Mr. Wilson's War [Signed]
por DOS PASSOS, John
- Usado
- Assinado
- first
- Condição
- Veja a descrição
- Livreiro
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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Sobre este item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1962. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); grayish-green cloth, blocked and titled in black and gilt on spine and front cover; map endpapers; dustjacket; viii,517,[3]pp; illus. Signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf, following the front endpaper. Crown gently nudged, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $6.95), with light wear to extremities and some gentle sunning to spine. Laid into this copy is a generic letter to the membership of the Kroch's & Brentano's First Edition Circle, signed at the bottom by Carl A. Kroch; two old folds, else Near Fine. "Beginning with the assassination of McKinley and ending with the defeat of the League of Nations by the United States Senate, the twenty year period covered by John Dos Passos in this lucid and fascinating narrative changed the whole destiny of America. This is the story of the war we won and the peace we lost, told with a clear historical perspective and a warm interest in the remarkable people who guided the United States through one of its most crucial periods" (from front flap).
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 52502
- Título
- Mr. Wilson's War [Signed]
- Autor
- DOS PASSOS, John
- Estado do livro
- Usado
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Local de publicação
- Garden City
- Data de publicação
- 1962
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Social History;
Termos da venda
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
Membro de Biblio desde 2006
Winchester, Virginia
Sobre Lorne Bair Rare Books
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