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This Is My Story
by Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Boulder , Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Stated first edition. Had cover. Octavo. [x] 365pp. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Light blue cloth over boards with gilt to spine and embossed signature in dark blue to front. Some offsetting from dust jacket. Dust jacket shows shelf wear with some chipping to edges and original price of $3.00 to front dust flap.
The first of Eleanor Roosevelt's autobiographies describing her life up until the presidential election of 1924.
The first of Eleanor Roosevelt's autobiographies describing her life up until the presidential election of 1924.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Abacus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 625
- Title
- This Is My Story
- Author
- Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New Y
- Date Published
- 1937
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Women, Politics, Roosevelt
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Abacus Books
Biblio member since 2019
Boulder , Colorado
About Abacus Books
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Chipping
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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