Mamie Doud Eisenhower : A Portrait of a First Lady
by [EISENHOWER, M] Brandon, Dorothy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New Yoirk: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition / First Printing per same date on Title Page & Copyright Page, contains the letter A, and no additional printings indicated. Hard cover in good condition with pink boards, black spine cloth, and spine lettering which has rubbed off. Stamped decorative with gold gilt accent in center of front board. Top text block shows dust dulling and foxing. Interior text block clean; no writing, no markings noted. First signature loose where glossy frontispiece was bound in. Frontispiece is a portrait of Mamie Doud Eisenhower by Thomas E. Stephens which is repeated on front panel of dust jacket. Dust jacket in good condition; shows shelf & edge wear, age toning to paper, tiny chips to head & heel of spine and corners. Not price clipped. * A Biography of the wife of U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001340
- Title
- Mamie Doud Eisenhower : A Portrait of a First Lady
- Author
- [EISENHOWER, M] Brandon, Dorothy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New Yoirk
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Biography, Presidents' spouses, Presidents' spouses - United States - Biography, Mamie Doud Eisenhower - 1896-1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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- Cloth
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- Heel
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- Title Page
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- First Edition
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- Price Clipped
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- Gilt
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- Copyright page
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- Jacket
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