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City of Washington an Illustrated History
by Junior League Washington DC
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394735501
- ISBN 13
- 9780394735504
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
First edition paperback, which is in good condition. Please see photos for condition. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.
A uniquely rich and alive celebration of our nation's capital, past and present. This book is the work of hundred of members of the Junior League of Washington. We see the the wildreness that was to become the city as Captain John Smith saw it while sailing up the Potomac...the establishment of the colonial tobacco ports of Georgetown and Alexandria...the British attack on Washington in 1814. Here is the city torn by the Civil War, its people divided, its hills studded with fortresses...the great residential palaces built during the Guilded Age...shopping for terrapin in the marketplace...visitors touring the city in an early 20th century bus...the color of life changing with each administration..
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D-443
- Title
- City of Washington an Illustrated History
- Author
- Junior League Washington DC
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0394735501
- ISBN 13
- 9780394735504
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- February 1985