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Aaron Burr : The Conspiracy and Years of Exile, 1805-1836
by Lomask, Milton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine condition./Very Good dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0374100179
- ISBN 13
- 9780374100179
- Seller
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About This Item
New York:: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982. A bright, shiny, clean, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (22.50). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. With 12 pages of portraits, prints, and other illustrations. This is the concluding volume in Lomask's 2-volume Burr biography (after AARON BURR: THE YEARS FROM PRINCETON TO VICE PRESIDENT). Chronicles the conspiracy, Burr's trial and acquital, his four years of self-imposed exile in Europe, and his closing years. There is much of interest on the remarkable individuals around Burr, including Andrew Jackson, John Marshall, and Thomas Jefferson. From the Dust Jacket: "Startling new material is brought to light. Lomask reports Dr. Kline's discovery that the famous 'cipher letter'...was not written by Aaron Burr." Extensive list of sources and notes (that fills 36 pages). Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original black cloth, decorated/lettered with shiny silver and copper on the spine. . First printing, 1982 (so stated). Hard Cover. Near Fine condition./Very Good dust jacket.. 8vo. xviii, 476pp..
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Aaron Burr : The Conspiracy and Years of Exile, 1805-1836
- Author
- Lomask, Milton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition.
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good dust jacket.
- Edition
- First printing, 1982 (so stated)
- ISBN 10
- 0374100179
- ISBN 13
- 9780374100179
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo. xviii, 476pp.
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