiction history of the Philadelphia Convention which resulted in the creation of the American Constitution Fine in cream-teed linen with blue and red embossed stars and titles to the front cover and to the spine, yellow headband and tail-band, illustrated end-papers, sewn-in burgundy silk ribbon marker, upper page edges turquoise; in a near fine dust jacket with a stain to the upper spine; housed in a fine slipcase in with turquoise leatherette with burgundy linen to the upper and lower panels and gilt embossed illustration to the front panel. Octavo; 346 pages; index. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW FOR MORE FINE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY BOOKS THANKS! |