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Advise and Consent: A Novel of Washington Politics
by Drury, Allen
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1958. This early trade printing (with a notice on the dust jacket front panel that this is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book) is in Fine condition, with a Very Good+ dust jacket with its original price intact. Over the years, this book has become a classic of Beltway double-dealing, intrigue, power-hunger, and blackmail, in which a conservative, married senator is threatened to be outed over his gay past, prophetically showing how political gay-baiting hasn't changed much over the last half-century. The book was made into a powerful 1962 movie. The book is bound in gray cloth covers with die-stamped blue and red spine titles. The book is tightly bound, with slight offsetting to the endpapers. The pages are clean and bright throughout, with no stains, marks, or tears. The dust jacket has some edge rubbing at the spine crown and a tiny chip. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. The book measures 6 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches and includes 616 pages. . Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+. Illus. by Arthur Shilstone. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Advise and Consent is a 1959 political novel written by Allen Drury which explores the reactions of those in and around the United States Senate to the controversial nomination of Robert Leffingwell, a former Communist Party member, to be United States Secretary of State. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960, and was followed by A Shade of Difference in 1962 and four subsequent sequels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grimalkin Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001862
- Title
- Advise and Consent: A Novel of Washington Politics
- Author
- Drury, Allen
- Illustrator
- Arthur Shilstone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- General Fiction, American Politics, Pulitzer Prize Winners, Gay Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Fiction; American Literature; Gay Literature and Art;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Grimalkin Books
Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.
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