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Connally: the Adventures of Big Bad John
by Charles R. Ashman (1935- )
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0688002226
- ISBN 13
- 9780688002220
- Seller
-
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
xi+305 pages with plates and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter red cloth over blue boards with gilt lettering to spine in original jacket. Foreword by Melvin Belli. First edition. Fact-filled and high-spirited, based on the written record and interview with close associate of John Connally in the legal, business and political arena, the story encompasses Connally's rise from humble beginnings to his eminence. It is a turned war hero, poor boy turned millionaire, Democrat turned Republican. Condition: Edges sunned, stain on back paste down. DW price clipped, corners chipped, spine extremties small closed tears else a very good copy in like jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS002151
- Title
- Connally: the Adventures of Big Bad John
- Author
- Charles R. Ashman (1935- )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0688002226
- ISBN 13
- 9780688002220
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- TEXAS
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- Size
- Octavo
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- Octavo
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- Sunned
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