American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
by Ellis, Joseph J
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edges rubbed, jacket front panel creased.
- ISBN 10
- 0679444904
- ISBN 13
- 9780679444909
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About This Item
NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edges rubbed, jacket front panel . creased.. 1998. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. 0679444904 . Signed and dated by the author on the title page anf further initialed by the author on the front free endpaper. Gray paper quarter-bound in green cloth with deckled fore-edge. xiv, 365pp. Acknowledgments, appendix, notes, and index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, is a 1996 book written by Joseph Ellis, a professor of History at Mount Holyoke College. It won the 1997 National Book Award (nonfiction).
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- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56843
- Title
- American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
- Author
- Ellis, Joseph J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edges rubbed, jacket front panel creased.
- Edition
- Seventh Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679444904
- ISBN 13
- 9780679444909
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- 0679444904, Thomas Jefferson
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoir;
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About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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