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CALIFORNIA ADDRESSES BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
by Roosevelt, Theodore
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Only
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco, CA: The California Promotion Committee / The Tomoye Press, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Only. Octavo. Paper over grey boards (7 7/8 in. x 5 1/2 in.) with book cloth covering spine (on old repair, most likely) White label paste-on with red lettering within green outline of railroad car on the tracks, to front board. scuffing, soiling and staining to boards, worn corners and general shelf-wear and sunning. Replacement paper label to spine, sunned, cracked and only partially there. Last letters of Roosevelt's name ("SEVELT") in pen. The text of fifty-two addresses delivered in the State of California on a major state tour during much of May, 1903.Frontis photo of the President at mid-term. (Tissue guard torn out and missing). Nineteen photographic illustrations. Age toning to text. Bookseller's ticket (Newbegin's, San Francisco) to rear pastedown.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86953
- Title
- CALIFORNIA ADDRESSES BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
- Author
- Roosevelt, Theodore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The California Promotion Committee / The Tomoye Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- U.S. Presidents
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aardvark Rare Books
Biblio member since 2004
Eugene, Oregon
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- Spine
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