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The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
by Coolidge, Calvin
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- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/good
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About This Item
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/good. The first edition of The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge, signed by President Coolidge.. Octavo, [10], 247pp. Green cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "first trade edition" on copyright page. Top edge dyed green. Illustrated endpapers. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $3.00 on front flap, chipping and toning to spine, tissue repairs to verso to secure spine, a scarce jacket with noted issues. Inscribed on the second free endpaper: "To Milton Boyd Brown, With Regards, Calvin Coolidge." Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), the 30th President of the United States, wrote this autobiography titled "The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge," four years after he left the presidency, In his autobiography, Coolidge reflects on his New England upbringing, his service as a local official, governor of Massachusetts, and his unexpected rise to the presidency following the death of Warren G. Harding.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14750
- Title
- The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
- Author
- Coolidge, Calvin
- Illustrator
- The first edition of The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge, signed by President Coolidge.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- signed limited edition Calvin Coolidge, first edition Have Faith in Massachusetts, first edition Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge, limited edition Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge, first edition The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
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- Inscribed
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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