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Thomas Jefferson: Writings - Autobiography; A Summary View of the Rights of British America; Notes on the State of Virginia; Public Papers; Addresses, Messages, and Replies; Miscellany; Letters
by JEFFERSON, Thomas
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 094045016X
- ISBN 13
- 9780940450165
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Library of America, 1984. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 1600pp. Decorative endpapers, foldout map in rear pocket, sewn-in blue satin page marker. Near fine/near fine. Handsome and tight first edition of this modern compilation, which contains a massive amount of text in a modest-size volume. Choice autograph addition: Tipped in after front flyleaf is a special heavy sheet signed large and bold in black fineline by famed Jefferson scholar Dumas Malone (1892-1986), author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning six-volume "Jefferson and His Time" (1948-81).
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Includes bibliographical references.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44607
- Title
- Thomas Jefferson: Writings - Autobiography; A Summary View of the Rights of British America; Notes on the State of Virginia; Public Papers; Addresses, Messages, and Replies; Miscellany; Letters
- Author
- JEFFERSON, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 094045016X
- ISBN 13
- 9780940450165
- Publisher
- The Library of America
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Presidential;
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