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THE ANNOTATED U.S. CONSTITUTION AND DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; Edited by Jack N. Rakove
by Rakove, Jack N., editor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0674036069
- ISBN 13
- 9780674036062
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Like New/Very Fine. B&W Reproductions. Square small 8vo, red quarter cloth with gilt lettering on spine over red boards, archival polester-protected dust jacket (unclipped), illustrated with several B&W images of Signers, Presidents, and citizens; red endpapers, 353 pages. Jack Rakove (born 1947) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian, author and professor at Stanford University. <br /> <br /> He won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for History and the 1998 Cox Book Prize for Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (1996) which questioned whether originalism is a comprehensive and exhaustive means of interpreting the Constitution.<br /> <br /> EXCEPTIONAL like NEW CONDITION in all respects! An essential and well annotated edition of both American foundational documents by a top expert. No previous owner or remainder markings.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6303
- Title
- THE ANNOTATED U.S. CONSTITUTION AND DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; Edited by Jack N. Rakove
- Author
- Rakove, Jack N., editor
- Illustrator
- B&W Reproductions
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0674036069
- ISBN 13
- 9780674036062
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- James Madison, history, Constitution, Philadelphia, Govenour, Hamilton, plantations, the South, smaller states, religion, representation, Gerrymandering, Federalist, Jefferson,
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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