Advise and Consent
by Allen Drury
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/very good
- Seller
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Pleasanton, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1959. 616 pp. Advanced Bookseller's Copy as noted by the the label on the front paste-down endpaper. Pictorial dust jacket has some rubbing and minor tears with a small stain on the bottom of the spine, previous repair tape on the inside of the cover, price of $5.75 intact with original price marked out, in very good condition. Tan cloth over boards with crisp blue and brown lettering on spine, top edges foxed, some stains on page edges, "First Edition" stated on copyright page, black and white illustrations throughout, otherwise in very good + condition.Allen Drury (1918-1998) was an American novelist who was a reporter in the Senate during the terms of Presidents FDR and Truman. This is his first novel, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1960 for Fiction and was on the The New York Times Best Seller list for 102 weeks.
Synopsis
Advise and Consent is a 1959 political novel written by Allen Drury which explores the reactions of those in and around the United States Senate to the controversial nomination of Robert Leffingwell, a former Communist Party member, to be United States Secretary of State. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960, and was followed by A Shade of Difference in 1962 and four subsequent sequels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Lair, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BL-002560
- Title
- Advise and Consent
- Author
- Allen Drury
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
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About the Seller
The Book Lair, ABAA
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Pleasanton, California
About The Book Lair, ABAA
The Book Lair deals in rare and/or interesting items in many fields with a focus on Miniature Books and Modern Firsts. We are especially interested in unique cookbooks, children's books, Californiana, Edward Gorey, John Steinbeck, Stephen King, and Ian Fleming/James Bond Books.
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- Foxed
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- Spine
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- Paste-down
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- Cloth
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- Copyright page
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...