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America; Foreword by Gerald R. Ford
by Karp, Marvin [Ford, Gerald R.]
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0517633949
- ISBN 13
- 9780517633946
- Seller
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About This Item
[New York]: Portland House, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of America by Marvin Karp, signed by former President Gerald R. Ford.. Folio, 336pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on cover and spine. First printing with full alphabetical line on copyright page. Hundreds of color photographs, from all 50 states. In publisher's dust jacket, light shelf wear, bright illustrations. Signed by President Gerald R. Ford on the title page, dated December 1987.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10362
- Title
- America; Foreword by Gerald R. Ford
- Author
- Karp, Marvin [Ford, Gerald R.]
- Illustrator
- First edition of America by Marvin Karp, signed by former President Gerald R. Ford.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0517633949
- ISBN 13
- 9780517633946
- Publisher
- Portland House
- Place of Publication
- [New York]
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Humor and the Presidency Gerald Ford, A Time To Heal Gerald Ford, Selected Speeches Gerald Ford, Portrait of the assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, The Times of My Life Betty Ford, Write It When I'm Gone Thomas DeFrank, Aspects of the Presidency John Hersey
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